Our Life in the Yellow Brick House

This week marks five whole years in our house! It’s gone by fast and we’ve squeezed lots of life into that time period. It’s been fun to watch the house change as we’ve: Upgraded our electrical   Added a new front door   Improved our curb appeal   Transformed our side yard   Replaced our water heater   Bought new appliances Replaced our air conditioner (that one hurt!) Got new, WORKING garage doors…FINALLY The list goes on and on. This past year we’ve done lots of thinking about where our future will take us. We love our home and the general location but still don’t see it as our forever house. There for a while, we thought we’d move out before celebrating our 5 th anniversary here. We even started casually house hunting but were pretty unimpressed with what was out there in our price range and on our side of town. The more we talk about it, the more satisfied I am with where we’re at.  When we bought the house in 2010, we knew it h...

I am a fall/winter kind of girl, so I'm always surprised at how excited I get when spring and summer roll around. There's just something about the sunny afternoons and blooming buds that put me in a good mood (and get my eyes watering, but that's another story). Here are some pictures of what we've been up to over the past few weeks.  We always look forward to redoing the flower beds. This year, we weren't very pleased with the flowers we picked for the big bed, but the knockout roses we planted in the side bed are beautiful.  And you've gotta love plants that surprise you and come back on their own. No, I'm not very observant when picking them out. I can't take credit for this picture, I stole it off of Facebook, so thanks to whoever took it! Asher's playing T-ball for the first time, so I went to Hennessey for a game when Grandpa and Grandma Donahue were in town. It was hilarious. You had to remind every kid to run after they hit th...