Tripp & I have been married for a whopping 9 years!
Hip Hip Hooray!
While our marriage has not always been the best, I am so blessed to have a husband who continues to be dedicated to our marriage.
I love you Tripp! Even though you overcook my grits sometimes, I am still delighted to have you as my partner in life! Muah!
Can anyone guess how much I dislike painting words?
Let me tell ya….. a whole lot!
I did however, really enjoy this order once it was done. After several attempts to try to free hand the lettering, I decided to use my noggin. I had a friend who owns a sign company cut vinyl stencils in the exact measurements that I needed to cover the entire canvas. Once that was applied, piece of cake.
My customer loved them as did I. I am even looking forward to making a set of these for myself. :)
Inspired by Pottery Barns fire truck canvas set, I painted this for a customer in Dallas. I am thrilled with how it turned out. Each canvas is 20x16 but pieced together it measures 20x48.
For boy stuff, this was fun. *Girl stuff is way more fun though! :)*
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AfterYesterday I got my hair done and I feel instantly smarter! Just kidding! I had my blonde highlights covered and went closer to my natural color.
I loooooooooooove it!
I have been trying to grow my hair out for some time now. I was a little sad that we had to cut off almost an inch last night…but it was worth it. My hair feels so incredibly soft now. Yippee!
Alex’s birthday party was originally scheduled for a date almost 2 months ago. We ended up finally having it a little over a month ago. Why then has it taken me so long to update ol’ blog-o with pictures?
Because I am such a slacker! :) I have had plenty of opportunities to do so and just didn’t. There have been weekends lately where I have not done one single productive thing. I guess that is how one truly obtains this awesome slacker status that I have achieved. Awesome!
That said, Alex’s party was super fun! The kids all had a great time and Alex is still talking about it to this day! I count that as a success!
We are beyond ready for spring to be upon us! I am even looking forward to spring cleaning if that tells you anything! {pretty sad if you ask me}
A lovely water puddle has decided to take up residence in our front yard. Come to find out, we don’t mind so much.
Spring, we miss you & love you more than you know! Hurry on up!!
What happens when you mix an adorable newly turned four year old little boy and a b-b gun?
Here is what you get:
A lovely shattered window. Awesome.
Bet you didn’t see that coming right? Guess who for sure didn’t see it coming: Tripp!!! He let Alex go outside with the bbgun from his childhood. What he neglected to do was instruct Alex not to point the gun towards the house. He passed out all of the other much needed instructions in regards to not pointing it at people, Nosmo, etc. but just left the house out.
The best part of it all: that’s a brand new window. It has maybe been installed right at a month. Yeah…nice
Needless to say, Alex didn’t get into near as much trouble as Tripp did! Lol!
I totally LOVE how Alex’s cake turned out this year! It was soo much fun to make. Best part: Alex’s face! He is beyond ready to eat it and chomp down on his ‘scrumptous cake’…his words not mine!!
****Thank you Aunt Brenda for baking the cakes and making the icing for me!!! YOU are a life saver & very much appreciated!!!!!****
Scene: Tripp, Alex & I all piled up in Alex’s bed wrapping up a bedtime story. The book of choice for the night was ‘Big Chickens’, a book about a group of chickens who were afraid of everything until they decide to be brave.
Me: Ok, babe. Let’s say our prayers & talk to Jesus.
Alex: Can I talk to Jesus with my chickens? (He was holding his book at this time)
Me: Sure you can. Come on, let’s talk to Jesus.
Alex (bows his head & closes his eyes): Dear Jesus, bock, bock, bock bock bock bock. Bock bock bock. Bock Bock. Amen!
Me & Tripp: LAUGH HYSTERICALLY!!!!
The ways that Alex melts my heart cannot be measured!! I *had* to document this story so that I could treasure it for all of time. Love my boy!!!
Tyne over at The White House recommended Windows Live Writer a few days ago & I just HAD to try it. Basically, if Tyne says it is awesome you can just go ahead and hang your hat on the fact that it is as she says!
Tyne is a precious mother of 4 and does a remarkable job at mothering her gifts from above. She is such an encourager and motivator for me. I am very grateful that she and her amazing family have settled in our part of the woods! Feel free to jump over to Tyne’s blog for some sweet pics, good recipes & insightful wisdom and direction for following the Lord.
Check out Live Writer when you can! It is free and ridiculously easy to use. Trust me, I am using it with no problems & that says a lot! Lol! You can go here to download it for free.
Happy weekend to all!
Alex had his 4 year well check yesterday with Dr. Hudson. He had to get 3 different shots, poor baby, but did really well despite the owies.
Our boy weighs in at a whopping 33.4 lbs which puts him in the 20% for his weight. He is 34” tall and falls in the 45% for height. Skinny! He totally gets that from his daddy! Lol!
Alex also had to have his hearing & vision tested. He passed with flying colors!
Alex said that his favorite part of the doctors visit was when Dr. Hudson found tatertots in his ears and when he beat on him with a hammer. (checking reflexes…he wasn’t literally hammering him!)
Dr. Hudson said that everything looks good with Alex and that he is growing as he should be. He is still within normal for his personal growth curve so
WHOOOOO HOOO! Like we didn’t already know he was perfect! Ha!
Alex made me a Mommy and for that I am forever grateful.
I am amazed as to how much my life has changed these last four years. Things seem to be far more beautiful to me. For example, never before would I have thought that Tripp's old work boots were amazingly gorgeous. I do now!
Even mud is more appealing to me than ever before!
Alex's sense of humor has been hilarious from the beginning it seems. I used to say that he must have enjoyed how it felt to him when I laughed while he was still in my belly because it seemed like he was always doing something to encourage it. It literally felt like he was tickling the inside of my belly at times! His mean face can always draw out the laughter...
You know what they say, a family that practices their mean face together stays together! Ok..."they" don't really say that but it is funny none the less!
Happy birthday Alex! Thank you for making these last 4 years beyond wonderful!!!
We love you Squirtamas Pertimas Apple Pie! Your so cute, we'll kiss your eye!!
Party planning is officially underway!
I guess you could say that at this point in time, my grits are getting overcooked! We are knee deep in a bathroom remodel that is oh-so-lovely! Though I know we will be overjoyed with the outcome of this remodel, I am so ready for it to be over!
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I am ready for the days of stepping on mortar bits that are hidden in my carpet to come to an end.
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I am ready for the gurgling sound that is coming from the open hole in the bathroom floor to cease...it sounds like something is going to gobble us up!
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I am ready to use a real mirror to fix my hair in the morning as opposed to the bitty tiny one in my living room.
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I am ready to have actual counter & storage space for all of my hair junk. Those that have seen my hair know that I require alot of product to control this fro...
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I am ready to have full access to my lovely restored bathtub back. The crazy-small shower in the master is loosing it's charm quickly...
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I am ready for the ridiculous expense of this all to be behind us!!!!
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Most importantly, I am ready to have my super hard working hubby back! That poor man has been busting his hiney in that bathroom for what seems like countless hours! I am ready to have him back in the land of the living with Alex and I.
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Because I realize how selfish and whiney I sound, please know that I am super appreciative of this remodel & know that in the end, it will be sooo worth it.
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But just in case anyone was wondering, stepping on mortar bits that your sweet hubby has accidently tracked clear across the entire house is not pleasant. At all. Not one bit.
Greetings to all in this new year!
It is that time of year. The dreaded time when I have to repeat the dreaded words that completely make me dread getting up in the morning. (Notice the trend!) "This will be the year that I get a grip on my weight."
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Change of plans! Not this year! I am DONE obsessing with what is truely just not that important! Though I would love to revert back to the old days when I was slim, trim and hullahooped in a cheerio, I am just DONE! Done with stressing myself out, done with slipping into a depression filled funk, done with not being happy with myself.
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Instead, I am resoluting to what is important in my life.
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Strengthening the following: my walk with Jesus, my marriage to Tripp, my mothering to Alex and my friendships with my true friends. If I happen to drop a lb or two in the process of this, AWESOME!!!
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I feel better all ready. Though I started the year off *very* sick, I plan on staying true to my mission!
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Blessings to all in 2010!!
Love this picture! Yes....that tongue landed...right in Alex's mouth! He loved it though. Ewww..
I love my little tree climbing man! Alex was playing in the front yard with Bingo. We looked out to check on him and found him like this.
No, I did not make Tripp do this. He did it totally on his own for his little boy. BIG KUDOS TO TRIPP!!! He really got into it too. It was so precious!
