Some family Photos...

I just wanted to share some pictures I had my dear friend take of our family after church a few weeks ago. It was sunny out and I thought, we never have pictures taken together... why not now!? I chased down my dear friend and begged her to take a few pics. I am pretty happy with how they turned out, although like any woman, I don't necessarily like the way I look... typical I know!! Anyway I do plan on having some pictures taken of our family and boys this spring, by a real professional, but for now these work! I just love my family!

Easter Sunday

Well this post has taken me FOREVER to get up here! We have had a very busy few weeks around here, so I will blame my lateness on that! Easter Sunday was wonderful, we have a family tradition around here with Micah's extended family that we do every year, and I love it! We all gather at Micah's aunts house for lunch after church, then all of the girls ( my age) spend about a half hour stuffing plastic Easter eggs as full as we can get them. We had an abundance of candy this year! Next year we are thinking we will need to get more eggs! It was a great time with our kids, I just love this time of year. Both of my boys got a TON of loot from the Easter egg hunt, Noah even got some money this year. Sometimes when I am taking pictures I feel like I am missing out on the memories and all of the little things because I am so focused on getting a good shot. I will have to remember that next year and not be so concerned with the taking of pictures. We ended the day with dessert at my moms house, I made a special Raspberry Chiffon Pie from my favorite food blog, " Annie's Eats" and it was delish! In all it was wonderful, I did miss my brother and sister in law, I am sure their Easter Sunday was wonderful and sunny like ours! I must have messed with a setting on my camera because almost all of my photos turned out grainy... even shooting outside I have never had that happen before, maybe my iso was set too high... who knows! Oh well doesn't matter now! Enjoy the pics!

 Matthew and his big blue eyes!

 My sweet baby J

 I think Noah was getting irritated with me following him around and telling him to look at me!

 He was very excited about this soccer ball egg

 Notice the piece of candy in Joshua's hands, once he realized there was candy in the eggs he wanted nothing to do with finding any more! He just wanted to eat all of his candy!

 Noah taking inventory

 Caught you Joshua!

 This boy is just so precious! I tried to get pics of my other two nephews but they were too fast for me!

 I feel like now a days Micah and I never get pictures together, its always pics of our boys and never us... anyone else feel like that?

 The sisters!

 Joshua and Matthew! I cant wait til they are older, I have a feeling they will be close... and probably fight a lot...

 My sister in law Michele and our cousin Jessica. I was very happy with this shot... they both look amazing!

This reminds be of a modeling pose from one of my favorite movies... Blue steel...

Happy Birthday Sherry!

Today we celebrated my mother in laws birthday! My sisters and I made the meal so she could take the day off. Amy made an awesome main dish, Cammie made the salad and I got to provide the dessert. I have been following this awesome food blog, " Annie's Eats" and found a TON of cupcake recipes. Sherry's favorite dessert is cherry pie so I thought a cherry type of cupcake would be perfect. I decided on Cherry Limeade Cupcakes. Can you say yummmm?! Sherry, I hope your day was perfect and that you know how much you are loved!

I love these pictures of Sherry with the grand kids.! I love candid shots! Matthew decided to look right at me!

Love these shots of her.A beautiful woman, inside and out.

More Projects

This has been the week for finishing projects in our home. As you know I have two little nieces arriving next month. Time for some baby blankets! JoAnns had a huge flannel sale a few weeks ago so I grabbed a couple of these patterns and went to town.

I so need a little girl to spoil!

I also decided to make a cute little wrapper for my baking powder jar (I buy all of my baking goods in bulk so I refill the jars). I know, so random! Cheap... and totally cute!

From Drab... to Fab!

I have been dreaming of re-doing my bathroom for some time now. It would be mostly cosmetic changes... paint, linens etc. I found the perfect shower curtain that I would center the look around, the perfect shower curtain. Every time I go to the store I wander thru the bathroom decor isle just to make sure it is there... this last time I visited our local Target I saw a clearance sign by my shower curtain! Nooooooooo!!!!!! There were only two left! I quickly grabbed the shower curtain and hoped that my hubby would understand that even tho we didn't have the money set aside yet I had to buy it! I have talked myself out of getting things before and have always regretted it! Well not this time!!!!! I couldn't wait to get my shower curtain up, but to be honest it looks kind of funny with my existing decor, especially with my existing shower curtain hooks. I am such a DIY-er... I just couldn't justify getting now hooks when there had to be some way to update mine. Here is what I came up with. I hope you will agree that the results were even better than I imagined! Even Micah was completely blown away!

The hooks before their face lift

aaahhhh burlap... simply gorgeous!

I made some white roses. The colors in my bathroom are burlap, white lace and a pale aqua blue. ( I haven't painted yet)

Seriously sooooooo cute!

oh. my. word...

I cant wait to finish this space!

Finally Finished!

I have so many little projects that I have started and I never seem to have time to finish. I am sure I am the only person out there that has that problem... right??? Anyway, I started this project on my boring old curtains about 2 months ago. I finally finished them this week! It all started when I took these brown curtains that I had hanging in my bedroom down to be washed... I didn't have the heart to put them back up! The room looked so much brighter without them! I realized that I needed new curtains but of course the ones  that I like are ridiculously expensive! I decided to attempt to make my own! Let me tell you, sewing ruffles is not for the impatient! It takes so much time, hemming each piece then sewing the ruffle then sewing the ruffle on! Ick! The result was... well perfect! ( Not my sewing, I am way too impatient) Here are some pics of the finished product! I plan on doing this ruffle treatment to some more curtains for my living/ dining area!

I fell in love with this rose or flowery ribbon... thanks to coupons it wasn't too expensive! I am glad I splurged! It ended up being just what I wanted!

In all I sewed 3 layers of ruffles to the bottom of these cheap ikea curtains

Makes my bedroom feel so cozy and romantic!