He's home YAY!!!!

To all of you lovely ladies who stay updated with my blog... I am just informing you that I'm taking the week off from my computer... My lover who I haven't  not been able to hang out with for the last two months is HOME!! So I am taking the week to just chill with him..

I'll see you on Monday!!!

xoxoxo

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{Fotos} on Friday ♥: The birthday Girl

Happy Birthday Baby Girl!!
I was pretty nervous about her birthday this year,how was I going to make it special? This is her very first birthday that it was just us two girls. For the past 4 years she's had huge birthday parties, surrounded by all the people who love her so much. This is the first year that she wasn't overwhelmed with exciting packages to tear through. Birthdays have always been such a BIG deal for me and I've always made sure I make it a especially special day for her. This year was really hard because first of all Daddy was out of town working and we live a million miles away from all of our family & friends.. and we have only been here a year and haven't met that many kids to be able to throw a big ol' party. BUT I was nervous for no reason! We actually had an AMAZING day!!

She woke up EARLY and didn't want to wait on her gifts

She really wanted a computer so she could type when I was typing :D

 This is her "sister" Belle Jordan--thats the name she came with so cute! She smells so good!! I love cabbage patch dolls!!! I'm so glad they brought them back!

 She had to look special we bought he a birthday Tiara, & I made her a "birthday girl" sash. she loved it! (which she wore all day long) she loved the attention!

Posing pretty ;)

We went and saw LionKing in 3D and then we headed to the park

YUMMY BIRTHDAY CAKE

And here's for the embarrassing part!!! Please laugh all you want! I did.. and watch for her hair to catch on fire... i'm such a great mommy.. allowing my daughter to hold the cake on her lap.. LOL 

Then before bed time she helped me make cupcakes for her preschool class

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Look What I Made {1}:up-cycled open frames

Ladies.. THANK YOU THANK YOU for all of your feedback I received yesterday! >>you know about the zits<< I am going to check into all of them and definitely take note on what works for me and hopefully be able to have a post about how beautiful my skin is. {wink wink}

Well today I am sharing with you my VERY first "Look What I Made" post... Its UP-CYCLED, Very EASY, super cute, and gives my kitchen some great color!!!

So, while I was staring  at my blank kitchen wall, it made me super bummed, it was so blah. This sent me into the basement to look through some of my old frames and see if I had anything to add to the wall. While searching I came across two frames with broken glass.. SUCKY!  {Knowing me.. I'd never replace the glass..thats just how I am.} But then I remembered all the cute open frames I'd been seeing float through the boards on Pinterest. Freaking adorable! I knew I had some fabric scraps and ribbon laying around, I also found some old cork board and I threw together these.

 the whole thing is made of cork board, i had two cork board squares one blue and one green i had purchased from walmart FOREVER ago! I cut them down to fit and covered the blue one with some fabric i had used for my macbook sleeve i made

 yes..i need to add more pics!!

 i cut this from the fabric i was using for the cork-board frame and used fabric glue to attach

the clips i bought about 4 years ago at staples, the ribbon was a belt to one of lexi's old dresses.

What do ya think??? I am pretty proud of my {up-cycled} open frames.



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What's YOUR Secret?

K all my ladies out there I really need YOU! Like A LOT! I need to know your secret!?! Haha okay that sounds so funny! First, let me explain my problem... zits... yes, gross and I freaking don't even want to talk about them.. I want all of you who haven't really met me to think I have flawless skin..BUT we know that ain't the truth!  I really HATE my breakouts!! It comes and goes, there will be a couple weeks where I have such lovely skin and then there will be the weeks (like the last few weeks I've been having)! Where I got to bed and wake up with a million more... ITS SO ANNOYING!

SOOOO.... what i'm asking of you is to share with me what works for you?? I have tried so many products. I've used Proactiv which worked for a few months and then just stopped...i've tried oxy.. again worked for a few months then it dried me out and killed my skin.. I've tried natural soaps.. no soap.. and so many more.. clearasil..etc..BLAH it is so frustrating!

I really hope I get some feedback from at least a few of you.

K I'm going to post a picture.. UMMMM well.. maybe not..LOL.. I just took like ten pictures and i just can't do it) .. I refuse to take any pictures of myself until this has cleared up!!

Maybe I am making it worse by stressing about it so bad but It is driving me insane! I wanna feel beautiful and not just on the inside {wink}

THIS ONE IS FOR ME... I'll just keep repeating it to myself....

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I'm sure there are a lot of you who were born with great skin (JEALOUS) but I would still like to know what you might do to keep it that way..
SOO...PLEASE Help a chick out and let me know what YOU do. I would really love you {even more so than I already do} if you'd just share a little tidbit.   ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
On another note. Yesterday WAS SO MUCH FUN!!! The birthday girl was satisfied with her special day. If you like Disney movies.. LION KING in 3D is sooo awesome!!! I love that movie!!  ~If you wanna see me embarrass myself make sure you come back on Friday... and check out Lexi's birthday {Fotos} along with a video featuring.... drumroll please... *Miss TONEdeaf*! She's amazing! 
****Maybe I should warn you...its me doing the happy birthday song SOLO. 

Happy Wednesday my Friends!!



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Tasty Tuesday linking up with Ten on Tuesday

Before I get to the tasty stuff I have to say:HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my sweet little Lexi Rae.. I can't believe she is five. My little 7 lb 7 oz girl is now a 35 lb. Big Girl.. haha (which isn't that much for a 5 yr old.)

The years have flown by.. but at the same time they feel so distant.. Life was so different in the first few years of Lexi's life.. so chaotic! We've come so far.. my little princess and me. She has pulled me through a lot! She has been such a blessing... a little angel sent straight from God.

I am super excited for our awesome day together today! We are going to have loads of fun! Make sure you check out my {Fotos} on Friday.. it's an all about her kind of day!

Now on to the ten tasties...

I really love Miss Mommy's Ten on Tuesday. and I really wanted to link up with her.. she has a pretty awesome blog too!! SOO I thought I would combine my Tasty Tuesday with her Ten on Tuesday.

Here are TEN amazing recipes I've found.. TEN awesome tasty recipes I have to try!!

ENJOY!

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can you tell what kind of food i'm craving {wink wink} bring on the pumpkin and all that holiday sugar!

Happy Tuesday to you all!!

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Where do YOU give MORE....?

First of all... HAPPY MONDAY EVERYONE! I've already had an amazing start to this awesome week! I love my church! Plus...TUESDAY is my baby's 5th birthday.. I can hardly believe it!! and on Friday I get to see my lover!! How awesome is that?!? 

Hey also.. its a new week for the 7DAYPUSH!! the challenge for this week is: Random acts of kindness. Make sure you check it out and give yourself a fun challenge.

Now for a little verse and a little message.

As I thought about the message shared on Sunday.. I thought wow! I want to be More I want to give more but how can I do this? How can I enjoy God more, love each other more, love the lost more.  How can I be MORE? Our lives are so busy! We all lead different lives but all of us have things, people, that expect more and more from us. Am I prioritizing right. Am I giving more to God FIRST? 

This really had me thinking. Where do I spend most of my time? Who and What am I giving more of myself to? Well for me... this blog for one, and working on getting my little business together, plus being a mommy and a wife..right there is an endless list of things..these are just a few. I know that for most of you there is so much more especially when you have Jobs and kids in school... To be honest, it has been killing me. I feel like it is sucking the life out of me. I love blogging and I love making my little pieces and monsters and I especially love being a wife to my amazing husband and a mother to my beautiful daughter but I am missing the key ingredient to help me with each of these things. 

I know that if I organize my time and do things with God in mind my days would flow so much easier. As I mentioned in this post... I keep a little notebook to help schedule my daily "to do's" and I was searching through them and It was missing such an important "to do".. time with God. I've always had Him in my life but I've just recently started to live for Him, by Him. I have surrendered my life to Him. Giving someone else control of my life is so much harder than I thought but so easy at the same time. Each day is a new day, and each day I am going to challenge myself to Give More to God... which will in return allow me to give More to LIFE and all that He has in store for me. 

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{Fotos} on Friday ♥: Day at the Fair

Other than getting a NASTAY stomach ache because of all the greasy fair food...we had a blast last weekend at the Puyallup Fair! We got to spend a little time with Jordan while he worked which was great, but I wish he could have joined us in all the fun. All in all, it was a great time!! Here are some {fotos} :D 

Enjoyed Rides

 Saw fun animals.. These were the cutest!! Little Piggies

saw cool tricks

...and then she passed out. she had a LONG DAY!

Awesome Time!! Happy Friday!
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