29 years of marriage!

Sunday was our 29th wedding anniversary. I thought it might be fun to share a picture from our wedding. Wayne was 20 and I was 19! My baby is 19 and can't imagine her getting married! The little boy and girl on either side of us are my cousins who are now in their mid thirties! We don't usually do much in the way of exchanging gifts for our anniversary but this year he wanted tickets for us to attend the Freedom Concert in Atlanta next month. Wayne is a huge fan of the Sean Hannity radio show and the proceeds benefit the Freedom Alliance Scholarship Fund . After we told Bryant about it he wanted to go. So, of course, we purchased an additional ticket for him. He'll LOVE it! I got a $50 Hobby Lobby gift certificate. He really doesn't like to give gift certificates because he thinks they are impersonal but I LOVE them...especially HL! I was THRILLED!!!

I had my first (of 2 in June) class on Saturday and we painted a birdhouse on canvas. This is what it looked like when I left. (No, I didn't cut my hair...it was over 100 degrees here this weekend so it's just pulled back!) I didn't have time to put a butterfly or bird on it so when I got home I started messing with it adding some red flowers, 2 hummingbirds and a butterfly. I made it WAY too busy but I had fun doing it. Here is what it looked like when I was finished.

I KNOW...HUGE Butterfly. I was trying a new type of butterfly that I saw in a book and got carried away! Here's my big FAT hummingbird! Isn't this the cutest little hummingbird? He is so tiny and perfect! I couldn't really get a good shot of this one because the metallic paint reflected so much. It is wisteria and a hummingbird. It is really pretty. Here are some welcome signs we painted and are ready for personalization at our show this weekend. We have a lot more painting to do before the show but it's more for fun than anything else. Steph painted the background of this sign with pink passion and the outer ridge with berry wine. She couldn't decide what to paint on it and was busy painting her lighthouse canvas so I painted the butterfly bushes and butterfly. I put some lighter colors on the outer ridge to tone it down a bit. Not crazy about this one. The hibiscus on the right came out okay but I struggled with the other one. Oh well. That's the way it goes sometimes.

Steph painted the remaining 3 signs. She did a great job!

Steph's sunflower - It's beautiful!

I think this is my favorite! It looks so fresh and bright!

Remember the vase my friend and coworker purchased for her Mom from a previous post? Here it is with the flowers she gave to her Mom. She said her Mom loved it! I'm so glad!

As I came in from the pool with my camera I decided to take a shot of General Lee. When I get him out of the cage and put him on top he likes to walk over and give me a kiss. I think he was more intrigued with my camera than giving me a kiss...see the next picture!

Be sure to check out Stephanie's blog to see her seascape.

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Went back to Weight Watchers on Thursday. I've done really well and feel better. My BP was up last week so after going on another med I've gotten more motivation! I'm a lifetime member but the first time I joined, after child # 2 was born, I only had 13 lbs to lose and thought I was a cow. Oh well, sometimes we have to go through the struggle to really appreciate what is on the other side.

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Keep checking back for updates on our painting. I'll be posting the progression of our 9 trees being removed when (if) they ever get finished. It's been pretty amazing! Hope you have a great week and I'll post more later...stay tuned! Hugs ~ Kim