Happy Halloween Decorating!

So this sweet little site called Pinterest has sparked my interest;) and here are some things I've been inspired to do...Starting with my entryway...

The letters are prints I purchased from http://www.andersruff.com/.   They have CUTE stuff on there-some of it is even free!!  Speaking of FREE...the branches were!  They were lonely, laying on the grounds of the neighborhood park across the street so I spray painted them (along with my hands;) and added them to some black stones and small vases I had purchased from Dollar Tree. 

Here is a cute little witch we found in our tree!

Happy Halloween from our "Pumpkin Patch" to yours!

Baby Shower

My good friend, Ginger, and I had a blast decorating for a "all things PINK" baby girl shower!!!!

The ornaments were glitterfied with sparkly pink and tied with pink bows.

For the food, we had pink and brownie bites, chicken salad sandwiches, pink cream cheese pizza cookies, pink cupcakes, pink treats, etc.

I made a paper bunting banner that said "It's A Girl!"

This table bouquet was made with cupcake liners, pins, a styrofoam ball, a candle stick, and ribbon!  EASY!

 And since I kinda have a thing for birds, we incorporated that into our decor;)

Ginger made some cool milk bottles with vinyl "P" monogrammed on it for the baby girl's name-to-be.

She filled them with strawberry lemonade and cute pink and white striped paper straws.
It was a fun night!!!

THINK PINK!

My Next Project...

This wreath is made of book paper, styrofoam, and hot glue.  It sounds pretty easy, but I will let you know!  Anything I can do from the comfort of my couch and is THIS cute, I will greet with open arms...
Will keep ya posted;)

Dollar Tree Craft

These cute little tiers are a new project I can see in my future (to be done on Wednesday when kids are allll in school;).  The BEST thing about these is you can find all of the materials (minus the Spray Paint) at The Dollar Tree!!!  So it costs about $6!
You can find more at http://www.joyshope.com/2010/06/carnival-of-tiered-trays.html

But keep in mind - these are NOT FOOD FRIENDLY...so if you decide to display food on them, be sure to put down cupcake liners for cupcakes and doilies for other goodies.  I was also thinking...jewelery storage?  A cute place for keys and spare change to spruce up your kitchen...
Love my kids, but, I can't wait for Wednesday:)

Heavenly Cupcakes

I think I found a new favorite!  We had a YW recipe activity.  We were to bring 3 favorite FHE recipes and this was one of mine...(and I didn't know this was a fave until I made it).

With chocolate and peanut butter, how can you go wrong?  Notice the reese's peanut butter cup in the middle!

Here's the recipe:

Feel free to print this out....and here is the frosting (really yum!):

Mmmmm

disclaimer: the photo is not mine...unfortunately they are gone and there is no proof I ever made these, except for my evergrowing stomach.  I blame it on my pregnancy, but I am sure it's a little of the cupcakes too;)

Sports...

We are learning quickly how much fun it is to watch the boys play in sports.  Brock is in Football and had his first game last Saturday.  I was taken back when we walked to the bleachers to see my lil boy is playing on a high school football field...that's a lot of area to run!

Ty got to help coach and is watching Brock from the sideline...

 

They won 16-9 - GO LIONS!

Go #10!

Cutest little cheerleaders!

Then Trey had a soccer game right after (and can I just say that a 95 degree day in the south feels like 115 with all that humidity?!).  Trey's team won too (6-zip) Go Hammerheads!!!

And go cutest #4 there ever was!!

Seriously is there anything cuter than 4 year olds playing soccer?

Kade turns 2!!!

I can't believe it has been 2 years already!  Kade had his second birthday in Destin (just like last year)!

(1 yr. old)

 We had such a good time playing at the beach and walking around the BayWharf area. 

2 yrs. old

A little something about Trey...

I want to start doing more individual posts about my kids (well more posting in general on here:). 
This post is about my sweet boy, Trey! 

Trey has a smile that lights up any room, and his heart is huge!  He is a very easy-going and intelligent little boy.  I just love his willingness to support his big brother in all he does, without jealousy or envy.  His younger brother, Kade, tends to beat up on him a little bit and Trey has learned to turn the other cheek.  He is so proud of his baby bro.  Trey is very fast, and is playing soccer this fall.

 

 I hope to be more like him someday.

His 4th birthday party!

We love you Trey!

When in Rome...

Actually when in Alabama...do as the Alabamians do. PLAY FOOTBALL! Ok, so I am a little hesitant to watch my son hit and be hit by other football players (some bigger than him). But this is something he has wanted to do for 3 years now and we are trying it out! Will keep you posted...

Hawaii 2010

Pictures of us biking down the volcano in Maui...23 miles! (good thing it was mostly downhill:)

We went on a kinda last minute got a good deal vacation to Hawaii this summer and it was just what the doctor ordered! Ty and I (no kids:) spent 6 days in Maui. Here are just a few pics from the trip.

School's out for summer...

Brock had "Family Fun Day" at school where they played field games, sang songs, and received "Kindergarten Graduation" certificates. Mrs. Miller was such a sweet teacher and Brock misses her already! He made many friends (as you can see he favors the ladies;) and looks forward to 1st grade next year!

Fishing in Colorado

My Dad has spent so much time and energy building a beautiful cabin in the mountains of Colorado. We found out there the extent of what he has done single-handedly and we couldn't believe our eyes! Not that he hasn't had help, but it was amazing to me what he has done with his own 2 crafty hands. That being said, we took no pics of the place :( but here are some great ones of the boys fishing with their Grandpa Eastman:
All in all, I think we counted 25 fish. We had to let about half of those go. We had such a great time fishing and getting dirty!

Baseball time

Brock and his biggest fan:)
so excited about the drinks!

Last game of the season

The silly stuff we do on the way to practices

up to bat...

The team walking to their first game

Brock and the coach

on deck...

Baseball season has always been one of our favorite times of year. Brock was so excited when we found out there was a program here in Prattville.