The TomKat Studio: {Fabulous Giveaway} Adorable Applique Shirt/Tank from Modern Frills

So most of you know that I love all things personalized and handmade, and this week on TomKat, Modern Frills is giving away an applique shirt. So I'm entering. Tell me what you think and go enter at: The TomKat Studio: {Fabulous Giveaway} Adorable Applique Shirt/Tank from Modern Frills . Some of Modern Frills designs are:



This blue and black crown is my favorite of all favorites!!

images by Modern Frills

Thank you so much for reading my blog, and go enter!!!!

Free Tutu!!!

Please visit http://www.freeprettythingsforyou.com/2010/04/pretty-tutu-giveaway.html to put your name in to win one of these beautiful tutu's. The tutu's are available for purchase through http://www.etsy.com/shop/preciouscupcakes. I love the rainbow one, which one do you love?

Easter! Easter! Easter!

The weekend started with boiling 45 eggs, and then dying 18 of them! Luckily, I had plenty of little hands to help. Green was the winning color, as usual.


Cute, right?

They truly love each other!

Wow! The Easter Bunny did a great job! (or so I think!) London's bucket was full with a new spring outfit, books, gardening gloves, watering can, peeps and a few other little things. Easton's bucket was full with a new movie, books, gardening gloves, socks, hose nozzle, watering can, hand sanitizer, peeps, and a few other little things.


Easter morning is always fun when you have kids to enjoy it with.


Well, first thing she found was the peeps, and luckily for me, it made for a really cute picture!


In Easter attire. It was cold, so leggings and boots were a must!


She found he share of Easter eggs with the help of a very special Grandpa.


Grandma and Daddy are trying on the bunny's harness to take "her" for a walk. My Sister named her Adelle, and she is a sweet little baby. Easton said that is was very nice of the jack rabbits to bring him a bunny for easter.


My Mom hid bouncy balls for each one of the kids to find. Of course Easton absconded the green one!


London needed a little help on the walk up to the barn.


And for some reason my little tutu wearing princess loves dirt! I guess she has to keep up with her Brother and cousins. The four cousins closest to her in age are ALL BOYS!



The Fairy Grandmother left a few extra special finds for our little princess...


She is waiting for her turn to pet the chickens.


Easton always picks the green!!


Sweet boy was waiting his turn....


...all the chicks...


So, Happy Easter from our family to yours!

Easter wreath!

image courtesy of Lemon Tree Creations


I found these last minute diy beautiful egg wreath. Aren't they so Anthropology-ish? I love them. You can go here: Lemon Tree Creations: Framed Book Page Egg Wreath to see a tutorial on how to do them. I love them, maybe I will have to make a few for Mom and I!

Parking it with the kids...

I called my house on my lunch hour and my sister-in-law answered. I thought "oh my, where did I call" and "who in the world is at my house". Anyways, my sis-in-law was there helping my husband get the kiddies ready to go to the park. How great is that?! I agree! BUT, I totally want to be there, and I can't be because I work during park hours! This has brought about a few feelings today, but the biggest one is that I sometimes forget how great my husband is. He doesn't unload the dishwasher when I ask him, or always say the right things, BUT he is the best father to our children. I hope he is having a great time with Chi Tiff, Lou, and Easton.

This picture is from their last park day about a week ago. In fact, it was one week ago.

This picture is from a few months ago. Chi sent me this picture while I was working. Can you believe that a fellow park parent asked how old "HE" was. Did she not see the pink giraffe socks, or the pink onesie. Now I must agree....there is no bow and I remind my Husband to ALWAYS put a bow on her, but sometimes a bow is the least important thing before leaving the house. I guess the blue cowboy blanket (thanks Berta!) could have fooled anybody, but London does have an older brother riding in the car with her.

This picture is from this weekend. I took the kids to the park near our house and let them play. To my surprise, there were a few "high maintenance mommies" there. I must remind myself NOT to judge them, but come on who brings their kids to the park in stiletto heeled hoochie boots? You won't catch me carrying a child in those!

I hope that my kids always remember their Dad and Chi taking them to the park to play. What a great memory they are making for our kids. Love you Daddy! Love you Chi! Love you ETK! Love you Lu!

My dear sweet son turns 4!!!!!

Last weekend we had Easton's birthday party. I truly can not believe that my son is 4!! Pictured above are the sweets display I put together.
There were caramel apples, chocolate and white cupcakes with green cream cheese frosting, red vines, oreos, candy necklaces, pixie sticks, popcorn, and white chocolate covered oreos!
We went on an "adventure". Easton loves to go on adventures at my parents house, and we can be gone forever it seems like hunting dinosaurs or pretending to be avatar's. The second stop was at the chicken coop to pick up the dinosaur hats. Boys got dinosaur hats and girls got red baseball caps (only because I could not find enough dinosaur hats).
The third stop was at vine 23 (which is the actual day that Easton was born), and each child got to pick out a hidden dinosaur.
Our first stop was at the pumpkin carriage to pick up the kid's treasure bags which held candy (of course), and hunting gloves (gardening gloves).
The second stop was at the cow barn to hunt for bubbles of course! And maybe a few dinosaurs!
London and I went a hunting too! And do you notice Easton and London's shirts? I MADE THEM (with the help of my oh so talented Mother). The dinosaur is lighting the birthday candles with fire from his mouth! I thought they were cute....so that's all that matters!
Easton and Logan were in full force hunting for dinosaurs in all their gear!
Happy Birthday to our most sweet four year old son, Easton!
Can anyone else see the red vines in his teeth?!
And yes, London ate a cupcake of her own!
The best family picture I have seen in a long time! From left, London, Chi Tara, Daddy Eddie, Chi Tori, Easton, and Chi Tiffani. My Husband, our children, and my 3 Sister-in-laws.
Our good friends kids were making scary faces for the camera!
Thank you to everyone who came to Easton's birthday party. I love having everybody together!
And thank you from Easton (who on this day was an army wearing, dinosaur hunting BIRTHDAY BOY!)

My FAV Ribbon site!!!

I got an email today from Reasonable Ribbon about some great deals on ribbon, and please check out their blog below: http://reasonableribbon.blogspot.com/2010/02/enter-to-win-our-super-valentines-blog.html. I use their ribbon for so many things, but a lot for making London's bows, for decorating at parties & to use on my cards! Please check out their blog and site right away!

I used their red damask 3/8" ribbon for this bow!

London's first ever birthday!

So on with my blogging I go. Recently I did a few things for my girlfriends baby shower and they really turned out beautifully! So I stole a few of their ideas and did London's birthday party. Please enjoy the pictures....I LOVE doing this stuff, creating is my fav!

So above is the candy table with lollipops, red velvet white chocolate cake balls, caramel apples, and candy galore!

I made this vase to hold lollipops at my girlfriend, Christine's baby shower, so I totally re-used it!

My fiesty little fiest, London Tami Lynn!

My sweet Daughter....she is the Queen of our hearts!

My family, the KING'S!

London sign I made, balloons my husband brought for Lu, the American Girl baby we gave her for her first birthday, the scooter and wicker teapot the Queen Grandma gave to our little girl.

My version of a lolligirl. In her previous life she was a Christmas paper mache girl who was broken, so I fixed her up!! I think I will change the signs for every birthday and this will grow with her....

I LOVE decorating, and I really should have made more of an effort when I was in art school....