Glitter in the air

I keep hearing this song on the radio and every time it makes me cry. I feel like this is how my life is right now....just on the verge of a whole new experience.

I Love To Decorate

I love shopping in the vintage stores that are here in Pocatello. I can almost always seem to find what I am looking for and at a great price. Lately I have been searching and searching for end tables for my living room. And finally I found them. I was at this store appropriately called Vain and Vintage when I came across two white end tables. I got them for $25.00 a piece which is such a great price for study hard wood. Once i brought them home I painted them black and presto....they match my living room perfectly. :)




I also bought pillows for my couch and love seat to help tie in the tan and Burgundy accents that are throughout the room.


And this is the shelf I found at a garage sale for 5 dollars. It was brown so I painted it black and got some new frames to display some of our new family pictures.


Now as silly as this may sound to most of you I also decorated and organized my closet. It's huge and I just felt that I would feel so much better if when Greg and I walked into it everything was in order and looked nice, instead of purses everywhere, shoes on the floor etc. Plus I thought it would be nice if it coordinated with all the blacks and tans that are in my bedroom. So first I got a new desk that I use as my vanity. Again it was from a vintage shop. It was $25.00 and all I did was paint it black.


Some more decorating on the window in my closet.


And lastly I got baskets to keep all my purses in, a new hanging shoe rack and wooden hangers for all our clothes. Well I have all my clothes on wooden hangers and I'm still working on Greg's side of the closet but I don't think he is too worried about it.

So there we have it. Did I mention I love to decorate?

I Can Sew!

We are taking pictures with Greg's family this coming Sunday and I wanted my girls in matching pillowcase dresses. I have seen this style of dress on Etsy but some are pretty pricey and I was worried they wouldn't get shipped in time. So a friend of mine suggested I just make them myself and that is exactly what I did. Mind you I have never sewn before besides one blanket and I have never even used my sewing machine. luckily Greg has grown up with a mother that sewed a lot so he was able to teach me how to use my sewing machine and he helped a little with the measuring on the first dress. I am really pleased with the way they turned out and proud of myself for doing something so crafty :) So these are the dresses.


Pretty cute right?





So should I start taking orders? lol

Summer Time Fun

My computer broke a few weeks ago and of course that was right when I had lots of fun things going on so now I am playing a little catchup. I hate it when this happens because then I end up just doing short little post and cram everything together just to get it done and documented. Haha I make it sound like this blog is more of a chore than just for fun. So here is what's been going on so far this summer.
Greg took Eva fishing one day. She loved it and even caught 4 fish!





Greg also built them a fire and they had lunch. She had so much fun and it was a good little Daddy Daughter date.




A couple weeks ago I thought it was a perfect day for a little pool party. I invited over some of my good friends and their kids for lunch and pool time.





At first it was just some of the girls. Everyone was eating lunch nicely on the blanket and Greg stopped home on his lunch break to say hi.



Then the boys showed up. Gavin and Carter really knew what a pool party was all about.




Layla and baby Elle.

Everyone had lots of fun and I think with all this warm weather we're about due for another party.