Foundation!

Man it's great when it's other people doing the work :)

We subbed out our foundation and after they held us up for 3 weeks they did come out and put it in for us pretty fast :) It was very enjoyable to come over everyday and see some change.

{Footings}

 {Forms}

{Foundation} done yay!

 I did slack and not take a pic before we installed the window wells one evening :)

 and guess who else came out and did their job. Now if only our flatwork guy wasn't booked out for a month!! Hopefully our new guy who said he'd be able to be out this week is decent.

PS-- I know I know stinkin boring pictures for you guys but I gotta document it and to us these things are super super exciting- we're finally doing something :)

Bryn's Princess Birthday Party

Party-- Party-- Party!

That's what we've been doing all summer long it seems :)

 Sweet Bryn wanted a Princess Party this year and so that is what we did.

Fun invites with bobby pin hairbows for her friends

 We decorated the basement the best we could for it.

had a lovely Chocolate cake-- {I'd say she takes after her mother :) yummy yummy chocolate}

 {I was wondering how she blew out all those candles so fast }

 Ellie had her cupcake devoured in about 2.5 seconds

 Presents Presents Presents {this girl knows how to thank her friends :) }

 Than my mom {aka the bracelet bead expert} came to help us girls make some pretty bracelets

I was surprised how good the girls did and concentrated on beading the beads

 

 Even Ellie enjoyed wearing her bracelet and pretty dress :)

 and no Princess Party would be complete without Pretty Glitter Toes

 and a fun girly movie to watch! 

Brynley had so much fun which makes all the work so worth it! Did I ever mention how much I love having a girly girl :) Happy Birthday my amazing Sweet Brynley!

My Huge Wood letter F

So I've coveted a huge letter for awhile now-- preferably an old one with lots of character. Usually when I found one though 1. I couldn't afford the price tag and 2. I couldn't find the letter F

also it crosses one off of my 30 before 30 list yay! {make a big word letter or words}

So when my niece put me on to the shop Cut it out- I was so excited!

 The guy did wonder if I was sane when I asked for a 36" letter F. I guess the usual is for a thick letter about only 18" tall :) But I knew what I wanted even if it was crazy

 I love doing fun projects like this where I get to play with my paints :) makes me feel like an artist even though I'm far from one.

 The finish for this one I painted a tan color- than brown and black along the edges- I used some crackle paint and also some walnut stain cuz I love the color of that- I think I even spray painted the edge to a flat black- than I put on top a coat of Country White latex paint {Really I just had fun with it}

 I would have liked to paint a million layers so it was really thick paint peeling off but let's face it I'm not that patient.

 For now it sits on my piano-- eventually when were outta the basement It'll find a place by our mantle.

I've never been so excited for a hole in the ground

 We have a hole in the ground!

It's so very exciting--

It's just a hole- but hey it's our hole for our house-- that hopefully in the next century will be done :)

And look at that lovely pile of dirt {scratch that there aint' nothing but rocks over there}

but we knew that already :) that's why were planning on eventually building one of these suckers-- bring on those free rocks :)

America!

The Fourth.....

bit of dressing Patriotic

 bit of riding a motor bike for the first time

 {crazy me thinking oh it's small it won't be so bad-- ya- It's not something I enjoyed-- I might be a little bit of a chicken }

 bit of the best hamburgers in the world-- yum.

 bit of hanging out with cousins- blowin bubbles

 bit of sparklers- of course!

 and just a bit of these suckers :)

I don't think the guys enjoyed playing with the fireworks at all :) 

I hope everyone else's fourth was just as fun - I'm very glad to get to live in this amazing country.

Awesome Artwork

So for the summer I really needed a haircut-- we're talking REALLY-- it had been a year-- I know I know naughty. But my hairstylist aka my sis in law did have twins and she's been really busy :) so I've been on the lookout for someone to do my hair.

Lucky for me my niece just graduated Beauty School and was willing to trade family pics for haircuts & colors! Sweet!

So on to the point-- I took a pic of my new hair-- posted it on facebook to show off my Niece's great talent. 

{and yes for some reason I feel a little embarrassed by this pic :)  I'm kinda shy like that}

And my friend Joe Misrasi {who is an amazing Artist} contacted me about doing a commission piece for fun and for his portfolio

I love it and think he did a great job. 

If your interested in his work you should check out his site at 

www.themidnightstreets.net

He sells a lot of his pieces and also does commission work. But alas nope you can't buy a huge pic of me for your walls :) cuz I know you guys were all thinking about doing that right :)  but in all seriousness check out his work it's awesome and not the run of the mill artwork you see everywhere.

Let's PARTAAYY!

Summer is usually busy round these here parts-- but this summer-- HOLY Crap! It's never been busier or funner!

Payter Boy's Birthday snuck up on me this year{even with him reminding me everyday how many days were left :- let's just say he was just a little excited for it} 

I wanted him to get to have a party this year since the last 2 years we've really only done the minimum that we could get away with on his birthday {it's so close to the fourth, everyone's busy, we're always traveling-- whine whine excuse excuse :) }-- and he was okay with it never complained so I felt like he deserved a party this year for sure.

This momma was a slacker though for sure- so the day before and the day of I was running around like a chicken with her head cut off :)

Balloons- check
Ice Cream- check
Cake- check {even though it had seen better days before it fell out of the truck min. before the party :) }

Rainbow cupcakes-- check thanks to the freaking amazing help of sister in law Dafne-- I could not have put everything together without her-- plus taking the time to make those is sure a lot funner with someone to do it with.
Soda +Ice + Cooler- check
Slipe n slide- check

Water Baloons- check

Back yard to do this in---- oh crap we have no backyard-- so we ended up going to Dave's parents yard but they were gone camping so talk about stressful-- I made sure there was not an inch of grass out of place after that party :) 

 Presents-- check

Grandparents who bought him a sling shot--- still not sure what they were thinking other than they feel they need some broken windows :)

 Little adorable kids eating cupcakes-- check :)

Ultimately the party came together and Payton had a Blast! {which was the whole point right!}

Next time though dear myself-- Plan ahead you sucker- It makes life lots less stressful :)