I Love Summer...

Don't you? I love everything about summer.. the sun, the pool, sleeping in, cleaning out closets, out to lunch, re-decorating, the lake, the beach, summer projects, good books to read.. and the list goes on. Spring and summer are my most favorite seasons for sure. I just love having the freedom to do whatever I need to in the summer time. Did I mention.. being a teacher is great! =)

The view across the lake

Just in the first week that I have officially been on summer vacation, I have gotten a lot of things done around the house. One of my projects has been to make a picture wall to go above my bench in the hallway. I can't believe in July we will have lived here a year... and I still don't have pictures on the wall, curtains in the living room, etc..etc. I keep telling myself baby steps. I can't have it all at once. But, it has been driving my crazy to have an empty wall in the hallway. I wasn't sure what to put up there.. so, last week I decided to try a picture wall with different frames. It's been a lot harder than I thought it would have been, so please tell me what you think. Does it look right or do I need to change some things around? I need my decorater friends (um..shelly and erin) to especially tell me their thoughts. I don't have all the pictures in the frames just yet.. I wanted to make sure I liked it that way before I printed off pictures. So, here it is.. feel free to let me know your thoughts.. =) Do you think it is too busy or do I need to use some smaller frames?

The collage frame in the middle has pictures from our wedding.

Another one of my summer projects was to find some patio furniture for outisde. I wanted some last year but never really found any that we liked. I've looked at several places this year.. Lowes, Home Depot, Wal Mart but never really found any that I liked. So, when I was at Target the other day I found some that I really liked. I took Jamie back up to look at it and he liked it too. So, we went and picked it up on Sunday on our way back from the lake. When we got there, the store only had the 2 chairs and not the loveseat. So, we bought the 2 chairs and drove to Trussville to get the loveseat. While we were at the Trussville store, I noticed this other chair that I liked better.. (and yes, we had already bought the 2 chairs from the other Target store) I looked at Jamie and said, "I think I like those chairs better than the ones we bought. What if we return those and get these." Immediately, he said No, Katy we can't do that we've already bought the other ones. Well.. to make a long story short.. we ended up returning the other chairs and buying 2 of the new ones. I really did like them so much better. Of course, they didn't have the loveseat that went with it so we had to drive back to 280 to get the loveseat. But, I am so glad we did.. I love it and I have been sitting outside reading every day. Hubs was a good sport..thanks for understanding! love you babe! I still need to get some pillows. I want to pull some red in there somewhere but of course, they were all sold out of the red pillows.. so, I'm on the lookout for those. =) So, please excuse my old pillows.

Isn't it cute?

We also went back to the lake for the weekend. Had a great time by ourselves. Mom was in Ohio with the kids and dad was in Selma so we enjoyed a nice quiet time at the lake.. just the two of us. Life is good! This weekend is concert weekend.. I'm gearing up for Zac Brown Band Friday night and then Carrie on Saturday. Woo hoo! Fun times!

Jamie did a lot of this..and Oscar was right

there with him!

Hope you all are enjoying your summer too!