Trick or Treat!

New Door Decor

I love having a wreath on my door, and thanks to pinterest, I've found lots of cute ones for my to-do list. I made this one and it couldn't have been easier. Joann's has all their patriotic fabric on sale this week, so I grabbed the ones I liked and got to cutting. It was pretty mindless work, which is kind of nice at the end of the day :) I thought I was done, but after looking at it on my door for awhile, I decided it needed more red, so I hauled all three kiddos to WalMart for some fabric (I must have really been motivated to get it done!). I love the way it turned out, and it will be perfect for Memorial Day/Flag Day/Sept 11, etc. You can find the tutorial here.

UNO Party!

(Thanks to a little drama for invite inspiration!)

The thank you's have been written and the mess is (almost) cleaned up!
Can't believe my babies are one!


Idea from here

This balloon wreath is super cute and wouldn't have been hard to make, but the thought of that many balloons was overwhelming to me at the time. I knew my friend had one, so I borrowed hers and used straight pins to stick in some mini Uno cards.

I was really happy with the way their shirts turned out, and the freezer paper stenciling is so easy! The idea and link to tutorial came from here.

The cake was nothing like I wanted, but it turned out okay. I learned fondant and I do not work well together and I should not try to emulate a professional baker.


The inside was awesome!

I forgot to get pics of all the food, but these marshmallows on a stick were easy and a big hit with the kiddos. Sugar 'em up!
(Just dip the end of marshmallows in water, then roll in sprinkles or colored sugar.)

My crazy kid getting out some aggression. Yikes.
We found this pinata at Target in the perfect colors, so I gave Caden a glue stick and some Uno cards and let him decorate it :)

It was so funny to watch the babies eat their cakes! Logan went at it no hands/face first, and Levi ended up picking up the whole thing and gnawing on it.

But when Levi decided he'd had enough, he let us know!!

I had asked our friends to "skip" the gifts, but they were all too nice to come empty handed. The babies got some great new toys. Caden has been enjoying them, too :)

The party favors were a pack of Mini Uno Cards (from Party City), a box of crayons, and a mini composition book that I just glued an Uno card to the front of.

It was a great day to celebrate two great babies!

Party Planning

I can't believe my babies will be one next week! We are having a party on Saturday with an UNO theme. I lifted the idea for the invitation, but I still love it!

(invite modified from here)

Big Brother is soooo funny!

A Slacker Tries To Catch Up, Again.

Shouldn't be too hard since I'm currently scrapping approximately one page a month. Doh.

Credits here

Punkins - GDS Speed Scrap 10/21

Evidently the only time I can get a page done is when I show up for a Speed Scrap, lol! I really like how this one turned out!

Credits here

GDS Speed Scrap Sept 25

Shushybye by Snowflake Beach Designs
Word Art by Megan Turnidge

alice.com

Just placed my first order....I think I likey, but not sure if it borders on being too lazy to go to the store :) Doesn't look like they can beat WinnDixie or Publix sale/BOGO prices, but for regular prices I found a lot of deals. Annnnnddd....they have automatic coupons!! Click here or on the banner above and be my referral and we'll both get money back! :)

Update: So I did some price checking at Wal Mart on a few things we use often and was pleasantly surprised:
Huggies baby wash: WM=$3.48 A=$2.99
Aussie shampoo/conditioner: WM=$3.33 A=$3.18 (plus $1 off coupon)
my razor blades: WM=$9.77 A=$9.21 (4-pk)
WM=$18.34 A=$15.51 (8-pk)
Tim's razor blades: WM=$18.74 A=$16.48 (8-pk)
WM=$19.97 A=$17.99 (turbo)
Dial soap (3pk): WM=$1.97 A=$2.12
My Fiber One bars and tarts are both more expensive at Alice, but the bars also have automatic coupons which make them about equal.

Alice is good.

Happy Mother's Day Mom!

Quickpage by Verena Karolyi

Tag, Your're It!

Mandi tagged me, I think mostly because she is seriously annoyed with the organization of folders on my computer and she wanted to prove a point. Okay, you win. The fourth picture in the fourth folder was a .psd file, and you didn't say what happens when you have subfolders in the folder. So I took some "this is my blog and I can do what I want" privileges and chose one that was close to the 4th picture and in the 4th folder.

I look forward to the beginning of the month, because it means designers make new quickpage desktops for freebies. It takes ten seconds to throw a picture or two in, and it makes me happy that it makes Kristi happy :) I could probably delete this entire folder as they are desktops from previous months and I don't really need them. But isn't Chloe just the cutest???

Just added to the to-do list: organize desktop folders before Mandi comes to visit.

Anybody else wanna play? Go to your Pictures folder, open the fourth folder and post the fourth picture in that folder. Leave a link in the comments so I can see!

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At the parade to kick off the Homestead Rodeo.

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I have no idea.
All I know is that it's getting really old.

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Credits here
These are some of my favorite pics of Caden during his 2nd year :)

365 Catch Up

I've been taking pics, just been a few days since I posted them here!


My boys catching some Sunday afternoon football. I'll be sad when football is over.

Kourtney must think we have a bunch of junk. She tried to have a "sale." :)

Altho I didn't vote for him, this was a historical day and I thought my pic of the day should reflect it. I'm still a bit nervous, but oddly enough, "hopeful" at the same time. Good luck, Mr. President.

We turned our heat on for the first time yesterday. It smelled bad! I'm pretty sure it was the first time it's ever been on. Seems the same scenario was taking place next door!

Speed Scrap

Credits here

I did this one as part of a Speed Scrap, but on the last step, the power went out, and of course I hadn't saved my work. Ugh! I was able to redo it and get it uploaded with about 2 minutes left on the clock. It's not as good as the first one I was working on, but I still like it.

Note to self: When you leave your kid to fend for himself so you can do selfish stuff like this, be sure that the gate is up on the kitchen, otherwise he'll get into the syrup and come at you saying "uh-oh" and looking at his sticky fingers.

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Kelli and I are at Word Twist war on Facebook.

Sweet Baby Kate

Credits here