Tuesday, August 9, 2011

a little diy decoration

So I should be cleaning my house and getting ready for my company that will be here by lunch.......but I have lots of time.....Right?

I made this little flower ball a few weeks ago and love how it turned out and how the space above the cupboards in the kitchen are coming along.

 styrofoam ball 
 Cute cupcake liners (I used 50 total)
 pretty seed pearl pins to hold it all together
 Part way there
 my lovely assistant....she was very interested in this project
 Tada! All done
Here is what it looks like put up and ready to roll!

Hope you enjoyed. It was super easy to make and anyone could do it!  

Monday, August 1, 2011

First wood project.....SUCCESS!!

YAY! This is so awesome!  Remember all the tools we got for Brian on the great garage sale weekend? Well Brian put them to GREAT use this weekend and built us a beautiful bench for our front porch! 

 Lumber!
 Getting all organized for the project
 wood stain (Natural Cedar and Wedgewood)
 Progress is being made!
 Wedgewood stain
 Natural Cedar stain 
 It is really starting to take shape here

 Pretty!
 All done
 bench in it's new home
 a bigger view picture
 Chels and Bri enjoying the new bench!  Photo by Ashlyn!!
Ashlyn, Mommy and Kelti say.....we love our bench! Thank you Brian/daddy!!!

Monday, July 25, 2011

Weekend packed full of fun!!

We started with Ashlyn's second soccer class.  she is really improving and remembering to use her feet only on the ball!  We have been very lucky to have daddy join us at these soccer sessions each week. Hopefully he can keep coming to all the classes!  We only got a couple pictures since Brian and Kelti took advantage of the great play area while Ashlyn and I were building our soccer skills!!

 Mommy and her soccer star!

After the soccer game we headed down to Vancouver to celebrate Taylor's second birthday party!  We had a great time and it was wonderful to see family...
 Ashlyn and her GG Chip at Taylor's bday party!
 Kelti and Daddy pushing Ashlyn around.
 Lots of giggles as they would fall down after jumping around!! :)
 Taylor, the birthday boy!!
 Kelti and Aunt Coco!

We headed home on Saturday since we had lots to do around the house.  On Sunday we got up early went to church and enjoyed the service.  We are attending City Church and really liking it so far.  Kelti isn't thrilled with her class, but we are working on separating. Ashlyn, of course, LOVES her class.  So interesting to see their different perspectives on being separated from us!!
We packed lunch and all our beach stuff before leaving so we could head right to the lake from church.  We all had a blast enjoying the sunshine, playing in the lake and on the awesome play structure!! 
 Ashlyn and Brian practicing jumping!  We had so much fun here!!
 Great job jumping!!


We ended the day with dinner at a yummy local Italian joint....for some reason the name is totally escaping me right now!  It was delicious and we will be going back soon!!!  :)
 Drawing a picture of mommy while waiting for dinner!!
 Here is a pic of me drawn by Ashlyn....LOVE IT!!
 Kelti loves her milk!!
 Love that Ashlyn can take pics of us now!!! Me and my sweet handsome husband!  Love you Bri!!! 
 The whole family out to a super yummy dinner!!
Taking time to smell the flowers!!

Monday, July 18, 2011

Garage sale finds

I remember going to garage sales as a child and how much fun it was to find that special something and that it was especially cool because it was such a great deal.  Well it had been a while and I was really feeling like I wanted to get out and check some sales out. We too often buy things full price and I wanted to see if I could find some deals on items we are needing for our house. 

I struck GOLD!!! 
I have been looking for storage cubbies for the girls' playroom and found these two at a moving sale for $10 a piece.  Brian got a table saw, mitre saw, blower and sawsall!  All at GREAT deals.  I will be back with the project that he is making later!! We also got some other items small items too! 

Rearranged playroom with cubbies!
Loving all the new storage!!

It will probably never look this organized again, but I am so happy with this $20 purchase!!!! 

Soccer fun!

This was Ashlyn's first day at soccer for the summer.  This is the same organization she did soccer with last year.  It is very interesting to watch 2-3 1/2 year olds learn the rules of soccer. :)

Ashlyn and Daddy listening to the coach

 Kelti keeping busy with her own soccer ball

 Running the flags

This is the organization we take soccer with

 Dribbling between the flags

 Go Ashlyn Go!  I love this one!!

Yea for soccer!

Ashlyn's turn at making a GOOOAL!!!

Showing off her soccer stamp!  LOVE this girl!!!

Close-up of stamp, says "kidz love soccer"!

hydrating