My boy.

He's a senior.

He's growing into a fine young man.

He's kind.

He's funny.

He's polite.

He's empathetic to others.

He's smart.

He loves football.

He knows a lot of random information.

He loves Chick Fil A.

He eats a lot of junk food.

He loves to sleep.

He loves his computer.

He loves his Xbox.

He loves Dr. Pepper.

He has never given us a minutes trouble.

He has been a joy to raise.

He has a great life ahead of him.

He will make a great husband one day.

I am proud of him.

I adore him.

I will miss him when he moves away.

But I know that he will be fine.

I just don't know if I will;-)

I love you Caden!

Melanie  (aka Mom)

Come on in.

I guess it's time to start showing y'all the house.  Come the end of October, we will be here a year and I haven't been a good hostess and showed y'all around:)  We'll start with the entry.

The door was stained but of course with me and all my door troubles, I had to have it painted.

Bit Bit is right there to welcome you.

I used the same table that I had up in Cincy but now it is our foyer table.

I added to my collection of little treasures and put some pretty white shells from the Turks & Caico in with the rocks from Lake Tahoe.

The painting came from HomeGoods in Myrtle Beach.  I can say that this is the only thing that I have found at that HomeGoods.  I really miss the one in Cincinnati.

I just added a couple of photos from our session with the great Erin Cobb.

The rug came from Sam's Club.

There is heavy moulding in this house and that is one of my favorite things about it.

So there you have it....the first of the new home tour.  I'll be honest, it's taken a while to feel at home here.  I just don't love this house BUT I am thankful for it.  It is just that I have lived in 3 houses in one year and out of the 3, this is my least favorite.  That's ok because this won't be the last house;-)

Have a great week.

Mel

Linking to Met Monday Amaze Me Monday Beneath My Heart Shabby Chic Cottage

House of Hepworths Inspiration Friday

Monday Musings.

Good Monday morning everyone.  I have been MIA most of the summer but I am hoping that I when school starts back, I will get back to blogging.

1.  Caden and I went to Georgia last week.  He got sick while there and didn't get better until the day before we left.  He was still happy that he got to be with his best friend.

2.  Erin Cobb sent me all of our picture from our photo session.  Just let me say that it is going to be a very hard decision on which pictures to buy:)

3.  I got false eyelashes a couple of weeks ago and boy do I wish they made permanent ones.  They started coming off last week but I really loved them.

4.  Went shopping while I was in Georgia (something I don't do much) and let's just say that Charming Charlie's really loved my wallet!

5.  Dreaming of going back to the Turks & Caicos.  It was so beautiful and such a relaxing trip.  I hope that we can take Caden there for his graduation present.

6.  I'm ready for college football to start.  Can I get an amen?

7.  Started doing a low carb diet about 3 weeks ago.  I haven't had a lick of sugar and I have only lost 2.8 pounds:(  Not off to a great start but I am going to stick with it.  I have to lose some weight so that I can fit back into my clothes.

8.  Caden is starting his senior year soon.  Bitter sweet, I must say.

9.  Being gone a week leaves a lot of laundry.  I am going to busy today.

10.  And lastly, here is a link to a sneak peek of our photo session with Erin.
       http://erincobb.com/Blog/?p=4135

Hope you all are having a good summer.  House pictures to come soon.

Pinky promise:)

Mel

30 Day Photo Fun.

Here's the last of my pictures from the month of June.  This was a lot of fun to do.  No pressure,  just pictures:)

Day 23  Black & White.

Day 24  Love.

Day 25  Citrus.

Day 26  Favorite Color.

Day 27  Weakness.  (rum punch on vacation:)

Day 28  Transportation. (our little get about car in the Turks.)

Day 29  Trees. (coconut trees)

Day 30  Family.

If I run across another 30 day challenge, I think that I am going to do it. The prompts are fun and I have my IPhone with me if I need to take a picture.  Remember, no pressure.

Next time y'all should join in with me:)

Happy Wednesday,

Mel

Erin Cobb.

I forgot to tell y'all that we are having our pictures taken today by the fabulous Erin Cobb.  I am beyond excited.  In all of our 20 years together, we have had our pictures taken at Olan Mills one time.  Last year when we lived in Cincinnati, Erin was in Columbus taking clients and I really wanted to go and have our family pictures taken.  BUT, we had not lived there long and I didn't want to ask Gary to take off work and then drive the two hours to Columbus.

Well, we just happened to move to SC and what do you know?  She posted on her blog that she was going to the Isle of Palms in SC to stay at the beach.  I knew right then that we were going to have a photo session with her no matter what we had to do.

I asked Gary about it and he said that if I wanted to do it we would.  I know that it is pricey but I am justifying it since we have never had professional pictures taken and because this will be the only chance since Caden will be graduating next May.  (sniff sniff)

She is going to take photos outside (she is a natural light photographer) at the beach house and then some at the beach.  I got our outfits together on Saturday and we are going to be casual since that is how we really our:)  I am beyond excited and can't wait to see the outcome.  She will give a sneak peek on her blog in a couple of weeks and I will let you know when she does.

So I leave you with a sneak peak of our vacation in The Turks & Caicos since I can't blog without a picture;-)

Happy Monday.

                              (storm rolling in but it passed us by)

Melanie

20 Years and counting

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Hope you enjoy the following video!

Our First 20 Years from Melanie Gore on Vimeo.

30 Day Photo Fun.

Let's play catch up on my little monthly project that I have going on.  This has been a fun thing to do and I haven't put any pressure on myself about it.  I have taken pictures with my phone and a couple with my camera so it hasn't been a big deal.

Day 13 A childhood memory.

Day 14 Someone You Love.

Day 15 Action.

Day 16 Mason or Jelly Jars.

Day 17 Bokeh.

Day 18 Eyes.

Day 19 Summertime.

Day 20  Water.

Day 21 Micro

Day 22 Landscape  (Had to cheat and use on of Yosemite that I took last year but I love it anyway.)

All of these with the exception of the bokeh, Yosemite, and flower were taken with my IPhone.  That is why this has been so much fun to do.  No worries if I don't have my camera with me:)

Is anyone else joining in on this party?

Mel