House Update: Decorating!

We have lived in our new place about 4 months now (crazy!) and lately have really been feeling a lot more settled.
Since July (really early September) we have:
Put pictures in frames and on the walls
Recovered the window seat cushions in the kitchen
Put in a shelf behind the couch
Decorated the house for fall!

Before

love this so much! Still need to stain it and then seal it

wall above couch in the office

hallway next to the kitchen

outside our bedroom

Fall Decor:

We are still loving this house so so much! Michael has been making some serious garden/outdoor plans so looking forward to how that will all play out over the next few weeks....

Road Trip!

This post is basically going to be a huge photo dump to chronicle our 9 day camping road trip! We planned this trip back in August and it was so fun and relaxing.We loaded up our pop-up and Gaius and took off for some great spots!

We started our trip at Davis Mountains National Park and stayed there for 2 days. There were some good hiking trails with great views. One night we went to the McDonald Observatory and attended one of their "Star Parties." The sky views out there were so amazing!

View from our campsite!

It was pretty cold and he actually stayed under that blanket all night long

After the Davis Mountains, we drove to Carlsbad. We were going to stay there overnight, but the RV park was pretty sketch so we just parked long enough to let Gaius hang out there while we went to see the caverns. We spent almost 2 hours there and were only able to see one area its so huge! It was such a cool place!

Since the Carlsbad RV park was so sketch, we drove a couple more hours to a town near White Sands and stayed at a KOA. I was pleasantly surprised by how nice KOA's are and I highly recommend them. The next day, we went to White Sands since my Aunt Cindy recommended that we should stop. Gaius loved running around in the sand, and I loved that the sand was sparkly :)

After White Sands, we headed to the Grand Canyon!! We were originally going to stay there for 4 days, but the camping area wasn't really the best/what we were expecting. We ended up spending just 2 nights there before heading towards Texas but the views were phenomenal!! We also had a nice surprise with Julie and Josh coming to visit for a few hours! Josh's cousin was getting married at the Grand Canyon, so they came early to see us!

Gaius was so happy to see Julie!!

On our way home we stopped in Tuscon to see Michael's Aunt and Uncle and also drove through Sedona which is a really pretty part of Arizona. 

Our last 2 nights we stayed at the South Llano River State Park and had a really good time there! The river actually did have water in it which Gaius of course loved. 

This trip was just so so great! The weather was beautiful (and cold at times!) and we were able to just relax, play lots of games, go on hikes and have some great talks. Gotta get back to real life now!