Hebrews 11:1

Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. Hebrews 11:1

Thursday, May 31, 2012

Shirt to Skirt Project

I was "browsing" Pintrest today and I saw a great project idea. turn an old men's shirt into a skirt (Here)....
.... I took a shirt from the Mission donation bin and began my project...

 Cut off the sleeves and across the back...
 Then I began sewing... I learned a bunch of things from this project...

1. I need to use PINS! and I NEED to measure... I had to take out and re-hem each side at least once...
 It looks nice on the table, but I am not sure I like it on me...

 I just don't think I did a very quality job... It seems to pull and bunch in places I don't want it too....
2. I am not a seamstress!
 I may wear it out somewhere just because I put time into it...
3.  I had fun.... and hopefully learned from my mistakes...

~ Momma

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Hello Monday: Connor's Perspective


Connor was excited to take his camera along to the Memorial day parade in Camp Hill... SO these are some photo's from Connor's Monday...

Hello to Connor and his new camera...
Hello to creativity, and the ability to capture life from his own perspective...
 

 Sometimes he has difficulty framing his shot...
Connor's Great Nanny

Connor's Great Uncle Chris

Other times he does great and comes out with a really really good shot... He finds that people are very willing to pose for him when he asks...


I had a great time looking through his pictures.. it is always interesting to see what he thinks is important to take pictures of...

A Dog...


Solders marching...


a clown taking a picture of him....


Self portrait...

Just this small side picture of Connor.. He looks so much like his father....


I don't know if you can see it... I sure can... I think it is the eyes....

Hope everyone had a great Monday... Connor sure did

~Momma

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

A Mother's day treat

I know it is a little after Mother's day, But I just received the pictures from one of my Mother's Day gifts. I was given the gift of a photo shoot with Jeremy Hess Photographers (click HERE ) for me and my boys. 

I just wanted to share some of the pictures...

This one was Connor's favorite.. and I like it too...


This one might be my favorite.... so handsome!
 
 I Love this one!


 OH Riley... smile :)


...And no one was looking... 
 

I love my boys and we had a good time at the photo shoot... I love the idea of documenting our lives with pictures... I am always thankful to have some good pictures of us. 

~Momma


Friday, May 18, 2012

Happy Firday




This spring has been tough on us... for some reason we all have a cold that we can't seem to shake! we have been taking weekly trips to the dr. first for Connor..then Riley had a double ear infection.... that has cleared up but his runny nose and cough still hasn't! and yesterday we went back again because Connor's eye was giving him problems.. it is all red and looks like there is a white spot on the white of his eye.. not like pink eye but like something else... poor guy!



The dr. said it looks like he got poked with something and that was causing the eye irritation...
He never complained and we are not sure how or when it happened... It isn't slowing him down at all.. 

 We hung out with some friends on Wednesday evening and Connor was more than a little excited to get into their creek!

 All the kids had a great time...  I really don't care one bit about mud... I love it!... I love when my kiddo's feel free to PLAY without fear of hearing me scold them for getting messy... I know that they are having fun and making memories and to me that is the most important thing..

We warmed up by a camp fire and the kiddo's (and me) made roasted marshmallows...
 


 Just hanging out and enjoying the evening...



Today we ventured out to my friends house because for Mother's day she received the gift of an open pool.... She posted some pictures on Facebook of the pool, which Connor saw and he thought he should like to go...
so we did


Riley tried to get it but the water really was to cold for him 68 degrees... BURRR! to cold for me too...


Connor didn't mind he was in and out and in and out... I thought he would only get in and find out it was too cold and get out and want to leave... He didn't he LOVED it.. we were there for and hour and a half!


it is going to be a great summer!


The weather is beautiful and the boys have a fun filled weekend planned! If only my house would magically clean itself...
~Momma

Monday, May 14, 2012

Hello Monday

Hello Monday...

Hello Rain...

Hello to finger painting indoors...




Hello to painted fingers...


Hello to a week already busy and full!

Hello everyone have a great week!

-Momma


Thursday, May 10, 2012

5 Min. No Sew Wall Art

This project is part of my play room re-do. More on that later...
I had some left over fabric from another project...

I knew I had some picture frames I was not using anymore...
I cut out the fabric that needed to fill up the picture frame, it looked boring, I needed more

I had the idea to cut out the Boys initials....

I used a fun font and printed out the letters...

I pinned the letters to the fabric of my choice and cut out the letters....




I thought about sewing the letters to the first fabric, but I wanted results faster... so I used a safety pin


I actually think it looks just fine, it adds to the "boyish" look of the letter


Really fast and easy! I am happy with the result plus the colors are so bright and I like it a lot!
linking up with Funky Junk Interiors


-Momma

Life

Life is rolling along just fine... sometimes I feel like time is just flying by and sometimes I need to slow down and enjoy.

I recently got to check red rabbit off of my "to do" list.... we FINALLY went.
 In college we would drive past this awesome retro drive-in restaurant.. on our way to and from school.. it was never open (or we were in a hurry) and we never stopped...
 I absolutely love the look and atmosphere of this little place... I feel like behind the property there should be a drive-in movie theater...
 old pin-ball games and a creepy clown...
 the service was great and the food was great too! they bring it out on a tray and hook it to your car window... everything about it was cute and just the way I had always pictured it. totally worth the trip.


I am trying to rid my yard of pests...mosquitoes.. flies.. and ticks! and keep the bunnies away from the garden...



 I am adding planters of citronella and cat nip around my patio's .... it is supposed to repel mosquitoes I am also adding marigolds to keep those Bunnies away...
 It is awesome HOW much these plants actually smell like citronella it is really quite cool!

my little garden.. all filled up... now all I need is for it to start growing ...
 I would LOVE to have a larger garden... I don't have very much sun... I would really like to have some strawberries and sweet corn yet, but I need a lot more room... I am just dreaming..
 (Love the dirty nails?) I already have some flowers on my early tomatoes...I am deff. running low on the tomatoes I canned last year and I am almost out of peppers in the freezer... soon...very soon...


And for today.. I think we will ":Camp out" in the backyard and enjoy the sunshine of today.


-Momma