Beach Cover Up

I am ready for the summer! Even though I don't like being in a bathing suit....summer is my favorite time of the year. Love Topsail Beach!!

I just ordered this cute swimsuit cover up from Old Navy

And this cute bathing suit from Victoria Secrets which I decided to model for you all in the attached picture!!

Don't you worry, I ordered the full coverage bottom. oh to have a flat stomach....

Rug

I have been searching for a rug to go under the dining room table. I finally found one that Kai and I both agreed on (agree being the key word!) but it was too small, too bright and didn't blend/match/fit in as nicely as I hoped it would thus beginning my search all over again.

Below are two rugs I really like from West Elm. I think the simple color and patterns will easily mix with the room. What do yall think??

Soooooooooo I'm a bit of a slacker

Happy Thanksgiving, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year's, Happy Birthday to Me, Happy MLK Day, Happy Birthday Kai, Fun Ski trip, Happy Birthday Charles, and now Happy almost Valentine's Day...I think that covers it since the last time I wrote on the blog!

Isn't Charlie's hat cute!

Bathroom is FINISHED!

Kai and Joey finally finished the bathroom. We had a hold up with paint colors. I couldn't decide which shade of green I liked (green was one of the only colors Kai and I could agree on).
The boys did such a good job! I always hated that bathroom because no matter how much I scrubbed it always look dirty. Behind the toilet was the worst! The wall paper was peeling off and there was mold growing behind it. Nasty!! Joey spackled the wall where the damage was but when we painted the spackling came off. Joey ended up putting a piece of wood (it has a name I just don't know it!) behind to the toilet to cover the damage. I thought it won't look nice but was pleasantly surprised!
The toilet was so old the bowl cracked when we tried to put it back in. Water would shoot out when you flushed. It was pretty funny but we definitely couldn't leave it like that:)
Our family gave us plently of Lowes gift cards for Christmas so we were able to buy a new pooper (it was a running joke over the holidays that we got a toilet for Christmas!)
The new pooper has finally been installed but the old one is still hidden in the shower. It needed to drain and we weren't sure what to do with it. I totally forgot about it but Daniel found it when we had people over for the super bowl. Opps!

Grandma Jean

Jean, Jean, Jean...where to begin!

For those of you who are confused, I'm not allowed to call her my Grandmother....or Nana or Granny or Grandma only Jean.

Funny Jean story:

At a wedding last month, Jean walks up behind me and smacks my ass.
This was all done in an effort to tell me my dress was too short.

I think the exact phrase was "if your dress got any shorter, you would be wearing shorts!"

Then she adds but you do have nice legs!

That same evening, she tells Katherine's boyfriend Robert, I'm just going to call you Wilford. Apparently, Robert was too difficult to remember but Wilford was easier?

Gotta love Jean! She's pretty awesome if not just plain entertaining!

Maxine reminds me of Jean:

Disfunctional Omelets

I am officially scratching omelets off my list of meal ideas.

This was my sad attempt: Kai proceeds to take over saying he used to make omelets all the time and I didn't know what I was doing. He started out ok. He actually looked like he knew what he was doing.But then his ended up like so

Hahahahaha
Guess it's wasn't as easy as it looked, huh Kai??

Love you:)

Carolina vs State

Saturday was not a good day for the Tarheels....not that much of their football season has been! Kai and I attended "the game" with Russell and Nancy. Kai was of course decked out in his red while the rest of us sported Carolina blue only for Carolina to loose miserably to the Wolfpack. It was a very good game with quite a few interesting plays. I have never been to a football game when players have actually been ejected either. My favorite play was when a Carolina defensive player literally picked up the State running back and slammed him to the ground. Bet we will be seeing that replay again!
I often found myself forgetting which team to cheer for. That didn't make Russell too happy! I got "the look" (when dad purses his lips together and flares his nostrils all while a vein pulsates in his forehead). Guess I have been to one too many NC State games. I could really do without the howling or the "Go to hell Carolina" line in their fight song, but at least one of our teams will go to a good bowl game! Keep your fingers crossed that State beats Maryland this weekend and then Virginia Tech in the ACC championship because Miami here we come!