A Room I Love!

Is it possible to L.O.V.E. a room? If so, I do! My newest room redo is my yummy space that my husband and I have created. It's just so much fun to be in here. I'm giving you a little taste...a mere morsel of the deliciousness of the entire space for two reasons: 1) my camera is crapazoid and 2) some of the awesomeness is covered by projects that I'm working on....a baby shower for my friends new grand baby, a project for my Primary activity day girls, and our Cannon Beach family trip surprises. That's what's so fabulous about this room, lot's of space to work on lot's of projects at the same time and I can leave it all out and come back to it. So here's a few pic's. Thanks for reading!

                                         Ribbon added to shade                                              

My Alphabet wall in the making. 








 

Mom and Dad

                                            by artist Kevin Taylor

                                  My sister's wall of adventures!

                                       One of my favorite quotes.

Where did June go??

I can't believe it's almost (like tomorrow almost) July! What happened to June? And for that matter, May! Life has got to slow down. I'm still going to write on our fabulous trip to the Islands...soon.

Grandbabies visit Washington!

I really want to tell you about my fabulous trip to Hawaii. But first I must tell you about my grandbabies coming to visit me in Washington. First 'Nessa and William came for a visit. William is a 27 pound ball of energy! It was really fun to have them here. We did some shopping and sightseeing. The Japanese L.O.V. E. little curly, blonde headed babies, and they were fascinated with Will at Pikes Market in Seattle. Grandpa Ron gave Will piggyback rides and read books and played drums with him. I let him have fun with potatoes from the pantry and the dust mops...that kid loves to push a mop around! I wish I had his energy. As soon as they were gone I missed them. The house was too quiet!                                                                 

 A few days later Shannon came up for a visit with Hudson. Hudson isn't as old as William and not nearly as mobile. It was so great to have them both here. Shannon taught me her recipe for cinnamon rolls. (delish!) and it made so many, that I had Ron take some to work. Needless to say, they were a big hit at his office! We also did some touristy things with Shannon & H.  Shannon and I went exploring to some places that I hadn't been to before, including an antique shop where I purchased some old glass fishing floats, used on fisherman's nets long ago. Ron treated us like queens on Mother's Day...complete with crowns and a lovely dinner that he and Hudson prepared for us. It was so nice to have them here, I really wish everyone could live closer.

Hawaii 2011

I love Maui. It is my favorite island.

My sweetheart and I found these heart shaped

pieces of coral *rocks, as is, on the beach. I

mounted them on a piece of grocery bag that I

 moistened, crinkled and touched up with Distress Ink,

making it look like cork. I had this frame that I found

 at Fred Meyer. It's one of those clearance items that 

border on ugly, but it was so cheap that I couldn't pass it up.

I thought I'd paint it or cover it if I ever got around to using it,

but it worked out perfectly for this Maui momento project.

It didn't come with glass, (maybe that's why it was on clearance)

but I wouldn't have used the glass anyway. So there ya go!

Easy summer art, with great memories attatched!

Minus 2 days and counting (the minutes)!

This just in: Two more days till we go on our cruise. To say I'm excited to be away with my new hubby for two weeks, is like saying the Pacific Ocean is a little damp. Film at 11:00.

Life is AwEsOmE!

This morning I made oatmeal, but my hubby was running a little late so he didn't have time to eat it. I really didn't want to just throw it out, so I went online to find a recipe for oatmeal bread. I love modern technology! I found one that sounded good and easy. I tweaked it a little, and it turned out pretty darn yummy! I used buttermilk instead of regular milk and I also used already cooked oatmeal which added to the moistness. Also, I threw in some chocolate chips because what isn't better with chocolate chips??  Now I'm waiting for the laundry to come out of the dryer and I'm listening to our new Mindy Gledhill CD. She is my new favorite artist. She has such a sweet lilt to her voice. If you haven't heard of her before, she is the background music in the Mormon Message with Stephanie (nieniedialogues.com) Nielson. This Sunday we leave for our honeymoon! I'm so excited! Twelve days in Hawaii with my sweet hubby! I am so blessed! Then when we come home, I will have my daughter-in-law and grandson William visiting (can't wait!) Then the following week I get my daughter and her youngest baby visiting (Yippee!). Yes, Life. Is. Awesome!!

Home again Home again, jiggity jig!

We spent last weekend in Utah. What a wonderful time we had seeing our kids and grandbabies! My sweet daughter and son-in-law put us up for the weekend with wonderful accommodations. Saturday we were able to see Sean and Nessa and sweet William when we all went to dinner at Texas Roadhouse. *yum!* Sunday we woke up to a major snowstorm which caused us to be a little lazy and slow  15 minutes late to church. After, we skipped out on  left church a little early so we could get down to Springville in time to have dinner with Ben and Erin and their boys. Erin made a fabulous creamy soup and homemade rolls. *delish!* Chris came over and it was great to see him as well!
It was fun to have Ella and Coleman wake us up each morning. On Monday, Ron bravely succumbed to the arm twisting  volunteered to take Ella and Coleman to Barnes and Noble to "look" at books while Shannon, Hudson and I ran over to Target and spent a few minutes shopping and talking without being interrupted even once . Then we rescued picked up Grandpa Ron and the kids at Toys Are Everywhere Us. Ron and I bought a new rug for his office at Tai Pan for dirt cheap...now how to get it home?? We wrapped it up in bubble wrap and a couple cardboard boxes that were folded over, and checked it on the plane with our luggage. Slick! After all our flight delays and connecting flights, we made it home and in bed by 2:30 a.m. Wednesday morning. OIY!  But it was all worth it! Good trip! Thanks Ron!