How cute is Drewpy? He set an alarm with a cute little message to wake me up!
I went out opened my iPad to find another little note...
Baby Johnny got in on the action and sent his own message... Yes he wrote it... Savant!
Then Drewpy called me with the best surprise at all! The cabin was open! Another birthday miracle... More to come!
Drew bought me this beautiful vase for my birthday from the artist co-op The Old Flamingo... The woman selling it was able to tell us where the vase came from, which was a little added bonus to the vase...
She told us, her mother in law, back in her prime was once noted as Utah's number one florist... And this vase came from one of her very favorite arrangements she had put together for a very prestigious party. She gave it to her daughter in law, and told her to find a good home for it... And now this beauty is ours, sitting in the corner radiating good karma for us!
Happy Birthday to me!
Drew was out of town (boo!) for a friends wedding (yay!)... So the dogs and I took a lovely Sunday hike up to Stewart Falls... Hasn't it been far too long without mention of my favorite place on earth!?
Provo seriously has some of the prettiest mountains.... Fact!
Start off the week with some lovelies!
El Cheapo! Drew was out of town and I still managed a visit to the Home (away from home) Depot!
Picking up food for the littlest pooch, I discovered that Fisher Price makes puppy toys! I totally get that!
While Drew was gone the pooches and I took a cruise up to Sundance for a hike... More on that later... Love the Provo mountains... Not so much Provo!
I tried a spray paint picture... To be Continued...
Became a convert of the polar pipe... Blows my mind!
Cruising around in my favorite artist Co-op, came across this creepy beauty... The arm.... That's what kills me! But seriously the old flamingo.... Is ah-MAZING! Go to there!
Have a happy weekend!
Since my dream mirror can no longer be a reality... I dug this little number out of the garage! The mirror, not the pooch!
I'm rebellious... I don't play by the rules... Never have.... Like gold and silver don't go together.... I say why not? I love grey and Gold together, and green (our floor) together.... The only problem was finding gold fixtures.... Everything is silver or chrome! Ugh! Well I thought I'd take a whack at gold and silver... It's only paint after all!
I don't know.... I want to love it... We'll see....maybe a bathroom ceiling would help... And windex to remove the goof off.... But how subtle is our stencil? Love IT!
What I thought would be an easy free way to spend 30 minutes turned into hours of fun!
I saw this idea in tutusandturtles.blogspot.com! We filled balloons with a bunch of different items! Each item filled two balloons... I used this cylinder toy to fill up the balloons... I couldn't find a funnel, and necessity is the mother of invention...
We filled the balloons with tiny gravel, grass, mud, cheerios, and quinoa... And added a puff of air into each balloon...
Threw the balloons in the yard, and they went crazy squeezing the balloons! "Dis ones keenwah! I knows it!" ("This one is quinoa, I knows it!")
They had a blast feeling matches, and starting over....When they were done feeling for matches, the balloons turned into impromptu bean bags! Major score! It was like an awesome Payless sale! BOGO!
With the big kids back in school, and the babies in preschool only twice a week, we did a fun project for the newest big kids!
I guess they're not babies any more, but they will always be these cute, chubby babies to me!
So we decided to do a little canvas painting! We bought two canvases from WalMart for $7 total, a bag of brushes for $3, and some paint for $0.95. We made an impromptu smock out of our old duvet cover that I keep in the car to cover the seats with... Just cut it to size and cut arm holes... Perfect!
Ready to work...
Bag O brushes...
They had a great time, picking out which brushes were theirs, and which they would use first!
Then laid out a garbage sack, and secured it down with rocks on the corner...
Poured on some paint and let them at it...
They had a blast! It was fun watching them paint, very carefully, then realize they could do whatever they wanted, and they became totally engrossed in it. Kate's started off as a rainbow... But like we all find ourselves, unable to step away, they rainbow was soon completely covered...
And then we painted the rocks!
