Five on Friday

Happy Friday!
Today I'm linking up with Christina, April and Natasha for Five on Friday!

One

We've had several little updates around the house lately. One being my sister made me these super cute café curtains and I just love them! They make me so happy when I see them! I picked out the fabric and everything, (with the help of my mom and sister) and then since I don't sew, my sister whipped them up for me. :-) They turned out so cute!

Two

We got a new mailbox over the weekend. Jake and my Dad put it in and it's so much nicer. We just need to add our street numbers and it will be all set. :-) It looks so much better than the old rusty, chippy one we had. It was probably original to the house and it was definitely time for it to go.

Three

I took down the Valentines Décor and added my Spring/Easter Décor. :-)

Four
We got a new sectional for our upstairs living room and I really love it. :-) It's just the style and color I was looking for.

Five

The weather has been so wonderful for the last several days, so we spent a lot of time outside with our neighbors last weekend. I happened to get this quick picture of the boys all playing Sunday afternoon and it just makes me smile every time I see it. I absolutely adore our street and the wonderful neighborhood friends we've made. It's like a dream come true to live on a street with so many kids right around the same age as ours. The kids love playing together and all of us parents enjoy spending time together too. It is truly a blessing.





Five on Friday

Happy Friday!
Today I'm linking up with Christina, April and Natasha for Five on Friday!

One

I ordered Avery an Elsa dress for our upcoming Pretty Princess Ball a week from tomorrow! It's going to be so much fun and we are both so excited! I also ordered a blue skirt to go with my Anna-Inspired outfit. It's going to be so much fun!



 

Two

Jake had these pretty tulips sent to my work on Valentines Day and I'm loving having this beautiful pop of Spring color on my desk! Makes me so happy!

Three

This weekend is supposed to be amazing weather and I'm so happy to have this Spring-like weather in February!

Four

Jackson and Avery had Pajama Day at school yesterday and they both had so much fun. They got to wear their jammies and bring a stuffed animal and their classes made homemade pancakes. :-) Jackson's class even asked them to bring sleeping bags and pillows. It was so cute. Jackson did say that they didn't have to go to sleep though, ha.

Five

I saved the best for last! I found out last night, I'm going to be an aunt again!! My sister is pregnant with baby number 4 and I'm so excited!! After calling us last night, they posted this cute picture on Facebook!!



Have a great Weekend!!!!

Valentines Day

The kids had their Valentines Day parties at school today, so I took the morning off so I could join them at school. They were so cute and had so much fun!

 Jackson's party was first. Each child passed out their valentines 2 kids at a time. So it was quite the process but so cute to watch. Jackson had dinosaur valentines and an Avengers bucket to collect valentines in. :-)

Avery's party was at the end of class. They got to decorate sugar cookies. Most of the kids were just eating the icing right our of the container, Avery included. They should all have a nice sugar high. Ha! Avery's class also played a few games and had a couple little crafts. It was a super cute party. Avery had Frozen valentines and a Frozen mailbox to collect her valentines in. :-)

They both got a ton of cute valentines!

Later tonight we're grilling steaks for us and I plan to make heart shaped grilled cheese for the kids (per Jackson's request.) Should be a fun evening.

Happy Valentines Day everyone!







This and That

Here's just a random post to catch you up on what we've been up to lately.

We had a wonderful time in Arizona a week ago. I'll write a more detailed post soon, but here's a family picture of us at the Grand Canyon!



Last week we had a spruce tree cut down from our back yard that was growing into our power lines and the large oak tree in our front yard trimmed up. We also had several stumps removed from our yard. Last year, the main focus was on renovating the inside of our "new-to-us" house and this year the focus is on the outside. We have so much work that needs to be done, and we're excited to be starting on it. The main focus will be on getting the pool open in late Spring. We have some bids coming in on the work we want to do to the pool and I'm so excited to get that project started! I'll try and keep the blog updated through-out the process. It will surely be quite the transformation.

(It was amazing to watch them take this tree down. They had it down in less than 15 minutes!)

The weather has been seasonably warm lately and especially this past Saturday. It was 73 degrees and such a beautiful day. The kids in the neighborhood all played outside together and I took my mom and sister out for their birthdays (finally)! Their birthdays are in December but we've all been so busy that we finally were able to get together this past weekend. I took them shopping and to lunch! It was so much fun to have a girls day out!

While I was shopping Saturday, I bought Avery a super cute pair of boots for only $10. She looked so adorable for church on Sunday, I just had to get a picture of her.

The kids are all excited for their valentines day parties at school tomorrow!! Jackson has dinosaur valentines and Avery has Frozen valentines! It should be a fun day for them! We also plan to grill steaks for dinner tomorrow night and have a fun little love-themed family dinner.

I hope you all have a wonderful Valentines Day!