Summer Wreath

This wreath is gonna make it through every season I swear.. I was tired of the green... So now it is red!! Summer is here!! Maybe a blue ribbon for July?? Than what color??

The Patio

Oh yeah... So we decided to lay a stone patio, talk about biggest nightmare ever!! But first we had to get rid of our small cement patio... with a sledge hammer!! Biggest mess I have ever seen. Than after a few weeks of laying sand and stone we had this beautiful patio!! Scott is such a trooper, we had no idea it was going to be so much work, but he did it and he did a good job (as usual!!) Now we need some fun patio furniture and a grill and it'll be complete!

One Year in the Lonestar State

I cannot believe we have officially been in Houston for an entire year!!! This last year has just flown by. We have been pretty busy with our new jobs and our new home and our new puppy (who is huge BTW!). Scott has been working for the Department of Defense for one year now, and he is actually enjoying work most of the time :) And I have been working at Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center in the Cardiovascular Intermediate Unit. While we both love of jobs, we definitley enjoy our days off together more!! So to make things easy I have compiled a small list of our favorite things to do in Houston, not in any specific order, here it goes...
10. Work (we kinda like our jobs so far)
9. Finding fun new places to eat
8. Shopping... Shopping... Shopping
7. Bike rides to HEB or Hobby Lobby (my fav)
6. Taking the dog on walks at night in the warm summer heat.
5. The BEACH!!
4. Visits from family
3. Working in the yard and Garden
2. Happy Hour at Sonic
1. Building a family.

With our families so far away, Scott and I have worked hard to make Houston our home. We really do have a good life here and are so blessed. I was lucky enough to fly home for a few days this month to go to my Dad's retirement party. I miss them all so much and could not ask for a better family. Scott put up with an empty house and probably an empty stomach for a few days so I could go and I am so grateful!! Thanks guys!!!

Onto the the pictures. We have had so so much fun with our new home. Scott has been nonstop building or painting something!! We put a garden in the backyard and ended up needing to build a fence to keep Jax out!! Scott is so awesome!! He can build just about anything and trust me I will put him to the test this summer!!! Also he build a brick wall in the living room, yes you read that right.. a brick wall. I was sceptical at first but WOW, he did an amazing job. I have learned to just let him do what he wants and not to question him. We have plenty of more projects in the works so I will post more pics soon!!

Scott and Jax with the fence they built

The wall