it's about time!

I finally added a baby to the back of our car, now our stick figure family is complete :) I am off to run some errands (kids free!) while Phil power washes the house. And hopefully I will find a few quiet hours today to finish my book or sew a bit- how I love weekends! Happy Saturday to you all!

i'm still here

I know I have been MIA the last week- first we had family in town and then we went out of town to visit other family. We just got back tonight and I may need a few days to recoup, but I thought I would pop in and say "hi" and share a couple pictures from our trip to the zoo last week, they are just to good not to post!

cut, stacked and ready to sew

one of the blessings of the 5th child...

The ability to sleep anywhere, through anything!The kids have been saving up and putting money in a jar to get a family membership to the zoo and we just got our passes in the mail, so we are off to monkey around at the Zoo for the morning!

lazy days of summer

It's been a full week since we finished school but today is the first day that has finally felt like one of those lazy days of summer we all love so much!
Regan's been locked in her room since lunch time listening to audio books, the boys playing nicely in the living room, Addie dozing in the chair beside me and Tallulah and I have played quite a few games of Pet Shop Go Fish while I folded paper to make these.

I've got a long list of things to do, but it's Friday and my wall were calling out for just a bit of color. Who knows if they will stay there, but at least it is something, for now!Happy Friday to you all!

rainbow brite

At about 9am today (a day that I knew was to be filled with shuffling kids to Dr. appointments and attempting to make our house presentable for bible study) I decided I need to make this.
I've been seeing the cake all over the Internet for a year now and admiring it's beautiful colors and today I just couldn't wait any longer, I had to make the rainbow cake.
I really only eat chocolate cake, so making this was purely for aesthetic pleasure, but it sure was satisfying! (I did eat a piece, because I could not make a cake and not at least taste it! But that will be the only piece I eat, I will save the rest for those sugar loving kids to devour tomorrow.)
Oh, and I used this recipe for the cake, but cheated on the frosting and used Duncan Hines, whipped white frosting.

clean slate

Phil had recently mentioned that he would like our bedroom to be a lighter color, but it was not until we actually started painting this weekend that I learned that he NEVER liked the color of our bedroom! So, for nearly 5 years he has silently suffered- well, suffer no more! We are starting over (5 coats later) with a clean (white) slate! This was quite a risk for this color girl! If you've been in my house, or read my blog for very long you know that our house is like the rainbow- colors are bright and plentiful! But I am taking a risk and going for that eclectic cottage style with white walls and colorful accessories. The first being the quilt that I am hoping to complete this summer.

I think this is after two coats
almost there...

So, here it is before...

and after.
It looks a bit sterile right now, but I'm excited to see the space come alive as I start adding bits of color here and there.
I bought a can of spray paint today to paint the bed frame- that will the next project.