Whirl wind weekend

I have the best husband. He sent me Home for the weekend so that I could spend time with my family.

When I got to the airport in Dallas, I ran into a childhood friend, Jennifer. I haven't seen her since we were probably 18. We changed our seats to sit by each other on the plane and catch up, it was so much fun. She actually lives in Texas. What a small world.

My little sister, Annie, didn't know I was coming so when I got to my moms house, I hid in the closet right as she was getting off the school bus. My mom asked her to put something away for her in the closet and as she opened it I jumped out. I thought I was going to die of laughter. I love surprising people.

This is me and my 2 sisters.

My mom had a birthday party for Annie while I was in town and she had them decorate hats since the royal wedding was the same day and they were all wearing hats to the wedding. My Dad joined in on the fun.

These are my cute neices whom I have missed terribly. They all begged me to take them home with me, which I gladly would have taken any and all of them.

One of the reasons I came in town was to visit my Uncle Dave, who was recently diagnosed with Lung cancer. He is such a sweet man and a fighter. I love and admire him.

This is my Aunt Sherry. She is amazing too.

The main reason I wanted to come Home to visit, was to see this sweet lady, my grandma. She was diagnosed with alzheimers and has been rapidly declining. I wanted to spend some time with her before she forgot who I am. I wanted to make sure she knows how much I love her while she still remembers. She is an angel.

My parents had tickets to the Yanni concert while I was in town. I can't say that Yanni was my first choice of concert, but we had a lot of fun together, and the concert ended up being good.

Furniture Makeovers

I wanted to find a cool frame that I could turn into a chalkboard for Payties room. I found this golded beauty at the trift store (for only $3.98) and painted her up. It turned out better than I thought it would.
BEFORE...

AFTER...

Green with Envy

This little treasure was in my neighbors garbage. Yes I pulled it out of the trash, well actually my son did. It had a broken leg, but with some wood glue I was able to fix it. I think it turned out good.



BEFORE...AND AFTER...

New Floors!!!

I have wanted wood floors for a loooong time and I now have them and I LOVE THEM ! ! ! They are so beautiful and so I wanted to share the before and after pictures of the floors.

Pouty Payton

My very talented friend Mandie took these pictures of Payton a little while back. She was being a little grumpy that day which is why there isn't one smile. I actually like the candid straight face looks. Either way she still looks beautiful.

Easter decoration and Armoir Makeover

I didn't want to use the standard plastic eggs for my jar so I came up with a solution. I tried painting them with regular craft paint, but the paint wouldn't stick, so I spray painted them first and then applied the craft paint over that and it worked. I think they turned out ok.

ARMOIR MAKEOVER

I bought this armoire from my neighbor a few years ago and was using it for Payton's closet, but when we moved her up to her big girl room she no longer needed it. I was debating whether to refinish it or leave it as is. Payton decided to pull the fabric panels off the doors so the decision was made for me. I didn't have a picture of it with the panels on it, but you get the idea . . . it was in need of a makeover. The paint job was terrible before.

Jump for Joy

As I've said before, we love to have fun and be crazy at our house, well here are some more pictures of just that. The kids had lots of fun jumping up and down and I was enjoying wearing them out so they would drift off to sleep shortly after our picture session. Here are some of our best shots......

Carson and crazy fun

Why can't kids be good all the time? Carson is such a good kid, most of the time, but it's moments like this that make me so happy.

Payton wanted to play outside and Carson volunteered to watch her and play chalk with her. She loved every minute of it. She really loves her brothers, especially when they pay attention to her.

One thing we like to do at our house is let loose and be crazy, although we haven't quiet convinced Mr. Milan to join in on our fun yet. These are a few of our finer moments...