Another giveaway

I know this is out of order, but I just saw another giveaway I wanted to enter...so here is another link. I want this book so bad. I never had an interest in sewing until I moved into my house. Now all I want it a sewing machine and some instruction (like this book) to help me get going! Check out this link Sew Liberated Book GIVEAWAY!!!!

Grosgrain giveaway

I just found this blog, and I totally love it! She does giveaways all the time. One going on right now is for Burlap and Blue $30 Gift Card GUEST GIVEAWAY!!!!:

Go check it out...seriously

tutu

I have been slacking so bad on blogging this past month. I did good for a couple weeks, but I've only been posting once a week for a little while. Things have just been busy for us here. We've been having too much fun lately I guess.

I still need to make a post for Carson's actual birthday. I'll do that tomorrow, but for tonight I just wanted to get my AC project up for the week. I made Halli a tutu for Christmas, and I have another one that I will put together this week. I am excited about how it turned out, and think she will love dancing around in it! Here is AC#11

Birthday Party

We had Carson's birthday party yesterday, and he had a really great time. He wanted a spiderman party so we had everything spiderman here yesterday. We played pin the spider on the web, did a web walk (like cake walk), and let the kids swing at a spiderman pinata. We also had spiderman decor, cake, and prizes. It was a fun time for all of us. He was really excited for the party, and asked about it everyday. I'm glad it is over so he won't keep asking how many days left. Here are a couple pictures of the celebration.

I never posted about our Thanksgiving. It was really great this year. Ryan's parents drove down from Michigan and surprised the kids and Ryan. I knew about it, and planned on them coming. It was a wonderful surprise for everyone, and we enjoyed having them here. They did most of the cooking for Thanksgiving, and played with the kids everyday so it was more like I was on vacation rather than them! We appreciated them driving the 15 hours to spend the week with us!

And finally here are my projects from the past 2 weeks. I made some Christmas magnets with my mother in law while she was here, and then this week I refinished a little rocking chair for Halli's room. I just realized I haven't taken any photos of my magnets...so I'll post that tomorrow, but here is the chair. After looking at this photo I realized I need another coat of paint on it so I'll have to do that this week. AC #9 and #10

Before (purchased at a garage sale for $5!)

After-painted to match Halli's room...which will be complete this week! I will have it posted as my AC challange for the upcoming week...even though it has taken 2 months to complete. It has been a work in progress for a long time thanks to the leak we had in there. But it is almost done and I'm excited to show the transformation. So be sure to check back for it!

Addresses

I haven't forgotten about my blog...I've just been super busy for the past little bit. I have been doing my AC projects, but I haven't posted them on here. I will do it soon. I just wanted to make a quick post to ask for addresses. I will be sending out Christmas cards soon so if anyone would like one please send me your address either as a post on here, or to my email tiffani24@gmail.com. Hope everyone is having a great December so far!

Busy Birthday week

Ryan celebrated his birthday last Tuesday (the 17th), and I had a busy time getting ready for it. I was running around cleaning the house, making the cake, a crown, a birthday sign, wrapping presents, and making sure the kids were happy and entertained. It was a busy day, but I had a fun time getting it all together. Ryan went to work then came home and was crowned king then opened his presents.

Afterwards, Ryan and I went out for dinner-without the kids-that was nice! I took him to Bonefish grill, and he loved it. I don't like fish so he never gets to eat it...I thought it would be ok for him to have something he loved for his birthday. I got a delicious steak. It was a wonderful place to eat, and I would definitely go back. The whole place didn't reek of fish so I didn't mind it at all! We returned home and had cake and ice cream with the kids then put them to bed, and we watched a movie. I think he had a pretty good birthday this year. (please pardon the blurriness of the photos. I apparently had a hard time taking pictures that day)

On another note, Carson slipped down the stairs yesterday, and broke his fall with a side table. His lip didn't take the beating too well. It was bleeding pretty good so I look him to the doctor. She prescribed popsicles. As you can imagine, Carson was thrilled! She also suggested he drink out of straws-another thing Carson loves to do anyway. The nurse gave Carson a coupon for a free frosty, and another one for a free kids meal at Applebee's. I guess it was worth the $20 co-pay! He is doing just fine today, but I can't help but laugh everytime I look at him. Here are some photos from this morning.

I laughed so hard when I looked at this picture I took...he makes such funny faces all day long.

Lastly, here is AC project #8. I'm late again getting it posted up here. I made one on Thursday to take to a "project exchange" activity thing we had at church. (You make something, bring it, then switch with people). I forgot to take a photo of the sign I made so I just whipped one up for me today and here is the result. I'm glad I decided to make one for me cause I really wanted one...although I don't want it to snow.

Fall Flowers

I have been wanting to make some cute hair clips for Halli and I for a while, and I finally got the chance to do it this week. I got a few colors of material from JoAnn's and made these. You can't really tell from the pictures but they are black, white, and deep purple. AC #7

I want to make some more, but this is all I got around to this time around. I'll definitely be making more for Halli. I got the idea for this from one of my new favorite sites Pepperblossom Decor definitely go check it out.

It was a busy week for me and the kids-running around almost everyday doing errands. It was just a bunch of little things we needed to do, but it kept us really busy. Tuesday is Ryan's birthday so I have been trying to prepare for that and figure out what I want to do for him. Hopefully it will be a fun (as fun as it can be for a weekday) day for him!