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

Happy Halloween!!!

Today we had the Halloween party I had been planning for a couple months now. YAY! I'm not going to lie, I was a little out of my comfort zone, but I think I handled it pretty well, there were 10 kids, plus my 2, and a cute little baby who was happy and sweet the whole time.  THAT'S A LOT OF KIDS. My house isn't big by any means, but I feel like everyone had a pretty decent time. I mean all the kids made cute little candy corn crafts, and decorated cookies, and ate lunch? How is that not fun?!?! It was pretty laid back, everyone kinda just played and there was no fighting!!! (That I know of, maybe a little scuff but that's it!) Which with my kiddos is awesome, since they don't like to share their toys-- We are working on that! But I am glad I had it, it was fun to see costumes and have a big play date. Thanks to everyone who came :)

Oh and Michelle made the cutest candy corn and I think I am going to copy her and make one or two like it! Wish I had a pic!!!

Fall Fun!

So anyone who reads this knows I don't know how to put pictures on here and move them around, they sort of just go wherever and frustrate me to the point where I almost hit this stupid computer every time. So there always ends up being a row of them somewhere, hopefully.

ANYWAY. This fall has been so fun already. I love fall. (Winter is my most favorite season, but fall is beautiful). The leaves are starting to turn colors and look so pretty and the cold air feels amazing. The clothes are more fun. There are lots of activities to do! Endless options. This year I took the kids to the corn maze, and pumpkin patch. They are known to be scared of lots of things, especially things that make loud noises. I was determined to have them pick a pumpkin and to get to the pumpkin patch you had to go on a hay ride BEHIND A TRACTOR--loud. I had a pit in my stomach thinking, they are going to cry, embarrass me, throw fits and not want to go on it, well I have never been more wrong. They climbed right up onto the wagon and sat on the hay, I even tried to hold Brooklyn cause she is more afraid of some things and she wouldn't let me. Even when the tractor started up and we started going, they were so happy and just kept saying "bumpy!" I was seriously so proud, weird to be proud of them for that I guess but I was. It was such a relief that they didn't draw any unwanted attention to us, they were adorable. We got out to the pumpkin patch and found our pumpkins, I told them they had to carry their own since I had to carry mine and it was bigger and our bag etc.. well needless to say I was carrying 3 pumpkins and my bag. Thankfully they had these little barrel wagons to haul your pumpkins around in until you leave and pay for them.

They played in the corn box, played on the slide and stairs, rode in the cow barrel train thing and had a GREAT time. We were there for 3 hours, which was crazy to me. Totally didn't expect them to be so good. I am really glad I went, and really sad Brett wasn't able to come since he had to work, that dang work! But next year he plans on going for sure.

ALSO something we did this last week, was make pizza as a family. Haha not really a fall activity, but it was fun. Brett text me while he was at work and said he wanted us to make pizza for dinner, so I got all the stuff and we did. The kids thought it was cool, they just wanted to eat the cheese and toppings but it was cute. I snapped a few pics in between trying to help Brooklyn put things on her pizza. So they will be somewhere on this blog!!! That's all for now!

Halloween Hater. . .

HALLOWEEN! 
I have never been a fan of Halloween, yeah when I was little and dressed up and got lots of candy of course I loved it, but since I have stopped trick-or-treating it is not as fun. BUT this year I decided that needs to change, its such a fun holiday if you let it be. I mean it doesn't have to be about getting candy and scary things. I am going to decorate my house with "cute" decor for Halloween. HAPPY pumpkins, HAPPY ghosts, HAPPY bats etc. My kids have already colored some pumpkins, but I am waiting for a little bit longer to put them in the window. 


What really inspired me to stop being such a party pooper about Halloween was a magazine I picked up at target, and when I say picked up, I mean I put it on with my moms stuff since I wasn't buying anything... only for her to say later, "Oh, looks like I bought a magazine." Yeah thanks Mom! Well in this magazine, there are TONS of cute ideas on simple ways of putting a fun touch of the good ol ghost and goblin spirit on your home. So I got all excited. I can do this! AND THEN, I decided to completely step out of my comfort zone and throw a Halloween party! (Let's be honest, entertaining people my age terrifies me, but I think I can handle kids) So its going to be fore kids. Can't say what exactly I am planning because it has to be a surprise for my other mommy friends. But I really hope that everyone who can come has fun. All I can say is, there will be goody bags, who doesn't love a goody bag? :) 


Well I think that about sums it up for my Halloween excitement. I will take pictures of our decorations when we get them up! HAPPY FALL (almost) to EVERYONE! :)

Boiseeeeeeee Staaaaaaaaaaate

 

 YAY! It's football season, let's be honest here: NOT MY FAVORITE. I mean I love watching BSU games, but every football game that is on, back and forth through multiple channels, being on the computer checking scores of fantasy leagues? Seriously? If anyone knows Brett, this is how we will be spending the next few months... MAYBE. I mean the guy works almost 2 full time jobs, and goes to school (online, but still). HOW DOES HE FIND TIME TO CARE ABOUT FOOTBALL? I love that he loves sports so much, I just don't get it is all.

Needless to say, we MUST wear blue and orange at this house on BSU game day. Which is fine with me, no picking out clothes, its already planned. :) I bought the kids both a cheap BSU shirt for as cheap as possible at Walmart, but Brett thought they were "lame" so we were going to go find a jersey for Braxton, and a cheerleader outfit for Brooklyn at  JC Penny or something, well we found out there is a Bronco Shop right by the JC Penny in Nampa! Yeah, we went in... yeah we spent lots of mulah, and no we did not get the kids different stuff.. HOW did this happen? Well they didn't have jerseys in the right size for Brax-man, and NO cheerleader outfits for Little Bee were anywhere to be found, so we spent more money and went to JC Penny to get them. Sounds like a waste, but they were excited, and they looked cute, so whatev! I painted my nails blue and orange and Brooklyn was not about to be left out of the new nail color fun... so we are matching :) I know her feet are much cuter than mine!

We had to go to my parents store we we could show off our babes, cause we think they are cute. I had my mom take a family picture of us, even though there were 2 of us, not to name names or anything... that did not want to participate.. Seriously people? I don't ask that much. A little smile here and there for the camera wouldn't hurt. Punks.

Sweet Summer Nights

Sometimes in the evenings before my kids brush their teefs (teeth) and go to bed, we go outside and play for a little bit. It was so nice a couple of evenings ago I couldn't help it. First we pick up all the balls, toys, and any other things that may be attacked by the sprinklers and put them away, then we play. They love going down the slide when they are wearing footy jams cause they go really fast. Its cute. Its really just fun to run around out there with them for a few minutes before bed and they LOVE it of course, so I took a few pictures. They were having a hard time being willing to let me take any so I didn't get many, but you get the idea.