Ready to Get My Scrap On

Our house is actually a four bedroom home...and being the wonderful guy that he is, my hubby agreed to the fourth room being a craft/scrap/sewing room! So last summer I painted it a very chic neopolatian stripe...I like it, BUT I do not "LUV" it. The craft room is actually one of the bigger of the three spare rooms...Seth picked out the biggest room as his sister had her eye on the smallest...go figure! So over Spring Break, I will be taking the built in counter top out and repainting the room (if I feel really motivated) and then when school is out for the summer Chloe and I will be changing rooms....she will get a much larger bedroom and a much much bigger closet out of the deal. I will get a chance to create my perfect room AGAIN....yippee! Live for change:)

This is what I see when I look out my living room window..This is the sight from my front door...Here though is the best view of all....

We have just spent the past 74 hours straight without electricity...our entire town for the most part have all been without power...we regained power about 2 hours ago, but now are without water....I however am thankful for the lights, internet, and central heat:) The outside is gorgeous...as long as I can just look at it...the kids really enjoyed playing in the snow! This is our second major storm in a month in Oklahoma...

An Exciting Weekend!

Thursday afternoon my friend Jennifer and I loaded up our boys (Seth on the right(mine) and Kaden on the left (Jenn's) and headed to Tennessee. We were on a mission...a very SECRET mission. The boys and I were traveling to Memphis to surprise their best friend, Xander, at St. Jude's. The three boys are amazing buddies! They are classmates, teammates, and go to church together. They are extremely close...just like their moms ;) Xander is doing some new treatments for his Neuroblastoma and this was his last trip! Boy! Was he surprised??? AND you know what a BIG deal it was for these boys to keep a secret for that long...especially giving whom their momma's are haha!

Totally in Love with Burlap

After seeing this great tut on another fabulous burlap project I couldn't wait to make my own....

And here is a shot of it on my front door...

Please Pardon My

so dreadfully UNFINISHED blog!!!! I cannot get a new header/banner whateva...to save to my computer tonight/this morning whateva... so it will have to wait. I will try again tomorrow...after my brain has had a nice winter's nap.....

New Obsession....

I had such a good time snapping some pics of my friend Audra's kiddos...some of you know that i recently took a basic photography class and I got to put my new found knowledge to use with some other kids than my own....(I'm sure Chloe and Seth are happy about this;) Here are a couple of my favorites!!!

Cheap Decorative Ball

Start with your cheap-o styrofoam ball, hot glue gun, and jute rope...

Begin gluing the jute on in a spiral shape, placing the twine right next to the row before.

Keep going, and going! Yes this takes a little while.

But look how adorable the finished decorative ball is:)