Since we go to church on Sunday nights our Sunday mornings are usually very low key and relaxing. (Not like any other morning is really stressful either!)
Just scooping some dirt up...not sure where his pail is!
My perfect vanilla latte! I love my espresso machine:)
Mom without makeup and Marshall saying cheese!
We tried our hand at bubbles...
Lounging in the lawnchair...
And of course he would find the stick that is bigger than he is and lug it all around the yard!My sister has been a massage therapist for the last 5 years. She has been working out of other businesses and renting spaces from other people since she started. Just this last week she made the move out onto her own! I'm so proud of her and her space is absolutely gorgeous!
She's calling her business Element 5. The five is actually the symbol of being to the 5th power but I couldn't get blogger to pull the five up any higher! It stands for the five elements...fire, earth, wind, rain and I can't remember the last one...oh well.
Anyways Matt and my dad helped her building the arbor like thing on the celing, which actually holds the bars she uses for the type of massage she does while walking on people's backs! If you've never had a massage like that you must try one! Anyways she has basically transformed this small empty room into a beautiful and relaxing environment. Let's just say I can't wait for my first massage!
And I must say that I helped with the chair! I had this gorgeous old Queen Anne style chair that was badly in need of a recovering. I can't fit it in my house right now and I had some swanky orange paisley fabric that I thought would look fabulous over it. I tried it and it works perfectly to match her space. Don't look too closely at the sides as I didn't have enough fabric to cover the entire thing:) Once we angled the chair in the corner and put up a little coffee table you couldn't even tell!
I love decorating and creating...it inspires me!
Anyways if you're here in Salem you must go see her and if not then I'll just let you be jealous!:) Just kidding!
Way to go sis!
Wow it's been almost two weeks since I've last posted! I did try and post last week but something in my blog picture settings got messed up. Being the computer genius that I am (not hardly) I actually did figure it out on my own! So now I of course have several things to post about...so here we go!
Last week our friends Jerry and Molly's boys had their last tball game! I love tball...it was the cutest thing we've seen in a long time! The boys were both fantastic and Matt and I loved every minute of it! Here are a few pics of our time together!
Daren and Kimberly with Molly and Marshall!
Marshall watching the game from the lawnchair. He was out of the chair by the time I was done taking this pic!
Darling Brody ready on second base!
An action shot of Brock...I was pretty proud of my picture taking skills on this one:)
Marshall and mom!
And Marshall learned how to climb up the back of the couch and onto the bookshelf...are you kidding me! Just today he learned how to get himself up onto the couch from the floor so I am really in trouble! This whole climbing thing is going to be an adventure.
We went to a friend's wedding on Saturday and Marshall had his first piece of wedding cake...with a fork I might add. Good thing I had another shirt in my bag for him!
My sister and I have also been working very hard getting her new massage room ready for business this week! She got it all finished yesterday so I'll have those pics for my next post!
Man the days go by quickly around here! Last week it was my nephew Deakan's birthday so we celebrated down at Riverfront Park. My sis did a great job putting the whole thing together including making a fabulous cake!
I also assisted with my first wedding this past Saturday! It was so fun! Matt had Marshall and he did great. It was so fun to get out
of the house for a little while...plus I LOVE weddings. I'm doing another one the end of this month!
Also in other news, my sister is moving her massage business downtown as she just rented this awesome space on the third floor in this newly renovated building. We spent yesterday getting it ready for her and I think she'll make the move next week. The building is renovated like I said but it's got concrete floors and the original exposed brick walls. Very urban! We love it. I've also been making some nursing covers, burp rags, etc, and she's going to let me sell some in her space!
This is graduation weekend for all the high school seniors so we've got a few parties to go to! Hope everyone has a great weekend!
I know her eyes are closed but Lola still looks adorable giving her cousin Marshall a squeeze!
I think Marshall is either trying to run after a dog or a bike that one of the kids brought!
No smiles for the kids but at least we got a cute pic of us:)
While getting Heidi's space user friendly we've made several trips to Lowe's and Home Depot. I love these carts! Marshall starts clapping and tries to squirm out of my arms as soon as he sees the thing he's so excited to get into it! They make such a ruckus in the store as well. Kicking on the thing, laughing, it's really quite funny to watch them together. I on the other hand feel like I'm driving a station wagon around the store...but it's all about the kids right?
Matt had a two day conference this past Thursday and Friday so Marshall and I went to my parents house! Matt met us back at the house Friday afternoon and we actually stayed until Sunday morning. It was like a mini-vacation for me! I got to have some one on one time with my good friend Tiffany over Starbucks, Matt and I went to see the new Indiana Jones movie, and my mom woke up with Marshall and fed him breakfast on Sunday morning! For all you moms you know what a treat that is! I still don't even know what day it is around here...it's taken me a little bit to get back into our routine.
Sunday afternoon we celebrated Matt's brother Tim's birthday and then headed off to a great night at Outward! Monday we had lunch with Matt's fam, took a trip to Starbucks, and took the kids to the park! Such an amazing weekend!
And we have lots of pictures to share...I'll just narrate them as we go since they are all a little random!
Here's Marshall showing off his new camoflauge rainboots drinking out of my water bottle!
Mr. Cheesy grin! He loves being on the couch by himself...I think it makes him feel independent.
Marshall had his very first experience gardening this weekend as well. He was very into the watering can...when we took it away to fill it back up again he would scream! We finally figured out to let him help fill it back up as well...they love to be a part of the process.
After this bath that didn't really clean anything off of this baby we headed for the bathroom to take a nice bath. I left the water running and draining because I was just trying to get all the dirt off of him. Well I stood him up to clean him off and he leaned forward and pushed the shower knob...water comes spraying out of the nozzle on both of us! I was wet and he looked a little surprised and a little pleased!
Marshall and Deakan lounging in the new matching chairs that Grandma got them! With their matching spatula toys as well:) Why do we buy these kids toys when anything from the untensil drawer will work just fine?
Just hanging out with Uncle Tim and Grandma Sharon's house on Sunday afternoon!
A long weekend for both my men!
Hope everyone had a fabulous weekend!
Marshall taking a walk to the pool with Gina!
He loves to splash!
Marshall with Carly Diaz...I think these two might get married someday! Marshall loves her!!
All ready to go!
Watching the bats...those things are so creepy.
In the bird house with grandpa...
After lunch nap!
We took Marshall on his very first ride in Matt's truck last week! Nothing crazy but Marshall loves being up so high. We also got to go to the beach last weekend as Matt's dad had a place for us all to stay for a night! So it was me and all the Porter boys! Very fun! Marshall had a nice nap on the way over as you'll see!
Life has been super busy around here! Our young moms group at church just started another Bible study this morning and it was great. We've got some new people in the group and I'm really excited about that! Plus we're meeting in our apartment. I have such a small space but I love it and I'm so thankful that I can use it in that way!
