Graduation Time!! Congrats James!!

                                                         James - The Graduate! 2013!

Me and Grandma Nita!

                                                                  Me and my mom!

 "Sister" Natalie and "Sister" Tatum at James' Graduation Party! She wanted to be a college graduate, too!

                                        Parker with "Miss Natalie" at James' Graduation Party!

                       The entire College of Engineering, listening to the Commencement Speech

                                                    James was eager to receive his degree!

                     So excited! All those late nights, long reports and projects, and  hard work finally paid off!

                                                  You did it James!!!!!! So happy for my fiance!

 Around midnight, the girls wanted to stretch out on the green couch and have James tell them silly stories!

                                       So cute!! This is one of my favorite pics from that evening

                                                                          Me and Jen

                                             What is James doing? Apparently I'm amused :)

2 A.M. - A perfect ending to a perfect party -- enjoying some of Grandma's homemade German Chocolate Cake -- delicioso!!!!!

Rain Rain Rain

 My new baby blue spring nail polish! Have had lots of extra time to do my nails, since it has been raining so much!

 Prada sporting her new Hello Kitty rain coat...we get lots of opportunities to use this, as it has been raining almost everyday here, for the past couple of weeks.

My double berry homemade pie, thanks to Betty Crocker's pie crust recipe..and I found this poster about food, from 1917, pretty good food for thought :)

Photos of our house after the final renovations this past April!

 New master suite bathroom: this used to be a storage room, but we expanded the original 4' x 10' bathroom into a huge master bathroom with a custom designed shower!

 Master bedroom: drywalled ceiling, painted, tiled the floor, and put up trim! I finally learned how to caulk and use a nail gun :)

 Another view from the master bedroom

 Our basement living room was a wreck when we moved in...blue carpet and yellow walls, yuck!! So we put porcelain tile in and painted and put up trim. We love our new 60s mod sectional, it took 10 weeks to get here, but it was worth it! The puppies love stretching out on this!

 Upstairs front living room. All we had to do in this room was paint the walls! We are so lucky the original hardwood floors were in such good shape to begin with!

 Kitchen bar view, looking in to the dining and front living room...the french doors in the dining room were actually in the garage when we moved in...with a little TLC, my mom and I were able to put them back in their rightful place :)

 Front porch...James and I painted the entire house this past fall! The previous owners had painted a quote on the top right  ledge of the porch, which reads: "A house is a home when it nourishes the body and comforts the soul", what a sweet saying!

 The front of the house with the blooming Bradford pear trees!

Dining room...just had to paint this room as well...already in great shape!

Berry Crisp and Colorado Climbing

 Made my healthy berry crisp for everyone in Colorado this past March.

 Berry Crisp with homemade granola crunch topping

 Our house with the blooming Bradford pear trees! We will miss you Manhattan, come June!

 Climbing the Chataqua flat iron peak two trail, in Boulder

Cute snap shot after the long but beautiful hike...James was sporting his Fake Patty's Day attire from the previous weekend in Aggieville! He just couldn't get enough :) We were definitely ready to eat at the Rio, in Boulder, after that!