A Fabulous Find!

sooo...

this picture doesn't really show how awful the counter tops were.

the orange 70's counter top was acceptable when the cabinets

were natural, but now that i've painted them, 

it looks AWFUL!!!!

so i went in search of a way to paint a laminate counter top

an ORANGE laminate counter top!!!

i found this product!

it's fabulous!!!

it comes in many different colors, the paint people at your local lowes

will tint it for you.

i chose ivory.

so i used bead board wallpaper on the inset of the cabinet

SUPER easy!!!

it's paintable. the cabinet on the right has a coat of paint on it

so you can see.

it looks 100 x better!

i will share the completed project when it's done.

i'm off to paint the downstairs counter top now!

Flower Garden

i've always wanted a flower garden...

so with the help of pinterest, i took the plunge and just did it.

now if i can just keep everything alive until the wedding!!1

A New "old" Favorite

i came across this book from Barb Adams & Alma Allen

and i am IN LOVE!!!

 

these pictures are from their blog,

if you google the book, you should be able to find a few for sale.

you won't be disappointed!!!

A Fairy Party in the Park

for evyn's fourth birthday, she wanted a fairy party at the park.

we invited all her girlfriends.

they each got fairy wings, headbands and wands (from dollar tree).

they each got to paint their own fairy house ($1 at michaels)

we had a "fairy" themed scavenger hunt

and read a story (a fairy one, of course).

painting and cupcakes were their favorite things.

seeing all the cute girls with fairy wings was my favorite.

have a fairyrific day!

Yard Yahtzee!!!

don't tell anyone...

but, i made a pinterest account for shawn! 

and look! i sent him a pin and voila!

he made yahtzee dice!!!

it was so fun to play, the kids LOVED it and now everyone wants a set of their very own.

now i wonder what else i can get him to make ;)

Running...

this is how i have felt the past few months. 

running at full speed trying to hold on to all that is truly important.

unfortunately, the blog had to be let go.

for those of you interested, here is a quick recap of life since february.

jethro had his tail amputated. it's about four inches long and he is doing wonderful.

chelsie moved home the end of march. she is having surgery on thursday to remove her endometriosis and her left ovary. in may she has more treatment then she will stay home during all her recovery. 

it's the first time that we've had all five kids living under the same roof. we are enjoying this time together.

chelsie rescued a sweet pitbull named molly. 

(that's a long post all in itself)

so we currently have FOUR dogs here.

Good thing the yard is large! yikes!

evyn turned four and had a fairy party in the park. i will post pictures.

jethro became a father to 13 beautiful great dane puppies.

NO we are NOT keeping one.

in march, i started homeschooling masyn.

(that's a post all on its own, too.)

in between all this, shawn and i are working diligently 

preparing the yard for gavin and mikaela's wedding. 

quilting and quilt classes are always ongoing

i have pictures to post of that too.

i hope to get things posted in order of it's happenings so keep yours eyes open.

you just never know.

life is good. God is great and i'm tired. :)

hope you all are wonderful,

thanks for checking in!

Love,

Julie

A Ruff Recovery...

Jethro had his "happy tail" amputated.

the vet said that no matter where the tail gets injured,

they have to cut it off in this spot.

poor guy! he was MISERABLE!

he spent the week laying around on pain killers

rose made sure he got plenty of love

poor baby! 

14 days later he was back to his normal self.

yay!