Project Life 2013 - Week 10

Here is my project life page for week 10!

For this page I used the Refresh mini kit by Katie Creates.

Project Life - 2012 - Week 11

Here is my Project Life page for week 11 of 2012. ☺

I Finally Bit the Bullet...

and set up a domain name for my blog!!! Yay!

When I started this blog back in 2008, it was called Luvin My Labs, because we just had our dogs and no children yet. I didn't really take much time to think about a name and I quickly outgrew it. You can easily change the name of your blog anytime, but you can't change the web address, your just stuck with it as long as you have a blogspot.com address.

I've been wanting to get a domain name for a while, but for whatever reason was hesitant to do so.

Well yesterday, I finally bit the bullet and registered, which was surprisingly easy. The hardest part was finding a name that was available.

So now all traffic from luvinmylabs.blogspot.com will be redirected to my new domain name:

For easy directions on how to set up a domain name for your blog, go to Holly's post here and scroll down to where she talks about Domain Names. Or if you have any questions, just feel free to ask.

What I'm Loving "Thursday"

I missed What I'm Loving Wednesday, yesterday, so I thought I'd do a What I'm Loving Thursday post today instead. ☺

♥ I'm so excited today! I was able to order the new camera lens I've been wanting for quite a while. Its  the Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II Camera Lens found here.

I'm really looking forward to getting this lens and practicing with it. 
 If you have this lens and have any tips on it, please feel free to pass them on.

♥ I'm loving that we are planning our summer vacation for this year already and have a place narrowed down. We plan to go to Gulf Shores for a week in August. We are going to rent a condo on the beach!! I can't wait. This will be Jackson's first vacation and I can't wait to see how he reacts to the sand and ocean. I just know he's going to have a blast.

 ♥ I'm loving that Easter is right around the corner. I hope that with Easter comes warmer weather. I am really ready for spring.

♥ I'm loving that Jackson has a few new tricks. He can say "argh" like a pirate and he does the arm movement along with it. Its too funny. He can also "bock" like a chicken and he does the arm movements along with it as well. He says shhh and holds his finger up to his mouth, and he jumps now too and says jump while doing it. He also tries to whistle with me when I whistle for the dogs to come in from outside. I just love watching him learn and do new things!

 I hope you're all having a great Thursday!

Wordless Wednesday

Jackson napping on Monday morning. He had fallen asleep here watching Disney Jr. ☺

I'm linking up here,

here

and here.

Project Life 2013 - Week 9

Here is my week 9 page for my 2013 Project Life Album.

I used the Silly You Mini Kit from Victoria Feemster Designs.

Our Weekend

We had a great weekend! I hope you did as well.

Friday night we just stayed home, ordered pizza and watched some tv. Jake and I are watching the show "The American's" on FX and its really good. Its on on Wed. nights, but we didn't get to watch it that evening, so we got caught back up on Friday evening. I recommend the show for sure.

Jackson watching his favorite show, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, before bed.

The Americans.

Then Saturday morning, Jackson and I picked up my mom and met my sister at a Kids sale called "Kids Mania" in Edwardsville, IL. Its basically just a bunch of people who rent a table for the day and sell their kids clothes/shoes/toys/books that they no longer need. Its kind of like several yard sales in one place. We found some great deals and I got a really good start on Jackson's summer clothes for this year. I was able to find a table where she was selling his size for summer and they were like new clothes. She was selling Polo brand shirts that looked like they had hardly been worn for only $5 a piece. I was able to get him around 17 or so shirts and I think around 5 or so pairs of shorts. I also got him a winter coat for next year and a new diaper bag that we were needing since the one we've had since Jackson was born broke a couple weeks ago.

Then Saturday evening, we met Jake's brother and his wife at the movies. We saw, Jack the Giant Slayer and I wish I could say it was good, but it just wasn't very good. Then the 4 of us went to Granite City Brewery for dinner and met our friends Chris and Holly there. We had a great meal and a great time. After dinner, we all went to a local casino for a couple more hours and Jake and I ended up winning $30 on the slot machines! We had a great evening and it was nice to go out with friends.

Then yesterday we went to church. After the service we had lunch in our church dining hall. We have food and fellowship the first Sunday of every month. Its always nice to get to sit and talk with friends from church on those Sundays. :-) Then Sunday evening we went to The Old Spaghetti Factory to celebrate my cousin and his girlfriend's 21st birthdays. The Old Spaghetti Factory is one of my favorite restaurants! Here are a few pictures I posted on Instagram last night from dinner, in case you didn't see them already.

One half of the table at dinner.

There was a guy there making balloon animals for the kids. Jackson got a blue puppy. :-)

A quick family shot after dinner. :-)

Today I'm off work and just enjoying some time at home with Jackson. I hope to get some housework done as well. :-) 

So that was our weekend. I hope yours was great as well.