Patio Party - Dustin's Graduation Celebration

Time to play catch up on life happenings now that the show is over! First thing I wanted to share was the fun patio party we hosted to celebrate my husband's completion of grad school - such a smarty pants! We were so excited to throw a shindig on the new patio and have a night with our family and a few friends. Decorations were simple and complemented our patio cushions, as well as the sunroom guests entered from. That's right, with the new stairs, people could go outside from the pretty sunroom - finally!

I purchased these colorful paper lanterns from Amazon and then we hung them from our cafe lights. Under $10 and added great pops of color.

Furniture set and outdoor rug from World Market. Each summer they release an affordable patio set and for $130, this works great!

Love our acrylic glassware I scored at TJMaxx. After a few drinks, a couple people dropped their drinks and it's great when you don't have to worry about broken glasses!

Now time for some people pics so I can show off the family we love so much!

How adorable is my grandma! My Aunt Mary was in town and we were happy to have her for a party at our home.

Proud Mama!

Dustin's dad and mentor...you are catching a pretty good sneak peek of the new island! More details to come.

My adorable "niece" (aka cousin's baby) Leni! Can you believe how big she's gotten? She was the life of the party.

Seriously the cutest.

We are so happy that we invested in a big patio for our backyard. It has added a room to our house and we love being able to entertain in our backyard. With the fire pit Dustin put together, we can hopefully have some cozy fall fires out there!

Lots of Love,

Patio Reveal!

I've been mentioning that we had a project coming up we hired for and today part one was completed! We had a cement patio put in and we are obsessed. Now, I know we haven't talked much about the outdoor situation of our house, and to be honest there was reason. The backyard is a great size, but it was not the most attractive site. We started looking at patio ideas end of last summer and we decided this spring that now was the time to make it happen. The company that we decided on was great (E&J Concrete), gave good advice and was quick!

Left this morning with cracked cement and weird rock beds...

...came home tonight to this!

We finally have stairs coming off of the sunroom! So excited to host parties where people can hangout in the sunroom and then go outside.

Whose ready for a patio party!? We should probably find some good patio furniture stat, so we can get to enjoying before the summer gets too hot.

This weekend Dustin is also power washing the siding and this summer we are going to work on redoing the fence and expanding the deck (because the french doors seriously go out into a railing). Then this fall, Dustin is planning on replanting the grass because he said it was mainly weeds and basically we let the workers drive through it today. I have to say it was nice hiring someone to do the concrete because viola! it was completed...a little different from some of our other projects :)

Lots of Love,