December 1st

I LOVE December for SOOO many reasons! But today I am excited because I have my whole house decorated already.....and for the first time I am not going to be rushing around to get it done!!!!!!!!!!

Check out the Christmas Cases in my shop to get your home in the Spirit of Christmas!








This last picture is of Kacey.......and the outfit she picked out for school today!
When she came out of her room all dressed I was quickly told that "Today is December 1st......I can FINALLY wear all of my Christmas colors to school!" haha!

I am not sure if I know anyone with as much Christmas Cheer as this little girl!


xoxo

The Master

I have SOO much going on with orders in my shop and all that comes along with getting ready for Christmas....BUT......that doesn't stop me from working on our home.

I just feel so happy decorating and making all of my ideas become a reality. I am a total planner.....and a bit of a dreamer.

But this weekend.....I became a little bit closer to having our dream bedroom! The walls have been painted a similar blue for a few years....and I just purchased from Ballard Designs a new headboard! I can't wait to get all of the finishing touches done!!!!!


I love this bed!!!!!!!!!!

I love that they have a slipcover available for if I change my mind on the color!
I love that it look so clean and classic!
I love that I know I could have made it.......yet I went for the splurge because I have WAY too much on my plate at the moment!

If Only I could speed up the next four weeks until it is delivered. HMMMM.....

xoxo

I'm Back!!!!

We have had a crazy busy few weeks!!!!!!!!

Flu that was passed around to each one of us......school parties........visiting family in Orlando........family visiting us for Thanksgiving........celebrating Christmas early with family.........setting the house up........and just spending good quality time with my family!

Here is one week in pics....

Visiting Bubba in Orlando for the afternoon.

I was helping out with Kacey's Kindergarten class for their Thanksgiving Feast. Collin was invited too.....and he LOVED being in Kindergarten. It was soooo cute!!!!!!!!!


I made the entire meal by myself and was SOOO happy with how it all turned out! MMMM!

By the looks of this....you would have thought they made the whole meal! ha!


We even made our own Butter!!!!!


I am thankful for this guy!

We celebrated Christmas early with Chad's mom and grandma....and Kacey got another American Girl doll! She was beyond excited!!!!!!!!!!

Our Elf On The Shelf, Brady, is BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My silly little elf's helping us decorated the Christmas Tree!

They had a fun time remembering each ornament! Our tree is filled with ornaments that Chad and I received as kids.....ornaments that each one of us has made over the years (my FAVE is the paper ornament with Chad's 2nd grade picture on it!)......and I love all of the memories that each one holds!

I am pretty sure that Collin hung ALL of the ornaments in one spot! The tree almost fell over! ha!

I LOVE our angel! It is from Germany.....and is just like the one we had when I was little!

Hope your weekend was relaxing.....yet fun filled!

xoxo

Linen Love

I love linen! I also love bedding! It is sort of an obsession really!

I ran to target to load up on some more gatorade for my sick little guy.......and fell in love with this new duvet cover by Simply Shabby Chic!



You can't go wrong with linen, ruffles, and Shabby Chic!

xoxo

Get out of here flu!!!!!

My poor little guy has come down with a stomach bug.

I absolutely HATE it when my kids are sick! They are total troopers, braver that I am with a stomach bug BY FAR!

I have been hanging out on the couch for 24 hours with my son, rented 3 pay per view movies (even though we have a ton of movies of our own.....new movies are always best when sick), put down four bottles of gatorade, and snuggling.

Here's to hoping that this flu bug misses the rest of us and gets out of our home FAST!



xoxo

Thankful

This is the season to really think about all the things you are thankful for!

I am ALWAYS thankful for my family!
I am thankful for the next two days with no real plans..........and spending it with the 3 people that make me feel like the luckiest lady!




Hope your weekend is spent doing whatever it is you enjoy.....with the people that make you the happiest!
xoxo


photo taken by Maria With Snidershots.

HELP!!!!!

I have been in the process of deciding on what type of wood floors to get for almost a year! That is so sad!
I can't decide!!!!!!!
I have 2 kids....a small dog.....and a large dog......and I absolutely can't stand tile or carpet!

I LOVE the idea of having real wood floor because it is amazingly beautiful and since I have mainly white furniture in my home...I think it will add a nice natural element into my home.

BUT......like I said....I have two dogs and I know that I might just freak out if it gets ruined (my large dog, Kali, has made herself known by eating the bottom lining of TWO cages and eating the carpet under her cage.....IN TWO ROOMS!)

I can't decide what style and color that I want!

Here is what is bugging me...
-my home is pretty dark for the most part and I am worried that the dark floors will make it feel so much darker.
-I WANT real wood floors.....but I just am not sure that they are a great idea with kids, dogs, and in my kitchen.
-I am not really a fan of light wood floors....but they might brighten up my house.

See....these are the things that keep me up at night. (sad, I know)



I LOVE this color! This is my top choice....but nervous it is too dark.

Love how this looks so natural and this makes me think that it will be okay if my dogs have paw marks on the floors.

LOVE the large planks here! But I don't want my house to feel too rustic.

These might be a little too thin......but I feel like it would lighten up my house a bit.

These floors are TOO light for my taste.....but this is my favorite picture of all....and so I am somehow drawn to it.

HELP!!!!!!

ANY IDEAS?!

XOXO