Finally a Date Night....

Our summer has been so busy that we hadn't had a chance to have a date night in a very long time. With Soccer camp, VBS, sickness, and my husbands work schedule we were just BUSY. Finally this weekend he was off work and my kids were invited to a birthday party so my parents took them to the party and we were able to take the MG out on the town!

We rode around for a little while and ate dinner at The BelAir Grill, we had never eaten there and boy were we missing out! Great food, great time with my hubby, and then we came home and curled up on the couch and watched a good grown up movie (yea no Disney or Pixar or cartoons!!!!! WOO HOO). Much needed mini vacation for mommy and daddy!

VBS

Last week Abby went to VBS for the first time! She loved it so much and had such a good time.

Our church did the "Shake It Up" version and it was centered all around food. They learned some really great songs, about all kinds of foods, a fun dance, lots of fun, and most importantly they celebrated their faith!

5 Drawer Chest Project

I had been looking for Abby a new dresser for several months. She still uses her changing table as a dresser! Someone gave my aunt this 5 drawer chest so I told her I would take it and redo it for Abby. Seemed simple enough! Sand, paint,done...right?? LOL Well, it turned out to be a pretty hefty job. I had to work on it in the garage and the heat index outside was about 105 degrees the day I started this project. I sanded it the first day and was too tired to do anything else, not to mention the wood cracked and fell apart as the sander went over the top.

The next day my husband showed me how to use wood putty and a nail gun! I put the putty on, built the wood back up, let it dry and resanded it...looked pretty good! Then I primed it and let it dry. I painted it the same day and it was so hot outside the first coat dried in about 2 hrs. So I put the second coat on and let it dry overnight.

The next day I put the old drawer pulls back on, I debated buying new ones but the old ones were so vintage and they looked really good so I just put them back on it. I was very pleased with how it turned out and now Abby has lots of extra space for all her clothes!...and yes we are still using the changing table too, just for pajamas and swimsuits! :)

Stormy Summer!

I have heard that April showers bring May Flowers but instead this spring was pretty nice and summer has been really bad!! We have had continuous storms. Last week it stormed EVERY day. Most of the storms were fast and scary. One night we woke up to the cell phone beeping, it was a tornado warning for our area so we got up and turned on the news...boy was it a long night!!!! The news said there was strong rotation heading our way, the worst they had ever seen and it was so dark they couldn't confirm a tornado or funnel cloud so we should take cover immediately. We prepped the pantry and while the kids slept (we didnt want to wake them unless we had too!)we watched the TV ready to jump at any second...thank goodness it took a right turn and headed south and broke up fairly soon after that.
I have never seen such violent weather. I don't like it at all!! I love a good thunderstorm at night occasionally but this is getting out of control. We have had a couple good days so hopefully maybe these storms are over for now.

Below are some photos I took last week of the storms!

Pedi/Mani--Girls Day!

On Monday Abby and I went to the mall and had our very first ever professional pedicure. While she had her fingernails done I had my very first ever pedicure. Needless to say I felt my feet were horribly ugly so I was always embarrassed to even go in and ask. Well the people were so kind I decided why not?!! It felt so good and I walked out of there feeling like I had brand new feet. Abby said hers felt good too, they just painted her toes and fingers she skipped the foot soak and all the grown up stuff, they did her cuticles so she was happy!!!

It was such a fun experience and I plan on making it a monthly treat! I had no idea that a pedicure would make my feet feel so much better, I thought it was all just for pretty toenails but it actually made the bottoms and heels feel so much better.

The Secret in our House...LOL

As silly as this sounds one of my dreams in life was to have a king size bed, well when we bought our home over 5 years ago, my husband bought me a new bedroom suite. YES, a KING size bed...woohoo. The first one we bought was too big when they delivered it, the bed was so tall it wouldn't fit up our stairwell so we had to send it back..I was so sad. So off to the store we went to find a different one. I don't know how I missed this one but when I saw it I fell in love with it. Its my favorite thing in the house besides my husband and kids..LOL!!

After 6 weeks of frustration waiting on it to be delivered and sleeping on a mattress in the floor...it finally arrived, I was so excited and pleased! BUT...a few days later I noticed the beautiful molding around the top of the chest was really loose, the more I shook it and messed with it the looser it felt so I decided to just leave it alone, I was NOT returning it to wait another 6 weeks to have it replaced. Every time I would clean it I would be nervous and very cautious with the molding, I did not want it to fall off!!! LOL

Remember, that was 5 years ago, well today my husband noticed it was loose for the first time....I thought I mentioned it, but I guess not..anyway, he decided to take a look at it and then I heard the words "hey honey..did you know this was a drawer?"..WHAT???? A drawer!!!!! Yes it was never a "loose piece of molding" it was a drawer that was slightly open! LOL So now I love it even more, not only do I have an awesome story to go with it I gained an awesome secret drawer!! LOL and yes I do feel a little stupid that I never bothered to even pull on it!! HAHAHAHA!!!!!

Here are some pics of my favorite piece of furniture in our home now!!!!



what I thought was "loose" molding


Figured for 5 years it would fall off at anytime it was so "loose" LOL


but WAIT..what is this??? Its a Drawer!!!!!!


Check it out, my new drawer!

Soccer Season Spring 2011

Wow, hard to believe that soccer season ended today! Abby loves to play soccer, we think its "her" sport!! This season she played for Coach A and her team was the Panthers. Abby really came into her own this season, scoring 15 goals for the entire season! So proud of her!!
The team had a cookout to celebrate the end of the season and they were given a trophy! Abby LOVES trophies!! LOL

Looks like we are headed to Lady Vols Soccer Camp in June!!!

Abby #16