Photo Roulette Friday 8(30)

Playing on the "boat" at Charlevoix Public Library


How fun is this? I know you can't see any faces but that long haired little boy is Zeke, pre-haircuts of course... And that curly haired cutie? That is Lorelei over at Another Day Another Diaper.

Every year the Chx. Library does a story hour that is so great for the kids, my town has one too but trust me it is not the same! This was back somewhere between March & June 2009 (my photo organization would make no sense to anyone but myself, and even i get confused!) I am getting excited for them to start up again this year, as a matter of Nicole and I were just discussing that :)

Have a great day everyone!

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Flashback Friday

Look at that belly!!! (mine not his ;)

This was when i was pregnant with Zeke, i felt as big as a house and i was either VERY close to my due date, or just past it... (Zeke didn't feel like making an appearance until a few days after he was supposed to!) I LOVE this photo! As a matter of fact it is hanging on my fridge as we speak :) It is the ONLY picture of my naked pregnant belly and one of only two or three of my pregnant belly at all! I wish now that i had taken more pictures but i am making up for it now! Enjoy my flashback!

Quiet?

There is something wrong with this picture.....

It is almost 9am and there are three children in the house, a 2month old, an 11month old & a three yr old.

AND IT IS QUIET!

wow.

Oh AND THE HOUSE IS CLEAN!

(it's amazing what you can get accomplished if you wake up before the sun!)

Oh wait, it's over... someone is waking up.... well it was nice while it lasted! Enjoy your day! I know i will enjoy mine *wink*

Take a hike!

I know i have mentioned this at least once before *wink wink* but one of the wonders of our home is that we live SO close to the winter sports park in our area, it is the perfect hike for Zeke and by next year Kiah will be able to make the trek on his own! We started our day with a walk down to the library only to find that they are actually closed on Wednesdays! (oops!) So we walked back home and after a trip to Office Max for a new preschool computer game for Zeke & a quick lunch we headed out into the woods for an afternoon hike!



Here are just a "few" photos of our adventure, Enjoy!














*please excuse the poor quality of some of these, i am in DESPERATE need of a new camera!

Wordless Wednesday...

I may have mentioned that we had family up over the weekend, which of course meant i had camera in hand (as if that's anything new!). Upon going through the pictures i found this one...



What better choice for a wordless photo?



Just a side note, this little guy turned 11 months old today! wow.

For Jenny

This is for my friend Jenny,



Her adorable son Parker :)

Do the Blog Hop!

I have been looking around and found so many great blogs that i have been trying to keep up on. There are some seriously amazing mama's out there! Thanks for sharing everyone! Hope you have enjoyed mine as well! Keep a look out for my first before & after. This house has been a work in progress for the last year and it is finally starting to come together!

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The Paper Mama Photo Challenge ~ Excitement!

Excitement is something that occurs on a daily, no scratch that, hourly basis around my house... Whether it be the sheer joy of jumping on mommy's bed in the morning, or racing down the stairs for the morning cup of "coffee" (Zeke gets pretty excited about his juice and compares it to mommy's coffee, which for the record i am equally excited about!), or the excitement over Kiah's first steps which i can't get enough of! We are constantly happy and excited about life in general in our home and all of the fun little things that come with it.



Enjoy a couple lucky shots of my boys and their joy..... ;)

Two Moms Made A Photo Challenge : Pets

This week i asked my husband on what photo to use for the photo challenge, being that it was pets he knew instantly what photo he thought i should use. Enter Moses. This is our 5yr old (this month ;) Yellow lab, our very first baby. He thinks he is part human so getting him to pose for a camera is really no challenge at all! Enjoy my goofy dog...

and here is my favorite photo of both our dogs Max & Moses, thrown in for good measure....

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Flash Back Friday

Me & My little sister, years and years ago :)

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I FINALLY FINISHED A QUILT!!

That might be alot of dramatics for a title but i am so excited to FINALLY have accomplished this! I decided months ago that i wanted to make a quilt for the boys out of their receiving blankets, and i wanted it to be big enough to fit on a twin bed if there ever was a need for it.. It's been on that to do list for quite some time and this week while Chris was home i decided to start it! I am what you would call a novice quilter i suppose, i am not nearly ready for the "fancy" stuff, just sewing squares together for now works for me!

Here are the blankets that i used, i thought about using every receiving blanket i had but decided these would not only be enough, but also that i would like it better if it really matched...


Then i cut everything into squares, I am not one for the mathematics of quilting so i just folded the blankets into thirds (i know i know that could be considered math, but not the hard kind! haha) and cut them into squares



From there i layed the squares out to form some kind of a pattern then stacked them up! I have to admit that i had every intention of putting them in my fabric bin to get started another time but when i got downstairs i thought.. you know? I have nothing else i have to do... (you know aside from cleaning.. so i guess the thought should have been i don't have anything else i WANT to do ;) So i started sewing!


It took me 2 days of sewing when i could and i only had to run out for thread once... (seriously what kind of person who loves to sew runs out of plain white thread? Shouldn't i always have that on hand?) Anyways, here is the finished product, i used a light blue sheet for the back since my boys are always hot, i thought it would help keep them warm in the winter without making them too warm..




I am really happy with the way it turned out, there is one little spot on the back that i had a mishap with, but that just gives it more character right?

3 Things

My son should have a dog.

reason #1: Yesterday Zeke jumped up on the bed and his father, and said "who's a good mister, who's a good mister!"
reason #2: Yesterday i caught Zeke playing "fetch" with Kiah, complete with throwing the "ball" and saying "go get it boy!" and a good ear rub when Kiah brought it back... did i mention that he brought it back? my little goof balls!



Okay the 3rd thing has nothing to do with Zeke or a dog but i find it just interesting enough to share...
Kiah loves eggplant. I know right? I don't think i ever even heard of eggplant until i was a teenager. Okay that's probably not true but i know for certain that i have NEVER eaten it! In an effort to try something new though i picked up a couple small white eggplants, sliced one up, and cooked it in some olive oil with a little garlic salt thrown on for good measure (my kid LOVES lots of flavor!) I wasn't sure what he would think but after giving him a plate with the eggplant and some pasta i walked back to the kitchen for a couple minutes to come back and find that he had eaten ALL the eggplant and didn't touch his pasta and this kid LOVES his pasta! So there it is, my son loves eggplant... who would have thought?

Mama Hearts Photo Challenge ~ Fitness

I took this photo of my baby sister running the Bay Harbor 5K, I absolutely LOVE the look of joy on her face as she is getting ready to cross the finish line.



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Wordless Wednesday ~ Boys will be boys

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Projects.....

My Current Projects:

• Paint upstairs bathroom - DONE!
• Finish Quilt for the boys (receiving blankets) - DONE!
• Start Quilt for guest bed (my first "real" quilt so i know if i want to make them as gifts for Christmas this year...) - Squares cut, I'm just holding out for one or two more fabrics that will "make" the quilt...
• Organize downstairs closet
• Search Re-sale shops & Garage sales for 1. Lamps for our bedroom 2. desk for Zeke's computer 3. wall art of some kind for upstairs bathroom & guest bedroom (FOUND!) 4. anything else that catches my eye ;)
• Paint Zeke's end table
• Stain our end tables so they can FINALLY go in our room and out of the garage!

I think that it's for now! I have 1000 other things i would LOVE to add to this list but i have enough lists as it is!

Just knowing that i am going to have my husbands ENTIRE family here this weekend is enough to make me want to get EVERYTHING done this week! I am so so so happy that the upstairs bathroom is FINALLY done!!! It only took a year to start and 2 days to finish!

Check back soon for finished product pictures! :)

Black & White Wednesday

This is by far one of my favorite pictures, we were just waiting for the doctor, and true addict that i am, i pulled out my camera :)

I heart faces photo challenge ~ Photojournalism

Another photo challenge day! This is my first time ever giving the collage a try and i am still a little unsure if i love it or not.. I have so much to learn but i am having the most amazing time in the process!!

My Boys



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