God does give us the desires of our heart .

A friend drew this picture of the back of our home around Christmas time 2006 .

I changed it to look like what I had been wanting for a long time . I put it on my desk top back ground and looked at it every day . My DH must have been looking at it also . One day he talked to our neighbors Jim and Lou about takeing off the old parts and building a new deck .

The old loundry room and the back porch were in bad condition . Every time I went out there I hated it so much . I really wanted a nice cool place in the afternoon shade to relax .

A few days later our kind neighbors came over and went to work . His mother was my really good friend and neighbor when we were kids . I'm sad to say she's gone now and missed a lot .

In a short tine all the bad stuff was off and gone .

It looked so differant .

This little cubbie was found next to the door to our old dinning room . An old shoe was also found , so being that it's supose to be good luck to put a shoe in a wall , we put it in the cubbie .

Then they started on the deck . This is what it looked like from the back door . Every thing was done to code in our aria

It was fun watching my dream come true .

By the end of June 2007 , just in time for the 4th of July fire works we always watch from our back yard , it was done , their part of it at least . Still needed staining .

She even put in a place for me to plant flowers and toped it with malch .

This welcome stone belonged to my Mom and Dad when they lived here . I put it on our deck to welcome friends and family . I'm living in my childhood home . My parents have been gone for many years .

Our doughter and family gave me an island with storage in it for mothers day . Our son and his family gave me a gift card from a craft shop . He took me out to eat then to the craft shop to get my gifts . He helped me pick out baskets and flowers . I put together the flower baskets and put them on the island . I had the lamp in one of the bed rooms and thought I would look nice on the island with the flower baskets .

Every night I turn on the light . Our neighbors behind us love seeing it every night . They take walks in the wee hours of the morning and there my light is to welcome them back home as they walk by .

He is in the hospital this evening . Please pray for him and his family . His name is Glen , He just had open heart surgery a few days ago . He came through it real good . He's in a lot of pain and will have to be off work for some recovery time . God Bless Ester and Glen , they are really good neighbors .

When we come out on our deck in the morning and find a bunch of flowers or some other treat we know Glen and Ester's been here .

I planted lots of flowers last fall in the beds in front of the deck . My roses did real good .

The Hydranga bushes were here and I planted the rest after the deck was stained .

These did so good in front of the deck . I enjoyed them so much .

We stained the deck white to go whth the color of our home them used the red stain for the rest . My DH picked the red and I'm so glad . Just love it . It's a punch of red Puddin .

We put up white shears to give it a cozy look . DH hung the rods .

Chocolate Mint Tea any one .

My cousin June gave me the flower boxes . I think there so pretty there with all the flowers in them . There really doing good . Oh , I feed them MG every week Tootsie , thanks for your gardening help .

They were so small when I planted them , now the've filled out so good

This was weeks ago , there twice as big now and spilling over the sides .

I'm already plaining for next year . I want to plant red Geraniums in my flower boxes .

Like I copy and paisted in my flower boxes on this picture .

Love the ones Beddow / Betty has , so pretty

Maybe some little white flowers that spill over the front .

So you see God does care about your hopes and dreams .