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tuesday

First off let me tell you that i am the guest curator this week over at Crescendoh.com. My thoughts & feelings about ART are written on the Daily BLog and then everyday this week i share three different links of happy places i love on the internet.  It was a really fun project to work on.  
Go read it.....  and then come right back.  :)

 

 

we had a BUSY weekend here.   

* barn party

we had some families of our boys' friends over for a party in the barn this weekend....and a few others too.
i think it was a VERY nice time.

we had Dan & Kerry Wiebe cater the food....great decision!  we just had to prepare the house and barn and not spend all day worrying about food.  and it was DELICIOUS!  
she made oreo cupcakes just for craig.
i ate way too many.

*  pool party

we spent time with our neighbors chillin' by the pool.

the kids thought is was awesome that the dog would run and jump off the diving board to get the ball!

i just liked cuddling with the puppy.

 

* sleepovers

over the weekend my kids had a total of EIGHT different sleepover arrangements.  it was a little crazy.

* puppy

the puppy showed up on our porch all by herself.  we all went crazy loving on her and then brought her back home.




oh boy....i think she couldn't be any cuter if she tried.

 



* wheat

everywhere in kansas the wheat is YELLOW.  it's gorgeous.  i pulled over one morning and took pictures because i just needed to...i knew it was now or never.

 

* twin bed

anybody local have a twin bed they'd like to sell to me?
not the mattress.... a pretty frame.  i am going to paint it white so just know that ahead of time.

let me know if you do or if you have an idea for me.  thanks!

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off to lunch with a friend!

have a happy day!! 

 

 

 

the yellow striped floors.

the floors in this room were really beat up.
so i could pay a bunch of money to fix them OR i could have some fun with them for practically nothing.
i chose the second...obvs.

first i primed the floor with KILZ.
then i painted white stripes with the white semi-gloss trim paint that we had.
i just used the lines of the wood planks to determine the stripes....i did 8 planks wide per stripe.

THEN i added yellow stripes with paint from Ace Hardware called ButterCream. 

i thought "whoa that's bright" when i opened it.
yellow is a hard color.
so after i painted the stripes and let it dry a day or two i went back and it was definitely brighter than i wanted.
so...i took white paint and added water....maybe equal parts paint and water?

then i used a dry rag and wiped it into the yellow stripes. 

i wiped it on and rubbed it into the floor until it was the color i was looking for.
it was practically dry immediately.

much better.



this week i will put polyurethane over it and seal it all in.
and fill it up with beds again for happy craft weekend girls!

:)

happy floors.

 

 

 

 

my first INSTA-friday!!!

woo-hoo!!
now that i feel happy and comfy with using the instagram....
i can FINALLY join in with Jeannett for insta-friday.
:)

happy hour break for some....

 
letting the little girls choose everything we plant this year....

 

feeling sassy on my way to ball games....

 
loving God's word on Monday...especially verse 1!

 

getting ready to start painting the floor....scared of the brightness....

 

love.

i signed my three youngest up for swimteam.
i am super excited for them.

enjoying my last quiet, long, hot bath of the school year. 
hello summer.
i will miss the quiet but i am ready to chill with my kids.

 

at the kids' school they have a Clap Up to send off
the 4th graders to Middle school.
i could've cried.
it was totally adorable!

 

all the girls in annie's class were crying when they 
had to say goodbye to their teacher...
cutest tears ever! 

 

softball started.
it's pretty cute too.
everything little girls do is cute isn't it?!

 

while annie was hitting away i read my book and cried in the car.
(yes...i am still reading it....im only on page 30...but at least i haven't quit!)
(AND...it's so good.  i want to move to africa.  STAT!)

 

sean, annie and talby were looking at magazines at home depot.
annie said "this looks just like you and dad...in love and kissing!"  
awesome.

then we had a lengthy discussion on modern style verses traditional.
i loved it!
we compared kitchens in magazines and i explained what makes it modern and why.
they were honestly interested.  
also awesome.

 

i guzzled down a venti ice coffee on the way home from our errands.
in minutes.
so yum.
target was a happy place today.
cute swim bag.
cute table cloths. 
cute fur real friend polar bear for annie.
cute running shorts
(i don't wear shorts?!!!  i am nervous.  my little girls were shocked i bought them!)

 

 

so now i am linking up with my girl jeannett....

come on over.