Valentines Day!

I really love Valentines Day. Always have. I had so much fun this year with Baker's class Valentines and the grandparents cards and Brent's surprise. It was a good one. So, to re-cap. Baker was sent home Monday with a "stomach virus" but I am still not convinced that is what it was. He acted completely normal, was still eating and drinking and not running a fever. This is not characteristic of his normal stomach viruses. Alas, we were not allowed to come to school on V'day. Not a bad deal.

It gave us plenty of time to prep for Brent's surprise.

He is always wanting us to come to his school or come have lunch with him. We usually never get a chance to because of our schedules. So, yesterday was the perfect day. I showed up with some V'day loot.






He was surprised to see us!




Of course Brent wanted to show off his little man to his co-workers.



I win! Not to mention the spa gift certificate I have waiting for me.


We even got to go on a date to our favorite place in town, Cypress Inn!


As for Baker, he missed his class party which I was sad about, but we had more fun I think. Last week we made a little something special for the grandparents. It was more homeade but this gives you an idea...




And some other fun pics from our shoot...

Projects and Bouncing

I wanted to post my newly painted kitchen table. It is gray, but it looks blue to me. Does it to you? I haven't distressed it yet and I haven't decided if I'm going to nor have I decided how I feel about it. We are still getting to know each other.

This is the completed V'day wreath. I really love how it turned out.

I have been meaning to slowly post pics of our new house and certain things I love about it. It just has some decorating left to do (like ALL the drapes) so I hesitate to post incomplete room pictures. Anyway, here are a few of Baker's room.
The train set

The toy wall

And a few fun bouncy house pictures from last weekend with Hayes and Watson.





I have some cute Valentine's Day ideas up my sleeve. Pretty excited about them.

Weekend Treats

So, I got kind of crazy over the weekend making new recipes I found on Pinterest. P.S. I can't promise I will ever stop posting about Pinterest. I apologize.

Amy, Nathan and the kids came to visit on Saturday so I whipped up some new things. I was pleasantly surprised by each of them.

First, I have been dying to try the cop-cat O'Carr's chicken salad recipe. It was wonderful!


I also loved the idea of this black bean & feta dip. If you like a sweet and salty kind of taste (and I do. I mean I REALLY do) then you will like this.



Then for dessert we had frozen banana bites. I just didnt put the shaved coconut on top because I don't like coconut. I did put kosher salt on a few and I loved it. Again, I love the salty sweet combo these days.

And last but CERTAINLY not least, I tried these Cake Batter Pudding Cookies last night to have tonight for some company I am having. Brent is in Disney World with Zoe's 5th grade class so I'm having some girls over.
O.M.G. These are ridiculous!


I didnt want to post 4 different recipes for these things, but they are all on Pinterest or message me if you want the recipes. None of these disappointed me.

Who is crafty?

Apparently, me.

I am currently making this Valentine's wreath.



Super duper easy, but super duper time consuming. I already love it though and its only 1/8 finished.

I will be glad to make you one too, so put your order in!

Pinteresting Finds

Who doesn't love Pinterest? It would be hard not to. I like the idea of trying all the DIY and crafting projects, but I'm just not crafty and never seem to get around to it. However, I do get around to the recipes. Here are some I am dying to try or have tried lately. For example: I made this last night. LOVED it.

It is a fried egg, bacon, avacado & tomato sandwich. I toasted the bread and added a little ranch dressing to it. Quick, easy and delicious.


This is what I am making Baker's teachers for V-day gifts. I will make them heart-shaped though.


This dip looks AMAZING! Hot corn dip. I will be making this, hopefully this weekend.


I made this last week. Its a Weight Watchers crunch chicken/honey mustard dish. The crunch is from corn flakes. It was great. I had to leave out an ingredient that may have made a difference, but I liked it alot.


If you follow this blog, you might know that I am challenging myself to only buy USED, CONSIGNED or REFURBISHED OR WITH A COUPON this year. This rule does not apply to food because its unrealistic I think. I would love to use a coupon for everything I buy, but its not going to happen. Anyway, my next project will be to paint our kitchen table. I love this grey color and I also love the yellow incorporated around it. Can't wait to see how it comes out. I plan to distress it too.
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For more of my USED finds, I bought Baker's big boy bed off of Craigslist and I love it! Its shabby, cute. I will post pics on that another time.

Anyone have tips on painting/distressing a kitchen table? I'm going to try to accomplish that this weekend.

Hayes turns 3!

My sweet little niece, Hayes turns 3 tomorrow and she had her party on Saturday at the Jump Zone. It was a great place for a party. I think all the kids had a great time.

Unfortunately, I could not get any good pictures of the birthday girl looking at the camera. She was WAY too busy for pictures.




While most kids were bouncing or sliding, this boy was playing air hockey. What?


Or baseball...
















After the party we had a nice lunch at Nathan and Amy's house and had an all-around fun day! Happy Birthday Hayes! We love you!