the tv stand

Before
After a long anticipated wait, here is the 'hunk of furniture' (as Mark called it). We wanted a tv stand for our new home. I had an idea of what I wanted it to look like and this is what I had to work with.
It was cheap, and heavy.






AFTER.
So this is it. After 5 coats of paint (sanding in between), intense freezing 6 am mornings in the garage painting before my kids woke up, and watching 2 seasons of 'Spooks', it is finished. We are now waiting for the tv to put on it, but I like it the way it is.



The doors, the bane of my existence. They took 1 hour per coat each! I had to use a small art paint brush to get in all the grooves. Don't look too close, you can still see where I messed up.


I wanted a white wash look on the top, and thanks to my friend Sarah (who is so knowledgeable in all things painting and re-finishing) I got the look I wanted.




OUr good friend Craig helped Mark cut down the doors on the inside so we can fit our cable box and dvd player. Thanks to Craig, Sarah, and Tammy (who encouraged me) for all the help. I really like it... so for anyone reading this, if you don't like it please don't tell me;)

cool wedding ideas

I still think that it should be custom to have another wedding (with the same husband OBVIOUSLY) a couple of years after your first. By that time you know what you want, you know what to focus on, and you get to wear another pretty dress. I don't even want any presents, just the pretty party. Oh well, here are some cool ideas for weddings. I am not super into country, but all these are pretty cute and I love, love, love the bouquet.








I thought this was such a cool idea for center pieces and party gifts. Who doesn't like strawberries and homemade breads. How adorable.

our house and the cuties

This is our very sad attempt to take a family picture by ourselves...note to self: kids don't look at the camera, they look at the person holding the camera; if there is no one holding the camera, they don't look at it!!!!

Our little Asher is a army crawler, he would be great in the military crawling through the grass; however, he would spend most of his time eating the grass as he crawled.

Asher feels completely comfortable using a pink bib for dinner, it is the dinner he really cares about. much to Mark's dismay his boy can't tell the difference between pink and blue yet; and since I don't care, he will wear the clean bib despite what color it is!

My two handsome boys

It was freezing during December and January, the only way to stay warm on the main floor was to cuddle under the blanket, it made for some fun evenings of doing nothing.


Eve showing off her new Christmas PJ's. She is doing a little dance move.


Our house, 1 more month and it is ours!!!! We are so excited!!!!

THe pool WILL be completely gated with a lock. THat was the only rule I had if the house had a pool...well, it also had to be clean and in good condition.

Dining Room

Family Room

Happy Birthday Eve! You are now 3!!!!

Eve is finally at the age where she understands it's HER birthday and SHE gets the presents. She was wired all week long. We kicked off her birthday with a little family party on Sunday before Tricia's parents left for home.

She is actually jumping up and down here waiting to eat the cake.





She had to get her little fingers into the icing while 'helping' me make the cake (note to self: never make fondant icing again, I hate how it tastes and it is a pain to make!!!!)



My mom made her a little pillowcase doll and a matching nightgown. Eve LOVES it. She minces (if you can imagine what that would look like) around holding up her dress like a grand duchess. It is hilarious.



Eve was thrilled with her doll house, she didn't even worry about the lack of furniture or people (it came with a little family)... she immediately got all her princess dolls and it is now a castle.


THE KID BIRTHDAY PARTY!!!!

A much better idea was freezing the cake then cutting it up and making petitesfours. I used a glaze icing instead of fondant and then just made little bugs for the top. They tasted better and were so much easier to make. They were also a hit with the kids. All of them got to choose what bug they wanted to eat.


Eve is posing with her new birthday cake dress. She is a bit of a HAM.



The activity was easy-peasy-lemon-squeezy! I cut out eyes on the cheap paper plates, cut wings out of paper, then they decorated both and we taped the wings on the plates. FInally I added pipe-cleaners for antennae and they played butterflies.
We decorated some of the plates as flowers, others as spider's webs and they dances jumping from plate to plate. When the music stopped if they were on the spider's web they were caught.




The party really took of when I made a spider mask and they took turns pretending to be the spider chasing each other.










We couldn't post the blog without having a few picture of our little buddy. This is his newest toy. Asher loves to jump in it... just remember if you buy one, don't put them in it immediately after they have eaten.



One morning Eve asked if she could read to Asher, it was so cute I had to get some shots.



We put up the tree this weekend and Eve was mesmerized by it. She has been threatened not to touch any of the bulbs... we will see how long that lasts. We tried to put all the breakable ornaments up high, but she is a sneaky little girl and it is amazing how high she can reach when she tries.



Is that Tom Selleck or Clark Gable? Whoever he is, he is pretty hot with a mustache... well I must admit I was thrilled when he had to shave it off for business meetings. So long movember... until next year.

Back, by Popular Demand!

Here they are, Our Little Chubby Monkey and His Big Sister Evie! After Becky gave me flack for not having enough photos of Asher up I am dedicating this entry to Becky. I also have to add photos of Eve since I just cut her hair into an inverted bob (thankgoodness her hair is curly so it is forgiving, you can't tell that is swoops down on one side a bit more than the other).














This last photo?... What is there to say, except, she's a nut! I must also add a very cute nut!!!