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!

Creative Corner

So...we have a basement. Our house is a split level so there are 3 levels to it, and then a basement. We spend all our time on the 3 levels. The basement has 4 "rooms". A utility room where the furnace, hot water heater, and whatever else in in there are. There is a small office I guess you could call it-it has no windows, and it is probably only 7' x 7' or so...we use it for our food storage area/tornado shelter :). The third "room" is unfinished and was used by the previous owners as a work shop area. Ryan is going to start work on it this winter and turn it into a "man cave" He's got some sweet ideas for it so I'm excited...as long as I'm allowed in! It is a pretty big room though and will make a nice bedroom if it is not being used as a man cave. The last room in there is MINE. A requirement when we were looking for houses was that it have at least 4 rooms so I could have somewhere to set up my scrapbook/craft room. So I have turned a dreary basement bedroom into a place I can go to do my projects and be alone. I just finished it tonight and am excited to show my transformation. Here is my AC project #6!

I don't know why it looks like the hallways is a different color. I didn't do any painting out there. It is really that ugly yellow color...I wish it were white.

Pepperblossom decor

One of my new favorite blogs is doing a giveaway...go check it out! Here is the link.

"Ocpus" and Batman"

We had a fun Halloween this year. This post is a couple days late, but better late than never. Carson had such a great time trick-or-treating this year. He wasn't totally confused like the previous 2 years! Halli enjoyed walking around collecting treats from everyone. As long as she had something sweet in her mouth she remained happy and walked along with us. Here are a few photos.

We made some fun treats last week for the holiday. The kids enjoyed helping me with them, and loved eating them!

Paying it on

Some of you may remember this post from a few months back. I actually only had 2 people comment and put the same thing up on their blog so I only made two instead of three. It is my AC project #5. Here is what I made for the two lovely ladies Gena and Aubry.

I had to send these to them before I could post on here because they would know what was coming if I didn't. But I got them all packaged up to send, and realized I hadn't taken a photo. So I unwrapped Gena's, took a shot, and wrapped it up again. I just had Aubry send me a photo. So sorry for the poor quality shot of the Buie's sign...I shot the photo a little to fast and did look to see how it turned out. Oh well...

One last shot

Ryan wiped the hard drive to our computer last night for one last attempt at fixing the problem we've been having trying to upload photos. And....IT WORKED! I'm so so so so so happy. I can now blog with photos without waiting for Ryan to bring home his computer. Hopefully it stays fixed! Just had to share the happy news. I'll continue to post now on a regular basis.

Here is a funny photo of Halli from last week. We were enjoying ice cream, and I thought it was cute that she had her feet up on the table. I was very surprised to see the look on her face when I checked out the photo I had taken. I love it...makes me laugh so hard!