Project 52, Week 19

During some nice weather last week, we made an evening trip to the nature center. I was scouting locations for the future but got some very cute pictures this time around! In this picture he is looking at the turtles in the pond.

Doing what he does best: walk away from one of us. At least he happened to look back once!

Looking at more turtles and ducks

Have a wonderful week! I'm linking up with Sweet Shot Tuesday!

Just Because

I love him in his big boy flip flops and plaid shorts. Oh and I love him in that color!

I was Featured!

Kate over at Chic on a Shoestring Decorating has featured my Drexel on her Flaunt it Friday! I love this nightstand and am super proud of it. Thanks Kate!

Project 52, Week 18

We celebrated Kenetha's birthday last weekend and had lots of fun! I thought I would share some pictures from the day, and there are a lot of them!

I am going out of order, but I just love this picture of Kenetha with Carter and Samantha.

Of course Carter is holding two cars, but I just love the kids' expressions in it!

Carter and Samantha were giving out lots of kisses, both regular sloppy baby kisses and eskimo kisses :)

Carter and Samantha play very well together, although I attribute this to Samantha's easy going nature. Carter is a bit of a toy stealer, but Samantha doesn't mind. Actually, she usually just walks away from a toy if she see Carter coming!

Look at the smile!! Such a happy little girl!

Bob got quite the workout. Kenetha gave Carter a big ball and it became the entertainment as Bob took turns bouncing the kids on it. Samantha thought this was so fun, and loved it even more when Carter bounced!

I love this picture. Samantha is just staring at Carter, like "Are you going to let me play now?"

Hope all of the mom's had a great day yesterday! Enjoy the week!

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy mother's day to all of the moms out there! And especially to my mom, thank you. I can't list all of the things to thank you for, there are just too many. So I'm simply saying thank you for everything.

Photo courtesy of Marcia Morrison

Love you mama!!

Project 52, Week 17

Finally! It's nice enough to be outside. Only now we're heading for 90 degree weather...
I just love the backlighting in this photo, how the sunset glow is illuminating the side of Carter's head. Love this boy!

And here is Carter's true personality, running like a maniac, away from me of course!!

Hope everyone is having a wonderful week!

Before and After: Drexel Find!

I had been looking for a pair of night stands for a while, but was not having any luck. Then I stumbled upon this at Goodwill.

It seemed like a super sturdy piece. It was solid wood, very heavy and had dovetailed drawers and dust covers in between the drawers. The drawers slid well except for one (turns out that missing pull was the culprit of the poor function!). I was already planning on buying this little gem, especially since it was only $14.99! But then I discovered its brand: Drexel! Holy jackpot! I grabbed that tag and ran to the register with my new treasure. We had it for about a month before I found it's match. The second nightstand isn't as good of quality, but it's a similar size and coordinates well.

So here are the afters. I like the look of a painted base and stained top, but I achieved a similar look without stripping or staining! I primed as always with my beloved Kilz. The base of the night stands was painted with Krylon Brushed Metallics in caramel latte while the top is Rustoleum's Hammered paint in a rubbed bronze finish. I kept the original hardware on both, painting over the shiny brass with an oil rubbed bronze. And I lightly glazed each piece to make it have that antique look.

Here is the Drexel:

And it's mate...