funny baby!!!

Oh my goodness, this is the funniest thing ever! I just had to share it! This baby is TOO funny and cute :)

1st day of Spring!!!

Today after church we took Kobe for a walk at the Bicentennial Trail. It was SUCH a gorgeous day!!!

We just LOOOOVE this little man to death!!!

 Josh & Kobe checking out the water...looking for fish!

 My 2 favorite boys :)

Thank you, Lord, for this beautiful day!!

Spring!! and new kitchen sneak peak :)

Spring!!

It officially starts tomorrow and I could not be more excited!!! It has been SO nice & pretty the last couple of days and it will be the next few days as well. Things have already started blooming around here and I have gotten a jump start on Spring.......

There is a pretty bush thing (not sure what it is but would like to know...) in our yard with pink flowers blooming so I just cut a few off and put them in my Ikea pitcher on my NEW kitchen window sill :) :) :) One of my main requests is that I have a window sill big enough for flowers & I finally have it!! Little things make me happy :) 

I am LOVING my new kitchen!!! I will post pics when it is all done.... But as you can see I have finally gotten rid of that ugly brown disgusting sink and replaced it with a big white one with a pretty faucet :) I also have a pretty beadboard backsplash & new countertops!!! It is pretty much done besides the painting. We (as in me and my mom, of course!) have been priming & painting and it looks amazing! Ahhhh:) It just feels like a different house with this brand new kitchen! Even my hubby says so :) Pics coming soon!

Bedside Tables- before & after

I have been meaning to post about these cute bedside tables for a while now...actually I am trying to get better about blogging in general. I love it because it is like a journal to me. I love looking back over the years at things we have done :)

My mom gave me these bedside tables a while ago and they were perfect for my bedroom! Except they were not the cutest as you can see..... but we knew they had potential! They have a cute shape to them..

First thing I did was take the drawers out and primed everything with Kilz primer...

 I love the look of painted furniture with the natural wood look up top..... so I sanded down the tops of them which took forever!!! I was wishing I had an electric sander at this point! (wow, I am really surprised & proud of myself for actually taking pics throughout this process!!)

 I stained the tops of them with this Minwax stain in dark walnut. It took about 5 coats of that to get the darker color I wanted....Then I put on a coat of satin polyurethane to protect it....

 This is how they looked in the end!!! I LOVE THEM :) I painted them Seaside Villa by Valspar and I love this color. One of my favorites now! I also distressed them with sandpaper & went over it with a Ralph Lauren glaze in Smoke. I ended up keeping the original hardware and spraypainting them with an oil rubbed bronze color.

 This is how they look in our bedroom....

I am so ready to get my bedroom finished!!! Things left to do:

-spray paint headboard an oil rubbed bronze color to match hardware

-find some cute frames for a frame collage next to windows above bed

-find some cute throw pillows for bed

-save up some $$$ for a big soft brown area rug for under our bed

To see the rest of my bedroom & to see how I did the faux board & batten click here!

Sips n Strokes

Me & my some of my favorite girls (we missed you Trish!!) got together for another girls day this past weekend and we had SO much fun!!! We have all been wanting to try out Sips N Strokes and we loved it. I want to go all the time now! Sips N Strokes is a place where you can paint and sip on wine or any beverage you want and is a great girls day. There is an instructor up front painting the same picture and showing you step by step what to do...so you do not have to know how to paint at all to do this. Trust me!!! They supply the paint and canvas and then you get to take your canvas home with you after you are done! We had a blast. I would definitely recommend it to anyone!

 All of our paintings when we got done:)

This is mine up close. I'm gonna put it in my salon somewhere!

Afterwards we ate dinner at Qdoba and had ice cream at Maggie Moo's :) Then we went to Suntan City because they were doing spray tans for $5 that day! Last time I got a spray tan I went with medium but I was feeling brave so this time I did dark and I loved it!! Only problem was I did not do a good job putting that barrier cream on my hands so I ended up with orange-y streaky hands! Oh well! This was by far our favorite girls day yet and we plan on going back to Sips N Strokes soon!



Addy & some news :)

I got to watch my niece tonight for the 1st time while my bro in law & sis in law went to a work dinner. We had so much fun! She is 6 months old now and is getting sooo big---wearing 18 months clothes!! I love her so much! 

We found out some exciting news last week.....looks like we are gonna have another niece or nephew at the end of September!!! Yep, Addy is going to be a big sister!!!! Crazy, huh?!! They will be 13 months apart. I bet it will be hard while they are small but you know they will be soooo close growing up :) We can't wait!

My house at the moment.....

 This is what our living room looks like these days.....

and this is what our kitchen is looking like......

Yep!!! I am finally getting my kitchen :)

YAYYY!!!

Since I took that last picture we (I say "we" but I really mean my hubby and our neighbor!) have laid hardwood floors and built new cabinets! It looks so different and so much bigger. I love it!

In the meantime, I have been washing dishes in the bathroom sink and everything is a disorganized mess. We grilled out 2 nights and today I cooked this yummy santa fe chicken in my crockpot. But I am ready for it to all be done! It will be SO worth it though :)