Wordless Wednesday

Marriage & Motherhood Monday

Hola!  Sorry for the week of silence.  Work/School/Home life has me busy and to be honest, the blog is the last of my priorities in the day!  :(   But when I do post, I hope it's a fun surprise for most of you!
So it was Father's Day yesterday!!  Yay!  I love spoiling my dad  and now I get to spoil Matt too!

One of my favorite pictures of me and my dad!

My dad is my inspiration.  We think so much alike it's crazy!  He's always had my back and been a constant cheerleader for me in life.  Even though I no longer live under his roof...and I'm a grown woman, I'm still his baby girl. :)

My sister and I chipped in and got my dad a digital photo frame so that he can have updated pictures of the family (ok...of lil A) in his work office. :)  After scouring the internet I found the best reviews for a Nix 8-inch frame.  The best part is that it takes different forms of media. (SD Card and USB)  It also has a motion sensor so that it's not draining power continuously! (insert Green star haha)

For Matt, lil A took on a part time job so we could get him a new grill!  At lil A's 1st birthday we had issues with our gas grill and it eventually puffed out its last breath.  I did a ton of research and settled on a Weber Performer Platinum Charcoal Grill.
Needless to say...he loved it!  Him and A spent the day putting it together...then it was outside for a photo shoot.

GQ much?...

Happy Father's Day Matt!

Wordless Wednesday

Cheesecake Factory...mmm...bread...

Marriage & Motherhood Mon...Tuesday!

Yeah, I forgot to post my Monday post!!  Eeek... And I actually have an awesome post for you all!  It's marriage oriented this week.  On Sunday night our church hosted a marriage conference entitled, A Love Worth Fighting For.  The speaker was Kirk Cameron with special musical guest Warren Barfield.

Now the name Kirk Cameron might ring a bell for some of you... he played Mike Seaver on Growing Pains. I realize mentioning this show ages me... but I take that risk! ha.  Great show...great memories.

Thank God It's Friday!

Dear God, 

I literally woke up this morning and asked Matt what day it was...that's what kind of week I had. haha.  It was so busy and flew by faster than I could have every imagined!   Thank you for making this week painless. :)  

Thank you for my new job!  I seriously love it!  It's definitely doing what I really like to do...and that's communicating with people!   I have a business trip coming up...so please help me as I gear up for that.  

Thank you for the beautiful weather!  Summer is here...which has a different meaning for us now.  We now look forward to time at the playground and planning a trip to the zoo!  Life. has. changed. :)

Is it just me...or was he making his poo-poo face!!?

I would say thank you for bootcamp...but I'm not that thankful this week.  Taking a month off while transitioning jobs was the worst idea ever!!  I feel like the Michelin man trying to run a marathon for the first time.  Just jigglin' in all the wrong places!    I'll let you know how I feel after a month.  Hopefully back to where I had first left off! 

Thank you for another completed project!  We love the growth chart we made for lil A...and future baby C's!   Our downstairs hallway is looking great!  Now to tackle a kitchen project I've had on the list!  Just needed sunny days to do some sprayouts outside! ...hehe. 

Thank you for upcoming Father's Day!!  I love holidays that give me a chance to spoil Matt!  Even if we're having a tiff over why his laundry is unable to find its way into a hamper...I still love shopping for him!  And boy did I..I mean lil A go all out this year!  I'll share after next weekend of course.   But seriously, so grateful for such an awesome man who's raising our lil boy to be such an amazing asset to society!   Watching lil A follow him around the house and try to do what he does touches my heart.  They are such an inseparable duo already. 

 hm...I see a pattern to their bonding time... 

Thank you for all the new things lil A has been learning this week.  He's expanded his vocabulary to include: Wow, Ow, This and he now shakes his head No.  He dances and claps when we sing Jesus Loves Me and he's doing really well with intro to potty training!  He's such a joy from the moment he wakes up (and rolls over for a morning back rub) till he brushes his teeth for bed.  Thank you for my son. 

Please give us an amazing weekend of time together as a family! 

Love, 

Your daughter

Wordless Wednesday

Sleepy but still wants to play outside...

Growth Chart w/a Product Review!

Remember my lil moment of delight when I stumbled upon Etsy shop...

They make custom decals for growth charts and other super cute things!

Well I fell in love with their alternating growth chart ruler!  It's the perfect design that I wanted to incorporate to our downstairs decor.  I wanted something we could always take with us if we ever moved, but also had an artistic feel to as well!

Well if you do remember...I had decided to wait last min to tell Matt my new idea since his list of projects was ginormous at the time.  Good thing I found that abandoned piece of scrap wood in the garage that was THE PERFECT size!  Well, it was a bit tall, so I had Matt trim it down a few inches.(..I still don't think he knew exactly what it was for at that moment.)  By that time I had placed the order in for the decal with Little Acorns by Ro!  The shop owner is great!  I got my decal super fast...and due to bad weather and other time consuming annoyances, it just sat there on our kitchen counter. :( 

I'm happy to say this past week has been very  productive for me.  We managed to check off some huge projects and the sun came out long enough for me to start and finish this project!  (It also helped that lil A decided to take the longest nap in history too!)