Out with the 'weeds'....

Did some weeding this morning with the kids... So happy to be spending more and more time outside again!  


However, perhaps giving THIS GUY his choice of gardening tools...

wasn't my smartest moment. 

Have a great day! :)

Yard Progress

So - you may remember our yard in all its glory when we took possession of our place...

needless to say, me and my 'green thumb' were not going to play well with it in it's current condition. :)  Last summer we tackled the fence - which we have been super happy with.  

and this spring...we have pulled out a whole lot of a gardeners love and good intentions and are left with this....

I can manage a big empty lot of black soil right??  This past week we even pulled out the plum tree situated in the middle of the yard which opened it up a ton.  Kinda sad to pull up a fruit tree, but not really plum fans and it was right in the middle of the yard so the plan is to someday replace it with another fruit tree further to the side.  We transplanted the raspberries further back on the lot as well.  We then hauled in a few yards of top soil to level out the old garden site and are now just sitting pretty, waiting for our sod! :)  So exciting! It is going to be so great to finally have a space for the kids to run and play - and put an end to the mud and dirt piles!


So yeah - not looking like a lot right now,....but if you squint you can see potential right??

Halfway Done...

Going on twenty-two weeks and it is definitely time to introduce you to one of the three cutest babies in the whole world!  K - too lazy to dig out and hook up our scanner to show off the actual ultrasound pics but trust me in saying it is travelling alongside the cheesecake stockpile "within"...

We could not be more excited and I am feeling really good - not expecting this feeling will last coming into summer and my anticipated intention to bring back the moomoo....(umm...."bring back" I guess lends to it being here at one point before...)

but yeah - fast forward to July, strategically position the oscillating fan and I could definitely rock that....

Easiest Birthday Cake EVER!

So my baby boy turned three this past week-end.  So very sad.  Funny how the time goes so fast but the days go SOOOO SLOWWW! :)  How is that possible??? We were actually out of town for the week-end so I needed to come up with a cake that could be done with minimal effort in someone else's kitchen.  My sister is a genius and remembered seeing a Dump Truck cake.  Ummm....PERFECT for Jaden and seriously COULD NOT BE EASIER!  A chocolate cake mix, some chocolate butter icing, a package of chocolate pudding, a bag of Fudgeeos and some gummy worms.  besides baking the cake - took about ten minutes to put together - the kids LOVED it and it was actually quite delicious.  It turned out super cute too.  

So....definitely my new favorite birthday theme.  Just wondering how many years I can manoeuvre it - i'm thinking a flower pot for girls??

Upholstered Headboard

Thanks to my dad's keen eye for savings and my hesitant decision making skills - we have a large piece of extra plywood sitting in our car port just waiting for a project...!  And I'm all about project creation.  Not necessarily project completion....but project creation....ABSOLUTELY.  So - part one of said plywood has been claimed for our guest room headboard.  To date this has been a glaring hole that bugs me every time I walk in to the room so I'm pretty pumped to fill the gap.  

I was looking for a black velvet-ey look-alike or a charcoal suiting-ish fabric to look fairly tailored with three rows of tufted covered buttons across.  But after doing one...Aaron and I thought it looked finished at that.  Which I was cool with of course, being that meant I was done. :)  It's not permanently installed yet, just propped up and ideally it will sit a couple of inches higher.  But I'm diggin' it.  What do you think?

  

FAMILY vinyl art

They say that imitation is the finest form of flattery...and well....I saw this sign on Crafts by Amanda and totally loved it! So...hoping she's flattered because...COMPLETELY ripped it off! :)


Although - sad to say that I was working with small little sheets of vinyl and not one large one shot deal vinyl print-out so,...I had to squish the letters on little sheets and pick off each letter one at a time and place it on the plywood. Sucks to be me - and not every letter is 100% straight...but I'm happy with how it turned out.  So - $10 for the white vinyl sheets, some paint, my Silhouette, a sander and a piece of plywood!  Shawbang! Perdy art.

And thus, another post....and I've bought myself a few more days of guilt-free creative unproductivity! :)  

Laundry Room

My dad....not unlike...

came to town last week and we were so so so blessed to have his help in taking our laundry room reno leaps and bounds forward toward completion.  Much like every single renovation to date - the work was grossly underestimated as he and Aaron ended up spending two days moving plumbing, vents, drains, electrical and water lines to accommodate my "quick drywall job".  We were so grateful to have him and his skills here - saving us thousands in labour and filling the glaringly growing black hole between our DIY experience and dreams! :)  

Previous Owner - before cold room was taken out

Progress - In process of removing tiles

Progress - Cold room removed and peel & stick tiles removed

Progress - framing in new walls, extending teenie tiny bathroom for shower

Progress - Framed walls with new plumbing in for shower, washing machine and laundry sink

The glue that held the WHOLE operation together

Progress - Fancy new drywalled space and ceiling!

Progress - Entrance to laundry room - new laundry sink and counter will be on the left side as you enter and beautiful new pot lights down the hallway :)

Can't even tell you how happy I am with all they did!  So excited to keep working on it and get the walls all mudded and painted, new floor and cabinets in, and then a fancy schmancy new countertop for across the top of the washer/dryer cabinets and a laundry sink cabinet in.  Patience....patience....patience....and perhaps another part-time job.... :)