Happy Halloween

We have had a ball this fall. Ha! Cute! I don't think we have stopped for the last three months. I feel like I could just take a week off from all this hussel and bussel. Not gonna happen though. Here comes Thanksgiving and Christmas. School parties,  secret santa, ornament swaps, pta party, family parties and get togethers. Not letting off any time soon, but that is Ok, I love being with friends and family.

Pictures from our trick or treating fun! We borrowed my brothers trailer, added some hay and friends, and took off for a night full of fun.  

Daddy made me drive home so he could hang out with the boys in the back on the way home. FUN!!!!

Fall festival time.

Thanks to Aunt Chris and Aunt Linda for making Abby's skirt. It is beautiful and she was so happy!!!

My little boo crew off to the church fall festival.

We have Brantley as the central football player, Abby as the 80's girl (her skirt was not ready and she had to wear one of her dance costumes), Blake as the Warriors baseball player (he had a makeup game so he had wear his uniform), and Grant as the Bumblebee from Transformers.

So much fun!!!!!!!!!!!!

     

Welcome Baby Hannah

We visited baby Hannah a couple of weeks ago and I took a few pictures of her. She weighed a little over 4lbs. So sweet! So small! I want her. All she did was sleep and eat. Here is our little photo session. Of course I am no photographer and we had to make our backdrops and sets. I keep saying I am going to take a class to learn more about my camera but.........remember my list from yesterday??????? Things just keep coming up. HA!
Here she is..

My favorite!!!

Lighting not so good, but one of my favorites. 

Hannah was sitting in a hat box.

This was a tiny tiny crate.

We used her aunts dress as a backdrop for some color.

She is smiling. Awwwww! At 4lbs there is not enough to pinch. Soon enough.

I am so jealous! I don't even have pictures like this of my own kids. Don't you just love her? 

Till next time.  

HAPPY FALL!!!!!

Hello again!!!!!!
I have been scolded by friends, family and my husband for not bloging in so long. We've had a great summer and now we are finishing up our first nine weeks of school. Report card day was yesterday and were doing great. Not sure I like this  1 2 3 grading system.  I was told by a teacher that it helps the teachers know exactly where your child stands and what they need to work on.  Well, to me the numerical grade told me if they were a high or a low A,B,C, etc. Thank goodness Abby is in 5th and they still have the numerical grade. Although, she is the one I really haven't had to worry about. (Please let it stay this way Lord!!!!!) Blake on the other hand, has a really good teacher and I trust she  is looking out for him and she keeps me up to date with his progress . So, I guess this  1 2 3 deal will work for now. I do understand it is taking the teachers some time to get used to it too. So I am not alone.  
   We have been finishing up some long overdue remodeling/updating around the house. Almost finished with the MB. WEW! But so much left to do. I love it and I hate it. I love the picking out of everything and seeing the finished product, but I hate the cost and the time I am locked down to wait for things to happen.
Master Bedroom     90%
Master Bath            90%
Kitchen                   60%
Second Bath           75%
Bedroom 1             80%
Bedroom 2              95%
Dinning / Craft         75%
Den                        100%
Utility Room            90%
Hardwood Floors    90%
Back Porch             30%   Looking for some flea market shelves and a new swing.
Backyard                50%   Hopeless case! I need the HGTV backyard redo to visit me. They may look at it and run. Hal and I worked all day tearing out shrubs and bushes and it is looking good, but so far from ready.
Garage                    50%   This is the drop off point for everything to get rid of. I really don't think with 3 kids that this place will ever be the way I want it.  We have 3 of everthing cramed in a small 2 car garage. 3 scooters, 3 bikes, 3 helmets,etc. Four whole shelves full of pool  floats, boogie boards (we now have 5 cause we forget ours and have to buy more each year) beach chairs, etc. 3 beds, computer armoire, antique dresser, shall I go on or do you get the picture? No place for cars that is for sure.
Now you can see the list of things I have to complete before ...........I make new ones. hehe:)
Oh yeah, one more...
Disney Trip  Savings   50%  Can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 We are just hanging out enjoying some fall ball. Both the kids and the awesome Tide. Never really enjoyed football like I have this year. I have been begging Hal to get tickets to the game, but hasn't worked yet. I want to sit close for one game and really feel the spirit of the game with all the fans yelling and screaming. I sat beside the sweetest little ladies the last game and you should have seen them. Head to toe bama attire. Not todays bama attire. Please let me explain. There were beehives, pearls, black stockings, polyester houndstooth pants, lovely smelling perfume and all of their shakers and pom poms they had been collecting for years. Very sweet!!!! Now, I want the totally opposite experience. We will see...........     

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

I LOVE YOU MOM!!!

YOU ARE THE BEST!!!

MOTHERS DAY CARDS FOR BLAKE'S CLASS

                                  Blake picked the green flower for me. Boy does he know me.
I remember seeing these cards around Valentine's Day over at 24-7-365. They had suckers in them for the occasion. I figured flowers would be perfect for Mother's Day and make cards out of them. I took paper, permanent adhesive, a swivel blade , and we printed the pictures on plain paper. The kids were all asking "Why am I taking a picture like this?" I told them to act like they were holding a handfull of flowers. There were 19 kids and I was asked 19 times. Gotta love em!!! So here's how they turned out.

First the picture

This is one of our friends

Then the flower and card added

So cute! I love how they turned out. I was afraid the flowers would be too big in comparison to the lollipops.

               The pictures look a little washed out here, but they do print well on regular paper.

  Not so bad huh?  Here are some of the others.

Grant got in a little golf while Abby was practicing today. He had a little friend come and join in. They were too cute.

OH YEAH!!!!!!!!!

"I got a golf"  

 

This little boy was so cute. I am not too sure if Grant thought so. He picked everything up and started heading to the other end of  the bleachers. Of course I encouraged him to stay and play. He pretty much chased all the balls the little boy hit cause he was scared he would loose one. When we left, he asked if he could go and play golf now. So funny! He needs to learn to share.

He loved his new golf set. It was $8 and two of the clubs are broken already, but that victory picture is worth every penny. 

I am so tired so I am checking in early tonight. See yall tomorrow.

Kellie 

Couple of pages and my husband's tomato's

My husband ask me to buy some tomato plants a couple of months ago. Looky here. They are getting so big. We are going to have to put some stakes up before long. I had hoped that at least one would grow for the kids. (They helped him plant them) But man, they are HUGE!!!! Now I just want to see the tomatoes. Come on girls. Why of course they they are girls!

 

I also purchased some peppers. They look great too. Not as big as the tomato plants but doing great.

It's that Miracle Grow I tell you. I don't plant anything, I mean my husband doesn't plant anything for me without Miracle Grow.:)

Here are the pictures from a couple of months ago when they planted them. My, they have grown.

Now on to a few pages I have been working on.

This is my neice Olivia. I know, she is so beautiful.  

I love the purple. Her mom has never liked the idea of pink. Not a girly girl. (I love you Caren!) She has always liked purple, so I thought Purple it is! Whats that Caren? Did I hear you say you wanted this? Hmmmm.

I love it!!!!!!!!! This is some My Minds Eye paper I have had. Of course the flowers are Prima flowers. The flower ribbon came from Hobby Lobby in the fabric dept. By the yard. Little pricey but so worth it. They have a few different colors. 

And one of my girl.

So beautiful. Getting so big.

This paper is from the My Minds Eye's Tres Jolie line. Older, but I like it so much. Can't get rid of it and always go back to it. So vintage!

Prima flowers and leaves of course.

And last but not least.... A not from Grant.

Notice he did have all the letters in his name. Maybe not in order, but they are there.

hiyiuhhgyhfrtehggrannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnt.

Have a great Wednesday!
Kellie

One of my little creations to share

We use ours as a channel changer caddy. It's perfect if you have multiple changers like we do. There are four medium slots and and one large slot that will hold two changers. I have made these for teachers gifts. (desk caddies) The uses are endless. I really could use one of these in every room of the house. You can customize them with your colors, there great! I hope you enjoy. 

I am now going to show you how to make them. First, head to one my favorite places, Hobby Lobby. The caddy's are located in the unfinished wood section. They look like this.

You can choose any unfinished peice that would fit your needs.

I have already painted mine with a shimmer paint. I like the wood look, so I found a shimmer glaze paint.

The bottom looks like this.

  

It twirls around and is great for easy access. They run, I think, $5.99. Use a coupon or wait for the unfinished wood to go on sell. Usually 30% off.  I don't think 6 bucks is bad for such a great piece.

Then find paper that you like and cut to size. I layed mine down and traced an outline for the sides. 

 

I chose little birdies for my spring swap partner. Look how pretty! :)

You need to put a layer of mod podge under the paper and on top. (Just in case there is someone that hasn't done this before.) Also make sure you make clean strait strokes (say that 10 times) with your brush. When it drys you will be able to see any flaws. 

Find some embellishments that you love and go to town. I chose ribbon and flowers for the spring theme. I kept it pretty basic. I didn't really know Terry's (my spring swap partner) style.  I had to add some "bling" because I just love shimmer.

This is a side view.

    

And the front again.

 

Everyone I give these to just love them, so add these to your list of crafty gifts and make someone very happy.

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