We've got a bad case of Beaver Fever in our household!  Hudson's t-ball team (aka - the Beavers) had their first game on Monday night and it was so fun to watch.  The field was filled with about 20 little bobble heads chasing the ball and running to the bases (sorta).  Really though, all of the kids did a great job hitting the ball, running the bases, and fielding.  We're looking forward to this season, and can't wait for Game 2!  In the words of Hadley, "Go Biebers, Hut-son!"  

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I know, you're not use to this - me blogging three times in three days.  I don't know what has gotten into me.  I've been planning Hud's party, making miscellaneous wedding labels for my friend, organizing my newly finished desk, and looking at my new favorite website houzz.com (I'll blog about that later).  Oh, and I managed to somewhat clean the house this weekend and buy groceries. I guess I'm just on a roll. I went to Walmart on Saturday morning (not sure what the heck I was thinking), but I did come across a dinnerware set that I thought was really great.   It's a 16 piece set for only $40.  I read the reviews online and it scores nearly a 5 out of 5 stars.  I'm actually kind of excited about this set.  Our wedding gift sets were donated to goodwill years ago because they chipped, cracked, etc.  Now I'm left with three different sets, three different colors, most of which are chipping, cracking, or have broken - all of which were over priced in comparison to their quality.  I will be getting this set eventually, why not? At $40 I think it's worth a try.  

I finally finished refurbishing my desk and I love it! I started out thinking I was going to paint it a vintage-jade color, and then Andy primed it for me (with a grey colored primer), and that's the rest of the story. I painted it "Classic Grey" and I love it.  I tried to put a final coat of sealer on it, but either the sealer was bad or I was just sick of painting.  The sealer bubbled up on the surface and ticked me straight off.  I had to sand the sealer and paint off and start over in some spots.  Andy and I didn't agree with the desk in the first place, but I think he has grown to like it, especially since his grey primer inspired the final color.

I've spent the last couple of days planning Hud's Pirate-themed Birthday Party and it's been so fun.  I've mustered up a couple of games, created invitations, labels, flags, and gift bags for the kids.  I'm excited to get everything put together.  I've put together a board to show you what I've been up to.  

Yesterday was such a beautiful day so we were outside enjoying the warm weather.  Hudson and Hadley were playing on their playset and I was working on a furniture project.  Hudson began shoveling some dirt (he has a little metal shovel for gardening) when his sister walked through the line of fire and got swiped by the shovel.  We all started screaming...Hadley in pain, I in fear for her eye, and Hudson in fear for his hiney!   I woke Andy up to take a look at it, he cleaned it out, and sent us on our way to Urgent Care.  

The doctor suggested using glue on it rather than stitches, and I was all for that.  So, with two of us holding her down, the Doctor glued her wound shut.  In 7 to 10 days the glue will just peel off and we will not have worry about removing stitches.  

Hadley's sentence of the day: "Hut-son, suvel, eyah!" So young, and already knows how to work the system.

My friend Shana and I are venturing into the world of refurbishing furniture.  We both enjoy finding "worn" pieces of furniture and bringing them back to life.  I love painting/staining wood furniture and bringing new life to an old ugly upholstered item.  Shana and I have scavenged a few pieces recently and we're having fun working on them.  We decided instead of trying to sell them at a booth, where it's necessary to have lots of inventory, we would start a blog...so if you like what you see, or know someone that might - pass it on!  Click on the image below to see what we've got.

I decided on Thursday night that I was going to bake holiday treats for the neighbors this year.  I would say that I love baking, and I do, but I HATE the clean up.  So that automatically takes me from love to like.  My baking experience this weekend was delightful.  I'm not just saying that because I feel like a real-life Betty Crocker right now, I'm saying it because I had no major issues, malfunctions, fires, or misread of directions.  I started Friday afternoon, took a break for Zumba class, made dinner, and finished up with round one around 11 pm.  Got up Saturday morning, hoping to clean, but again - was ready to bake. So I did.  I think most of my success is based on my decision not to bake completely from scratch.  I had the help of Betty Crocker.  I used their cookie mixes, and they saved me tons of time.  I used the mix and added on!  Oh and the cake balls were something new and fun and I can't wait to make more.

We went to Denver last weekend for Julie's surprise 30th birthday, and we had a blast. Everyone was able to make it to D-town!  Andy and I and the kids flew out, along with my parents, and my brother and his family drove out from Nebraska.  Bret's plan went off without a hitch.  The party was at Marco's, a great pizza place downtown, the food was awesome and so was the service.  

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Thanksgiving Day started early in our house.  I knew I had a list of several things I needed to get done before turkey time, and so did my internal alarm clock because I was wide-eyed at 5:30 am.  I, unfortunately, got side tracked designing our Christmas card and watching the Macy's Day Parade and was late getting started on the baking and preparing that I needed to do.  Everything that I prepared was easy to make, just a little more time consuming than anticipated...I'm usually pretty good with managing my time, so I'm not sure where I went wrong.  It could have been my little potty-training helper I had in the Kitchen with me, or the three dishes that I was preparing, or Andy - who decided to work on his workshop and kept asking me to help. Can you say "Amazing Multitasking Mom" five times?


It takes a lot to make me feel overwhelmed, and I was definitely on the brink of it - but I managed to pull through and we were only about 5 minutes late to the festivities.  I'll admit, I wasn't exactly put together - we drove with the window down so my hair would dry.  Along with the delicious Turtle Cake, I also "prepared" rolls (notice I didn't say "made") and Balsamic Glazed Carrots.  


Thanks to my Parents and Mamaw for making such delicious dishes and hosting a wonderful relaxing Thanksgiving Day.   

Yes, I did it...who can resist their child being the next Gap Kid?  Click on Hadley's picture and Hudson's picture to vote for them. If they are chosen as the fan favorite, they win $1000 gift card.  I know it's a long shot, but it's worth a try, and you can vote once a day for each kid.