What we've been up to: June Edition

Where is this summer going? It's July already and I am just now posting about June. I've already posted about our vacation to the Outer Banks.  Here is a little more of what we've been up to:

Dining Room Furniture Delivered: 
We finally made a decision on dining room furniture and it was delivered.  Tyler, of course, ran to get his screw driver so he could help the guys set it up.  I wish I had gotten a picture of that.  They were so kind to be patient and let him "help out".

The set we ordered was from Macy's.  I had a specific idea in my mind of what I wanted and it was surprisingly hard to find.  The side chairs are Pottery Barn Napa side chairs.  I just ordered the slip covers for them (I waited for a "free shipping" event).  It saved me almost $30 AND they were on sale $10 off each. Woo-hoo for saving $90!

Here is a better shot of the end chairs:

We still have a ways to go in this room but I want to take my time and find things I love.  Next up is sewing the curtains from the bolt of fabric that is leaning up against the wall in photo #1. 

Tall Ships Picnic:
We had a play date at Thomas Point State Park to watch the tall ships come up the bay for the "Star-Spangled Sailabration".  Tyler had a lot of fun playing with his friends.

Ocean City Vacation with Gramma and Grampa:
We took another beach vacation this time to Ocean City, MD. 

"Cheers!"

watching Elmo

Kitchen Table Delivered:
Our old table was round, with a glass top and 4 chairs that were on wheels.  A little scary with a toddler and their friends running around.  I wanted chairs that did not have cushions so that I could be comfortable entertaining Tyler and all his friends for meals and crafts and not have to worry about spills, whether it's spaghetti or paint. I was surprised at how difficult that was to find.  But low and behold, here she is:

OBX Vacation 2012

I was originally just going to add these pictures to my "what we've been up to - June edition" post but there are so many good ones I had a hard time choosing which ones to post.  So I created a new post solely about our vacation so you could enjoy 40+ pictures of us Penas having a great time in OBX with some of our favorite people. 

Story Time with Mr. Jeff

Tackle Time with Mr. Greg



"what are we going to get into today?"

one...two...three...weeeee!

rockin out with my juice box out



rain rain go away...

Future Blogger

Beer Pong

Teachin 'em young!



Kisses for Mama



"Look Tyler, it says we're big enough!"



Neck & Neck!  Who's going to win!?!

We made a pit-stop at Williamsburg on our way home.  We hit some traffic and Tyler was getting cranky so we needed to walk off that extra energy:

Daddy's so funny!

We had a great vacation with everyone!!