a few more photos from last sunday...

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a welsh progressive dinner.

late sunday afternoon, the welshes gathered to celebrate the moms in our life with a progressive dinner.  we started at my cousin michael's casa for appetizers, then ventured over to our casa for the main course and ended up at the brook's casa for dessert.  all the houses are about 4 to 5 blocks away, so the distance was perfect for walking.  the theme was "picnic" with lots of fun summer activities at each casa.  here are a few photos thanks for cousin mereditha.

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happy mother's day!

mother's day 2013.

{with one wiggly toddler}

hope everyone had a lovely day yesterday celebrating being a mom, your own moms or the mom like people in your life.  we had a lovely brunch with family and toasted the special moms in our life.

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life {according to instagram}.

 park playdate with luca

 the joys of home ownership

 helping dada

 her new favorite thing in the backyard

 loving slides

 finally meeting henry!

although logs needs to work on her hugs instead of strangling her recipients.

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house progress {kitchen and family room}.

this is the heart of our home and where we envision spending the most of our time.  i love how in almost any setting, people always gather around the kitchen.  we got really lucky with the lay out of the original house because it was so easy to rip out the existing kitchen and add a very open family room.  still lots of little things to add and tweak - but we are getting there!

 working on a roman shade for that sink window

and a long skinny runner on the floor.

 i spy a little nugget enjoying her morning milk.

 the colors are much more true from this angle.  the below cabinets are a blue slate color.

working on some bar/counter stools and the layout of the open shelving.

 want to add more artwork to that wall and kinda create a gallery wall around the tv.

we are thinking of mounting the tv on the wall so it blends in more with the surrounding art.

 thinking of adding a small skinny table behind the sofa.

 and we need a bigger rug for this room.  we like this one so much we might just get the same one in a bigger size and put the existing one in the guest room.

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like mother like daughter.

never really thought i would be one to dress my child like me {remember those crazy laura ashley dresses when we were growing up that mamas and daughters would wear together - yikes!} - but with these shoes - i just couldn't help myself.  hopefully i'm not rolling my eyes at myself in 20 years. 

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life {according to instagram}.

 outside is her favorite.

i also seem to have lost all her hair clips.

 aunt becca in town for a visit!

 mama's little helper

 she loved those mud bugs!

quality time with uncle mike and aunt becca!

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house progress {guest bathroom}.

happy monday friends!  the guest bathroom is almost complete!  jeff and i added some frosted film to the window this weekend for privacy.  we did not want to do curtains and were unsure of exactly what window treatments to try.  so we decided to put up film for now and figured later on we could always change it if we wanted to.  we followed directions from our friends at young house love {here} and have been super happy with the results.  it took no more than 10 minutes and the film still allows for lots of great natural light to come in.

 
still playing around with the bath mat and need to get some hand towels - but we are almost there!

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house progress {the mud room}.

since we have an attached one car garage, i was so happy to find a little niche to add a small mud room.  the accent color is a dark gray/slate/blue {and is the same color as our bottom cabinets in our kitchen}.  we snagged the fabric at a going out of business sale - so scored big time there.  i have plans to add hooks for all those coats we will be wearing down south and lots of baskets to put shoes and miscellaneous items. 

happy weekend!

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