4th festivites!

Our Fourth of July was super fun!
I know, so was everyone elses.
But, did everyone else get to ride in a parade?
In a yellow Jeep, with a big ol' sign and
throw candy at people screaming your name
and dance to Michael Jackson?
See-I told you it was super fun!! This is me, my mom and my little sis. Don't we all look sassy?

This pic is for my dad. This jeep is his baby. He wanted to make sure that we got a pic of it. Plus, the system that he rigged up to hold the sign up was the bomb. I wanted all of you to see it! Don't you feel lucky?

We went to some local fireworks. We go early and play games and eat a lot of food and visit. It is something that the girls look forward to every year!

I loved this pic. I wish that all of the lighting in my pic could be this awesome.

Does that mean that I would be Awesome-all the time?

Just checkin. :)

Hope your Fourth was a BLAST!!

PS-I redid my bedroom. Pics to come soon!!!

And The Winner Is.....

Well-the pageant went well.
The girls had a lot of fun.
They made new friends, smiled A LOT and won crowns!

Yep-they all won!
I am so not bragging-I promise.
5 and 9 both won princess and 7 won Queen.
They have royalty in all 3 age groups so, they called 5 out first.
Then 7 and 9 was last.
I prayed before the pageant started that they would all win a crown or all lose.
I so didn't want to have to go through 2 won a crown and the other didn't.
Luckily-they all did great and got crowns!
Yes-I was relieved and one proud mama!
They all loved it!
This is the whole crew with my little sis. She took care of all of them backstage. They wouldn't let any moms back there-so it was all her-through 3 clothes
changes each! Yep-I owe her big time!!

9-can you tell that she was happy!

5 was more excited about the candy than anything else. I had to keep telling her not to throw the sash on the groud. She still has to wear it and I didn't think that footprints across it would look that cute!

7-she was such a gracious winner. Look at all of their super cute skirts! Yep=my MIL is the bomb!!

A quick little before and after. Sorry-the pics are backwards. I had this sofa table that my grandpa made for me a few years ago. The knobs were broken off and it wasn't really that exciting of a color.

I needed a punch of color in my drab family room. The walls are a rust color and the only light come from a sliding glass door. I added the knobs. They were 95 cents at Lowes. I sprayed they antique white-they were ugly brass color.

I love how much it brighten up the room.

Not so drab!

Ok-now I HAVE TO CLEAN my Crap Room!

Really-it's supposed to be craft-but there is so much CRAP in there-it's the other way around!

Wish me luck!

Picture + Projects= Fun!!!

Sorry-You must look at pics of my children.
I do this for my mother in law-I know that she looks at my blog.
My girlies are doing a local, little, "pageant." I use that term very loosely.
Everyone who enters wins a trophy, a sash and big, old bag of stuff.
This is totally a nostalgia thing for me.
I grew up in the town that we live in now.
I did this pageant and so did my sister.
So-yes, now my children are doing it as well.
My husband rolled his eyes when I told him this is what they were doing.
He so didn't understand that they HAD to do it.
He also didn't understand when I HAD to buy them new clothes!
Silly man!!
These pics were taken the other day before they had their "interview" and pics done.
This is 7. Can you tell that she loves to have her pics taken.

Here is 4-almost 5. She is not quite a ham in front of the camera when she is supposed to be-only when they steal the camera and make videos of themselves.

This girlie is 9. She is definitely not little any more. I look at her and feel old. She just got her hair cut-with bangs. The first time she has ever had them in her life. I think that they make her look older. Maybe I should not have let her cut them :)

Here is the whole bunch. The cute skirts that 4 and 9 have on were made by MIL-they are darling!! Oh how this wonderful woman spoils me!

ok-I did get some projects done the weekend-IN THE RAIN!! I am usually not one who complains about moisture. We live in a desert and we need all that we can get. BUT-there have only been 2 days in June-that has NOT had rain. Unheard of for here. Yes-my flowers and yard look awesome-but my disposition-not so much.

This is my porch all "freedomed" up. I know, I am a freak.

I decorate my porch for the seasons.

I am proud to say that most of the things that are on here are from garage sales or thrift stores.

Except the star-I picked that up at ross for $7.00!!

sorry, the pics are kind of hard to see. It was 10am when I took them, at it is a little to bright.

I figured out my shelf issue. I spray it-while it was raining-in my garage.

My husband hates when I do this.

I don't know why-it's not like he is the one who has to inhale the fumes! :)

The pics are kind of hard to tell-but I painted it antique white. It looks green in the pics.

I was too impatient to let it dry all the way-so I just sanded a little bit-so the red shows through quite a bit. It looks SOOO much better-not so much like a RED shelf Glaring at you.

Softer-much nicer to look at.

This is a close up my latest little project that i did and stuck up there.

I found the frame for 50 cents-the plate holder a quarter-I just put some scrapbook paper under the glass and cut some letters with my trusty cricut.

I didn't like the look of the letters at first so I inked them.

Much better don't you think?

This is such a lame angle-again-sorry for the weird colors. I guess when you get no natural light in the hall-you get what you get.

alright-I am off to the pool. Wish me no sunburn thoughts!!

Have a fantastic Monday!!!

something old turns to something new!

I will get to old to new in a sec.
I am in some need of some opinions.
And since I know that you all are full of them-I need some help.
See this shelf.
It's in my hallway-I hate it!
Why do I hate it-cause I don't know what to do with it.
So-help me out. The sign is going to go bye-bye-because every time I turn on the ac-Which has not been at all lately-it moves and it drives me crazy!!!!
Now, remember-I have all kinds of crap that I could put up there, but for some reason, I am not putting it together.
So, help me out-would ya??
Thank you in advance!!

Now...on to the old to new....

I have a "younger" friend that requested a 6 pane window for her apt @ school.
This is what I came up with.
Sorry about the glare-
Pretend that you can't see all the crap that is behind the window or to the side of it.
My craft room looks like Michaels threw up in it.
So messy-so embarrassing.
But am I cleaning it-nope. I am blogging.
I figure the mess will be there when I get to it.

The window says: Your future is only as bright as your faith-Thomas S. Monson

I have been working my butt off to lose some of my butt!! :) (lame joke I know...)

I have lost 3.2 since I started this on the 3rd.

I have been doing Pilates-This is the devil I am telling you. The whole time I am in class I am swearing in my head.

Walking and the active.

Writing down EVERYTHING I put in my mouth and YES..

I have even cut down on diet coke. YEA ME!!!

It's hurts to walk up the stairs, or walk in general but it's a good hurt-right?

WHATEVER!!!

Sorry for the sporadic posts-they called me to be the Enrichment Leader in my ward.

So, with fathers day, an activity tonight and all the other stuff-I have been a little slacking in the personal blogging dept.

We are having a swap meet tonight. I am so excited for this.

Other peoples Junk for free-it does not get any better than that!!!

I can't wait!!

Hopefully I will have all kinds of good of junk stuff to share tomorrow.

Now-if only it would QUIT raining so I can get my spray paint on!!!