Baking Party

 Getting all ready for a fun birthday party tomorrow.  I'm loving the colors....some of my very favorite!

Rainbow

I read a book called 1,000 gifts.  I'm starting to collect or write down 1,000 gifts in my life.  This picture I took from our backyard.  So grateful for the beauties of the earth and the daily gifts I receive from a loving Heavenly Father.

Picture Wall

 I'm so excited about this picture wall that we just finished in our bedroom last night.  These are some of the few pictures we took in Hawaii and when I saw this idea on Pinterest I decided I wanted it in my room.  I wish I would have seen this idea before we left for Hawaii because I would have made sure we had a lot of vertical pictures.  Since I didn't, I had to stretch a few to make them work.

When I saw this idea I went onto the site of the person who did this and found out the place they had ordered their pictures from.  Each 8x10 picture was around $30. There was no way I would spend that much money on that so I searched and found the idea of getting art canvases and modge podging the pictures to the canvas.  Soooo much cheaper and I think it gives the same affect.  Now I'm looking for a cute thinner table to put underneath the pictures most likely a garage sale item or a DI item to refinish.  These pictures make me happy and bring back wonderful memories spent as a family.  Now I need to go through the zillion other pictures of our trip and post them on the blog.  There are so many that I think I will be making a separate book just for that trip.

Bedroom

When we decided on the paint and the bed for our master bedroom  I wanted to make sure I had neutral colors so that I could change things out if I wanted.  My goal was to have a spring summer bedroom and then a fall winter bedroom.  It took a few years to be able to get the two different bedspreads but I eventually got it and I LOVE being able to change the whole rooms look by changing just a few things.  This is our fall/winter bedroom.  I love the color red and enjoy having this bedroom for the fall months, christmas and valentines day.  Once valentines is over I usually am ready for my summer bedroom.  So here are some pictures of both rooms.

Roses from our yard.  Love having flowers on my nightstand.

 One of the things I change out with the red room. I made this stiching many years ago and still love it.

 She kind of matched with the pictures so I let her stay on the bed.

My makeup table that my sweet husband surprised me with last year.  Love it!!

 

Spring Summer Room

  I love the beach and I love the colors of the beach. This room just makes me happy.

I am now in the process of doing a wall arrangment with the pictures we took in Hawaii.  It will go with the spring/summer room the best but will also work for the fall/winter room.  I will be posting it as soon as I get it on the wall.  I love it!

Halloween

I decided to make pumpkin pancakes for breakfast that morning. 

 We had a fun Halloween.  Hay was a witch and Em was a cowgirl then a Cheerleader.  Hay went with some friends trick or treating this year and last minute Em decided to go with a some friends as well.  D and I decided to go with a few friends out to dinner while the girls enjoyed trick or treating. Then we came home and handed out candy.  Ty had to work that night so he wasn't around until later. It was a fun night.  As always I think of Wyatt and wonder what he would have dressed up as.  He would have been at such a fun age.  It's heartbreaking at times when I think about those things.  He is missed every single day and especially on occasions like this.

 She dressed up as a cowgirl for school and then turned into a Cheerleader to go trick or treating.

 Pumpkin Pancakes

 Our cute witch

 I just love these shoes we got from a friend....so cute!

Carving Pumpkins

 The girls really wanted to carve pumpkins this year.  I think the last time we did it was the Halloween when Wyatt was with us.  We decided to make it a priority this year and the girls had a great time.  Ty was at work and didn't really want to carve a pumpkin so we did it without him.  I love how they turned out.  It was a fun night!