My Perfect 10

Happy Memorial Day!

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Sunday Water Fun

Yesterday I mentioned how we spent Sunday at home just being kind of lazy. I think those are some of the best days. We made another big family breakfast and then set the girls up with the sprinkler out back. I think you could say they had a fun afternoon! I even ened up in the ice cold water...thank you hunny! ;) I'll get you back...somehow! These are going to be some great photos to scrapbook this summer. I just love the bright colors of the girls swim suits against the green grass. I think we can say summer is... Read more →

Perfect Family Weekend

I just love when everything comes together on the weekends...this was one of our best! Friday night we loaded all the kiddies in the car, we picked up pizza and soda, and headed to the drive in to see the New Pirates movie. One of Rick's co-workers joined us with his family so it was a nice BIG group and we had lots of fun! Saturday we got up and made strawberry banana pancakes topped with fresh strawberries, bananas, and cool whip! They were so yummy. :) Then we thought we would go to the Grassy Waters Nature Preserve, which... Read more →

Summer Shell Wreath

During one of my online searches for "cool" things to make I came across this... On the Wisteria website and thought...That would look great on my front door! Then I saw the $149.00 dollar price tag and I thought...I could so make that for soooo much less! Here is my version haning on my front door! And it cost me less then $30.00 to make! I love when you find something you like and you can make it yourself for even less the half the cost! Another project idea completed! I am really on a roll this month. Next up... Read more →

I Love Us

Awhile back I posted about some playing I did in Photoshop because of the inspiration I found on the Eighteen 25 blog. I created my own version of their "I Love Us" print and sent away to the Canvas People and ordered an 8x10 of my print to go along with my little couple figurine. Well here everything is on display... I found the metal stand at JoAnn's and the "Love" letters at Target a long time ago. I am really happy with the way the canvas came out and the whole shelf just makes me smile! :) One project... Read more →

A Few Cards...

April was another packed full month but I did have a chance to make a few cards. You know it's a good month when you can fit a little crafting in! This is the card I made Rick for our April anniversary...10 months already! I can't believe how close we are to celebrating one year together. It sure has gone by fast but then I guess finally being happy has a lot to do with that. ;) This was a very quick and simple card. I printed my sentiment out onto my card stock, punched a few hearts with my... Read more →

Purple Roses...

I got to thinking the other day that I really wanted a way to save these beautiful roses Rick surprised me with for Mother's Day. Of course I had already taken photos of them but I decided to play around in Photoshop Elements a little. Now this is my original...very pretty, shows off the purple color nicely too bad you can't capture how amazing they smell! Here is my Photoshoped image. The purple really stands out against the black and white back ground. I may not be able to keep my roses forever (Although I am going to try to... Read more →

A Perfect Mother's Day Weekend!

Thanks to my VERY thoughtful family, I had an amazing Mother's Day! It all started with my wonderfully sweet Rick bringing these home on Friday...YES, he actually found purple roses! They smell so amazing that our whole room now smells like them. I wish they could last forever. He also made my favorite dinner! He is the BEST! My oldest girls each stopped by with a Stargazer Lily plant (My favorite!) which we are going to add into our garden. I can't wait to see those bloom! Here is a photo I found online what they will look like... I... Read more →

Happy Mother's Day

Wishing all the Mommy's a wonderful Mother's Day! Read more →

Tres Leches Cupcakes

All I can say is...Yummy! I have been wanting to give this a try for a while now and well I am not sure what happen last night but 36 cupcakes later and here you have it! Now since this was my first attempt at tres leches cupcakes there are a few things I may do differently next time but they do taste pretty darn good...they just are not that "wet". It was a little hard to judge. It seemed like I was soaking them but when you bite into one not so much but the texture of the cake... Read more →