From Sea To Shining Sea

America, America, God shed His grace on thee.

Are you singing with me?

I love this time of year.

I am thankful I live in America.

I have several beautiful table scapes 

on my Pinterest page.

I thought I'd share a few with you.

Pinning them and sharing them with you

shows you my taste and I receive enough satisfaction 

from it that I find it's not necessary 

for me to get out all my decorations.

Win, win.

I always plan to go see the fireworks

but by the time July 4th afternoon arrives,

I prefer to just watch them on the TV.

I need to get my heart right.

Now, this pretzel/berry display looks doable.

How cute are these mason jars?

I could so do them!

I was going through past blogs and found some 

pictures of my beautiful grandkids.

Wasn't this just last year in Kansas?

Where did the year go?

I went a little further back to find this one of Abi.

I could just eat her.

I couldn't sleep tonight.

I did some praying.

I painted.

I mopped, did some laundry, wiped down things.

Then I thought I'd blog.

It's 5 in the morning.

Hope I'm not delirious.

Anyways,

I do love our country.

I am thankful for the freedoms we enjoy.

We are a blessed nation.

I pray blessings on you.

Have a safe 4th!!

Memorial Day

Lawn chairs, coolers, umbrellas, sand pales & shovels.

Got the picture?

We were ready for a fun day at the beach!

We arrived early with hopes of golden tans by noon.

Mother nature had other plans.

The sky turned black the life guards blew their horns to say "thunder & lightning was too close!"

Not to worry,

we headed back to the home front and jumped in the pool.

30 minutes from the beach and it was sunny and beautiful.

That's Florida for ya.

To celebrate Memorial Day,

we were invited for an afternoon BBQ with Theresa & Gary.

Cooking is one of Theresa's many talents.

The pork roasted on the rotisserie for 5 hours 

 was melt-in-your-mouth delicious! 

Save room for dessert!

Gary & his mom discussing the good 'ole days 

with my parents who are sitting across from them.

I've been wanting to share some pictures of

Theresa's gorgeous home.

TK comes up with a vision 

and her husband can make it happen.

Between the two of them,

they have created some gorgeous homes.

This one in south Georgia is my favorite.

I love the large foyer.

Had to show you it with the lights on.

Formal living room.

I have a thing for yellow.

Did you know that?

Well it's true.

My wedding was yellow.

Just thought you needed to know where I stand with yellow.

Dining Room.

I am loving those built-in's.

Here is the Family Room.

That is an 80" TV on the wall!

I guess Gary has bragging rights.

Screened in pool, hot tub and a pool house which also serves as a guest house.

All proper southern homes require plenty of roses 

and if you are close enough to Florida,

a few palm trees are preferred.

Theresa grew up on Long Island

but as you can see,

has adapted well to southern living.

The reason we have been bf's for so long is because her NY upbringing can handle my sometimes brutal & blatant opinions.

We don't quite have that southern tact quite down pat.

Gardens and cooking, yes.

Two out of 3 is ok, isn't it?

Thanks for a most wonderful day my dear friend!