Catch Up!

I am playing  bit of catch up with these photos. These are all from Thanksgiving day, but i thought they were too cute to not share. Besides, "mammy" and "papaw" love seeing their grand babies!!!

The pictures below are just random. There are some days that we take Andy to work so that we can have access to the car for the day On those days, we often meet him for lunch. A favorite spot for us, is a lake that is close to his office. The kids love to take bread and feed the ducks and birds. its so much fun to watch.

This was their first experience playing in the fountains! It was definitely a winner! Next time, mommy will be prepared with dry clothes!

 Mommy's little helpers! They absolutely love to help in the kitchen and i try to slow down and let them. Not an easy task at times, but so worth it to see their look of pride when they've completed their project!

Rolling out the dough for sugar cookies.

This takes real concentration!

So proud of her completed cookie.

So sweet!

Snow Days!

Let's just say....Florida is definitely lacking in the snow department during winter! So, when we heard that there would be "snow" at a few places; we jumped on the opportunity to let the kids play in "snow"! The 1st stop was basically one big chunk of white ice, but the kids...and daddy...still enjoyed themselves. Mommy enjoyed standing on the sidelines remaining dry and snapping pictures!

Caleb wasn't too thrilled with the "snow" at first. Can't say that i blame him.

...and they're off!

Bet you can't tell who these kids have for their mommy?! To put your minds at rest; their cups contained hot chocolate. Although, they will gladly accept coffee if offered! What can i say....they know whats good!:)

Enjoying more "snow"! aka soap bubbles. I must say, it was pretty during its flight to the ground. After that...not so much!

Excuse the blurry blob below!

Out with the old, in with the new!

We've been busy little bees around here lately! We decided to finally tackle the job of a much needed porch renovation....what a mess! Thanks to the previous owners, we had/have quite a bit of work needing done. More on that later!

In addition to the porch; i shared with Andy my thoughts on installing a subway tile backsplash. He was more than willing to give it a go! Yay! Below is a "before" picture of one half of my kitchen. Blogger is not cooperating with me tonight so, the "after" picture awaits you at the bottom of this post!

As you can see from the picture below, i have taken a completely different direction with the colors in my decor and lets just say.....i love it! Its so bright and cheery...something i can use a lot of right now! The yellow is probably my favorite so far! I REALLY ventured out when i purchased these pillows. They are definitely on the bold side, but i think they blend nicely. What do you think?? Thanks to Old Time Pottery, they were mine for a mere $2.88 each!

Snagged this beauty at a garage sale a few weeks ago for a project at church, but it ended up being too big. So...after several coats of spray paint it became a cheery yellow and graces a wall in my home!

 Who doesn't like a little subway art?! I was so excited to find this one at Wal-mart for $3.97! I really like the sayings on it.

My young herbs are desperately trying to survive my son! I had to put them out of reach after finding them "thinned" out by sweet this fingers.

And....the "after shot! This was a 1st for both Andy and i and i'd say it turned out pretty good for our 1st!

I'm very pleased with it.

More Christmas cheer!

So....remember how, in my last post, i mentioned something about changing my tree decor???? Well....I did! It still looks much the same, but with the addition of burlap, pinecones and a big ole metal tub! I LOVE the the effect of the metal tub!

I tried and tried to get a decent shot of my dinning room, but my camera wasn't cooperating with me. More like...i don't really know how to use it? I plan to remedy that real soon though!

The lights decided to quit on me...hence the lack of lights in this little tree! Its still cute, even if its missing its sparkle! I wrote out the Fruits of the Spirit on the tags and attached them with mini clothespins. I really like the way it turned out.

Center piece on dinning room table

Deck the Halls...

 First off...I had all of these pictures in nice & neat order and Blogger decided to go and rearrange them all on me! Grrr  Anyhow, I've been slowly putting up all of my Christmas decor and i think it is finally complete...somewhat! I still have a few more things to add/change up, but whats new!

I had great plans to do things a bit differently with the decor this year, but when it came down to it, i decided to spare the budget and work with what i already had. There are a few things i made or had made that i am totally in love with!!!

I have some different plans for the tree...i'll get back to you on that. For now, this is what she looks like.

WARNING! Picture overload!

I really wanted some burlap stockings this year, so i attempted to craft them on my own. My sewing machine fought me the whole way! It decided to only go in one direction; that being backwards! So yes, i sewed these up going backwards on the machine. Fun! Needless to say, they are lacking in style, but as soon as i get my machine to cooperate......

 The lovely mantle shelf you see below is compliments of my hubby and father in law. I'm in LOVE!!! Its nice and deep and o so pretty. Didn't they do a good job?

 This is my little sitting area at one end of our front porch.

 Isn't he cute?!

Just loving these little lanterns!

Found these classy little frame ornaments at Dollar General. Yes, i know, they still need pictures! I'm getting to that.

Ahh...love, love, love! This thing, literally, took me several hours to hot glue all of that jute. Totally worth it though! I'm contemplating ORBing it. What do you think? Isn't she a beauty?! All credit goes to Pottery Barn for the design. I totally copied it. Oops! I have no plans to sell it, so i think i'm safe. I may get brave and cut it out of wood. We'll see. For now, its heavy duty cardboard under all that jute.