It's been one of those days

                                                                    Need I say more?!?!

Sam's in the double digits

This weekend Sam turned 10. It is so crazy that he is already 10 years old. I sure hope the next ten years slow down and i really get to take it all in. He is such a blessing to us and I am so thankful that God Blessed us with him. He is an answered prayer and I know God has many great things planned for him. When Sam was born he was under six pounds. 5pds 13ozs to be exact. When we brought him home from the hospital he weighed 5pds 7ozs. Man, was i scared. He was so tiny and perfect. I have learned so much in the last 10 years. I'm so glad to have my big boy now. He still comes and sits on my lap and i know one day soon that will stop. But until then, i will soak it up and enjoy every minute of it....

                                     Here are a few pics from his birthday this weekend.

Sam's Harry Potter Cake. He loves him some Harry Potter.

I love this, he is singing happy birthday with us...

I sure do love that Smile

He was so excited about his poster for his room.

We are finally done with birthday parties this summer!!!

Happy Birthday to You

This past week was my mom's birthday. We had her over and made her a cake. A rainbow cake :-)

Her Birthday is on July 15th. I remember when i was pregnant with Samuel

we were thinking he might be born on my mom's birthday. He almost made it

Just a couple days off.

Happy 49th Birthday Mom. Yeah, that's right, 49th ;-)

New Orleans

Earlier this week me and the boys went with Blake to New Orleans.
 Blake travels alot and during the summer we take road trips when we can.

On the way there it was sunny  and the sky was beautiful

I took a shot of the sky because it was so pretty.

About 10 minutes from downtown New Orleans this happened

If you have ever been to the downtown New Orleans you know it can

be pretty stinky. I love to go but even I have to admit it has a pretty

bad smell around the french quarter. Add a good rain and really hot

cement, well you get the idea!

I almost missed this sign. It said God Bless Louisiana and I thought

it was really neat

Once we checked into our Hotel it stopped raining and we walked down to the French Market.

Here are a few photos i took along the way. I hope you enjoy :-)

This looked fun, but we decided that the poop bag hanging on the rear of the horse

was to much...stanky.

This was a performer showing off his equipment...I think this woman's expression is so funny

this is the cathedral...So pretty

There were groups of people like this everywhere waiting for the

                                                  "ghost" and " vampire " tours....Creepy!

A voodoo doll...Hmmm. Could you use a voodoo doll? Haha. Joke.

Just think it's a little freaky that someone would try and use

such a thing.

 

we didn't get to eat at cafe Du monde :-(

we woke up to late. Instead we went to McDonald's

Can you tell they were Upset :-)

We left the next day and came home.

and you know the

saying....

There is no place like home

Take me out to the ball game...

 There is nothing better than going to your little guys t-ball game and cheering him on.

 

Brennan decided he wanted to play T-ball this year. It was a learning experience for him and he fought me after the first practice..He wasn 't to hot about practicing twice a week. It interrupted his "free" time. By the end of the season he was excited every game and he wants to play next year. Here are a few pics that i snapped at his last game 

This is Brennan on the end...He is six in this picture and so are all the other kids. He towers over them, He's so tall for his age

The season is over and now he's ready to play again... we can't wait for next season.

Great job Blue Jays!!!

Fiesta Baby

This past christmas my mother-in-law gave me fiesta ware for christmas. I love my fiesta ware. It is bright and cheery and makes me smile when i see it. Several months ago i found this little hutch at a care help and snatched it up. It's old and probably needs to be repainted but for now i leave it with it's shabby chic look. It's perfect to display my fiesta ware.

I found three coffee mugs that i had to have. They match my fiesta ware and have little inspirational words printed on the inside. Look how neat

The third one didn't show in the picture. It is bright yellow and it has"pray"printed inside. I love that it has the inspirational words, It is defintley motivational to see and helps me get going in the right direction first thing in the morning :-)

The old chair on the side of the road

I love finding things that are old and seeing potential in them for something more. Something better than what they are. Last month i found this chair on the side of the road. Someone had put it to the curb and i saw it and knew i had to have it. I had been wanting to redo a chair. I see them all the time in pier one and other stores and they are just so expensive. So, with my mom's help. Well, alot of my mom's help. Thanks Mom...You are the best :-) Here is the old chair now

I went over the wood with a little stain and then i found this really cute material. It looks really cute in Mattie and Brennan's room. They can sit in it to read their books. I also found all of the frames at a yard sale last week and painted them all white. I went to hobby Lobby and found really cute scrapbook paper. This is how it turned out

I still want to put a few pics in a couple of the frames. I just wanted to show the progress.

I love this picture of Lola...it's not really Lola our dog, but it looks identical and we just say it is :-)

The caption says

 "never underestimate the warmth of a cold nose"

Brennan loves Lola and won't go to sleep without her so this picture is perfect for his room.

I still have curtains and quilts to purchase and I'll show you when I'm done