Fulfilling my promise

Ok so here are the pictures I promised. These are the frames that Dustin made for my Mom, and I posted them because mine don't have pictures yet. Anyways these ones are smaller, but basically the same idea. I zoomed in on the one that Logan did the picture...well at least he added his finger print. I think they are really neat and rustic, but of course you have to like rustic to want one. I'm still trying to figure out what type of pictures I want to put in my frames, but it's hard seeing as I have no where to hang them just yet. Maybe I'll just wait until we move into our own place. Anyways so this my (I say that lightly since Dustin did all the work) finished project. Anyways moving along this is the chair I'm restoring. I think it's really neat and oversized for a perfect accent piece. I've got to redo the upholstery though because it's faded and dingy, and basically I wouldn't want it in my house until it's redone because it has a musty odor. I think it will be fairly easy since my grandma sews and I know my way around a hot glue gun and staple gun. Who knows maybe I'm just kidding myself, but atleast it sounds good right?!?!? So this is my new project that I will be starting on after I get caught my on scrapbooking.....

Been keeping busy......

Well we started another project, and I'm impressed with my talented husband. My parents had some old barn wood from my great great grandparents, so we decided to start building picture frames. That's what Dustin is doing in this picture. It was so cute because that day I went to the glass door and watched him, of course he didn't hear me because he had headphones on, anyways he was singing his lungs out. I don't know why, but moments like that just make me realize how much I love him. It was so cute. I'll try to remember to take a picture of the finished product and let ya see it. Now I'm on to my next project of restoring an old chair. It's going to be the most challenging yet because I'm going to attempt to reupholster it.




I snapped this picture on the way home from Cleburne (we were visiting the Farmers). I just thought it was so cute that he was cuddling his blanket, sucking a binky, and hugging his football. It was the perfect ending to a great weekend, and the only picture I managed to get.



As you can see Logan was going to town on that sucker. He of course had to have one right before bed because he saw his cousins chowing down. He loves suckers and they are truly a treat because I hate the mess. You can just see the excitement in his face because he got to have one too.

I stink at titles!!

Yall saw the bulk of these pictures, but I wanted to post the cute one I took with my camera. Logan was of course sleeping, but the other cousins had a great time playing outside. I just love having family around, and most of all when they come to visit.
Logan was being a little clingy, so I had to be in all the pictures with him because he wouldn't let anyone hold him.
I just love the cute little beanie that Aunt Nessa got him for Christmas!
I wanted to take a picture with Declan because he is the sweetest teenager you will ever meet. He's definitely someone that Logan should look up to!

New Year's Eve Party

My ward had a New Year's Eve party, and of course my mom wanted to go to show off the grand kids. Anyways Logan found a friend to play with. I think he was very infatuated because for once the baby was smaller than him. He kept going up to this little guy whose name I think was Noah and pulling him around the gym. Noah didn't really approve, and I think sometimes Logan was pulling too hard. It was so cute to see how badly he wanted to be friends with this baby. Anyways here are a few pictures of Logan's attempt to hold his hand and show him around the gym. Too cute!!

Christmas Day

This is Christmas in a nutshell. My cousin OJ came on Christmas Eve, and then my brother and his family came the day after Christmas. We had a blast just being together as a family, and we enjoyed seeing the old year come to a close and celebrating the new year as it came in.
My little nieces and nephews were playing in the tree out front, and my dad made them a cute swing to play with. I told them about how when we were little girls (my sister and I) we used to make a pulley system with a bucket to pull our barbies in the tree to play like they were lost in the jungle. The next afternoon they made a pulley system, a swing, and played music in the tree. They had a blast. The men made picture frames out of barn wood from my great great grandpa's barn. It was really neat and they turned out great. The picture of Logan sleeping is of him and his new blanket his aunt Tiffany made him. He loves it and sleeps with it every night.
Ok so my cousin gave Logan the cutest presents ever, but she's always finding just the right gifts. See the cute little football boxers? Well he loves them. She also gave him that cute little football player bank, and the pictures are of my dad giving him money to put in his bank. He loved it, and emptied Papaw's pocket at the same time. This year Logan has been obsessed with balls, so for Christmas he got sports that involved balls. The pictures above are of Dustin teaching his son how to play sports. You'd be suprised how well he makes contact with the ball. He launches his golf ball across the room when he tees off. Too cute!
Here are pictures of Christmas day. Rebecca got a "bagel" for Christmas from Santa and was totally excited. They wrote their letter to him asking for a bagel, but what they really ment was beagle. Anyways there is a picture somwhere of Logan opening a present and I added that because when he would tear off a piece of paper he would hand it to you and say "tank you". There is also a picture of the infamous ginger bread men, my mom crying over a "special gift" (we try each year to get this reaction out of her from a homemade gift from the family), and Logan's happy face when he saw the "bally" Santa brought him with the b-ball hoop. We had a great time this year, and hope to have manymany more wonderful Christmases with family and friends.

Christmas Eve

This year we decided to make gingerbread houses and have a contest to see who could do the best one. (some friends came over to judge) So for family home evening my niece read the Christmas story, we sang a few songs, and then for the activity we made beautiful gingerbread houses. Anyways Dustin constructed our fabulous castle, I decorated, and Logan ate the leftovers. It was a fun night with the family on Christmas eve.
**A side note**
My dad made a great house and then put heavy gum drops on the roof and it collapsed. He did this 3 times and then gave up just having a gingerbread wall. All the judged thought Joseph made it! LOL Anyways my dad is great a building things, but I think he needs glue not icing. He just ate his and called it good. Papaw was such a good sport!