Fantastic Weekend

We had such a fantastic weekend. Friday we spent the evening having BBQ at my parents & then on the boat all evening for a ride. My cousins were in town visiting our family so we enjoyed taking them & their little girls out on the boat to enjoy the water. It was the most beautiful evening.















Saturday morning we got up early to run around town. We made our way to our favorite little cake place that I call a "hidden secret". You can find this little place in a SMALL town in Noel Missouri.



I first discovered this amazing place because of my cousin, Gretchen. She had my baby shower cake made & boy was it beautiful, but most importantly- tasty! These people make their cakes so fresh & always do a fabulous job. I love how cute & quaint this little place is! Before long they will know me like Sonic does!



This is the cake they made for my baby shower...



This was Avery's 1st Birthday cake...



And this is the one they made for my girlfriend Melissa's 31st Birthday this weekend...



. . .GEEZ, WHY must I have a zebra fetish?

Which leads me to Saturday night. We spent the evening with one of our favorite couples, the Stafford's. We enjoyed a a nice dinner with several friends at Red Robin celebrating her 31st Birthday. She loved her cake!

This was little miss Ave with HER bag before we left. She has been carrying a purse around everywhere these days. It's so stinkin' cute!




Melissa looks amazing after having a baby! She is just glowing & loves being a Mommy. It was so fun being there with her & sort of kind of embaressing her when they sang Happy Birthday to her. Sorry Melissa! (HEHE)












After a nice dinner, Chad & I enjoyed taking yet another drive with Avery & then spending the evening with her in the backyard & at the pool. She had a blast, & stayed up late with us. Life seriously couldn't be more perfect. She is growing before our eyes!













Tomorrow Avery will be 14 months old...

Thank you God for blessing me with another wonderful month with my baby girl.

I.am.in.love.

Laundry room FUN!

We had such a good weekend! I will blog our fun pictures tomorrow but for now here is one of me & my sweet (almost 14 month old) baby girl!



Tonight I was cruising around the net looking at some pictures for laundry room ideas. We have a tiny laundry room that is nothing special, but that is what excites me. I want to MAKE it something special. It's where I spend alot of time these days, it's the first room you see when you enter from the garage, AND you can always see it from the Kitchen which is the 2nd most important place that I spend a lot of my time. Even when we have company we seem to always migrate to the Kitchen & hang out.

I think it's time to do something fun, new, & exciting. I love the classy warm look & feel but I want to kind of spice this room up. I was thinking about doing black & white diamonds on the walls with a splash of zebra in the middle like below. I am really into this diamond look & have splashes of it throughout my house! And of course I love crowns, so I thought about doing something on the ceiling that had something to do with these... maybe a decal? I want to paint the ceiling a fun color, like a bright red!



And then... a fun funky chandelier, it would look so fun & make this little tiny room a bold statement! If I can find a cheap cute chandelier, maybe add some spray paint to make it the color I want, add some lamp shades, and some fringe, maybe.. I could do this for CHEAP!



I think Avery's chandelier made her room complete!



All of this decorating made me want to change a few things around the house so I did that over the weekend to give a few things a new look! It always makes me feel better doing that every couple of weeks. I just take things from different rooms, & add it to a different area.





This is what I call my "wall of fun". Total randomness but I love it! The more the better to me... Notice all of the different crowns? LOVE!



I have been drinking a lot of coffee lately. I decided to put a stop to the Starbucks drinks... a- I was drinking too many calories, and b- they are ridiculously expensive & this stay at home mommy can't afford that everyday. So I made a cute area in my Kitchen for me in the morning's to start my day off. I added this little area next to my coffee pot that holds my coffee & sugar!

I think it's very important to make things cozy as YOU like them. After all this is where I spend a HUGE percentage of my time, so I want my home to feel like, well... ME!



Happy Monday everyone!