Show Us Where You Live Friday--Bathrooms

Well, I missed last week's tour of office's b/c I was gone on vacation... and anyway we don't really have an "office". I do most of our "office" work sitting on the couch or the floor in the family room. lol. I sit at a desk all day at work, so when I get home the last thing I want to do is sit at a desk to pay bills or whatever else you do in an "office". So this week we are onto bathrooms at the hometour that Kelly is hosting each week. If you haven't checked it out yet I would suggest you do so. There are still a few weeks left and it is really fun to see other's people rooms! I will mention beforehand that I dislike all of our bathrooms. We have 2 1/2, but I'm just showing the 2 bathrooms today b/c our 1/2 bathroom is in our laundry room (which is next week). I think that's a weird place for a bathroom, but I didn't build the house so whatever! Our bathrooms are tiny, which irritates me! We have updated both of them, b/c one was completely green and the other completely blue. The blue lagoon aka-the one in our master bedroom still isn't all the way finished... and yes, sweet hubby did start this project back in October... all he has to do is finish sealing the sink now that just somehow always gets pushed to the back of the to do list. Our new house plans (ryan did go ahead and draw them up just in case the boy is able to buy our house in the fall) has much larger bathrooms and I know I will be so glad about that!

This is the hall bath. It was the green one. Oh yah, and the bathrooms had carpet... ew. Little boys and carpet in bathrooms DO NOT mix! Uppercase Living does not mix with painted tile either... well it would if you didn't try to take it off and reposition it... oops :( The paint needs touched up above the toliet now. Ryan surprised me while I was going to AZ in January of '08 and had this bathroom redone when I came home! Awww :)

This wreath hangs above the toliet... it came from Olde Country Barn. I got it with a gift certificate that I got from judging some cheer tryouts :)

My mom got a basket and did this in her bathroom when I was still living at home and I always loved it... so I stole the idea once we got married. This basket actually came inside another one as a "bonus" it they fit perfect! It looks kind of silly b/c I just put a new box in and it is overflowing, but we are snotty people at our house and kleenex goes fast. haha :)

This picture came from... where else, but The Olde Country Barn! lol. I kept looking at it, but wasn't gone to spend 30.00 on it! Finally one day I was in there looking and it was on the clearance table! Awesome! I got it for 8.00!

I got this shower curtain on sale for 5.00... it was the complete set w/ the soap holder and toothbrush holder. I love deals if you can't tell. I'm really over this bathroom and have been wanting to redecorate, but like I said we are trying to not spend money on this house since we don't know if we will be staying... so I'll wait and see.

Sorry for the glare and I don't know why my mirror looks dirty b/c it's not, but anyway. Ryan made the medicine cabinet and we got new light globes. We really like these and you'll see them again in our master bath (if you can even call it that).
Cabinet that Ryan redid as well. He's handy :)

This is looking into our tiny masterbath. The shower is BLUE, the whole bathroom used to be blue (cabinet, sink, toliet, etc) it was TERRIBLE. I covered up the blue shower with the shower curtain.
Uppercase Living above the toliet. I want to get another wreath or a picture or something to go underneath here, but I haven't really looked or found anything I want yet.

Our new WHITE toliet. lol. We also have a new toliet paper holder, but it's still in the box- go figure haha. That door beside the toliet is a linen closet.
medicine cabinet Ryan made and the same light globes you saw in the other bathroom... excuse me in the mirror.

Ryan hasn't sealed the sink that's why the drain isn't in there... we can't use it yet... He said he will get it done this weekend... he is SUCH a procrastinator :) I'm not sayin gthat to be mean, he has done lots of other things for me. I def. tease him about this though! Brycen's little foam animals on the sink?

and the vanity. They are the same b/c he just re did these... this used to be BLUE w/ carpet up the side and no i'm not lying haha. The knobs aren't on the doors yet either.

Well, thanks for visiting our humble little bathrooms... they are small, but get the job done ;)

Cruise to the Caymen Islands-BWI= AMAZING!

These two pictures above got out of order somehow! This post has a major picture overload and will probably be super long!

B on the way. He is honestly the most amazing traveler ever. He did not cry or complain ONE time, not even once. I was so proud of him! The trip there he only slept for an hour and half too. I have to admit, he did watch a lot of movies. :) We left Sunday morning (the 31st) at the butt-crack of dawn... had to stop A LOT b/c my brother was sick... we made it safely to Tampa after stopping at a yummy Texas Roadhouse for supper. We booked an amazing hotel SUITE online on the way for only FORTY-EIGHT dollars for the night-- I would totally recommend people doing this! We were lucky b/c our hotel was only three miles for the port. We got up and had a wonderful breakfast buffet at the hotel, made a quick trip to Walmart and then off to the port to go through customs and get on the ship... that was quite the job, trying to keep 10 people altogether. We were freaking out b/c Taylor left his passport in his bag and they checked his bag and then my brother left his license in his bag. it was a mess! We finally made it through customs and gave them a hard time all week! :)

Ryan, B, and I before we left our hotel in Tampa

After we got on the ship we got ready to go swimming/go to the waterpark area right away! It was so fun leaving port- I love that vacation is here feeling! hehe. We had a safety meeting and then it was back to more fun in the sun.


This was during the safety talk on the ship, he was so wiped out he fell asleep!

Brycen loved the hot tub.

Before we knew it we needed to be getting ready for dinner. We literally had 30 min. to all shower and get ready and make it to dinner. WHEW what a rush! None of us had watches with us so we had no idea what time it was (which I actually loved!).

Ryan, Brycen, and I at dinner the first night.

After dinner we went to a show and then B and I headed to bed pretty early. We were sooo tired. Ryan went to watch a comedy show w/ my dad then.

The next morning we got up around 8am and had breakfast and then went to the water park area. I read most of the day :) B played on the waterslides/sprinklers and Ryan layed out w/ me for awhile and took B putt-putting and then did his own thing around the ship w/ my dad.

B at the put putt course

B going down the waterslide!

in the sprinklers

B and Uncle Joe :)

We had the Captains Dinner that night (elegant night?). Food was amazing every night, but on this night they had lobster... Ryan thought he had died and went to Heaven! haha :)

B and his girlfriend Cory! He told her if she got another boyfriend to just kick him :) haha

the short... and tall of it :) my brother and i

my parents. my dad hates having his picture taken (as you can see!) lol

our waiter LOVED brycen :) i think the affection was mutual b/c he brought B as many bowls of jello as he wanted... one night he ate FIVE... and they weren't small either!

After dinner was another show... this one was a dancing show and it was really cute.

Ryan and I before the show started.

my brother and i at the show.

each night we would go back to our room to find a towel animal :)

On Wednesday we got up and were in the port of Grand Caymen Island:BWI. We decided to do a tour the first day so we picked swimming w/ the stingrays, visiting hell (it's a town), and going to a sea turtle farm.

The stingrays were huge. Some of them were up to 5ft. across look at those stingers too!

Ryan, and B with the stingrays on their bellies :) It was amazing! This was actually worth the whole trip Ryan and I think! They were super friendly... a little slimy, but it was an awesome experience.

The water was gorgeous! Where it gets dark is a HUGE drop off. It is the Caymen Trench which is the deepest trench in the world. I thought that was interesting.


my momma and i with a starfish!

my little cutie patootie w/ the starfish!

This sign was in the town of "hell". The town was called that b/c no vegetation grew there up until like 10 years ago.

Us 3 with the sea turtles!

B with the sea turtle! He really did love vacation-- you can tell by his face here!

so beautiful- i could sooooo live here!

wearing our cousin brookie's shades!

B and I at lunch at Margaritaville! We were sooo wiped out in this picture!

Ryan took a picture of all of us, but he cut off brooke and taylor

He loves his uncle joe sooo much!

After our tour and a very late lunch... or an early supper, whatever you want to call it then we did a little shopping.

B w/ a huge pirate. He thinks they are cool :) He got to see a "real" pirate ship :)

We took tender boats back and forth to the shore from our ship b/c the port isn't big enough for a big cruise ship to dock.

I took this on our tender ride.

After we got back to the ship we all took naps and then had a late supper. It was the only night we didn't eat in the big dining room. We went to a magic show that night. Brycen LOVED that! He talked about it the rest of the week.

Thursday morning we got up and ate breakfast and caught a tender back to the Island again. We did a little shopping in the morning and then went to the beach to relax for a few hours before we had to be back to the ship to start cruising back.


B at the Harley Store :) He is a Papaw's boy for sure when it comes to this!

B & I outside one of the stores!

Us three by the ocean!

B-- he loved playing in the water!


He said he was "surfing" lol

After the beach we went back and got ready for dinner.

He was so wiped out he fell asleep at dinner covered up w/ the tablecloth :)

Ryan, me, Our Head Waiter, Brycen, Assistant Waiter, and Gran :)

After Dinner my mom wanted to get family pictures to put in her Christmas Cards

~MY FAMILY~ *Dad, Joe, Ryan, Mom, B, and I

we took lots of pictures and Brycen was SOOO done! lol

After we took pictures we went and sat down on the deck and just talked.

Friday ALL DAY we hung out at the waterpark on the ship again. It was way less crowded than the pool. I read all day and B played in the sprinklers. Ryan was back and forth. Him and my dad couldn't sit still. lol. They went to the deportation meeting so we would know what to do the next day. That night we just sat by the pool again and looked out the ship. We saw hundreds of dolphins, it was AMAZING!

Saturday morning we had to be up bright and early. We got up and ate breakfast and waited for them to call our number to get off the ship. We got our luggage and got out of there pretty quickly! We left Tampa by 10:30am.

He was a big helper w/ his own luggage!

We were making great time on the way home until we were in a wreck right outside of Atlanta on I-75. We were thankfully all okay. My neck and back are sore and I need to get to the chiropractor. I was driving and saw it coming and so I stiffened up and ended up getting a little whiplash. We got rear ended. The other persons car was torn up pretty bad, but my car was actually ok! I have a hitch underneath my car and they had a little car so their front end went under my car and just hit my hitch. Whew! We had to wait on the police officer and everything took forever! We were there for at least 2 hours. It was burning up hot too! We ended up not getting home until 3:30 a.m. We were WORN OUT! It was a fabulous vacation though!

We're Alive

I know I haven't updated since being home from vacation. I have been overwhelmed with things to do at work and at home! I was hoping to get to my big update today, but it just doesn't look like that's going to happen. I'm off tomorrow and will be enjoying time with my baby boy at home playing, so hopefully on Thursday I will get to my vacation update! I have tons of pictures that I haven't even got downloaded onto the computer yet... told you I was way behind, and if you know me, you know that it is really bothering me! It's not like I have a deadline, but I hate missing my self-imposed deadlines anyway.

Last night we were busy working on landscaping on the side of our house. It's finally coming along. We had lots of old nasty stuff to tear out first and we got the edging put in. We just planted some petunias, we wanted something cheap and easy since we don't know if we will be there next year or not. If so I'll get different stuff next spring. Tonight I have a Pampered Chef Party to attend so Ryan and B are going to get mulch and put that down while I'm gone. It will be nice to have something pretty there instead of something ugly and unfinished-- that bothers me! I'll take pictures when it's done :).

I've been super bad at printing pictures lately. I'm going to get my vacation ones printed and then start back (i haven't printed any since christmas) and start ordering. I hate getting behind (wow I sound monotenous). haha. Anyway, I thought I would leave ya'll with a picture of Andon's headstone. I haven't been there when it's not raining to take a good picture. My friend Ayrika took this while she was at the cemetary.

It only shows the front-- there is a verse on the back.

I'll also leave you with a couple vacation pictures-- so you can preview what's to come-- I stole these from my momma's fb :)

Ryan, B, and I on the last night after dinner

B & a starfish :)

**Updated** I just got off the phone with Keith Meece, the Lead Pastor at Antioch Christian Church... I've been asked to give a testimony. wow. Amazing... I've been praying that God will use me, use our experience to glorify Him. I don't want Andon's short life to be in vain. I never prayed for him to use me in that way, I meant like a one on one with another hurting mom, but I guess God has other plans. They are doing a service on June 28th over Ezra 6. They will be video-taping my testimoney next Wednesday to play at the service on the 28th. I am feeling a little overwhelmed, but VERY led to do this. I have no idea what to say. There are three basic questions/areas he wants me to cover. It's basically about going through a tough time in life and only having God to rely on... what good has come through doing that... and what it was like at the time of the trial. 3-5 min. long... I just wanted to ask you, sweet bloggers, to be in prayer for me. That God will put the words in my head and that this will all come together and God will be given much Glory.