Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Halloween 2011

I haven't posted in a while...my apologies and a very good explanation to come later, I promise!
But, for now, I wanted to post some Halloween pics of my boys...they are just too cute!!






This is Brodie's 3rd year wearing his UPS costume and its a HIT every single year! People just crack up! and next year Baylor will be able to wear it! My husband always make a box for him to carry his candy in and let me tell you...that thing gets filled up!
Anyway, I hope everyone had a safe and happy Halloween!!


Friday, October 7, 2011

I went to visit my mom this past weekend with the boys. {not an easy task since my moms house looks like Colonial Williamsburg threw up in it...everything is breakable...e.v.e.r.y.t.h.i.n.g.!!!} Now, I cannot remember why we went out to my mom's shed, but we did...and leaping lizards did I find some treasures!! I'm going to go ahead and call my mom and borderline hoarder...{yes, I will have a hay day when she dies...yes, I told her that...} the good thing is, she hoards nice stuff, antique stuff, stuff with POTENTIAL...like this lantern!!
** in true Melissa fashion, I was far too impatient to take a "before" shot of what this thing looked like after I dug it out of the deep dark depths of my mom's shed and stole...made my mom give it too me...asked my mom to let me have it then ran it to my car before she could change her mind.  Here is a quick description...dirty, gray, covered in cobwebs and bugs...I almost weeped**
Sooo, out came the black spray paint and some twine and TA DA!!!
The problem now it that I made this with full intentions of putting it on top of my entertainment center...and it's too tall!! So, it's going to sit on my dining room table until I decide where to put it....
These doors are from an entertainment center that we are no longer using...
but, before I banished it to the garage, I took the doors off, just cause I thought that they were pretty... I mean, about as pretty as doors off of an entertainment center could get I guess...
I think it's cute...

Sunday, September 25, 2011

I've had this chalkboard since the beginning of time....
and its been sitting the garage, so I painted it and hung it in my hallway for my boys to use...
Cute huh?!!


Thursday, September 15, 2011

My new fire pit!!!

**Fair warning...this post has lots of pics!!**
Sooo, the hubs built me a new fire pit..and just in time for the cooler weather!!

we started with this bare patch of grass where the trampoline was...
and put down the first layer of stone...
then started with the sides...
and then my boys took a break, because CLEARLY they had been working so hard!!
but the hubs continued on...

{ he did finish it that evening...but because I was feeling lazy and quite tired of dealing with the mosquitoes being the good mother that I am, I took the boys in for a bath and bedtime and didn't get a completed picture until...
We Mulched!! {and be "we" I mean my hubby, duh!}

{ if you couldn't tell by hubs Alabama hat, Alabama t-shirt, Alabama tags, Alabama flags and Alabama decals, YES, we are Alabama fans... and no, it's not easy, considering the fact that we live deep in the heart of UT Vol country...as in 3 miles from campus!!}
{ not quiet sure what my oldest is doing with a rake..but I can't judge, cause he was clearly working harder than me!!}

the little one didn't much either...except stand there and look cute!!


then hubs painted the chairs with his handy dandy paint sprayer thingy...and I planted some mums...yes, that was about as much work as I did on the fire pit area...and yes, I am still taking credit for the whole thing!!

we love it! we used it just this past weekend for my boy's birthday party and again tonight for a little while after dinner!!!


Can I get an "AMEN!!" for non-messy cupcakes!!!
I sent cupcakes to my son's MDO class for his 5th birthday...and working in daycare for as long as I did, I KNOW that cupcakes are every teachers worst nightmare, so I came up with this...
A cupcake...in a cup...with a fork and napkin attached!!
The kids never even had to touch the cupcakes!!
where's my "Parent of the Year Award"?!!

Monday, September 5, 2011

Teacher gifts....
I hope Mrs. Joy and Mrs. Kristy like them!!!

P.S. I just found out today that Mrs Kristy is actually Mrs. Christy...went to HobLob, bought a "C" and  all is well!!....

P.P.S....I'm such a dingbat....

Saturday, August 27, 2011

3 second stool make over...

scrapbook paper + mod podge= new barstools!!

Sunday, August 21, 2011

Pallet love...

We got a pallet when we bought a whole bunch of block to build a fire pit...{pics of fire pit to come!}
 And I needed something to fill a large wall...
So, I took this ugly thing....
Smacked some paint on it...
And hung it on my wall!!
I think it turned out nice...
{ I have not really taken the time to decorate it yet... so, more than likely, it will *not* stay like this...}