Spring to Summer Coffee Table Makeover

I love my coffee table in our family room!  We purchased it several years ago at Pottery Barn (I believe they still carry it, but in the darker stain only).  I loved all the little cubbies under the glass that could be changed out with the seasons. 

Now that the weather is warming. Spring has officially arrived, and given our temperatures lately summer is not too far off, I decided it was time to change out the items in our coffee table.  The winter table hosted pinecones, nuts, etc.

We have recently changed most of the decor in our family room to a neutral palette with a little bit of green.  I am loving the changes.  We also moved all the furniture around.  I can't believe how much it opened up the room.  Will post pics soon.

Hope everyone is having a wonderful week!

Prom 2012-Land Before Time

This past Saturday was our daughter's Senior Prom, and despite the dark looking skies and the wind, the rain managed to hold off (it poured last year).

She went with 3 friends from church, and had a ball.  We took pictures at the lovely home of friends of ours (we go to church with them, and their daughter played volleyball with our daughter for 3 years).  They have a beautiful brick staircase leading up to their front door along with huge columns...perfect for pictures.  And, all the dogwoods were in full bloom!

The theme of the prom was Land Before Time.  It was held at a local Museum of Natural History, and they got to dance and party along with the dinosaurs!! Pretty Cool!

The dress, loved that she could wear it on or off the shoulder!

The hair.  She braided her own!

The couple (with straps up).  They matched perfectly!!

The group.  Wonderful Christian, fun loving kids!  All Seniors, college bound!!

The out-takes...

What's that he's pointing at you ask?

That would be her TOMS!  She had the pleasure of driving her friends to Prom in her brand new car (she just got it the day before).  Mom wasn't crazy about her driving in 3 inch heels, so out came the TOMS for driving purposes.  She laughed later saying, if she'd had the sparkley silver ones, she wouldn't have had to change shoes! LOL

The kids had a wonderful time.  They all came back to the house afterward for food, movies and fellowship.  The guys crashed in the basement while the girls slept upstairs.  All were out the door after breakfast together and in church by 10:45!

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What's that you ask?

That would be our pollen count today!  Top picture: a tray on our back porch. Bottom picture: the top of our outdoor bar by our pond.

While we are experiencing beautiful, sunny, 80 degree days...we really can't enjoy them much.  Everything is YELLOW!  I mean, seriously, it looked like it had snowed here this morning, just yellow (and we all know, no matter what, yellow snow is no good! LOL).

Even those who don't have seasonal allergies are suffering this year. 

The upside to the first day of spring???

Hostas are coming up near our pond, we have an overabundance of parsley, and by the looks of the number of blooms, we are going to have a ton of blueberries to pick in just a couple months!!

Since I can't really enjoy being outdoors, I have been busy spring cleaning and rearranging our family room!  Hope to post some pictures later this week.

Happy Tuesday Everyone!

P.S. Quality thoughts for Tuesday will return next week!