Ocho de Mayo

Will and Heather came up to celebrate Cinco de Mayo this past weekend. We made cheese enchiladas, Spanish rice, and salsa for dinner (yum!).

Will and Heather found a pinata at a yard sale and brought that up. We busted that open and ate way too much chocolate. They stuffed it with the good stuff!

Check out that powerhouse swingWe finished the evening with the hot tub, homemade shakes, and then watched Nacho Libre. I think William was the only one to stay awake for the entire thing cuz it was late.

I love that we've been able to see Will and Heather once a month since at least November. Their wedding date is coming up soon! I know they're excited and so are we!

New Furniture

We had wanted a dresser and nightstands from IKEA for about 4 months. Situations finally worked out where we could 1.) afford it and 2.) get it to Idaho on our own. I put together the nightstands one night, and Rob and I put the dresser together on Saturday. It took us 3 hours but the results turned out great! The outside is a black/brown wood stain and the inside of the drawers is a cute yellow and white stripe pattern.

Everything laid out and ready

All the hardware

Starting to take shape

Doing the drawersMy nightstandOur new, massive dresser

I love having so much room for my clothes now. Rob only has the 2 small drawers on his side filled up. It is so nice having matching furniture in our bedroom! We bought matching lamps, similar paintings, and I'm going to make matching table runners for the dresser and nightstands.

I found out assembling furniture is very relaxing for me. I've always liked somewhat tedious tasks that I can let my mind wander during. Well, it's time for me to go to bed and enjoy my new furniture!