I am so excited about what I'm about to post! Greg and I have been procrastinating buying a dining room table for four years now! We can never agree, or the one we do agree on is way too expensive or it's just right but it's the wrong finish, or it doesn't seat enough people...it's always something. So for the last 4 years, our poor guests have been dining in our living room around the coffee table. Well, I found the perfect table! It's totally us! It's from Restoration Hardware and it only costs $2725.00

Yes...I said two thousand, seven hundred and twenty five dollars! And chairs aren't even included! But isn't it beautiful!?!


Would you like to know what my husband said when he saw it? "I can build that!"

And build it he did!








We stained it the exact color we wanted...

I found these great chairs on craigslist for $25 for all four of them...


Gave them a couple of coats of black spray paint (of course I did)...

AND...

Our dining room is finally complete! I'm in heaven! I can't stop looking at it!




And some homemade (super easy to make) mossy spheres finish it off just right!

He is so talented! I had no idea he had such mad carpentry skills! Now that I do however, I have a whole list for the poor man of things I'm going to have him build for me! Including the beautiful square tray you see sitting on that ottoman. I've been wanting it for years but can'y justify forking out $70 for a tray and I can't seem to find anything quite like it anywhere else.


Tomorrow we'll be picking up a couple these gorgeous ladies to go on each end of the new table. Only ours do not cost $399 each like these ones. Try more like $45...for two!

Our little puppy turned three years old today! I know everyone thinks we're crazy because we treat him like a child, take him everywhere, include him in our family pictures, have huge portraits of him framed in our house, throw him birthday parties, take him out for ice cream, etc. But he truly is the best dog in the world and is such a wonderful companion when Greg is gone. We love him so much so today I'm celebrating!














Thanks for the treats and the new ball Grandma Elaine!

Happy Birthday Ares! We love you!

I have a big shoot coming up tomorrow so I've spent the morning clearing off my memory cards and I came across a whole bunch of pictures that I thought would be fun to share starting with Halloween pictures that I promised months ago!

Remember our house in 2008?


We added a few more things this time! Greg and my dad made that awesome spooky fence, the grim reaper and the super creepy guy on the left! They are so talented! My mom made some delicious Chili and cornbread and Citrus Cider for everyone that stopped by. It was so great to have my parents here!


We love Halloween!




After a long spring, summer and fall in the hospital we decided to spend a very quiet and relaxing Christmas at home. Just the three of us.








The day after Christmas, we headed to the mountains for a week of relaxation at a gorgeous cabin in Tennessee.






Hmmm...where are my Thanksgiving pictures? I guess I'll be back.