Before and After.....

This is almost a little embarrassing to post this picture I love the end results so much. Here it is, my bedroom. This is how it has looked for almost 5 years now. I had intentions of decorating my room much sooner than this, I really did! But I didn't like this or I couldn't find just what I was thinking of. So time went on and on and I grew comfortable with leaving it alone. That is until we started to sell our house. First off, I was uncomfortable with people walking through and judging how I do things around here and second, there was the ugly master bedroom.
I was frustrated that we didn't have a headboard, and now wasn't a really good time to buy one either. But Talking with my brother-in-law (shocker Ha?) He suggested just putting a damask vinyl print at the top to create the focal point.
YEAH! I loved the idea and ran wild with it.
It was an amazing process, around every turn things seemed to just fall in place or work in my favor. The down comforter was on sale at Costco because they were clearing them out to make room for summer things. The fabric and pillow forms I bought at Joann's was on such a good sale that I ended up saving more money than I spent (That's my favorite!) I put towels and a shower curtain in my bathroom to match and they were at Ross at incredible prices; I didn't pay more than 4.00 for any of them. The vinyl was a family special since Katrina (married to the brother-in-law with the great idea in the first place) has a vinyl business. I love finding a deal but this was a little unusual for me to find SO many!
I love my new room!
What do you think?

A little more practice..........

Rachel wants to be just like her mommy in every way. Little does she know how much she is already like her mommy.
I caught her in my makeup, which honestly isn't an unusual occurrence for Rachel or probably any other girl for that matter. What girl hasn't wanted to start wearing make-up before their time.
I love this picture. She is so happy with the job she has done. Honestly I think she could use a little more practice, but all things come with time. Besides Mascara can be a tricky skill even for the skilled veteran.
I love my little mini-me!

Madison

This is my newest niece, Madison. Isn't she beautiful! I think being an Aunt is one of my favorite things.
She is very lucky to have Peter and Stacey for parents and they are very excited to finally have her here. She was born weighing 9 pounds 2 ounces! (Go, Stacey!) So even though this picture was taken when she was only 7 days old she has already filled in those adorable cheeks.
She has two brothers who are anxious to teach her how to wrestle so it won't be long until she can hold her own. I hope she survives. They are going to have so much fun!
Welcome Madison!

Did I mention he is a poser!

Have I ever mentioned that Spencer will pretty much do what ever I say when I am holding a camera?
(mmm.....I wonder if it would work for other things?)
I had just figured out some pretty cool tricks with the flash and had to go try them out. Of course I hired the best models in town (my own) and we were off. The kids did such a great job, but Rachel didn't last long. So then it was just me and Spencer.
I asked him to not smile on this shot in attempts to get a really fun smile out of him but instead I got this adorable GQ look out of him! (that works to)
I love my little man!

Sometimes it is OK to eat the homework

What better way to learn about mixing color than with frosting!
We had so much fun learning about all the different colors and how they are made. As you can tell we have been doing a lot of things that have to do with color. This was a ton of fun! We started with the basic primary colors (red, yellow, blue) and frosted the cupcakes and placed them in the primary triangle(alas, it is hard to get true colors from frosting). then we made a bunch of hypotheses of what would come out of mixing two of the primary colors and placed them in between those primary colors. Then just for fun we mixed them all together and placed it in the middle.


Not only is this the cutest color circle ever! It was also the yummiest.

Does a flower of another color smell as sweet?

It does if they are the same flower!
We had fun coloring some carnations last week. I have distinct memories of doing this in elementary school (which is strange considering how many childhood memories I have) and made just as many memories doing it with Spencer.
Spencer just loves the word Hypothesis and searches for ways to use it everyday. So we hypothesized about a bunch of stuff. Would they really change?
We made some red, blue and yellow carnations from white ones by feeding them food coloring in there water. If you haven't done this in a while I recommend it! It only takes about 6 hours to get a noticeable change which is very rewarding!
Spencer couldn't wait to give these flowers to Grandma, he is so sweet! I hope you are enjoying your flowers!