Sunday, November 22, 2009
Weekend
Boys room part 1
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Table Re-Do
i bought this table on craigslist for a great deal before we moved here
it has seen better days and was looking pretty shabby. so i wiped it down really good, fixed some loose legs and took it outside to get started.
i primer-ed it with primer spray paint
then i took a free can of red paint i got and started painting BUT it was not looking red it was looking hot pink
so i took a can of trusty black spray paint and got to work
here is the final result, in my living room with my new couch and rug. this isn't the greatest picture it was getting dark so the lighting was odd.... anyway i love it!!!
Thanksgiving plans
I am so excited the holidays are here. this week is Thanksgiving and we are hosting it at our home, i love love love having people over for the holidays (and anytime) so this is right up my alley. i think including kids we are going to have about 30 people, so no setting a pretty table with china (not that i have china HA!) but will still be fun no doubt
This week Johnnie is on vacation so he is redoing my boys room ripping down walls, replacing the windows, insulating the walls, etc... i cant wait to show you all the pics of the after's, he got me bigger windows because the ones in there were so high the kids couldn't see out of them. now they will be able to and that is going to be cool.
My kids are also off school this week. i am hoping to bake cookies with them on Monday. Liz and Lilly and i are going on a date on Tuesday. and then cooking and cleaning on Wednesday.
For the meal on thanksgiving we are doing the turkey, ham, and i am making the yummiest sweet potatoes and everyone else is bringing everything else. oh and i will probably do some appetizer type things and a dessert too.
What are you doing for thanksgiving? what is your favorite part of the meal?
my favorites are sweet potatoes, ham and turkey and cranberry sauce...
Friday, November 20, 2009
Target Deals
today i scored some great deals at target, all of this cost me $62 and change
![]()
i rarely buy shredded cheese but the price was so good on these that i gave in. we go through a lot of cheese here!
i bought a coffee pot so i was so excited to get flavored creamers.
those guess who games are on sale for $20 and i had 2 $5 coupons for each one making the price $10!
those Mr.Potato head Santa were the best price at $1.99 after the dollar coupon, the boys will love these in there stockings!
find any good deals lately?
Monday, November 16, 2009
Weekend Update
We had a good weekend. our weekends are usually really low key. we are not usually to on the go John is tired we like to get things done around here and we get funny looks when we pile out of the car with our funny family =)
Friday we stayed home (no surprise lol). i cant even remember what we did or watched on TV it was that exciting..
Saturday John got up and got his oil changed in his car then he came and picked us all up and we headed to costco. Jake woke up hacking a lung so i took him to the store so he could cough all over the carts (JK he didn't cough while we were there...much) we had a lunch of samples there was a ton of yummy samples.
after costco we went to the furniture store and picked up my couch that was finally in! i have not had furniture in this room and we have lived here over a year and a half! here is a picture of the empty room
and here is my new couch
it is black (duh you can see that lol) and it is a little more modern than i normally would purchase but i LOVE it! and it is SOOOOO comfortable. i got a rug for this area which i can pick up Wednesday or Thursday and 2 chairs (that are animal print i cant wait!!) but the chairs wont be here until the first week in December. i am re-painting my coffee table and putting it in here too. i cant wait to show you the final product!
Saturday night we went to visit our good friends Josh and Liz and there kids (we took Jake to my moms so he wouldn't cough on there kids) Liz had her twins boys 3 days before i had Lilly and we still have not got together because sickness has been crazy around here. we almost thought we weren't going to get to hang out this weekend but i was so thankful for my mom!!! we got to have dinner and visit which i have missed so much! oh and i finally got to hold the babies oh my gosh they are SO sweet, Lilly wasn't quite sure how to take it all in
i took the picture Liz got to wrangle the kiddos lol, doesn't she look FAB for just having had 2 babies! Ian is the one in her arms and Zachary is sitting right by Lilly (i think HAHA!!!!)
this one cracks me up trying to get 3 babies to pose, and Lilly looking like what is going on
anyhow it was a GREAT night! and Liz and i are going to try to keep our kids healthy so that we can get together with the kids during the week...
Sunday (Sorry long post) John took the two older kids to church and i stayed home with the 3 little ones because Johnathan woke up sick.. lovely. i was home all morning then went to my friend Dani's shower i got to help plan it and it was a lot of fun. only 2 weeks until we know what she is having on her baby's birthday! (i am guessing a girl btw)
so that's it in a nutshell
Friday, November 13, 2009
Today
i started Christmas shopping! I LOVE Christmas time everything about it, but i don't like to be rushing around on the week before Christmas looking for something that i cant find anywhere... SO i am going to do a little shopping every week until i am done.
We are cutting back this year on the kids (my hubby is laughing because i say that every year) but we REALLY are this year. Today i got Johnathan one thing he wanted so just a few more things for him and one kid is done yay!
What about you? are you ready for the holidays? started shopping yet?
Monday, November 9, 2009
Train them young
a fall day
see all alone no one trampling it
the 23rd of October marked the 6 year anniversary of Matthew's death and it was still pretty hard for me.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Target Trip
What my life looks like
Jake was having a GREAT time singing VERY loudly at the top of his lungs
he didn't care who heard him or what people thought. singing carelessly and just having a fun time.
that meal included a dropped glass of water, my boys talking VERY loudly about what they wanted for Christmas etc. at one point during the singing John and i looked at one another and just laughed. our lives are so different than what i ever thought it would be but it is the best thing i can imagine... and who cares who is looking and watching
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Halloween Weekend
Lilly bean was so cute of course in her bows that Tara and a new lady i found who makes them since my friend Tara isn't going to be making them anymore waaaa...........
Jake was the CUTEST dinosaur i have ever seen, he would growl and it was so funny
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Finally
this post is all over the chart so just ignore my jumping around
Two years ago we bought our boys new beds, well we offered Liz a new bed if she wanted but she would have to go from a full size bed to a twin. Well of course she wanted a new one. That new bed was great she loved it, but since we moved and her room is bigger she hasn't been wanting her big bed back. Luckily we saved it and so i pulled it out of our pile of stuff we saved.
Obviously it needed a face lift because this color was not going to work.
So i bought some spray paint at Lowe's that would somewhat match her desk and did the first 2 coats and then i realized it was glossy not satin...
and here is Jake being silly. Poor boy i have got to take him for a haircut soon!










