shopping=love

There is always one thing that makes me happy.........SHOPPING!!!
And what makes me even happier is finding clearance prices!!
Like these sandals were $3 each...AMAZING!

AND, I got to go garage saling this weekend with my mom and sis in law and we found some amazing stuff...well my sis in law did but I get just as much of a good deal high from other people as I do for myself...haha!

I found this cool lantern for a DOLLAR! Umm, I'll take it!

I LOVE it! Oh, and some more amazing news..................... we got a HOBBY LOBBY!!!

OH SNAP!

Brothers!!!!
Two of Adam's brothers came to visit for a weekend and we had so much fun while they were here!
The ladies! I really enjoyed having them here. It is always a party together! They all left their kids at home so everyone was wanting to stay up all night and sleep in....haha! We just aren't as young as we used to be! It was good times.

We went downtown to see some sights and watched one of the spray paint guys go to work. It is amazing the stuff these guys can do!

Haha! This guy is always in front of the Bellagio fountains. He does an awesome job of being a statue!

The water show at the Bellagio is always a treat!!

They went to a Blue Man Group show and my sister-in-law was pulled up on stage!! That is crazy amazing!

Ha ha ha....we love eachother! It really was a fun visit and we look forward to another one.

Giggle room

SO, I have a few posts I am working on b/c it has been a while since I have been on here. I wanted to show everyone the guest room/my nephews room I was working on! I say its my nephews room right now so they want to come spend the night in "their" beds! But, my brother didn't like the color scheme...haha. It's my house and I will do what I want!

Here is the dresser drawers before I painted them:




This is going to be the mirror to sit on top of the dresser. I used fence posts and painted them a little. I got the idea from Shanty 2 Chic, I love their blog.





And these babies were founf at DI for $5 each! I found them when my mother-in-law was in town. I think they are footboards....but can be used for sooo much more! Haha! I was excited to find these.

I used the long one as a shelf. And I LOVE IT!

I made the giggle letters to put on top. Well, I had the wood letters and painted them and put paper on them.

Then I spray painted some cheap frames and put scrapbook paper in them to add tons of color in the room.

Here is the mirror and dresser all finished! I really love it!

I really shouldn't even put this on here b/c its embarrasing but oh well! This was the picture Adam put on the dresser. SO the one picking their nose looks like a mean little boy....nope....its me. Ewww! A mullet and finger in the nose=perfection!Finally it looks like a room! I put those curtains up and found the bedspreads on clearance so I am feeling pretty good about it!

celebrations!

We have been celebrating Adam's birthday and our 6 year wedding anniversary! YAY!
It has been 6 years of PURE BLISS!! I really am grateful to have Adam in my life. He is the BEST! I just love him more and more everyday. He makes me laugh 'til I cry. He is TOO good at having all my frustrations melt away when he pulls me in close.

Summer time!!

Well, we had SO much FUN while our friends were here! We played Settlers on the day of settlement....we went downtown and watched the fountains....we went swimming....we (Marcie and me) made a synchronized swimming routine....performed the routine......what a rush! Haha! We ate at IN-N-OUT and Cafe Rio. But most of all just enjoyed eachothers company again!! It was great.






And of course I loved getting to know Charlotte! She is so cute and fun.
Boy does she LOVE her electronics!
Here she is just chillin and makin a few phone calls....

Marcie and I at the Bellagio fountains. What a great friend! I love her!

Our little GETAWAY!!!

Adam and I decided to go camping for a night spontaneously! That is something we can enjoy doing while we don't have kids. It was really nice and quiet. It also is like 20 degrees cooler on the mountain, so it felt really good!

Collecting fire wood.



MMMMM................S'MORES!!

I LOVE this MAN!!!

Our first attempt at the dutch oven. It was good!

I had my nephews come over and spend the night at my house! We had a lot of fun! We built this fort and had fun playing in it and watching a movie in it. They wanted to do everything under the fort! I love them so much! I don't get much sleep while they are here though...haha. It's mostly my own fault though. I worry about falling asleep and not being able to hear them cry or something, so I just never really fall asleep! I don't know how moms do it!! But I will sacrifice any amount of sleep for them any day!

Motivation

I have decided that there is no better motivation to get things done around the house than to have someone come visit you!

When our friends from Texas told us that they were coming to visit us I was SUPER DUPER EXCITED!! We love them and can't wait to be reunited!





SO right away I had to get to work and get some projects done! I wanted to paint the extra bedroom yellow so it is gender neutral and we won't have to re-paint when we have kids.
Here is the room before: I like to call it Pepto-Bismal pink





And here it is now.....................isn't it beautiful?! SIKE.
It was like taking a giant highlighter and painting the room. It burns my eyes even looking at it! Back to Home Depot I go and finally a guy helped me out with the color b/c yellows are tricky.

There are at least four layers of paint there. It was crazy!

This is the final color. It looks a little weird in the picture but it is a cute pale yellow.

Clean up clean up everybody everywhere.....clean up clean up everybody do your share!

Haha, I know you have sang that song before. You thought I was joking that my nephews help me clean didn't you?! NOPE. My nephew is the best helper ever!!

Of course, he LOVED doing the man jobs with Adam more than he did cleaning with me. haha! Well adam told him to come over so he could show him what real men do, or big boys according to my nephew. He says," Adam you ARE a big boy!"

And what did he get after all this hard work..............................

a giant MARSHMELLOW!!!

That made it all worth it! Gotta love cheap labor hahaha! Love him.

We are ready for the weekend with friends!

A little update

SO... I didn't get hardly any good pics of the trip. And I am mad that I forgot my camera for one of the receptions! But, we had a great time being there with our family! We love everyone so much! I am hoping to get more pics from everyone else. This is my brother-in-law and new sister-in-law. They were gorgeous!!

I do love this one of Adam's brother and his beautiful family!

And of course I love being able to play with my nieces and nephews! Were are on the bed hiding from the rain! So fun.

Adam and I also got to go to Cali a few weeks ago to watch our sis-in-law compete in the Crossfit games. It was awsesome! There were tons of people there competing in many different events. It was fun to watch! It is tough stuff! And Blanca did amazing!! It makes me want to do it. I can't find any of her action shots though...ugh! I hate not having the pics I want. She is the one talking to the buff guy.

Their little girl Solena so cute as always!! We poured water on her b/c it was so hot out there. She loved it! It was fun! We love them.

We got to go see the Jabbocwakeez with my brother!! They were A-mazing! If you have never heard of them, they won America's Best Dance Crew a couple of years ago and they are the best ever! We loved it! And of course it made Adam want to get up there and show them what he's GOT! They could always use another dancer on the crew right?!

This was one of the guys entertaining before the show...haha....it was funny!

And that brings us to the BUG PARTY! hahaha! My mom found all this fun bug stuff and wanted to do a party with the boys. She came up with this idea so that she could bribe them to want to spend the night at her house. haha! We have to come up with some exciting thing to get them to want to spend the night. Bribing is the best! I just tell them I have some cool surprise just for them and make something up as we go along...sometimes they seem a little disappointed...haha! WHAT?! You don't like to help clean the kitchen? picky picky.

THey loved the magnifying glasses and I couldn't get them to pull it away from their face! But they are so cute anyway!