Spring is in the Air

Ah Spring...the flowers are blooming and the weather is lovely.  My lilac bush was swarming with butterflies and I snagged a good pic before they all flew off.

Next is my Wisteria...it is beautiful and smells oh so good (so do the lilacs).  The blooms look almost like a clump of grapes.  They bloom first and then the leaves come after the flowers are gone. 

 It is totally taking over this tree!  James thinks it's going to kill it but I don't really care.  Every Spring I have a huge purple tree in my yard.  The butterflies weren't swarming this one...instead it was bees, bumble bees.

These flowers look good because I don't really have to do anything to them...as for the rest??? We will see...oh, you know I don't have time to take care of flowers, I'm too busy writing about them, ha!

It's the Simple Things

It's a tough job but someone has to do it....

 A must-have for any bathroom remodel...an easy-to-load toilet paper holder. This was my hubby's contribution, it is the only thing he really wanted in our "new" bathroom. I finally found one at K-Mart.

 Amazingly easy...simple enough for the whole family to use.

....the upstairs bathroom...need I say more?

Bathroom Remodel

A while back I mentioned to James that I would like to do something to the downstairs bathroom.  Every time I was in there I would see something that would make me gag, okay not physically but it would speak to me and it was saying "people see this every single time they use this room and it's really gross".  It was mostly some water damage and old porcelain tile that I didn't like.  This led to one thing after another, if I change this then I need to change this, etc, etc.  Several months ago I started buying this here and there, if this was really going to happen there was no way I could afford it all at once, so every once in a while I would pick something up and store it somewhere until I could talk my hubby into "getting to it".  A few long months later and here it is!  The before and after...and one in the process! ha!

Down to the studs!

 Cameron said he liked the light house motif better, he didn't actually use the word motif...

 Christian got a kick out of a cross being directly above the toilet....didn't think about that but it probably needs to be there because some very unholy things go on in here.

 Crown molding makes everything look better :)

 Notice there are pictures (bath pics of my baby boys) those may return, muahaha!

I am so proud of my husband and all his hard work.  What a blessing he is, he came up with that mirror trim all by himself.

Fore!!!

Look out!  It's Golf Season!

My two handsome sons had their first golf tournament/meet yesterday.  This is Cameron's first year playing (since he's a Freshman) but he started playing a couple years ago.  He got to play Varsity yesterday, very exciting.  The tournament ended early due to rain but they got in 6 or 7 holes.

Christian has been playing since his Freshman year, he got to compete yesterday against one of the best players in the state for a 1A school.  It was in the Sedalia Democrat this morning.

Christian loves....really loves...golf.  Even though the scores didn't count today, it's the start to a new season and hopefully many wins by the Hoagland boys.

Another Driver in the House!?!

Cameron got his permit and we are now on the road!  Notice he is driving on our gravel road, he is not quite ready for the highway.  He is much more timid than Christian was but he will get there.  I don't know if I have mentioned this before but I am the parent that has to teach these kids how to drive.  Is it my amazing skills?  My nerves of steel?  My patience?  Nope, James will throw up.  He does okay on the gravel roads but that is the limit.  But I'm okay with it, I will have him drive back and forth to school, once he is comfortable driving the backroads.  I will gasp, slam on the imaginary brake, hold on to the handle above the door, and let out the ocassional squeal.  They should not be offended by this because I do this with the seasoned driver as well...just ask our van drivers on our New Orleans mission trip, Steve and Joni, their new catch phrase for me was "We're gonna die!"

I'm looking forward to Cameron getting his driver's license in October, but are you???