
My mom and dad were able to visit for a long weekend over the 4thof July and we were so excited to have them! The time went way to fast but we got a lot done and figured out for our house! We also had lots of fun mixed into all the chaos. Evie had a great time with her Maki and Buddha and wants to call them every morning since they left to say hello! Each morning they were here she would wake up and go into their room. She would be as quiet as she could and climb in next to Maki. After a few seconds she would start to wake her up. Well of course Buddha had to get in on the Evie time and he did this by becoming the spider monster. He would snuggle up both Evie and Maki in a big hug and then shake the bed. My mom and Evie would just laugh and laugh. It was the sweetest thing to hear throughout the house! I wish I would have gotten a picture! Evie could have stayed and done the spider monster all day, she just couldn’t get enough.
We had lots of fun picking out paint colors and fabric during the trip. North Carolina
has this great fabric store called
Not Just Linens. It has tons of designer fabrics, you know the ones on those huge rolls that you have to many times special order from the national fabric stores. Well here at
Not Just Linens, they sell it for $7.99 a yard. So we of course had to go there. I found fabric for Evie’s new big girl room and the nursery. My mom also found some fabric for two of her rooms. We had a lot of fun and were grateful for Buddha and Evie’s patience throughout the day. We also spent a lot of time looking at paint. I need to paint both of the girl’s room and my entire downstairs. I think we found the color for the nursery and the downstairs. A couple weeks ago I sent all of my samples of the downstairs (cabinets, flooring, couch, blinds) to my aunt Marylyn and she took time out of her busy life to get some amazing colors for me. I am so thankful for her help. I couldn’t have done it without her. Luckily we had the colors to stare at while my parents were here and my mom and I spent everyday while they were here moving colors around the house, staring, and then moving the colors again! The colors look great in my house and I can't wait to get painting! We also found a bed frame for Evie's new room, and of course hit up the flea market in Raleigh!

We didn’t do much on the 4th, just enjoyed each others company and spent some time with Ron (he was working nights the week they were here, so he didn’t get to play much with us)! But before he went into work we had some hamburgers and did a few firecrackers. Evie’s favorites were the pop-it! She was double fisting them and having a great time. We should have gotten more she went through them so fast!
We had such a great time with Maki and Buddha and can’t wait for their next visit in October! Thank you both for all that you do for my family. We appreciate and love you so much!
*Maki took most of the pictures over the weekend so we she sends me a disk of them all, I'll post more!*