what Jae's been working on

one of Jae's big jobs he's working on right now (he has his own lawn care, landscaping business in case you missed that detail...) is this huge sprinkler job. he's been using words like trenching, sprinklers, 10 feet weeds, curbing, whatever that riding thing is in that one picture, and others that i forget. (i'm really good with all the lingo.) it's consuming a lot of time, but they're making progress! i mean those weeds were taller than him! Jae, his brother Jordan, and Jae's employee were there all day yesterday working on it. they came home last night completely exhausted and sunburned. and they're back at it again today!

keep up the good work, Jae!

inspiration friday

i've been thinking a.lot. lately about our house and all that i want to do to finish it up.
it's just seriously lacking those finishing touches, you know?

and it's bugging me.
{not that i've done much about changing that in the last few months, but still...}

so the while the ideas have been rolling, i've been putting together a few things have been inspiring me to get our house a bit more polished.

picture collage/wall.

{i'm thinking white frames, though, not black.}

chalk wall!

{probably in the office.}

red curtain over the kitchen window.

{not necessarily like this, but just some sort of red to bring in a pop of color.}

grey dining room table.

for our bedroom.

{paint this on a canvas maybe?}

turquoise dresser.
{a dresser or nightstand or something.}

grey rocking chair.
{we already have a white rocking chair and a green one. perhaps the white will stay white, but the green definitely needs a new color.}

mustard yellow frames.

{already have a mustard yellow lamp, now i just want to find the paint color to match to bring in more of it!}

white-washed fireplace.

{this was Jae's idea, i cannot take credit.}

so whaddya think?

picture day

mister Ben & uncle Jae

just hangin'. aren't they cute?

i'm feeling a serious case of the mondays today.
last night was a little crazy, although it turned out to be one of my favorite nights of this summer.
i'll post on it later.

ps - can't get my header to center. i've tried everything. help?

inspiration friday

yes, this quote is from hunger games. if you think that's dumb or cheesy, so be it. but the beauty and truth in this quote remains the same, regardless. 

i want to first, recognize these moments more often, and then embrace them fully for what they are. because they don't happen every day.

i'm in a sort of thoughtful, lovey, reflective, deep, almost-too-cheesy mood today, can you tell? :)

in other, not-so-mushy news, it finally happened to me. a lot earlier than i expected, might i add.
i ran out of picture-upload-storage space.
boooo.o.
you might've already guessed that happened, as evidenced by my (lack of) any sort of header on my blog!
well, besides just our name. and that doesn't exactly count.
don't worry, i bit the bullet and bought more space.
but until (hopefully) tomorrow, i can't add any more pictures, which means no header just yet.
until then, ignore the lameness.

happy friday!

baked beans

as part of our duties for the rodeo we helped put together, we were in charge (mostly Jae) of making baked beans. he got an awesome recipe from his brother that we used. i don't even like baked beans, but these, i'll eat!

you'll need:

2 cans Bush's baked beans

1/2 an onion

1/2 green bell pepper

1/2 pound bacon 

we obviously made a (lot) larger serving for the rodeo crowd.

eight cans of beans!

make sure to chop up the onion and green pepper in little tiny pieces. put them in a pot with some oil until they're a nice brownish color

the trick with the bacon is to make sure you cook the bacon separately first so it's nice a crispy and then chop it up in little pieces too and add it to the pan with the onions and pepper. (it is a messy, messy job cutting up that cooked bacon!)

{Jae likes to add some of the bacon grease to the pan to soak in the onions and pepper a bit. it's really healthy and stuff ;) he also adds a couple other things to the pot, but i'm sworn to secrecy. sorry!}

when those are all mixed together, just add in the beans and keep it on some heat to make sure the beans are nice and warm and everything is mixed well. and that's it! of course, i didn't actually get a picture of the finished product. oops.

they're obviously best to eat right after you make it, so you get more crisp in your bacon with the softness of the beans. mmm it really is good, which i never though i'd be saying about baked beans.

Frederickson family pictures 2012

while my entire family has been around the last few weeks, we decided to do an impromptu family picture session by miss Mary.

it was super casual and super easy. and super sunny :)

(all names are left-right)

Parkinson's - Elias, Anne, Hyde Maxwell, Jerod, Hattie, Liam

 

Worley's - Waco, Kennedy, Jamie, Elizabeth

Yeates - Quinn, Tyler, River, Kellie, Milo

 

everyone!

Moyes' didn't get their own picture - they're on the far left -

 James, Zack, Clara, Hana, Susan

and of course - Grandpa Hyde and Grandma Kathy in the middle

yes, we had our own family picture done too.