Pantry Makeover!

My pantry has lots of space and I use every inch of it, but can become very unorganized quickly because I don't need to be as cautious due to the amount of space. Because of this I needed to decrapification and while I was at it, maybe a face lift... because that's what you do, right? Here is what I started with, forgot to take a pic with the shelves full but you can see the clutter on the top half.

Started out with a stencil on the backside of the shelving....that didn't last long, ANNOYING!

Every pantry needs a chandelier :) Scored this one at the re-store for $10, a little patience and lots of tape she got an awesome makeover.

Another restore find...$.50 old drawer. A little paint and a new handle and it now holds all my trays and place mats.

And the finished product.... stencil was annoying me so it got a plain back splash

My new chandelier in all its glory

 Metal locker baskets store my table clothes and dollar store baskets are labeled and hold a variety of food

 Ikea magazine organizers contain all our school work that I want to keep for each year, after the year is over I put everything in a box labeled for each kiddo. My pantry also stores A LOT of my decorating and craft stuff that I use frequently.

 All my crafting supplies, can not wait to get to IKEA this fall to get some pretty baskets instead of my recycled ones

Feels great to be organized!!

Mia, Elmos Girl

Amelia loves music an as her vocabulary grows so does her musical numbers. She can sign most of...Twinkle Twinkle, You Are My Sunshine, Rock A Bye Baby and her fave Elmo's World

Tag Game

Thanks Cori @ http://www.momsoutlet.blogspot.com/ for including me in your blog tag game..I think! Btw, check her out before she's famous. Book release summer 2020 :)

Okay here it goes....
1. What is one thing you would change about your physical appearance if you could?
     The new scar that has planted itself on my large forehead :(

2. Where was your first date with your significant other?
     Julie Siffords wedding :)

3. What job do you see yourself doing in 10 years?
      Mothering all 4 of my wonderful children, running marathons with Cori and TRACI! Maybe a business of some sort?

4. What is your favorite dessert of all time?
     I'm not really a dessert person, I love salty things but if I had to choose one sweet it would probably be ice cream.

5. How long have you been blogging, and why did you start? :)
     A month, Cori and Traci made me :)..I have always loved reading blogs and finally got the nerve to start one with the help of friends.

6. What is the biggest obstacle you have faced in life so far?
     The untimely death of my dad. 8 yrs ago March. My dad was killed in a work related accident at the young age of 48. Dealing with that over the last 8 years has been an emotional one for myself and my marriage. I would have never been able to pick myself up again with out Marc and the girls!
  
7. What is your favorite room in your house?
     Usually the one I am currently working on but overall the girls playroom.

8. Do you follow politics closely?
     Yes. We love our Democrats in this house

9. Do you like Scentsy? Which scent? (I have recently become a Scentsy nut. I don't sell it, I just adore the products.)
     I don't have a scentsy but I do have the walmart version :) I like anything that smells clean. We have had two episodes of an accidentaly dumping so we are sticking to the plug ins for a while.

10. Name one thing you wish you could change about your high school years?
     Reached out to others that where not in my circle of friends, absolutely NO boyfriends, you have a lifetime to hang out with boys (husbands), friends are so important!

11. Name one splurge you would not want to live without.
    my new Dyson

Craft Party

Oh My I love CRAFTING and I love it even more when I can do it with friends and because I am still waiting for my lucky number to be called for this craft weekend with meg http://megduerksen.typepad.com/craft/ I guess a craft morning with girlfriends will have to do..for now!

We (me forcing them) have all agreed to a monthly craft day at my house and this month we made coffee filter wreaths. They are everywhere on pinterest and blogs and have wanted to make on for so long. This is so easy and CHEAP, supplies are a round wreath form, a package or two (depending on the fullness) of coffee filters and a glue gun. I completed mine before we have to get little kids at school but the other girls ran out of filters so I would say 2 hrs from start to finish.

Thanks again Trac, Cori, Kim and Steph for letting me fulfill my inner craft leader :)

In the process of filling in my wreath

Our Jr assistant!

Finished product! LOVE

Pin of the Week

I love this...

found it here http://sissyprint.blogspot.com/, she has tons of FREE printables!

A Valentine and a Fish

Audrey came home with the best Valentines card ever! Of course she couldn't wait to show Marc either and when he read it he said "did your mom cry", they know me so well. I needed that card, lately I have been so hard on  myself about my short comings as a mom, some days are just so hard! I am constantly learning from them, thank God they show me love, forgiveness and grace even when I don't deserve it. Thank you Audrey

Traci and I swam laps tonight at the Y and after our workout we let the kids swim. Avery is my ear tube baby who for the last 4 yrs has refused to put her ears in the water, even in the bath tub. But not anymore...we took the kids to the Great Wolfe Lodge last month and she put her face in, then her ears and before the weekend was over she was prone floating. She's come a long way...swim team next year, hopefully! BTW, please excuse the loud voice ugh it was so loud in there.

1st All Around

Our weekends are consumed by either basketball games or gym meets and sometimes both. Audrey is in her first year of team Level 3, she competed last year on Level 2 which they only competed against other gymnast in our gym. However, this year we have competed in Lenexa and Riverside with 40-60 other area gymnast. Audrey has taken 3rd all around and two 1st all around and she loves it. She is so much like Marc when it comes to competition, she is so nervous but when she arrives at the gym all is gone and she's got her game face on!! She is so poised and methodical about every move, I love watching her. She excels on the Bars and Beam.

 Before the meet

Two All Around Champs!