Pumpkin Carving

We carved a couple of pumpkins the other night. Lani wanted a ghost on hers so I did a lame attempt and Jenna carved hers by herself. She did a pretty good job, we were very impressed. Kip carved the pumpkin head scarecrow and I did the witch. We had a lot fun and of course it made a huge mess!

My pretty little princesses!

New Floors

A couple of months ago Kip and I ripped out the old carpet and put down laminate flooring. It was alot easier than I thought it would be to install and we knocked it out in one day. It was alot of fun. Unfortunatly my before pics are on my laptop so you just have the after pics with all our junk.

Hunting For Sea Shells

We went to Navarre Beach last week while Jenna's was on spring break, looking for shells. We had a good time. The beach was beautiful, I couldn't believe how white the sand is, it looked like snow and it's powerdery fine too like sugar.

New Addition

Hey did we tell you we got a dog? She is an American Bull dog mix with some Boxter. Maybe a little Pit. Her name is Alley and she is already driving me crazy. Don't get me wrong, she is a good dog, I just didn't want one more thing I had to take care of. It's funny, I grew up with all kinds of animals but now I can't stand to have any of them. But the girls love her.

Spring fever

I am so excited for Spring to be here! I haven't ever really decorated for Easter before besides the baskets the girls get that morning. I decided this year to try to decorate our home more for the holidays to enjoy them longer. Alot of my siblings are very talented with arts and crafts, I somehow didn't inheriate any of that. Today I threw together a couple for Easter decorations and most of the stuff to make them I got at the dollar store. I know this is nothing compared to what others can do but I had fun and wanted to show what I did. I did this one for about $6.00. I got the flowers, basket, grass, and eggs from the dollar store and the foam block the flowers are in i got at Walmart. This wreath only cost me $7.00 to make and it was fun. The eggs and wood wreath from the dollar store and the ribbon wrapped around the wreath and for the bow, Walmart. This one only cost me $2.00, the eggs...that already came glued on the stick and the bag of grass at the dollar store. I already had the vase from flowers I got one year from a friend.

Another Tim Burton movie

We saw Alice in Wonderland. It was typical Tim Burton, who we usually enjoy his films and this one I really liked.

More yard makeover

I don't have any pictures but this weekend we spent Friday and Saturday digging trenches and laying pipe for sprinklers and drip system. And when I say "we", I mean Kip did most of the work of course. It is even set up with an automatice timer so I don't have to worry about remembering to water the grass and plants. I grew up with weeds for a lawn and desert landscaping, literally. I am so lucky to have a husband who knows how to do landscaping!

Yard Makeover phase 1

Kip took several pictures of our yard with dimensions and he sent it out to his dad for him to design landscaping for the front and the back yard. Kip was so excited about the plan his dad proposed that he had to start on it. This weekend we did one part of the back yard. I am not experienced at all with plants and landscaping so I had a hard time envisioning what the finished product would look like. But the small section we worked on turned out really good. I now have a good idea and am very excited for the rest of the yard to be finished. Here's the before and after pictures.

First Visitors

Hi, I know it has been a while. I finally feel like have of the craziness is over but the other half to come. We have yet to recieve our housegoods. And we still have to go to New Orleans to pick up our other car....sigh. But we had our first visitors, Kip's parents came to visit and we had a fun weekend with them. The girls had a great time with their grandparents and Maylani got to meet her grandpa in person for the first time. We really enjoyed their visit and hope to see them again soon. Here's some pics of our fun-filled weekend. Kip and his dad at the USS Alabama Kip and his mom at the USS Alabama All of us on the USS Alabama Jenna and grandpa at the Naval Aviaion Museum Lani at the Aviation Museum Lani warming up to grandpa looking at the fish All of the girls at the museum Kip trying to sneak on an exhibit Fort Pickens We showed his parents one of our favorite restraunts in Mobile, The Oyster House They took us to a couple of awsome restraunts, this one is Flounders