Fun Times

Wow...Have I been horrible at blogging or what!!! Guess it is time to catch up.

A couple weeks ago, we had a fun, girl's only day to Amish Country. Nothing better then a good day of shopping (especially when it includes good fabric shopping) and yummy, yummy food!!! Reese had a blast since she had Mamaw and Maga all to herself. I tried (with little success) to get a good picture of Reese with Mamaw and Maga. This was as good as I could get.

Hmmm....not having much fun with this picture taking thing!

Oh look....a plane....

You both are so funny :)


Like I said before...she was in heaven to have both Mamaw & Maga that day.


Reese had a blast "swinging"

Ready ONE......


TWO........

THREE.......

Best part of the day :)



I even lucked out and got a decent picture of Reese and I!

Hmmm....I think this was the best day ever!!!

Thanks for spending

such a fun day with us

Mamaw & Maga!!!!!

An Apple Pickin' Good Time

Ever since Reese was born, I have been wanting to join the local MOPS (mother's of preschoolers) group. I knew it would be a great way to meet new Christian friends and also a great way for Reese to spend time with other kids her age. My schedule never seemed to permit me to join until this year. The group meets once a month and also has a mom & kid day once a month. I wasn't able to make it to the first meeting since it was on our anniversary, but I was able to go to the first mom & kid day. We went to a local apple orchard for a few hours of fun.


First fun thing on the list was to go out to some of the apple trees for some fun apple pickin'.

Reese got busy picking an apple. Golden delicious was first on our list.....

Then a yummy Jonathan.....OOOOHHHH an apple!!! After her second apple, she was finished. She just wanted to carried this apple around for a while and refused to pick more. Maybe next year she will better understand the concept :)

Next on the list was a fun hayride around the farm. They have rows and rows of apple, peach and cherry trees. They also have a few acres of pumpkins and gourds.....Reese loves pumpkins right now and was very excited when she saw the pumpkins.

Then we were able to check out the apple package process, as well as, watch them make some yummy apple cider. We found this guy along the way. Reese was very amused and wanted her picture with him.

Then what better way to end our fun trip then........

An apple cup full of full strength APPLE CIDER.....yum yum!!!!

So of course we had to get some to bring home for daddy.....and for us too!!!

Here's to many more fun memories to come with our new MOPS friends!

Wishin' and Hopin'

I have to admit that ever since I finished Reese's big girl room re-do...I have been really wanting to have a new fun space in my bedroom as well! While I don't hate my current room, it is starting to look ho hum and the bedding is really starting to show wear. Now I would love to make another quilt...but not sure I am up to the challenge or the price! It cost me just as much if not more to make Reese's quilt then it would to have csot me to buy one. I am so glad that I made it, but not ready to jump back into such a huge project! Plus, we have a California King size bed which equals a big quilt! We have also been with out a head board since we got married four years ago. Again, California King=large price tag.

I have been getting request from some family members for a Christmas list. Yes, Christmas is still three months away, but we like to get a head start around here. I started to think of things I need, but also of things I would love to have but wouldn't buy for myself....isn't that part of Christmas :) This all got me thinking of the "want" to re-do our bedroom. I started browsing to see if anything stuck out in the hopes I could add it to my Christmas list and that (fingers crossed) Santa will deliver. I found this quilt while browsing....aka drooling....on Pottery Barn's website. Can I just say that I am in love!!!! It is the quilt on the left.
Doesn't this look like a great place to take a nice long snooze!!!


Here is a closer view of it.

Love love love all the color options to use for the walls. Tan or a nice shade of khaki would be nice and neutral. A shade of blue would be more shabby chic. But, my favorite would be a nice warm shade of yellow....nice and cozy! I am loving yellow right now and have thought of all different shades that would work in various rooms of my house...ssshhh don't tell Lee! I am pretty sure he would never let me re-paint rooms anytime soon.

I also would love to add some home-made pillows to the matching pillow shams. Again, so many fabric and color options! I think a nice hand embroidered scripture pillow would be lovely (can you tell I am jelous of the little peanuts room...hehe).



Our night stands and dressers are nice stained oak and in great condition, so there would be no change there. But, I really really want a headboard. I have been wanting Lee to make me one for a long time, but I am pretty sure that will not happen anytime soon. I even showed him the farm house bed plans from Ana on Knock-Off Wood numerous times! Or even this simple headboard made from one of Ana's plans. As I said before, buying a headboard to match the other furniture pieces is out of the quiestion. So, I started to think of options I had. I am sure I saw the idea somewhere before, but using an antique panel door turned on it's side with crown molding added to the top popped into my head. Here are a few examples I found.


Love the aqua lamp in the picture above!

Not a fan of the blue color or the door knobs but love the style of the door in the above picture.

For the finish on the door, I am thinking a nice shade of off white and distressed, or red and distressed to add a fun pop of color!

Now to find the perfect door for cheap and to cross my fingers that Santa leaves the bedding for me on Christmas morning!!!

This Day......

Four Years Ago I Married My Best Friend.....

I am so thankful that the Lord blessed me with a loving husband, a best friend and a great father for my little peanut!!! I always love to look back on our wedding photos and remember all the excitement that surrounded our wedding day. We had perfect weather, a gorgeous location (for Ohio that is) and was surrounded by our loving family! Our honeymoon was perfect as well and was a much needed, relaxing vacation for us both. After a 2 month engagement, me graduating Cosmetology School the day before our wedding and Lee finishing work on the house he bought the weekend he proposed....we were more then ready to sit back and relax! What were we thinking :) Sorry for the poor quality of the pics (bad scan job for sure) but I decided re-scanning pics was not in the works for tonight!

We had originally planned to have our wedding on a beach in Florida with just our close family there. Lee found this great location and somehow talked me in to staying close to home for our wedding. I am so thankful that my Daddo and Lee's Grandma was able to attend since we had the wedding close. They were our only living grandparents. Daddo went to be with the Lord in November, right after Thanksgiving, and Grandma Estie followed in June. So glad we have this picture to keep and remember!!!

So young and in love (and thin...hehe)!!!

Oh to be there again!!!!

Happy Anniversary, Babe!!! I can't wait to see what the years hold for us!!!!

Adorable Shoes for Sale!!!

Bought this pair of shoes for Reese to wear this fall, and she decided to have a growth spurt and they will be too small. So so sad...they are so adorable on and comfy!

Morgan & Milo size 7.5 (fit more like a size 7)

NWOB

Adorable!!!!

$25 plus $5 shipping.

Please let me know if you are interested!

Suggestions Anyone....

I am in full swing with making Reese's fall clothes. I pretty much have ideas figured out for all the projects so far (well, except for the projects I keep adding to my to-do list). Does one little girl really need all these cute outfits....I think so!!!! Anyway, I am stuck on one of the fabric I bought. I love the fall feel of the fabric, but am having a hard time committing to a design. It doesn't help that everytime I get an idea, I can't seem to find cordinating fabrics. The purples in this fabric are impossiable to match!!!

Michael Miller Brown Pet Deer:

Michael Miller Lavender Lolli Dot:




I am considering using this pattern from YCMT. The dress length. I thought it would be cute with a white long sleeve shirt underneath and paired with a pair of brown corduroy ruffle pants I already made her.



But, I would love to some how incorporate this adorable deer embroidery pattern by Tasha from alittlesweetness with "oh deer" added to it. So cute!!! Maybe an aqua patch with the embroidering on it....or maybe too much????

Any suggestions?????

Enjoying Summer

Wow...It has been a month since my last post. We have been busy busy busy trying to enjoy the little bit of summer that is left. We have made two trips to Michigan to enjoy a weekend with friends, spent most of the hot days at Soak City, went to Cedar Point with Lee's family, with stood the stomach flu (me) and now on the second cold for Reese and trying to put a dint in my fall sewing to-do list.

One of the trips we made to Michigan was to spend some time with our good friends that flew up from Charlotte for a family reunion. I was so excited to get to see them since it has been almost 3 years since last time we all saw each other....which means they have never met Reese. Reese was in love with Rylee (our God daughter) almost immediately. It might have help that Rylee gave her a couple new outfits right after they met and Reese gave Rylee a fun upcycled t-shirt dress I made for her :) Every girl loves new clothes. We had a great weekend at their families lake house. Hopefully we will get to see each other again much sooner then 3 years!

Here is a picture of Reese and Rylee (the best I could get since they were so busy getting to know each other). Reese now prays for Rylee every night during her night time prayers (so sweet).

We also had a great time at Cedar Point with Lee's family. It was such a fun day but so very long...12 hours of walking to be exact! Reese did such a good job with only taking a half hour nap all day (she normally takes a 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 hour nap). We all passed out in exhaustion at the end of the day, but we all had such a good time making memories!!!

This is Lee with his mom, brother and sister. How did a 4'11" lady have such tall kids!!!???

The kids enjoying the rocket ride.....one of the many rides they enjoyed over and over again.....

Enjoying the Peanuts 500 with aunt Denise after I had more then enough of the ride....thanks for stepping in Aunt Denise!

I was so happy that Reese was excited to meet Snoopy and some of his friends....she is normally not very sure of them. We also took a break from the heat and enjoyed Snoopy on Ice.

I can't believe summer is coming to an end. I love fall, but unfortunately it goes by much to fast here in Ohio....then comes the SNOW....oh how I dislike snow!!!!!