ABBY STARTS KINDERGARTEN

My oldest grand-daughter is in kindergarten.  My youngest grand-daughter will start pre-school in September.  They are growing up. Sigh!

CARTER STARTS THIRD GRADE

My grandson is a third grader.  Abby starts kindergarten on Monday.

UNPLANNED VISIT FROM OUR KC GRANDKIDS

We enjoyed a visit from our Kansas City grand-kids this week.  It was not a planned visit.  Michelle's good friend, that she had known since kindergarten passed away and they came to attend the funeral. Even though it was a sad occasion, we enjoyed getting to visit with them.

They got to go to our neighborhood pool on Thursday.  They played water tag with Pap-pa.

There was hardly anyone at the pool which is unusual.

We went down to Brick-town on Friday and they all rode the boats on the canal. Carter and Karlie enjoyed it.  But it was so hot and muggy.

Does Karlie look hot?  There were lots of people riding the boats.

 Carter and Tracy.

Michelle.

Tad and Carter.

Pap-pa and Carter.

We went to eat at Toby Keith's after riding on the boats.  They have tailgates to sit on.

Karlie sure was thirsty.

Doesn't it look like hubby is on a diet?  Yes, he did eat it all.  No to-go box for him.

Karlie is tired.

Carter and Karlie after getting back home.

LAUNDRY ROOM MAKE-OVER

When we first moved in our house, there was an opening between the laundry room and the office. Hubby and I both thought it was a little odd, because we had no idea what purpose it served.

 So, after living in the house for almost five years, I had an idea. I decided to order shutters and enclose the opening. Well, I could not order the exact size shutters for the opening, so it took hubby awhile to get around to installing them and figuring out a way to make them fit.

Then after they were installed, it took a another few months for them to get painted. But, after a few months, they were finally installed and painted. I liked the way they looked, so I decided it was time to decorate the laundry room. Granted, no one ever sees the room but me, but still I could enjoy it. I didn't want to spend a lot of money on it because, well no one sees it but me.



 The laundry room before.  This is actually the first house I have had that has a sink in the laundry room.  This is the fourth house, that we have bought and have also lived in two apartments, one townhouse and a duplex. Sorry, no pictures of the opening without the shutters. But, just take my word, that it looks a lot better with shutters instead of a hole in the wall.

The after.  I tried to sell the little pots in the garage sale and no one would buy them, so I just decided to paint them and put plants in them.  I got the rest of the ideas off Pinterest.  I think the room is a lot cuter and now maybe I will enjoy doing laundry more. But, just trust me the shutters add so much more to the room.  On the other side of the shutters is our office and I will show pictures of it later.  It is due for a make-over also.
 

The walls do not have splotches on them, it is just the light coming through the window.  It was so bright that time of day, I had to close the blinds. Might do window treatments later, but not sure.

KARLIE AND LITTLE FRIEND PLAYING DRESS-UP

ABBY'S 4TH

GALVESTON/PART TWO

A few more pictures of the beach and pool.