32 Random facts....

I am almost 32 years old.....and I think it pretty much kicks ass! I love the 30's!!!!!! I decided to do 32 random facts about myself in honor of the new year!

1. I could eat sushi 7 days a week and never get sick of it
2. I am spending my big birthday running a 15k with my hubby
3. I live in Florida but still live 45 min from the beach, and this is so sad to me
4. I love my friends
5. My kids are total homebodies just like their mama
6. My favorite color is turquoise, and has been since I was in high school
7. I have coached soccer for my son's team for 3 seasons and haven't lost a game!!!!!
8. The sight of people brushing their teeth makes me ill
9. My kids and I do not like soda.....AT ALL.
10. I am not a beer girl....but will drink cheap keg bear in red solo cups and enjoy it!
11. I think it is absolutely annoying when people copy others!
12. Girl's nights always make me happy....I have a great group of girlfriends!
13. Teen Mom makes me cry on a weekly basis! (on mtv)
14. I can't even watch jersey shore for two min.....most annoying show ever!
15. I redecorate my house all the time, yet I always keep the same colors
16. I could redecorate my entire home at Home Goods
17. I love to run....alone....unless I am with Chad or my dad.
18. I smile the entire time my kids tell us about their day during dinner.....and I pray that they are always so open with us!
19. Family bike rides make me happy!
20. Bleach is my all time favorite cleaning supply
21. I seriously figured out the game of roulette while in Aruba and am dying to go to Vegas and convince my hubby of this. :)
22. Santa still brings me gifts
23.Carrot Cake is my all time fave
24. I eat ice cream pretty much on a nightly basis
25. Have zero problem cutting bad people out of my life and never looking back
26. It makes me SO HAPPY every year when my husband brings four boxes of Halloween decorations down from the attic
27. I haven't colored my hair since before I was married.....and am convinced it keeps getting darker each year.
28. Wear jeans on a daily basis
29. Am addicted to Couponing
30. My favorite thing to do is spend the day at the beach with my family
31. Read my nook nightly to fall asleep
32. LOVE MY LIFE

xoxo

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...

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(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