The Headboard

Well, there it is! I designed it and went to Home Depot to buy the wood and Adam cut all the wood and put it together for me! I LOVE having a headboard! Our bed has evolved over time. We started out on Adam's sister's double bed (haha, imagine that!) then inherited a king mattress from Adam's brother, Dave. That sat on the floor for a while, then we bought a frame and some plywood for the mattress to sit on. Finally, a few years later we bought the box springs! Frame, box springs and mattress was it for a long time. I feel like the project called our bed is finally finished (except for that memory foam mattress topper that I really want!) :)

Cuddling

I thought this picture was pretty cute.

Chopped!

A few weeks ago I got 9 inches cut off my hair. I really don't like posting a picture of just my face, but here you go! My hair actually didn't look all that great on this particular day but I hardly ever have pictures of myself because I am always the one taking them! So, Kaileen and my other peeps who have been dying to see, there you go!

Cookies and Cream

Adalin, after dinner tonight, was eating "cookies and cream" ice cream in a bowl and said to her sister out of the blue and across the room: "Kira, it looks like I'm eating poop, but I'm really not." We were cracking up.

Call Me Crazy

Because I don't have enough things to keep me busy around here, I thought that getting another dog would make me life complete! Meet Indi, our new male brindle Basenji, who will hit the show ring later this year. We are going to take conformation classes together once per week to learn all about dog shows and how to win them! He is a great little guy, loves to play with our huge Weim and doesn't care that Isis growls at him constantly. He is a beautiful brindle pup, striped to perfection. He loves to cuddle with us and isn't running off (yet) when he is off-lead. He just lays on our back deck all day in the sun, soaking it all in. So there is the newest addition to our zoo! :)

Swim Lessons

Adalin just finished a 10-week session of swim lessons! She loved getting in the water, even when it was freezing outside and brushing up on her bobs and floats. This was her first ever group-lesson and she did great with her teacher and the other kids! I think gymnastics or ballet is next! Isn't she cute?

Pottery Barn Wanna-be's

I drool when I look through a Pottery Barn magazine. It's not because we can't afford anything in the magazine right now, but more because I love their simple, elegant, yet modern style. Its refreshing and exhilarating for me to imagine myself in one of their rooms... So I pretty much look at their stuff and say, "I will have that, even if I have to make it!" That's what I have done, with my handy hubby's help. Well, these Pottery Barn inspired pillows below, Adam didn't help with, but our new headboard and Elizabeth-style PB bench he did build for me, with my help, after I designed them. Stay tuned for pics of our latest wood products. For now, feast your eyes on my homemade PB wanna-be pillows!

A Boy?

Ok, Kira was called a boy AGAIN by a stranger last week! I snapped this picture while I was putting groceries in the trunk, after we had gone shopping together where this event took place. She was wearing blue sweatpants (with yellow daisies at the bottom), a green shirt (with daisies on the front of it) and a striped hoodie. Yes, boy colors, but COME ON! Oh, and I forgot to mention that she had her PINK coat on too. Are people blind? Do they look for gender-associated clues before they tell me how cute my son is? I mean, for real! I know she is lacking in the hair dept. (still) and her ears stick out a little but... get a clue! This has happened since she was born! Honestly, does she look like a boy to you?!? I think not!

Disney on Ice

I took Adalin to Disney on Ice a few weeks ago. I bought the tickets a few weeks in advance and those weeks were a torment for this little girl! I have never seen her so excited for anything before! I showed her some Disney on Ice clips on YouTube so that she would know what to expect, which made her ask even more often when we were going to go to "Disneys on Ice". She LOVED the show itself, her favorite being the Tinkerbell part! It was so fun to go on a date with her. She is growing up so fast and I feel like these years will just slip away quicker and quicker as she grows older. It will be a night we remember for a long time!

A group of us were able to all sit together, which was so fun! Our friends Quincy and Brinley aren't pictured here though. Don't they all look pretty?

GA Park Pics

When we were about to move back to MI people would ask me if MI winters are that bad... I would say no, that they weren't that much worse than MO... I lied. I think, like most bad things in life, you forget how bad they really are until you are once again faced with them again. MI winters are longer, snowier and much colder than MO or UT's. Its true. No more sugar-coating for me! I love MI, but oh! was I glad to go south for a week. **I have never enjoyed 70 degrees and sunshine so much in my life as I did down in GA last month. It was divine, completely rejuvenating. I loved it. If spring ever comes to MI I will continually thank Heavenly Father for warmer weather and sunshine! We went to a park one day while we were there. The girls were so happy to hit the jungle gym again! It was so great for me to see the smiles and joy on their faces. Don't they just look happy to be outside playing?