Remember the Kitchen Project?

The "kitchen" has become a naughty word at our house. If you wanna see some sparks begin to fly, just say something like, "Hey, Dave, Have you finished your kitchen?" Things could get ugly in a quick way. Don't say I didn't warn you. But in my sweetie's defense, I must say we've had a lot of extra functions lately, and he does work full time at NASA, pastors a church, is the primary mechanic of our two high needs vehicles, keeps up both properties, and he's also got to make room for some daddy time, oh, and he's my contractor, too. I'd say he's pretty much booked for quite a while.

But we are plodding along with the K-word. Since the last update, we've added "bun" feet to all the cabinets. They really add some character.

We also put some wall words over the door leading into the dining room. Wall words can be very addicting. I have to try hard not to overdo it. They're just so fun...

So until we can dig up some "spare time" (what is that anyway? I can't remember...) from somewhere, it may be awhile before my sad little kitchen reaches completion. Isn't it wonderful that we didn't have to remodel the whole house?

The Ballad of Slim and Shorty...

This here's the ballad of Slim and Shorty, the rootinest, tootinest, fastest candy eatinest, tiniest cowboys in the whole wild west.

They started out real peaceful like...

Then Shorty got an itchy trigger finger.

They went from house to house, trunk to trunk, cleaning out innocent folks' candy bowls.

They got so caught up in their candy theivin' that Shorty never even noticed that he'd lost his spurs somewhere along the way.

After a long night of ridin' and theivin' they met back at the hideout to dig into their loot.

Yep. It looks like it's been another good night for Slim and Shorty.

The Happy Jack-O-Lantern

I've been promising the boys that Daddy would help them carve their pumpkin. So we finally got everything ready and Dave cut off the top. And that's pretty much all he did. He and the boys all started gagging and ran off pinching their noses tightly closed leaving me alone to scoop the goop out of Mr. Pumpkin all by myself. Carson came back in the room and sniffed, then said "it smells wike poopy eggs." Then he vamoosed again gagging as he went. Only once the pumpkin was completely cleaned out and I began to cut him up did the guys slowly trickle back in to watch.

Dave came back in just as my hand was getting tired, so I handed over the knife and let him put the mouth on. I was trying to make a happy "winking" Jack-O-Lantern, but it turned out lookin kinda mean.
Especially in the dark.

A little more fall...

Just a few more fall decor pics...

Even the chandelier is wearing some fall colors.



I'm signing off for a few days! We're having a revival (with my Grandpa, George Stevenson) tonight through Sunday. If any of you are close by, drop in and visit with us! Brad and Gillian Davis are coming to sing for the revival and I'm really looking forward to it. (especially since I don't have to stress about playing the piano!) I'll see you all next week!

My Baby is 5?!

I'm a little sentimental today. Today my little boy turns 5 years old. Can it be possible? Bear with me as I reminisce through some pictures. He was so precious as a big healthy newborn...

And he stayed so cute and chubby through his babyhood...
He and Tippy were the best of buddies. (boy, I miss that dog!)
He was such a cute baby, I couldn't resist things like this. Yes, I actually did this to my child. He'll need therapy, I'm sure.
About that chubby part? I meant it. He weren't called "Bubba" for nothin'.Here's my baby on his first birthday.
Don't forget what I said about chubby... One day he'll hate me for this. After he gets out of therapy.And here he is at 2 years old.

And then at 3...

and 4...

And now he's 5. Oh, wait a minute, where did that chubby little boy go?

I really miss my chubby baby, but I kinda like this tall skinny guy, too.

Happy Birthday Jackson!! Mommy loves you!

Finished Object Friday...a little more scrappin'

For my "Finished Object Friday" this week, I pulled out some of the pages I made several months ago. They've since been auctioned off on Ebay.

I loved making the overalls on this little boy bear.

These ladybug pages could be laid out this way...
Or this way. (I love to work with these bright colors.)
I also like the softer colors...you know, I just like all kinds of colors. The rhinestone snowflakes really add to this "Snow Sweet" page. I have fun putting in little details, like the "fur" in the little girl's boots. She even has shoe laces!
Be sure to visit Chari's blog for more crafty projects!

punkins, Punkins, PUNKINS!

We took the boys out to a pumpkin patch and farm. It was a lot of fun, only it's hard to feel like fall when it's 80 degrees outside! It was a beautiful day...

Here's a little farmer and his prize punkin.

This pretty little calf wasn't very old. So sweet.


The horse was real friendly with David...
I mean REAL friendly...
He just couldn't get enough lovin'.

Riding the wagon out to the patch.
Gotta find that perfect pumpkin.
"I want dis wittle one!"
A cute little punkin for a cute little punkin.
One big happy family riding back with the pumpkins...
These boys had never seen this much corn before. They were just happy it wasn't on their plates... It's much more fun to play in.

Mommy's littlest punkin.

Mommy's TWO little punkins.
It's been a very busy couple of weeks, and from the looks of it, it's not slowing down any time soon! Dave was off work for Columbus Day (gotta loves those government jobs!) so we enjoyed having him home. He helped me plant some mums and azaleas before we all went to the pumpkin patch. He even managed to hang some of the new cabinets in the kitchen. Yeah, you heard me right. We're STILL working in the kitchen. But it's coming along pretty good. I'll post more pictures as we get more of it done, you know, some time in the next 10 years or so...

We Have A WINNER!!

I like to do things the old school way. I know there is a random number picking website out there somewhere, but where's the fun in that? I mean, can you really call that a "drawing"? Nahh, I don't think so. I put the names of all of those who left comments in a hat (compliments of Jackson) and my sweet hubby did the honors for me. Honey, the envelope, please...

And it looks like we have a winner! Congratulations to Melissa of the Farmgirl Report! I hope you enjoy these pages as much as I enjoyed scrapping them. Oh, yes, "scrap" is now a verb. You know, just like "blog". Thanks to all of you who participated! You guys were all great sports to humor me and my little contest. I even got to "meet" new people this way. I hope you continue to visit even when I'm not giving something away. And let me say I loved reading through every single comment. Either you are all very very kind, or you thought flattery would help you win. The jury's still out on that one. And for all of you who want a scrapbooking buddy, you just come on over. I'd love it. For that matter, even if you DON'T want a scrapbooking buddy, you come on over anyway. You can watch my kids while I scrapbook. Ok Ok, I jest. Anyway, thanks again for each comment.

Oh, and stayed tuned...I just might do this again sometime. ;-)