Afternoon Coffee And Evening Tea

June 6, 2016

If You Need Me This Summer...

This is where I'll be. Where we will all be, most likely. The front porch. During the cool autumn days and evenings, and throughout those long, blustery winter days and nights, we are happy to be snuggled up cozy in our country home. Once the warm mornings of summer arrive and stretch into those long and lazy days of summer and then into the quiet, comfortable evenings...we open the door and make ourselves at home on the porch. This year I did a simple redo on the front porch. It is now less cluttered, brighter, and cozier. And that is were we shall spend our fleeting summer months...enjoying the vivid green grass and rolling mountains that surround us, staring at the bright blue sky filled with billowy, white clouds, sipping coffee and tea, reading and rocking, talking and visiting, watching our little one chase bubbles in the front yard during the day and count stars in a glistening sky at night. And we will be together. : )

The spot where Madison and I start the day with our morning coffee...

And the sweet wicker rocker that once belonged to my grandfather...when he was but a little farm boy...

Steve and Peyton still prefer the rockers...

And Rhett and Flynn love the gliders and the swing. : )

Etsy is a wonderful place to find just the perfect summer themed wreath.

And Plow and Hearth had just the pillows I was looking for. : )

Ahhhhh. Summer.

Hello, again.

Tell me, friends...

Where will you be spending your days this summer?

And thanks for visiting.

I'm always glad you do. : )

June 3, 2016

Random Photo Friday

This week was a whirlwind...and having Monday as a holiday always throws me off! Here are some totally random photos of the week that was in our country home.

In case you missed it...we had a Sweet Sixteen this week...

And my best friend Marian came up from the big city to help us celebrate.

Like always, I showed her a great time...I took her grocery shopping!

Thanks for pushing that second cart, Mar! : )

Memorial Day was fun...

And festive...

My kids were good sports about posing for the traditional Memorial Day-On-Our-Way-To-The-Parade picture...

We took our spot at the annual parade...

And enjoyed every minute of living in small town America.

We ate good too...

You must try this fruit dip...

8 oz. of softened cream cheese and 8 oz. of marshmallow cream.

Beat it up and start dipping!

And what's a holiday in our house without brownies?

And suddenly...its officially summer.

Well, not technically...but you get the idea.

Speaking of summer...I've been ironing...

Some really cute outfits...

For Disneyworld!

The countdown is on!

In totally unrelated news...these.

These. Are. Amazing.

And I usually avoid artificially flavored Oreos like the plague.

Seriously, I am an Oreo Snob.

But these?

Yes. Just yes.

Have a great weekend, my friends!

And don't forget...

The Miss USA Pageant is on Sunday night

At 7:00 on Fox.

We watch it together every year. : )

Thanks for visiting!

(Miss USA photo from the official Miss USA website.)

June 1, 2016

Her Sweet Sixteen

Somehow, perhaps as I blinked my eyes, my Peyton Rose became sixteen. She is and has always been the sweetest. Peyton is my right hand. She is my organizer, baker, cook, laundry folder, and all around caretaker of our home. When she isn't doing that, or caring for and playing with Flynn, Peyton likes to read and watch Fox News. She is wise beyond her years, and enjoys all things political, medical, scientific, and Japanese. Peyton is happy being Peyton. I admire and envy her strong sense of self, and her desire to be and do exactly what she wants, without any pressure from others to conform to the norm. I have no idea what the future holds for my beautiful second born...As of now...considerations include becoming an astronaut, attorney, physician's assistant, or bakery owner... I do know that she will be happy being Peyton. And that makes me happy.

This is how we celebrated our Peyton Rose turning Sweet Sixteen...