Art for the Newlyweds...

Went to a little wedding this past week-end.  Found some inspiration on pinterest...I know right??  Who knew pinterest could do that?  There's really no need to be creative anymore...other people do it sooo much better and it's so much easier to mindlessly rip off their successes (also avoiding the flops...)! :)  Anyway - thought it was super cute and I just had to buy the stand - YAY!

See you again in October... :)

YAY! B&B DONE!

I am so SO super excited to show you this project!  It has been in my dreaming stage for much much too long and I am so happy to see it done and looking just as I had hoped! :)  It was actually really quick and painless too, once I found a good tutorial and figured out all the math.  Aaron showed up with an air nailer for the rails install so that definitely sped things up a bit as well!  LOVE that guy!  ...Funny how he disappeared again for the caulking and painting stage though.... ;) So proud of my little laundry room - lookin' less ugly all the time!

LOVE board and batten!

And those three beautiful children on the wall are pretty stinkin' cute too...

Maternity Skirt Redo

So - super happy to say that I have begun to purge my maternity clothes!  And thus being the case, thought that I could try and repurpose some of them for my girls.  And yeah - a little umm... surprised? how far these whole 'repurposes' may go....


So, my 'little' Old Navy summer skirt... has become, 

a jersey dress for not one,

but two!  Oh yes I did.  Matching dresses. :)  Funny/sad story...had I another girl,...definitely had enough left over to hook them up too!  From the bolt,...I mean,...single skirt,...

Baked Glazed Donuts

So, I did something today that I've never ever done before. Found the recipe here, and  was actually pretty skeptical that I could do it. But, gotta say,...

.....DELICIOUS.  I think I'm going to have to do it again tomorrow.  MAKE THEM!


Because really... what IS the official moratorium for maternity pants?? 

School Valentines

Happy Valentine's Day!!  


It was Claire's first school valentine party today and so the two of us made up special little chocolate valentines for her class.  It was a super cute idea - totally not mine - and pretty easy to put together....however, not as easy as buying a box of Disney princess cards which I'm sure she would have been JUST as excited about sadly! :)  But, fun nonetheless...Just a Rolo chocolate bar with a Hershey Kiss on the end!

Hope you felt loved by someone today! :)

Adria's Crib Mobile

So I mentioned a few days ago that there remained a few projects that I had hoped to finish up for Adria's nursery and I am super excited to be done one of them!! :)  Found some inspiration from etsy/pinterest and came up with owls and flowers to match her color scheme and tie in with the tree mural behind her bed. l had all the felt already so it cost me NOTHING and she is thus far completely infatuated with it so I'm happy!  The little owls took me longer than I thought they would - but that seems to be the case with most things these days!  

Have a great day! :)

My 'AHA' Moment.

So I've begun training for my post-baby can't fit any of my clothes so gotta run like a million miles half-marathon, rapidly approaching May 20th - (you may notice that this post is the follow up to "I wanted to eat three loaves of cinnamon friendship bread' true confessions yesterday.  yeah.  gotta be honest - I kinda go back and forth on the whole 'healthy lifestyle' thing...)  


Anyway - I was at the gym, feeling awesome and completely self-assured as I completed mile two and had yet to find full floods of sweat running down my back.  And as I ran, the sun began to set, and I caught a glimpse of a beautiful winter sunset.  I ran with reckless abandon, enjoying the fresh white snow as it gracefully fell.  Darkness was quickly falling and as daylight slowly faded outside, and yet the gym lights remained on behind me,  I moment-by-moment began to slowly make out my own reflection in the full window panes in front of me.  Now, you know how people often talk about their 'AHA' moment.  The moment when suddenly something becomes clear.  How they were walking in a fog and suddenly they were faced with amazing unmistakable clarity.  The crossroads in their life where they were met with complete and undeniable honesty.  So, as the darkness fell, I believe I was given a gift.  For it was at this moment that the window in front of me slowly transformed before my eyes and began to take on all the properties of a mirror.  A full length pane of mirrors but two feet in front of my very eyes.  But something else was also transforming before my eyes.  This graceful fawn effortlessly leaping through the meadows, mother-of-three regaining control of her body and not taking prisoners, toned, tight, controlled, athletic wonder, well...  


she was running about three machines down from me. and I.  I was this kid....

But I gotta ask.  Like I have done a few 5 km races, a 10 km, even a half-marathon over the years.  I have logged countless miles.  My loving husband and best friend serving as my biggest supporter - cheering as I would cross the finish lines.  And not one person. no one.  not one mention?? kinda makes you re-evaluate a few things.... :)


although this is not going to stop me - despite what self-respect may suggest.  I'll probably stop silently judging the strangers staring at me as they pass by on the street...