THANKS!!!

Happy Thanksgiving! (Yesterday!)

I just wanted to take a minute to say a few things I am thankful for since I didn't really get a chance to sit down and realize how lucky I am to have what I have.

First, I am the most thankful for Brett, I mean I am thankful for my kids too cause I love em to pieces, but where would I be without my husband? My best friend. Sometimes I forget how lucky I am to have him, he does so much for our family, I don't know how he does it all but I love him for it. I am also thankful to be a stay at home mom, I wouldn't want it any other way, some people think, why would you want to stay home all day every day?  Well because... I DO! I have always wanted to. I am thankful for my house, my lovely little house which I get to watch my family grow in every day. I am thankful for my car, I give serious props to the one car families because having the option to leave whenever I want to is wonderful. I am thankful for my relationships with my parents.. I love how they accept me for who I am and they do so much for my family, I just couldn't live without them. Which reminds me how I am ALSO thankful for my in laws, and my sister in laws and brother in laws. It's so nice to have family all around me.

Well that is my main list of my thankfulness :) I would have posted some pictures of our Thanksgiving, but I was too busy cooking it!!! My sister in law Abbi and I put on the whole meal, and I must say, we did a fine job cause it was all so delicious!

DIY.

I have been trying my hand at do it yourself things lately. Everything I try looked so good before I tried to copy it! BUT I am trying and having fun with it. I have millions of ideas and I am constantly looking for the next thing I can afford to change up around my house. (Thanks to Pinterest for making me think I can do any craft!) I recently added some black Ikea spice racks to the playroom to hold some of the books we have piled up in a basket, I think they turned out pretty good. I bought 6 of them, and didn't really have the space for 6 in the playroom so I decided to put one in each of the kids rooms, of course Brooklyn's is always done first... I don't know why I have so much more fun adding things to her room than Braxton's.... Needless to say, I found a cheap old nightstand and decided to paint it white for Brooklyn and hang the spice rack shelf painted pink above it, I promise I will find a little night stand for Braxton too, but for now I am just painting his shelf. I have a before picture of the night stand, I hope no one ever looks up close at the after.... looks better from afar :) That's all for now!

spice rack book shelves in playroom

Old night stand BEFORE

Old nightstand AFTER