Dogwood...I think?

I'm thinking that these are dogwood, but not positive. They're all over the grounds at my apartment. They were a lot healthier last year. I wonder if they weren't very well taken care of this year. They look kind of sickly. ANYWAY! I found a few really pretty ones. I love spring.

Oh...by the way, it's 81 degrees today and I'M LOVING IT!

Say Cheese? NEVER!

This is one of the rare smiles AVJ gives me. Ya know...one of those silly, unforced, very sweet smiles instead of those forced smiles with squinted eyes that are all teeth and gums? I have to be really sneaky to get ones like this. :) I have learned to NEVER, AND I MEAN NEVER, tell kids, "Say cheeeeese!" Even just telling them to smile can make for a goofy cheeser gin (I guess it's ok if that's what you're looking for though.):)

Now go check out more smiles at iYfaces

Born to Create

There are no words I could add to this to make it more awesome! JUST WATCH IT!

*you may want to click on the movie after it's started so you can see the whole thing..as 1/3 of it is cut off. *

Party Saturday = Messy Monday

My Big girl, AVJ, just turned 4 and we had a little B-day party for her with a few of her friends. I decided to get brave and make fondant(the marshmallow variety). It turned out to be really cute, but SEVERELY underestimated the messy, ooeey, gooey-ness of it all. I didn't even use it on the whole cake! ANYWAY, here are some not that great pictures. (procrastination+bad lighting= bad pictures)

I guess first there were the invitations. They're pretty darn cute, if I do say so my self!

AVJ wanted a Princess and the Frog party, so that's mostly what she got!

I tried to find those cute little Haribo frogs to put in these dirt/swamp cups and cupcakes, but couldn't find them in any of the stores. I guess I could've order some online, but then I would have tiny gummy froggies coming out the ears! I settled for a lily pad with lotus flower. I did an extra big pad and flower on AVJ's personal cake.

Oh yeah...and I made that cute little(or should I say...WAY TOO BIG) princess hat too. All in all everything was cute and yummy and fun was had by all. ( at least I hope so anyway!)

Now go check out some other messy projects a the Pumpkin Patch!

It's Friday and I'm Fixing

The Original

Color Fix
B&W fix
head over to I Y Faces and get your fix!

Steogers vs. EL GRAPADURA!

OK...So my parents and brothers might be the only ones to get a kick out of my title, but I had to do it. This ones for you Zach!

Over the last little while Spencer and I (mostly Spence) have been preparing our kitchen/dining room to have hardwood floor installed. The vinyl floor was glued to a bunch of fiber boards that were stapled to the sub-floor.

Oh, by the way, see those yellow squares on the wall? Can you guess which one I'm using on the room?

And can I just say...STAPLE GUN OVERKILL!!! I think whoever installed the floor got a little carried away. I seriously think there's a minimum of 10 staples per square foot in there. At roughly 450 sq ft, I'll let you do the math. Not fun! But, we've really been enjoying our time with each other, and it's nice to know we're having a hand in making this house our home. I can't wait to paint together

ANYway, we spent a good chunk of two nights pulling those staples out one by one, just me, Spence, gloves, and pliers. Needless to say, our hands were very tired and sore. The worse part is, WE STILL AREN'T DONE YET!!

There's still just under half of the room that needs them pulled out. :( See where that shopvac is? That's as far as we got. We still have practically the whole dining area to do. We thought maybe we'd just hammer them in, but we don't want them to work their way back up and cause problems later with our nice hardwood.

I think this will make it all the more satisfying once we have it all finished. I can just see it now :)

swing swing

This was such sweet little moment for me. Rosie Cheeks is getting so big. I wish I could capture moments like this of AVJ. She moves so much faster than her little sister, so it's hard to capture much but a blur as she whizzes by.