Five on Friday…

Well I won’t even tell you how long “blogging” has been on my to do list. Today I have had more on my plate then I can handle… but sometimes that is when you get the most done. Don’t you think? How five things on friday.

1. New pictures of my kids, ordered and hung on my walls! I LOVE them! Thank you Natalie @ Excursion Photography

             

2. We have been busy busy working on adoption paperwork- yes we are wanting to add another little miracle to our home. We have started praying every night for our sweet birth mom. We have already had some beautiful experiences.  :) We won’t officially be up and running for a month or so.

 

 

3. I have been changing this cute tray out with each new season/holiday. I love it.

4. Found this Forever Family burlap picture @ Real Deals. Makes me very happy. (I still need to do some rearranging on the shelf and actually hang it up, but you get the idea)

5. Summer time with the kids… more trips to the zoo. water park. lots of hat days cuz we don’t want to fix our hair! :)

 

 

We are gearing up for family reunion galore this week! It will be non-stop fun! Hope you are taking time to enjoy your summer too!

What Matters the Most…

I absolutely LOVE this website.

Cute stay at home momma, that gives you fun little tips and activities on ways to be a better mom and more every single day!

So I’ve been thinking  allot about what is really important, we all know how much we love our families, but how often do our actions say something differently? Do you take the time to read endless bedtime stories every once in a while instead of picking just one SHORT book to get through? Will you sit down and play barbies with her because it’s her favorite thing ever and not just for 15 minutes, as long as she wants you to? Will you take them on that library trip you’ve been promising them for a couple of weeks? These are things that I need to be better about doing. Not rushing, just being there present with my children.

On Friday we had friends over for a sleepover, we played in the snow for hours that day, making snowmen, sledding.

We just enjoyed being together. I loved watching their faces light up when I pulled out the sugar cookies from the oven to decorate,

or when we made a little craft together. It was a simple day, not one that I got much accomplished in the standards of the world, but I felt more alive, more energetic, & I slept good knowing that my children today knew exactly how much I loved them. Okay I didn’t really sleep that good, because after all we were having a sleep over and at 1:00 am we finally had to “turn the lights out” wink. wink. ;)

By the way we made these cute little snowman plate crafts! SO easy, the kids ages 3-5 all loved them. I loved that every single one was SO different, just like the kids themselves. CUTE!

All we did was take paper plates, hole punch and tie them together with yarn. Add any embellishments that you want, it can be as simple as you make it.

Have a great week, and spend a little extra time with your kids or someone you love.

Calling All Angels...

Last year, my sister Angie went into premature labor, their sweet son Jayden did not survive. They put together a service project, close to Jayden's year mark. I know a few of my sweet blog readers sent me blankets to help out, & I wanted to make sure you knew just how much we appreciated the blankets you sent. Thank you. You made this possible. This is a beautiful video Neal & Angie made, to say thank you. They are such incredible people. It's no wonder they were sent such a beautiful little boy to be apart of their eternal family.You can read more about Jayden's story here.

Random…

I’m not in the mood to clean my house. I totally spaced that my visiting teachers were coming… so they got to visit with me a’la no makeup in the middle of a dirty house! Pretty scary i must say. I’m not really in the mood to do much today, so I guess today is going to be full of spontaneous fun or nothing at all really.

We slept in, I took Brooklyn to preschool wearing yesterday’s outfit, and yesterday’s hair do.We will probably watch How to Train your Dragon for the 5th time this week.

I love that show!

Possibly stop at the park, because this Fall weather around here is to die for! Totally LOVING it!

Maybe pick out a good romantic comedy on Netflix and get a little scrapbooking done! Any Suggestions?

Zach’s grandpa passed away. We loved him. He is one of the few people who could see through me, to the real me. wink.

The first time he met me (which was at our wedding luncheon, he came over told Zach he was going to Kiss me, leaned in close, as I was thinking oh my heck, this old guy is seriously going to kiss me {on the LIPS!} in front of everyone I know! Then he laughed as he gave me an Eskimo kiss and rubbed his nose on mine! I died laughing. Then he turned to Zach and said, “This girl’s got a little Hell in her!” He had this little twinkle in his eye, that was beyond description. He was always up to something. Zach has such sweet memories of his grandpa, and to tell you the truth I hope Zach is as cute as his grandpa when he gets old and grey! He would have been 92 years old in just two weeks. He will be missed!

Ready for some randomness?

Saw this picture of a baby owl on face book. (Add me as a friend if ya feel like it!) Um. Possibly one of the cutest things I’ve ever seen!

LOVING this is an understatement, my sister Krystal told me about them, LOVE it! It’s a head massager.

You can find them at Bed Bath & Beyond. Or my favorite place to shop right now: AMAZON.

Scentsy for kids?! I don’t sale Scentsy, but these look pretty fun, and they are brand new! Scentsy Buddy’s.Who doesn’t love Scentsy?

Click one of the pictures to find out more.

New favorite game, we played it up at girls camp. Bananagrams.

Well judging on your voting I will try to keep my posts short & sweet and a little more often! Thanks for voting friends! 

Oh hi…

oh hi! Yes. Did you even remember that I had a blog? I obviously didn’t. ha! I’ve been meaning to post for well… about 2 or maybe it’s been 3 weeks now! Here is just  a little of what I’ve been up to:

Got my hair cut LONG over due!, I’m loving it… Please tell me I don’t look like a poodle when I wear it curly Q! I know. I do.  :(

Girls Weekend Week (Our little girls weekend turned into a full on week of crafts and giggling and spending time together!) It was much needed! I LOVE my sisters & family! And since we are getting more spread out we never get to spend enough time together!

 

Here are the crafts we ended up doing. And a link to the tutorials so you can do them too!

Here is my twist on the popular fabric pumpkins!

Tutorial found HERE.

Felt flowers- Learn how to make your own HERE.

{cute colors of felt squares can be found at Michael’s Craft or JoAnne’s Fabric store}

These silk flowers! (I’m sort of LOVING all these flowers,to put in my hair, on purses, belts, & cute little cardigans and sweaters!)

Make your own silk flowers HERE.

 

My mom & Angie helped did most of this project, I saw a picture of one online somewhere, but thought we could figure it out. I LOVE how it turned out! Spooky little table runner for October! ♥

We put up Halloween decorations. Don’t  you love doing the black and orange combo?! I keep my holiday decorations so super simple. Here are a few of my favorite spots in the house.

 

Another thing that has been keeping us busy is our yard! It looks awesome and I can’t take any credit for it, other than raking up all the stinking rocks!  (thanks to my super man husband), he laid it all out & worked hard on it!) Now it is all finally paying off here is a sneak peak:

Trying to figure out what to wear for family pictures, always a chore isn’t it?! We are scheduling them with this amazing photographer!

LOVE her!!!

She did some of my kid’s Halloween pictures last year

Another highlight of my month:

The Relief Society Broadcast.

Are you curious what a Prophet of God would say to women of today?

Go HERE.

COMPLETELY INSPIRING!!!

And General Conference as well! Spiritually fed for sure.

Can you smell that? YUM! I ♥ when I have a good crock pot dinner ready to go! I’m trying out Sherelle Christensen’s Slow Cooker Chicken Pot Pie! For the recipe go HERE.

More tutorials will be coming! I don’t have time to finish this whole post like I wanted. Hopefully I will be back soon! I have Recipe Group with the Cookin’ Mama’s this week, and a fun Relief Society Activity too! Hint: “Chicken Soup for the Soul” with a guest speaker on “The Myth of Perfection”. Should be awesome!

Hope your week is AWESOME too!

And What the heck, let’s have a little give-away, if you want one of those cute felt flowers then let me know and I’ll send you a couple of the little cuties!