Kelly Green

Although I started this DIY project when Jake was here I was finally able to completely finish it this week.  Now that everything is all done I can say it was probably the best 40 bucks we have spent on this place so far.
 
As soon as I saw this giant frame (Ex) full of smaller frames and pictures on Pinterest I knew I wanted one in our new place.  Since we have a completely open concept in our place our living room and dinning room both have the same long wall.  I thought that one giant frame would take up a lot of space on the wall and give me a place to show some of my favorite pictures.   

I started out with created a rough idea of what the frame would look like on the wall with masking tape. I used this to figure out that I needed 6 (5x7) frames.  I knew I wanted white frames that were small and inexpensive since I wanted the pictures to stand out as opposed to the frames. Michaels had a pack of 6 silver frames for $15 that were perfect.  So I snagged those and white spray paint.

Jake and I then went to Home Depot to get the wood and paint. After deciding on the perfect Kelly Green color, and cutting the wood we returned home to nail them together and paint it.

I was debating about putting anything behind it.  So I just had Jake attach it to the wall with those velco command hooks to test it out.  I knew right away it needed something behind it to help the pictures stand out.  It just looked blah without anything behind it.

    
 So I ventured out to Joanns to get some fabric for the back.  Jake helped me hot glue and super glue the fabric to the back of the frame.  We then attached command strips to the back of the frames and super glued them to the fabric and finally it was done. I actually love it more than I thought I would and am currently trying to figure out how to make one work in Ty's room.

 

 

Now onto the next project! 

DIY Week

This week I am attempting to make the time pass quickly (until Jake is done with his business trip) by doing all the DIY's I've coveted for like ever.  I will be spending my time trying to figure out a photo wall in our living room, a giant frame for our dinning room, making our shower curtain, starting on at least Ty's Christmas stocking and buying just a couple of nick-nacks that will make our place finally done! Fingers crossed it all works out.

To keep the good news rolling my grandparents are driving into town tonight! I always love me some good family time! Maybe we'll venture out to a fun new restaurant...try and cross one off our never ending list.  

On a rather funny and small side note I have found myself all day randomly busting out into church hymns when I start psyching myself out about being alone with T (cuz apparently my large collection of knives and our alarm isnt enough) oh well I guess its not the worse thing I could be doing with my time.

The Best Days

Always involve this cute boy and spending time as a family once Jake gets off work. I just love this little boy, I never thought I'd love/need to make him laugh, smile, cuddle and all things mom related. It's days like today where I can see how much he has changed and how before I know it he'll be off on his own. Until then I'm going to cuddle him and chase after him in stores just to hear him laugh.

Sweet 16

Happy Toto Brenna!!

     

I wish we were there to celebrate with you on this big day! We all miss you around here and the ridiculously funny things you say. Bubbas and I are picking out your present tonight, so I thought besides making a little video I thought I'd share some invaluable pieces of knowledge with you. 

A few words of advice:
-when driving to and from seminary dont go 10-20 over...(someone will always recognize your car and tell mom and dad about it) save yourself the lecture

-do drive people (when its legal) to and from seminary, as well as church activities some of your best memories will be made on the way to church related things 

-if you happen to get pulled over for speeding ALWAYS call Dad,  its easier to break the news to him

-even though you can date DONT have a serious/steady boyfriend. Just have fun and keep those friendships actual friendships. There is plenty of time for y'all to get together later on in life if you decide that's what you want.  

-there are a lot of stupid drivers out there...dont be one of them

Being 16 is a lot of fun, it opens a ton of doors to your world. Enjoy this time in your life! I wish we were there to celebrate with you! We love you!!

Shark Week

Instead of finishing all our unpacking and cleaning (our stuff finally got to us this weekend!!! No more living off of 5 outfits!) we are watching shark week. It is epic and a much needed break from all the cleaning! It still makes me want to go in a cage with them someday but for now I'll watch them safely in my place in a state smack dab in the middle of the US no where near an ocean.

Ps please excuse the mess in the pictures its impossible to unpack with a crawler!

Hell On Earth

The DMV is literally hell on earth. Most of their employees are rude and nasty and the spawn of Satan. Jake got of work early so we decided to "quickly" go on down and change our drivers licenses. Big mistake! They changed their system and so I apparently didn't have enough valid proof showing my new last name so jake could get his but I have to come back and get mine. Never mind it's takes an average person 2-3 hours with this new system. Blah I hate the DMV. On a side note it took me 3 I'm not kidding 3 separate trips to the Utah one (2 ppl told me 2 different things!) I figure it an accomplishment if I can get this done in 2 tries. Oh well I gives I'll just spend my free time playing with Bubba and searching pinterest. Hope your day is quite a bit better than mine!

Macys

After weeks of shopping in stores and countless hours shopping online last night we finally bought couches!  When we got married we were given a nice couch from Jakes parents.  Our place was so small that we didnt need anything else besides that one couch and my lovesac. When we moved out of that place we gave the couch to Jakes sister.  Buying a couch was always in the back of our mind of things we needed to get.  When we found our place we struggled with what kind to get.  I wanted to keep an open feeling in the place, I wanted something modern but still somewhat traditional, and I wanted a specific color.  So we searched everywhere!! We came really close to buying this one couch 1, and then almost bought this one couch 2. We just couldn't really decide on what we wanted. Last night we decided to drive over to the Macys Home store and look around.  We found a beautiful couch, chair, and leather ottoman (soft things for Bubbas)! I absolutely love them! They are exactly what I wanted.  Its a bonus that Jake likes them as well. It took a little longer than we thought because we decided to sign up for a Macys card. This is my first credit card so it was the caramel on top of my ice cream, cuz I dont like cherrys.  

It feels like things are just now falling into place and life doesn't seem nearly are hectic.  Direct TV is finally installed, AT&T is doing our internet tomorrow, our stuff FINALLY arrives on Friday along with the movers to carry it all.  Now we just have to do the little things, like look for another car, rugs, pillows, and all those other little things that make a home cozy.  In my searching I have found great websites that offer a lot of bang for your buck in various home accessories.  I'll post those websites later, right now I am going to snuggle my chunky baby and watch water-polo.