good times

Just home again....

this time from a mother/ daughter week

at Amanda's.

We had such a good time and got so much done.

Bubba stayed here & Mark went on a little trip,

so we dug right in and got lots of things accomplished.

One of my gifts is organization.

The Hollingsworth's EBay business needed a bit of help.

I jumped into the "book project" first thing.

All are back in order and alphabetized.

One of our days we spent shopping at IKEA.

We picked out new desks and desk chairs for Jake and Eli.

(chairs not pictured)

(Mark did not have time to put them together before he left.)

I bought both of them desk lamps for the new desks,

These boys are now ready for school to start.

Amanda and I moved their beds to the other side of the room,

vacuumed and cleaned,

rearranged their closet,

unloaded their back packs from last year and ran them through the washing machine,

and set up their new desks.....

ready for homework which will start in a few weeks.

One night we set aside to watch a movie...

The Greatest Showman.

The boys are eating popcorn.

So good!

We sang the music for the rest of the week.

So what is that large architectural piece that we are sitting in front of in the first picture?

Amanda and I have been working on decorating the living room for two years.

The only thing missing on this trip was something to go over the couch.

While we were in Home Goods looking for the desk lamps,

we walked by the piece that you see in the picture.

It was hidden behind some other pieces, but it caught my eye.

We thought about it overnight and were back the next morning when the store opened to purchase.

It was perfect,

just the right size and shape,

pleasing to the eye.

Mark helped us hang it right before I left yesterday.

So much was accomplished.

Three rooms are almost completely done.

The boy's room and the guest room still need pictures hung,

but hey....we can do that next time.

The best was all of the fun that we had,

all of the "laughing till we cried,"

time out for pedicures,

all of the Dairy Queen runs,

the hugs and the love!!

So thankful!!

❤️