I need your advice...

Okay...so I really want woven blinds in our living room and kitchen. We ordered one custom blind to be made online to try out and see what we think before we ordered all of the blinds we needed. We came across one problem. I LOVE the blinds from the front, but the "privacy liner" I ordered for the back, to block out some of the light, does not look very good from the outside window. All you see is this white covering from the outside. 

Now, these will only be showing on the back of our house, but when we have people over, we're in the backyard a lot. Here are my options:

1. Keep the blinds the way they are with the white privacy liner, and deal with what they look like from the outside.

2. Pay a little more and get a "black out" liner instead of a white one (which results in the same problem, only it's black instead of white).

3. Don't get a privacy liner at all so you see the woven blinds from the outside window, and deal with the extra sunlight that comes in. 

Leave your vote (option 1, 2, or 3) on the "shout outs" link. I need opinions, people. 

Hot Diggity Dog

Amber, John, and Morgan came to LR today for Amber's follow-up blood work....and we got to eat dinner with them! We met up at Buffalo Grill for some good grub. Morgan loves her some hot dogs, so of coarse she ordered the foot long hot dog (which was on the kids menu). I've seen her eat a foot long before, but she just couldn't get this one down after all the sprite, cheese fries, and chips. 

Thanks for inviting us for dinner, Riedels. We're glad everything seems to be going well with Amber's follow-ups, and as long as the she stays healthy, she can keep coming to LR for a blood test/dinner stop! 

After dinner, we headed downtown for a second dinner at Flying Burrito for Kevin's 26th birthday. I didn't take pictures since I didn't know too many people at the table. You know, didn't want to be the crazy camera lady. Dustin and I were stuffed beyond belief from Buffalo Grill, but watching everybody eat our favorite burritos was pretty hard, so Dustin decided we could split a burrito for dessert. : ) I knew I picked him for a reason. No dinner for us tomorrow night. Our butts are working in the yard and going for a walk...or we might try out rock climbing with a crew of beginners going tomorrow night. I've always wanted to do that! I'll let ya know what we decide.

Hope you DIDN'T have a manic Monday!

4 posts in 1 day! That's how I do...

I know it's been awhile since I posted...so I'm playing catch-up. I actually left my camera cord and John and Amber's when I was there for Morgan's birthday, and I just got it back today. A few things have happened since then...Morgan's party of course, Mom and Johnny are officially moved in at Lake Tenkiller, and Hayley had her wedding! I've also finished summer school, (can I get an amen?) and Nicole and Jerry found out there are having.....DRUM ROLL PLEASE....a baby GIRL!!!!!! Yay! Those over achievers already have the nursery done I hear, and they've only known the sex for like 10 days. Can't wait to see it! We've got a baby pool going and well...John is the only one eliminated thus far. He's the only one who took the odds and bet on it being a boy. The rest of us went with Nicole's instincts and bet girl. Better luck next time, Johnny boy.

Enjoy catching up!

Wedding Whirlwind...and Enough Pictures to Freeze Your Computer

Luncheons, Rehearsals, Wedding, Oh My!

Can we say exhausted? And I'm not even the bride. Hayley's wedding weekend went off without a hitch. Everything was gorgeous and way above and beyond anything I could've imagined up myself. She had everything covered, from the house being completely ready for guests to the mashed potato bar and photo booth at the wedding...I was impressed!...Mostly by the mashed potato bar (which was de-lish)! We got to bring home copies of our photo booth shots, but I don't want to have to scan it, so I'll post those later when Hayley gets her CD of the booth prints.

Here are a few shots from the bridal luncheon, which was held at the Springdale Country Club and hosted by her childhood friends, Sarah and Cat, the rehearsal dinner, which was hosted by Andy's parents at their woodsy home in Bella Vista, and the wedding itself, which was held at First Baptist Church in Rogers.

The happy couple at the rehearsal dinner.

Bridesmaid's Luncheon

The girlies at the rehearsal dinner

beautiful bride!

The whole gang

Everything was so pretty...

I think Dustin liked the candy bar. 

Hayley and me

Tossing the bouquet...there weren't very many single ladies!

my hot date

waving Hayley goodbye...

All of the bridesmaids minus Megan

Goodbye Arkansas, Hello Oklahoma

It's official! Mom and Johnny are now residents of Oklahoma. They moved in the first weekend in June and Dustin and I went for our first visit the weekend of the 13th. I'm so mad at myself for not taking more pictures....guess I was too busy. I did get a picture of the completely finished outside and a couple shots of the house from the lake. 

The inside looks amazing...so much more than I ever expected. I kept asking Mom..."Who's life are you living?" because it just seems too good to be true! I'm really happy for both of them...they deserve every bit of this and I know they're glad the building process is over!

Plenty more pictures of Lake Tenkiller '09 to come...in a fancy new house!

MoMo's 4th Birthday!

I l.o.v.e being a teacher because of weekends like this. It was Morgan's 4th Birthday party on the first weekend of June. Her actual birthday is June 3rd. Amber and John were going to have family over on Sunday for a party, but I ended up going to Danville on Thursday and staying until Sunday. We'd been trying to figure out a date when we could have a garage sale together, but with summer coming up, we didn't think we'd be able to squeeze one in until fall. Then, Amber had the great idea to have one on the Friday before Mo's party. So, I went down Thursday to price things with Amber and Debbie, we had the garage sale on Friday, Morgan's pool luau with her friends on Saturday, then her family birthday party on Sunday. The girl had 3 cakes and gifts galore for 4 days straight. She's not spoiled at all. Here are some pics of the luau she had with her friends and her family bday party. Dustin didn't get to come because he was in a golf tournament...which he did really good in! Not bad for someone who loves to play golf, but hasn't played in almost a year!

This is when we ate dinner at the Country Club on Friday night. They brought her a fancy dessert and sang to her, and Morgan got a tad embarassed...

But once she got a taste of that yummy cookie dessert, she quickly recovered!

On Saturday, at the pool for Morgan and Madelyn's birthday luau.

How cute is this? That will make for a great senior slideshow picture here in 13 years. (But I'm guessing it won't be called a "slideshow" anymore by then).