Costumes are being made....

My kids get really excited about picking out costumes each year.......and actually still enjoy me making them! Kacey gets REALLY into it and loves to pick out the fabric and stand over my shoulder to make sure that I do it all just right!

We have a lot of fabric, sewing, designing going on around here lately! She does not want the same costume as ANYONE.....and has made sure that hers will be a different style. :)

Hopefully we will be done with all of this in time.....

xoxo

It's been a while...

I have been an awful blogger....and I am so sad about it! I thought that the two hours of "kid free" time each day while my kids are at school would allow me to be so on top of everything.......but instead I have volunteered in the classes.....volunteered in the library......volunteered to help friends.....and basically given away most of my free time! I guess it will have to wait until next year when both of my kids are in elementary school. :)

Since I have last blogged my best friend and I celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary! I honestly feel like we have just been married forever and so I was shocked to realize it has only been 8 little years! I feel SOOO lucky that I get to live with my best friend, share our kids with my best friend, and grow old with my best friend. Chad and I used to talk on the phone daily in high school and talk about how crazy it would be if we really ended up getting married and got to grow old with each other......how lucky are we that our dream came true!?!

In honor of our anniversary......we decided to run a half marathon together. Crazy right?! It has actually been a super fun plan! We were originally planning on running the race in october...but it filled up faster than we had thought. Soo.....now we are running the race in February. We are soooo ready, and having a great time training for it! Such a fun gift/celebration for us. Running 13 miles is kind of like a marriage.....some miles suck.....some fly by.....but the feeling you get from it is absolutely amazing and worth all of the training that goes into it!


Our kids seriously slept with crayons and paper under their pillows......woke up early.....made cards....made us yogurt and cereal in bed.....and were SOOO proud of themselves! Such a super proud moment when we can sit back and realize that everything up until this point has lead us to raise two super sweet and amazingly thoughtful kids! Makes it all soo worth it!

Kacey is too cute.....she always calls us her "love birds". ha!

Collin must think that we wear transparent clothing.....wonderful. :)

I am working on a few posts of halloween party/decorating ideas. We are getting ready to have Collin's 5th Birthday.....Halloween Style! I am so excited....and he comes up with new games and spooky ideas daily. I LOVE YOU OCTOBER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

XOXO

Nate Berkus Love

It is no secret that I LOVE Nate Berkus! I love his line for the home, I loved him on Oprah, I love his show, I love it all! I have recorded every single show that he has been on and I watch them daily! I watch for inspiration, tricks, new styles, and also with my fingers crossed that One day I would see one of my pillow cases sitting on a couch!!!!!!!!!

THIS CAME TRUE YESTERDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have never hit the Pause button so fast in my life!!!!!!!

I have followed Tamara's blog from the very beginning and have watched her transform her home into such an amazing beauty! It was no shock that she would be featured on "House Proud" yesterday on his first show of the season! The shock was when I realized that she had purchased one of my Paris Address cases for her amazingly recovered sofa!!!!!!!

Just to make things even more exciting...I checked out the Nate Berkus Show site and saw my pillow as the main image! I feel like a proud mama! :)


I will now describe this Paris Address Case as the "As Seen On The Nate Berkas Show Paris Address Pillow Case" haha!

Just wanted to say...

Just wanted to remind you to....

(image via pinterest)

Back To School

I am slightly in shock that I have kids in school....so this post is blowing my mind!

Kacey started 1st Grade today and she was beyond excited! She got the teacher that we had wanted, a few buddies in her class, and she is super ready! She is such a hard worker that I know she will do great!

Collin started his first day of VPK this morning as well! (see, big day for me!) He has never really liked preschool and would much rather be attached to my hip, but he did GREAT! He has several of his buddies in his class so he was actually really excited! WAHOO!!!

THE TOOTHLESS 1ST GRADER!!!!!!!!

THUMBS UP TO THE PRESCHOOLER!!!!!

I managed to hold it together today and was just proud of my kids! They are super ready for this....and I know they will do great!
xoxo

Lucky Number 7

My baby girl turned 7 almost 3 weeks ago...and I am still in shock! How on earth did this happen?!

She decided she wanted to have a Princess party this year....so I jumped at the chance of having her party outside of our home. With a trip the following week.....I was not looking forward to doing it here!

Such a sweet, toothless girl!



She brought 3 of her fave dolls to enjoy the party! ha!

The "before pic" of most of the girls.

The Glam Team working on Kacey. A little much, but she was sooo excited!

The "after pic" of most of the girls all glammed up.

They did the runway.....learned new dances......played games......and had a great time! Kacey was beyond excited about it!



I stayed up almost all night making her cake. She had requested a "turquoise wedding cake w pink and yellow cake inside....and lots of flowers".



I would say it was a success!

Turning 7 looks like a lot of fun! I am so happy Kacey has made some really great friends!

Only my child would choose the Olive Garden for her birthday dinner. :) At least it is a step up from her choice last year...Subway!

I am sooo proud of my little 7 year old!
xoxo

I miss you

We spent an AMAZING week in Aruba...and I want to go back!
The weather is beautiful! The people are possibly the nicest I have ever met! And I never wanted to leave!


Such a beautiful view!

Thumbs up to Aruba!

My little surfer boy!

Beach beauty

Banana Hammock! (I have an embarrassing amount of these pics on my camera from the week! Some things will always make me laugh...and I am okay with that!)

Banana boat....not as funny as a banana Hammock....but definitely super fun time!

We snorkled a few times, and the kids absolutely LOVE it!

Jeep Tour!

Breath Taking view of the natural bridge

My family! Love how adventurous they are!

My man!

this cave was soo cool! (and I am grateful we did not see any bats while in there!)

Ha! Poor guy didn't have kid's sizes at this place.


Love this pic!

Dinner in town! (collin bought a drum with his money and I don't think he has stopped drumming since!)

Really....he hasn't stopped drumming! ha!

Going out deep sea fishing!

We were all super excited......till we got about 5 miles out and the waves grew. Let's just say it was a mess and this family will not ever go deep sea fishing again! ugh!

Not a care in the world on vacation!


Amazing sunset dinner ON the beach! A girl could get used to this!!!!!

My little family....happy as can be!

My love! We haven't stopped talking about when we can go back!




This is the sign of a great vacation!!!!!!

I am super sad that school starts in less than two weeks and I won't be able to spend all day with my little buds. We are going to be super busy finishing up our NO BUMMER SUMMER list!!!!!!

xoxo