Weekend Fun Times.

This weekend included:

Kitchen painting. 

Shelf painting.

Hook hanging. 

Baseboard replacing. 

Board games and drinks with friends. 

Lessons learned that tequila and I are not friends.
Sisters were here and once again no pictures taken. 

I see the light at the end of the kitchen tunnel (thank goodness) and maybe can have it all done by the end of next weekend. 

Hello blue wall

What started out as cleaning the baseboard soon turned into replacing the baseboard

I can't wait for my kitchen to be back in some kind of order

Thumb war

He is clearly happy about his picture being taken

Candice in her party hat 

I drew a card and had to have the top of the game box under my shirt the ENTIRE game. So uncomfortable.

I have no idea. 

I miss her.

Dear James-

Please come home.

 I know you are doing super, awesome, amazing, important things but I'm selfish and want you home. I don't have anyone to watch Super Troopers with and Husby doesn't appreciate Cafe Rio like you and I. 

Today I was looking through old pictures of us and found some from your 21st birthday party. We need to have a dress up party again, or a white trash bash, because lets be honest that was pretty much awesome. 

I can't wait for you to be back in Utah all the time.

Love you. 

Saturday.

On Saturday I participated in little holiday boutique. It wasn't anything big and exciting but it meant I got to spend 4ish hours hanging out with Misso and that always a good time. Below are pictures from the boutique and the little raccoon at the end, well Miss Misso made that herself out of clay. I love it.

Today my almost gone sinus infection morphed into something more terrible and I don't any plans to move from the couch. Ok, I take that back, I want my Christmas tree and if Husband agrees to go tonight I will move from this couch and make myself somewhat presentable to the world.

Fingers crossed tomorrow I get something more done than watching 14 episodes of Kitchen Nightmares. 

Besties.

My bestest friend in the whole world in South Africa right now on the World Race. She left in September and won't be home until August of 2012, and will only be home for a week before she moves across the country to attend Johns Hopkins for her graduate degree. 

I am so super proud of her and she amazes me everyday. Even though we are the same age she is someone I will always look up to, I can't imagine where my life would be without her. 

We aren't just besties we are sisters. 

Love you James, and come home safely. 

If you would like to follow her adventure here is the link to her blog http://jamiesmith.theworldrace.org. 

Montana.

Our quick trip to Montana was perfect.

We got to catch up with friends and help with the Smith's big day.

They got married at a ranch in Helena and it was BEAUTIFUL! Here are some pictures we took and I will share more once the photographer's come back. 

In other news... I have a new shop!!!!! **squeal** 

A big thanks to my Mother and Father in law because they totally surprised me the other night at dinner. I will be moving in this weekend and will share pictures once I've got it all set up.  I can't wait, there will be so much more room for activities (Stepbrothers, anyone?). 

Front of the party barn

The view from every direction

Signs I made for all of the cupcakes

Cute sign by Jacqui

Carrot Cupcakes on a new cake stand design

Me and Husby

Craft Lake City.

First of all, hello to all of my new friends! Second, this last weekend was Craft Lake City and while it was fun, I'm relieved it's over. The week before is a blur because so much was going on trying to get ready for Saturday. There was furniture to be painted, cake plates to make, and decorations had to be finalized.  Misso and I shared a booth, which meant we go to spend the whole day together and we always have a good time. We had a good spot right by the main stage so there was quite a bit of traffic plus we had music to listen to all day long. It was a lovely day but like I said I'm happy it's over, now onto then next task, planning Jenny's wedding which is going to be amazing! I will share details as it starts to come together.

Aren't Misso's necklaces, prints and embroidery hoops so super cute?! I love them all and think I need to buy a couple hoops from her for my bedroom. 

Friendly's.

So many different kinds of beer.

Abbey's ice bar snowman.

Because Scottish imports are  necessary to life.

Tonight we went out with our lovely friends Brandon and Abbey. We went to a bar downtown called The Beer Hive and had a great time chatting and laughing. Love you guys, move to Salt Lake. Now.  

Sunday.

Laundry. Maybe I shouldn't wait 3 weeks in between.

Deep clean bedroom. 

Homemade mac and cheese for Sunday night church dinner.

Cooking with the lovely Misso and her lettuce stache.

Worship. Amazing.

Praying.

Spending time with good friends.

Pool with the Matney's.

Husband and I being pool superstars (and by superstars I mean the worst people there).

I love Sundays.

Saturday.

This last weekend my friend Meredith and I decorated our church for Christmas. We didn't want to go with traditional Christmas decor so we opted for a silver and gold palette. For the most part we made everything ourselves so that we could keep the budget small. We reused ornaments from last year by spray painting them, we also bought the birds at the dollar store and spray painted those to match. Even though we live at the base of the mountains neither one of us wanted to go cut down evergreen branches so luckily Home Depot gave us a box of extras. It was a long day and totally worth it, we were very pleased on how it turned out (the pictures don't do it justice).

Buttons.

I miss this lady and I wish we lived closer so that we could sit at our table and watch the people pass by.

I had a lovely Thanksgiving and long weekend. Husband and I watched all 6 Harry Potters and were planning on seeing the new one, until football and tattoos got in our way....maybe next weekend (sigh). This past weekend was extra productive, I finished my new wreath for the front door (I will share pictures tonight), made serious progress on new cake plate designs and even had all of my household chores done by Saturday. I'm getting more and more excited for the holiday season and my shop reopening but there is still so much to do! AHH! On Saturday a girl from church (who I would love love love to open a shop with one day) will be decorating the church building and I can't wait to share pictures. There will be evergreen branches, pine cones, birdies and lets not forget silver glitter. I'm really excited to see it all come together because I have been giddy with excitement since we started planning.


Much Love,

Family.

I came accross this photo while organizing the gajillion that I have taken over the last little while. This is a picture of our 'family' (our best friends) at family dinner back in April. I have been so busy the last couple months with my shop that we haven't done it in a while. boo. I have decided that it needs to happen very soon.

Also husby and I are going to Washington tonight so that my we can celebrate my parents 30th anniversary. Holy jeez. 30 years. I will be spending all day tomorrow working on projects so that I can spend all day Saturday cooking for the party. It's going to be a busy weekend. Even though the plane ride is only 1.5 hours long I still get bored so I will be making these for my mama. Alright back to work, I have so so much to do before we leave.

Much Love

25.

Husband turns 25 on Friday so I had a birthday party for him on Saturday night. It was cowboy themed and we had a blast. For the most part everyone dressed up and we listened to country music all night long. I love when we get to hang out with all the guys, I always spend the night laughing.



Much Love