June Storms

Last week we had some nasty storms. A friend of mine (that just built his house last October) got a foot and a half of water in his basement. We were lucky and didn't have any damage to the house, but there were some scary happenings outside and I snapped some pictures to show you.

Since we live in a valley, there is a street drain at the end of our drive that gets clogged with debris. Jared had to brave the storm and clean it out so the street "lake" would drain.

I know this is a crappy photo taken through a window, but there was no way I was going outside in the storm. I wanted to show how high the water in the moat got! It was really only high in this one spot, but it's pretty close to the top!

Daniela's Birthday

Last weekend was Daniela's 27th birthday! She had a big party with friends and family, and I made her a very special cake. I think it was a good time had by all.

The LHS Ladies

The Cheat cake!

Mario Marathon

I know I don't have a ton of readers on my blog. But just in case you happen to stumble by; you should check out the Super Mario Marathon 3 that's going on this weekend.

Basically it's a bunch of 30 something (awesome) nerds that are having a Mario Marathon to raise money for Child's Play Charity. Child's Play raises money to buy games and toys for sick kids in the hospital. Please check it out!

You Capture - Get Down Low!

I think my take on this week's theme is kind of a stretch. . . .but I'm going to go for it.

We have been getting many scary storms lately. These were the pictures I took of the sky after I was getting down low in the basement cowering in fear as the tornado sirens went off. Too much of a stretch? Ah well. Technically I'm a lot lower down then the sky. . .so. . .it works. :-)

All photos are SOOC, no color editing or enhancing. I've never seen the sky these colors before!

Killer Cat

This morning I noticed a fly flying around the house. The Boo also noticed the fly and started stalking it everywhere. I don't know how much I've written about our cat, but she is the most klutzy uncoordinated cat that ever lived. The reason why I enjoyed her stalking the fly was her cute failed attempts to pounce on it over and over. She does that cute butt wiggle before she jumps (if any of my readers are familiar with cat antics)

Then the impossible happened. She killed the fly and brought it over to show me. Gross, but also amazing and cute. I'm sad I missed the kill.

You Capture - Water

The "Moat" is one of my favorite things about our back yard, and it fit perfectly with the You Capture theme this week "water."

The back half of our lot is still densely wooded, but our neighbors cleared theirs out and built a bridge.

I love to sit in the yard, dangle my feet over the edge and listen to the water trickling down.

Check out more "water" shots at Beth's

Spring Things

Well folks I finally uploaded some pictures! I was able to borrow Daniela's battery charger since we have the same camera. :)

One of our more recent big purchases for the house was some patio furniture! Our backyard is one of my favorite parts of our house, so I was just itching to get some seating so we could enjoy it more. We ended up getting a 10 piece set from Menards for a really reasonable price, it's nothing fancy but it works. :) The base set included: a glass top table that seats 6, 4 regular chairs, 2 reclining chairs, 2 ottoman, and a glass side table. About a week after we bought the patio set, my parents bought us the umbrella and stand for our 4 year wedding anniversary. So now we have the complete set!

I also did a little bit of container gardening recently. I had bought a few pots when we lived in the apartment with the intention of making a balcony garden, but it never really happened. Now that we have a nice big deck and front porch I was more motivated to make it happen.


We shall see if I can keep everything alive! I definitely don't have my Mom's green thumb.