My daughter is so spunky!

I know as a parent you required to love their kids. But I seriously LOVE my daughter. How can you look at these pictures and not love her? She has so much energy and spunk. When I was in high school I went through this phase of always having my mouth open in pictures. It's funny the things kids pick up from you. Any way...enjoy my entertaining daughter LOL!!

It's begining to look a lot.....

Normally I have to admit that Christmas isn't a very exciting holiday for us. Since both Nate and my parents are divorced, it can be stressful trying to make sure ALL the grandparents get their fill. But this year..........I'm actually EXCITED!!! This is really big for. I really don't like this holiday so the fact that I'm getting butterflies in my stomach thinking about waiting for "santa" is great. This Saturday my sister Kellie, my brother-in-law Ryan, Maddie and I went down to Thanksgiving point to look at awesome gingerbread houses. The detail that went into making these is extraordinary. Here's some pictures from our adventures.

Going back to school

I love this picture of my cute little pumpkin. She really likes carrying around a purse. Well after a lot of praying and wondering I've finally made a decision about what I'm going to do with my life. Nate and I decided to put our house up for sale and have me stay home for as long as I can. I'm also going to school in January and will finish my degree in Communication PR and advertising in December 2011. We're hoping this will all work out so I am very optimistic about the future and I'm grateful for all the people who support me in this decision. Here's to the future!

Happy Halloween

The Batty Barnes Bash was so much fun! Since I've done everything for Halloween already I kind of feel like October should be over. Anyway the party was so much fun! We had lots of great food but the cake was the best by far (which my sister Kenzie made).

The decorations were brought to us by my sister Kellie and her great ideas.


Nate went as a Pimp, I as his employee and Maddie was a hippie.

The house looked very spooky.

Thanks to everyone who came :)




The next day was the pumpkin carving contest at my dad and Debbie's. We had to much fun. At dinner Maddie sat in a big chair and ate! I can't believe how big she is!

Kellie did a creepy skeleton

Ryan did a cute (but manly) kitty cat jack-o-lantern
Jackie did a bleeding pirate

Jared did a vampire

Corey of course did a his usual :kid" jack-o-lantern

Brad did a scary Jason mask pumpkin

Kenzie did Davey Jones from Pirates of the Caribbean

Nate carved a peek-a-boo pumpkin

I did Cinderella's pumpkin carriage.

It's nice to win but I wish I didn't. I never feel good if I win and I always think someone else deserved it more than me. Still we had so much fun. It's nice to get together with my siblings and have fun.
Here's our family after the contest.

Fall Fun Days!

Wow! What a busy weekend. On Friday my cousin Melissa and I went to Gardener Village. It was SO much fun! This was my first time going and I will be going again. I loved all the cute little shops and stores. My favorite by far was the candy store. Here's some photo's of our travels.



Then on Saturday my family all headed down the Thanksgiving Point (which I had also never been). I was so much fun. First we went to a giant pumpkin weighing then off to Cornbelly's which is like a Fall Theme park. We went on a hay ride, went through a corn maze, watched pig races, went through a haunted lizard and bouced on these giant ballons. O my word! I love it. I felt more like it was for me and not Maddie. She acutally fell asleep right as we walked into Cornbelly's. O the irony! I'm sad that Nate didn't get to go but I am so thankful to my family for helping me out with Maddie (espeically my brother-in-law Ryan). Here are some photo's of the day. Notice how there aren't any of Maddie at Cornbelly's?

The Front Room is coming along well.

The front room is almost finished and I am so happy because my halloween party is coming up soon. I found lots of my inspiration from paint colors at home depot and HG TV. Here's what it looks like so far.


I'm hoping to get the tile finished this week, as well as the trim. I'll post some pictures of the finished product.


On a sadder note I recently lost my job of 3 years. I will miss the friendships I have made there but am very excited that I get to be a stay at home mom (my real dream in life). Now I get to spend all my time with this great girl!

I feel pretty lucky!

My newest project

I told myself I wasn't going to start a new house project until the master bath was done but I really can't help myself. Plus, I can do most of the work without even bothering Nate. So here's the plan........ I'm really looking for a cap cod style living room. Almost as if you could find my living room inside a beach house on mystic seaport. The color scheme is going to be a pale blue (wave crest) cream (irrish coffee) and light green and purple as accents. Here's a picture of what the finish product will be.

Here's what my living room started out as

Really it's not that bad...but it's not really my style. I don't like the look of the rustic trim and the fire place was too much. So the first thing I did was paint the fire place white.

I think it will look better with the blue. So this week I am going to be priming and painting lots and lots. I'll keep you updated.

As for the rest of us we are doing fine. Nate is doing sooooo well in his classes so far and Maddie is as curious as ever. Here's a picture of her enjoying some yogurt while incorporating her playtime.