garage (now actually it has a door on it!)

Our Front Porch

Concrete Basement

Basement Stairs

Siding done on 2/3rd's of the house!

Our Sunset! =)

Some photos + explanations!

GIRLS NIGHT with church girls! Mexican and then out for drinks!!!!

Last Saturday, my mom and I went to Woldhuis Farms (Sunrise Greenhouse). Let me tell you, it was QUITE OVERWHELMING! For my first time LEARNING about flowers and what I can/can't plant and all that jazz... it was pretty stressful. It was wonderful to see all those flowers, but to know all that I'd want to get, that just WASN'T GOING TO HAPPEN! My mom has been planting flowers and potting flower pots for a LOOOONG time (no offense mom, i'm not saying you're old or anything... ok, well, maybe... just kidding!) But she just spitted out names of flowers left and right, and I just got lost. I don't know if i could name off 2 flowers that she told me... and whether or not they are sun/shade/all shade/all sun/indoor plants!!!! But there is hope I'm sure... SOMEDAY I will learn what I can/can't plant and how to actually plant flower pots correctly.

(I have no idea what flower this is, but I think I can go back and buy it for my pots! haha)

Well, a couple posts ago, I made a list of things I wanted to do. Well, on there was that I wanted to decorate a cake. Well, I tried my hand at one for the first time this past week. My co-worker Jen's birthday was on Thursday, so I brought in a cake on Friday (she was off on Thurs). This is the "work of art" I made. It is in my opinion pretty ugly. But I know that it was my first one and I really didn't have all the right supplies for it. I didn't really have time to make all the frosting so I just used store-bought kind.... well, with that, I really didn't have enough white frosting to cover the whole cake enough. Plus, I let it sit overnight (so it was cooled) but when I tried to frost it, the cake still came up with it..... mmmmm...... not really sure why, but I guess practice makes perfect. At least I got my first one out of the way and can learn from it! =)

I just LOVE that I can see this from my kitchen window. I admit that I take it for granted, but I really do love it when a beautiful sunset is going on when I'm doing the dishes or when Matt and I are eating dinner!
Thank you God for creating sunsets, they are just beautiful. A true reflection of your beauty!

(What I see when I'm doing the dishes!)

(sorry sunset photos aren't better... i would have taken them with my nice camera, but it's at the shop getting cleaned for the wedding I have next Friday!)

Snowy Busy Couple of Days!

Painting the Living Room & the Hallway!

Snowy Days in Grant Park..... View from my back window!