Willliamsburg here we come!!!

Well, we are leaving for Williamsburg on vacation tomorrow morning so this will be it until we return. I still have to mow the front lawn, go to my daughters piano recital and pack...no time for blogging...yet here I am!!!lol
We plan on spending the first night out before we reach our resort...wish us well.
I hope you all have a wonderful week! Be back soon...be blessed.

A recipe gone wrong

I found this apple recipe and just couldn't resist trying it....it was easy to make and looked wonderful but..it really didn't taste that good. I baked it then topped it with carmal. It was okay but it needed maybe crisp on top or marshmellows or whipped topping. Something was missing so I guess this recipe will not be repeated.
Thanks to all of you for your kind suggestions. I will check out more colors then let you know when I do a test strip.
I spent most of the day in the flower gardens. We are headed to Williamsburg, VA on Sunday for 6 days of rest.The girls are packed but I will do that tomorrow. DH has to work so this time we will be leaving him behind...I will miss him. He works so hard it seems he probably needed a vacation worse than any of us.
It is suppose to be very hot here tomorrow so I am hoping to spend much of the day inside...after I mow the front yard.
Well, not much more going on than that so until next time be blessed.

Painting our home again

You have seen the front of my home many times so today I thought I would show you the back with hopes that you may have an idea for a color change.
We are putting up two new buildings and they are going to be cream and a dark green so the house will remain cream but if I go with green it will have to be a darker shade than I have right now. I could remove the green altogether...I could change the rust to a burgundy ....and ideas????

A garden crock

So how has your weekend been? We have been busy...yesterday we went to a picnic with some HS friends and met some new friends too. We had great weather and great food and she had a wonderful home......and I forgot my camera!!!! Well, trust me, it was a really nice home. On my next visit I will take the camera for sure.
We are getting ready to go to the fireworks. Our town always has them on Saturday every year. We take a blankent and some chairs and snacks and drinks...we just sit and have a nice time. This year dh has to work so it won't be as much fun for me but the kids will have fun either way. We packed extra snacks because usually other kids find us and join us for the fun.
I wanted to share a picture of my new find....I found this crock in the bottom of the shed that we tore down. The bottom is broken out but I knew right away it would fit perfectly in my garden. Yesterday I let my youngest pick out some flowers to put in the top and...there you go....instant color. I think it is so cute.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Happy 4th of July

I posted a picture of our porsh waving the US flag a few days ago so for today...Happy 4th and I'm sharing a few pics from my garden. Enjoy the holiday.

Well, the end of the season is here at last!

Oh, aren't these such nice trophys for the girls? This is their league trophy and the tourney trophy. I'm glad they changed colors this year...we have quite a few that are blue.

Dh, who coaches the team, with our two daughters, Delaney and Dyanna. He was a proud coach but a super proud Dad!!!!


This is the wonderful plaque that the team will present to their sponser, First Citizens National Bank. It will hang their proudly this year in remmberance of all the hard work the girls put into the season. It is so fun to see it as we do our banking each month.

This is our team minus the pitcher who left before the ceremony. They are pretty sweet girls and all will be eligible to return but one who graduated this year. We had a beautiful day for a softball game. It was warm and breezy with blue skys. Our team came out blazing and beat the other team 14-3. They were so excited! We took a short break and right back to the field because todays game were the chanpionship and it was double elimination so we started out at 3-0 then 6-3 but we had a very bad inning with too many errors and they went around us 11-6 we came out batting but it ended with 2 runners on base and the final score 10-11. We did our best to make a comeback but sometimes it just doesn't happen but they weren't too disappointed and the trophies are really beautiful. So we ended the year as league champs and 2nd in the tourneys. We are so proud of them

A Pleasant Surprise

A few days ago a storm was brewing in the west so I decided to take down my ferns that hang on my front porch until it passed over. When I took one down I found a pleasant surprise. A wonderful nest of robin eggs. They are so large and blue, just a beautiful site. It really was a wonderful surprise.
So tonight we are to play 2 games at the softball field and the championship is tomorrow morning. It has been a long weeks since it seems to rain almost every night and a least part of these games were to be played earlier in the week. We played on last night and won 14-3. We were suppose to play a second game with a different team but due to rain we play it tonight. I sure hope the girls bring their best game and take this to the championship torrow. This is the third year that we are league champs and hopefully the 3rd year for tourney champs too. LOL I know that sounds greedy but we have paid years of dues building this team so we had seasons of losses a few years ago...now is our time to shine.
I am going to try a new recipe this weekend. If it turns out ok I will post a pic and the recipe....it has plenty of apples so if you like apples stop back and see what happens. Wish me luck.