First things first. Congrats to my brother-in-laws (Jason's brothers) who BOTH graduated from the Medical College of Georgia's School of Dentistry two weekends ago. It was so inspiring and I commend them for all of their hard work. I can't help but imagine us there in a few years....hopefully graduating! :) You can do it honey! Bo and Ben will be practicing here locally at my father-in-law's offices. Ben will actually be our neighbor!
If this picture is blurry it was because I was laughing hysterically when I took it. This morning I took my mom to the airport at 6:30am. Jason got Ella ready for school. It was beach day at school and so I set out Ella's bermuda shorts and shirt. I guess I should've set out the brush too. Oh and the shoes. Jason put them with Ella's pink patent leather church shoes. Funny funny. I completely forgot to take out her hair last night. She went swimming yesterday and I am not afriad to admit I bathe my kids every other day unless an unusual amount of dirt has incurred. Anyway, so this hair do was from Thursday and this pic was taken on Friday after school. Jason took her to school like this. Wow. What a sight for sore eyes. Her teachers were laughing with me when I picked her up .They both said they knew I was not home! At least they knew that. Am I embarrassed? A tiny bit? But mostly amused. Jason was so sweet to do that but there's nothing like a mother's touch, right?
Yum. I threw some things together on Thursday night for dinner (we had the missionaries over).I got really creative and called it "Strawberry Shortcake Surprise". I know, an groundbreaking name. Anyway...I just had some pre-made, pre-sliced angel foodcake and I just put one piece down and then slather it with the following mixture:
I have been meaning to blog about this for about two months now. Jason made this book shelf this winter. Isn't it amazing. Seriously. He spent hours.
He even did these little notches by hand. I cannot imagine having the patience to do that kind of wood working.
This is Ella's Thursday outfit. It was backwards day.I thought she looked adorable. Her worried of everyone laughing at her overwhelmed her though and her teacher took of her "face" around breakfast. (Yes, they serve breakfast at her school. Wild, huh?)
Now on to my treasures that I found garage selling....my favorite thing to do. I now have stuff piled up everywhere and an eternal list of projects.I found this cute little brown finial thing for a dollar. Goes perfectly on top of my piano. Perfect.
This jute rug is heaven. I love the color and it is unlike any other jute rug I have ever seen. It is actually soft and comfy. So my husband- who's favorite place to be is on the floor during a movie much to my chagrin- can be perfectly comfy. Thirty dollars. Steal of the day. It is really high quality and soft and HUGE. Notice the boots right next to the rug? I scored a TON of hardly used clothes and shoes for my kids. Only the best shape and great brands. And I got about 15 "Value teaching" movies for a quarter. 
This table is a real antique. The lady who sold it to me was telling me all about it's history. Her great great grandpa made. It is traveling writing desk that was taken everywhere by the pilgrims. It actually folds up. It's great. I wish I could've downloaded the pic of the cute sides but the comp. was not cooperating. She wanted 50 but I asked if I could pay 30. SCORE!
See my jar collection on top of my hutch? Love the green ONE. But notice I only have ONE green one. Story to be continued......
Again, emphasis on the ONE green one.
Pillows to be refinished. I actually really like the green and grey one. The green one is very cute and girly and would go really well in Ella's room. I think they were both a quarter. Who cares if I never even use them for that price! I plan to though.
This is beautiful green bottle/jar/whatever to go on top and join the other lone green one. I say whatever because I am not sure what it is. It's pretty and unique and I LIKEY!
This brown chair is another favorite find. SOOOOO much character. 5 bucks. Have no where to put it, but I love it. And the gold feminine chair I have great plans for it. ELla has this cute little white wood vanity that I got about a year ago garage saling for ten bucks. I have been looking for an appropriate chair for that long. This beauty painted white and with a cute funky pillow is a dream.
Unique and interesting. To go in the guest bedroom as decor. Not sure whether to hang it or just put it in the corner.
Awesome little frames. I love them. I plane to do a whole little corner in Ella's room with funky colored painted frames. These two are perfect to add drama and dimension. I actually really like the pics inside too. Twenty five cents ea.
There is a lady in our ward who gets things that have fallen off semi trucks thathave damaged packages but the product is not damaged. So she brought thisKing Arthur white and wheat flour to church to share. FREE. When our AC went out last weekend the AC guy came into my house to find this and my green jar sitting next to it. They both looked very suspicious and he prodded me to tell him what it all was. Lets just say he didn't think we were obeying the word of wisdom. Not that he knows what that is....but...you get what I am saying, right? He thought the green jar was a bong and we all know what this flour wrapped up in saran looks like. Funny times.
Do not judge me. Quincy is in no sort of pain. He laughed after each face I made. He looks like the cutest bulldog ever.
Jason had a little bug this past week. This is him "recovering".
Can't resist this adorable face.
My little friend. This was not my friend the first time I stumbled on him- really, ON him. Jason casually asks me to water his newly planted plants. "Sure", I innocently say. Oh- if I only knew what was waiting for me. I reached out to turn on the faucet and practically stepped on this little fellow. I screamed and basically refused to water Jason's plants. They are HIS. I want no part of them if it means encountering this snake. Finally- after learning that this snake (and it's friend- YES WE HAVE TWO) is harmless and would actually eat any poisonous snakes- we made a truce and are friends.
These pictures above are SOME of my garage sale finds. My friend, Mercy, and I went to a country club garage sale two days in a row. It was actually quite disappointing only because I scored BIG TIME in previous years. It's all about the hunt. Saving money is extremely nice...but the hunt. Ah, the hunt. It's a serious high. As far as the "C" silver bucket goes I am going to use it as my outgoing mail holder. It needs a serious polish but is from Pottery barn and is very heavy and nice and my favorite thing that I got. Two bucks! YES! Should have talked 'em down. And I love the mirror. I have realized that my house is becoming a pool of black, tan, and white. I really need some splashes of color so my goal is to introduce little accent colors into my monochromatic rooms. I hope to paint this mirror. I will post pics when that happens. Hopefully it won't be like that first item in picture #1 which is a black tri-fold grid thing that I bought about two years ago at the same garage sale and have not figured out what to do with it yet. Any ideas????
The perfect napping place for someone as tiny as Ella. Another garage sale find that I redid. I bought this bench about two years ago and it is one of my favorite things in my house. It has lots of character. You can't really see it in the pic though. I repainted and re-covered it. It's about two feet wide I couldn't believe Ella could sleep so comfortably on it.
Happy Birthday sweetheart! J turned 33 on Sunday. Lincoln made him several cards all with wintergreen lifesavers (the most accessible "candy") shoved inside.
Making waffles on Sunday afternoon. I LOVE LOVE LOVE my waffle iron. Making waffles has taken on a new meaning since receiving my waffle iron for Christmas. It heats up in seconds and it only takes about 2-4 min. per waffle to cook .And it makes them crisp on the outside and soft on the inside. Yum. I just add a little powdered sugar and vanilla to the Bisquick and you have delicious sweet waffles.
Quincy's long bangs were driving me nuts. Oh, and the thick patch in the back. So he got a his first haircut. This is after the haircut. He's so beautiful.
Before the haircut.
Patch in the back.
It's azalea time at Hickory Hill Farm. Beautiful. They are in full bloom and you've got to enjoy them while you can because they will be gone in a matter of days.
Jason camped with the kids about two weekends ago. They ventured all the way over to Grandma and Grandpa Jewkes' house. :) The Hutchings invited us to come along. It was the kids first time actually sleeping all night in a tent. Quincy and I slept at home. I am so glad because it was about 20 degrees when they woke up. Jason said it was a bit of a rough night.
