Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Projects for Christmas

So I have been doing some crafting! And having tons of fun!
I made all the kids teacher gifts this year, and I was VERY proud of how they turned out!
Thanks to ideas I got from fellow bloggers!

Here is my 1st project....a wreath!

so you take a plain evergreen wreath...best price was at Wal-Mart ($2.00)






add some ribbon (just tie a knot around the whole wreath)







add LOTS of balls





You take off the cap that you usually hang the hook from and cram the ball onto the wire branches












TADA











Or this one...

This project cost between $7-$10...and super easy!!

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Better late than never!!

OK...so I kinda fell off the blog planet!! Sorry! Life with 3 kids is pretty crazy! But I decided to try this again!
SO lets start with an update! I will go 1 person at a time!



Emilee is now an 8th grader! Can you believe that?? And she is looking forward to drill team tryouts in the Spring! She is on the A/B honor roll so far this year! And I am so proud of the young lady she is becoming!
She is still taking dance and is very artsy craftsy!



Caleb is in 4th grade and doing great in school as well! He is taking piano again this year, and he enjoys that! He gave us a couple of scares this year having some choking incidents...so we go for a swallow study next week just to make sure he isn't having narrowing of his esophagus. Other than that he is doing really well! His strength is really holding steady...Praise the Lord!
















Aubree started kindergarten this year.....pray for Crandall isd!!! She LOVES school....but is having lots of trouble getting those elusive green smiley faces!! She is a talker...wonder where she gets that from??? Aubree is also still taking dance! She loves to sing and dance!! Maybe I am raising the next Shakira!!







Me.....well I am proud to say that I have lost 30 pounds since January 1st! We bought a treadmill and I have walked/ran over 500 miles this year! I am still working part time and LOVING it! I am not sure how I did everyhting around here working full time!

Tom is about to celebrate his 12th year at his job! Still driving to Ft Worth everyday! But he loves his job...so I can't complain! He makes me laugh daily. And I am so blessed to be married to my best friend!

SO I guess now you are all caught up in our crazy life!

I have a new passion....thrifty decorating! There are sooo many great ideas out there!

Soo...soon I am gonna share this super cute wreath idea! It is cute, easy, and inexpensive to make!!!