DYI Crafts

So I'm like totally addicted to pinterest!!! I've seen a few ideas of how to make kitchen cupboard doors cute by adding a frame on top on it. Well I wen to a DI (thrift store) and found 3 cupboard doors for $1 each! I couldn't pass them up even though I didn't really know what I wanted to do with them. I was so excited to do a project like this and I'm so stinkin stoked on how they turned out!

 

 

Before

 

 After

So you first have to sand. I was originally going to paint them but then once I saw what it looked like underneath I loved the natural look so much that I just left it. Once your done sanding wipe off all the dust. 

 There was this hole from I think the knob that I wanted to cover so I was going to make flowers and just glue them but then I thought why not use velcro and then just switch the flowers out for different colors.

 

 

Then you need to put velcro on the flowers too.

 

Worked out perfectly!

 

I was going to put another picture frame on top of the door but I didn't know what color to paint it so I decided to just paint a clothes pin and hot glue it to the door. Make sure you measure!

Almost finished.

 Need to put some kind of hanging material. They have a kit at the dollar store.

 Close up of what the wire is attached to.

 

 

 

The final project!

 

 

So here's the recap. A pretty easy, cheap, and super cute project.

3 old cupboard doors= $3

3 8X10 pics from Costco= around $5

Picture hanging kit from the Dollar Store= $1

Fabric to make the flowers= free (already had the material)

Velcro= free (already had it from previous craft)

Paint and clothes pins= free (already had from previous project)

 

 

 

I also finally finished this project too! It took over a year to get it done but it's done and we are so happy with it too! We can't believe our little boy was ever that little. Also does anyone recognize the words? "It's A Love Without End, Amen."? Yup Mr. George Strait! We thought those lyrics were very appropriate for this picture.

 

This is from poppyseedprojects.com

Here's the link: http://www.poppyseedprojects.com/classes if anyone is interested. They have all sorts of cute crafts to do.

I love my boys!

McCoy's 1st Birthday

 

 

 

Yeah, yeah, I know I'm way behind but now that I'm done with school I'm subbing at the school I did my student teaching at. January has been way busy since alot of teachers have conferences to attend but my goal is to just sub about 1-2 days a week.

 

For McCoy's 1st birthday we went to the Zoo! When I turned 1 we went to the Zoo so I thought why not start a tradition? It was such a beautiful day! I couldn't have asked for a better day than that. We had a lot of friends and family come with us and I think everyone really enjoyed it. If you haven't been in the last yr you should totally go! The sea lions, polar bears, giraffes, and tigers were my favorite=) McCoy loves all animals so he was having a blast. 

 



Some of our family and friends that were able to come!

 I think he fits right in!

 

 Even the party boy still needed his nap.

 

 Lookin at the Rhinos with mom.

 

 

He wasn't too sure about the cake but then started to gobble it right up!

 

 

I sometimes still can't believe I'm mom! That year went by fast. There were some hard times with McCoy but I would never take those memories away. He is almost 15 months now and he is getting so fun! He makes me laugh all the time now. He can say See Ya, All Done, Hat, Meow, Mom, Nana, Dad, and a few others I can't think of right now. He still isn't sleeping every good at night so Blake or I either end up on the floor by his crib or he is in between us in bed. So any suggestions??? He was doing really good but then Christmas break rolled around.

Until next time... PEACE!

Family Pictures

Before I post about our pictures, I just want to say.... I am offically a college graduate! Whoot whoot! I can't believe that I am finally done with school! It feels so great to be done. I literally feel like a load of bricks have been taken off my shoulders and now I can relax and enjoy my time with my family and take care of McCoy. I also survived my first week of being a full time stay at home mom. Ha ha! No, I'm really loving spending some good quality time with my baby boy.

 

Family pictures this year were AMAZING! I had a freak out moment though becuase I had originally booked with a lady that I never heard from and saw on fbook that she was having health issues and I thought since I hadn't heard from her that maybe she had die. Well she didn't die, but she was diagnosed with cancer so we had to cancell our session. I was freaking out about trying to find another great photographer. I looked all over online and came across a wonderful lady! I'm so lucky to have found her becuase she is exactly what I was looking for =) I'm so glad that everything worked out and we are very happy how our pictures turned out! So look up Suzy Holman Photography on fbook. She took over 700 pictures of us and she was only like $80! We took these at WheelerFarms in Salt Lake City. It was the cutest little farm ever, with turkeys, cows, chickens, and horses. McCoy had a hay day trying to touch the animals and I can't wait to go back in the spring for a nice picnic. 

 

This is one of my favorites!

 Love baby cowboy boots

He is getting so big

I love me some McCoy 

 

 I call this "Mom Moment"

 

 Darling

This makes my heart melt!

 

 

Well I hope you all are doing great and enjoying winter! Next post will be McCoy's 1st Birthday!

I never know what to title my posts....

 

 So here is what has been going on...
I am half way done with student teaching!!! Yippee! I really really loved my 4th grade class. It was all about having fun and working hard. They were all awesome kids and I had a great mentor teacher that basically let me take over the entire time! Now I'm in 2nd grade and I'm really struggling. The attitude in the class is so depressing. I feel really sad and sorry for these kids. My goal while I'm here is to make school enjoyable and learning fun. Plus I try to be really positive with them since they don't get alot of that. But this week I'm a stay at home mom=) Our nanny (AKA my mom) went to a convention in Vegas for a whole week so I had to take a whole week off. McCoy is every excited about me staying home with him 24/7! Blake is loving pharmacy school. Haha it's stressful but he is doing a great job! We are so proud of him. Love you honey! Well this will probably be my only post until student teaching is over exspect I'll post some pictures of McCoy's 1st birthday. I still sometimes can't believe we have a kid... and he's about to be 1! McCoy has been walking all over the place. Pretty scarey... anyways untill next time yall!

 

Since teaching 2nd graders I have found 7 year old self again!

 McCoy loves swings!

And he lovvvessss chocolate ice cream!



 Blake's white coat cermemony at the U, he is offical now=)

Our pumpkins this year: Blake's buck, my mom's TX, mine Texas Longhorns, and McCoy's baby feet and hands (I saw it on pintrest and I must say it looked way cuter online)

 



 We went to the pumpkin patch for FHE.

 Our munckin was so worn out he fell asleep waiting for lunch.

McCoy loves it when mom is home with him!

Summer Recap

We have Internet now!!! So sorry about no posts and this will be a picture over load post.

We will start with our trip to Dallas to help my mom pack and move to Utah.

The air conditioner broke when we were in Dallas so we thought we would go to the aquarium.

 

Manatee

     

Monkeys

  Penguins

We also went to a place where you drive your car threw a little safari, oh and you feed the animals. I was freaking out when the animals got to close to McCoy but he seemed to love it!

                                                            Some kind of deer.                                                                

    Giraffes 

         

        Had to stop and take a picture with the Longhorns!

Family moment

On our drive to Utah we had to stop at the Big Texan Steak House! It's the famous one on Man vs. Food. I had prime rib and it was to die for!!! If you ever go to Amarillo go there!

                         We also went to the Cadillac Ranch outside of Amarillo and we all signed our names.

Just summer fun....

 Swimming with Briggs!

4th of July Parade. McCoy didn't really know what to think about it all.

My 2 favorite guys!

    Playing out at the Res.

Tractor ride with Grandpa part 1.

    

     Tractor ride part 2... He feel asleep so fast.

                                                   McCoy now walks with his walker and with furniture. He started to crawl like 2 weeks ago but would rather walk everywhere with help than crawl. He can go up the stairs... and he is into everything!!! But we sure do love our little monkey! And his favorite movie is Tangled.

Rodeo with Dad.

Well we have moved to Salt Lake. A bitter sweet moment for us. Living in Delta for the summer grew on me and I didn't want to leave to go to a big city. Blake starts Pharmacy school on Monday and then I start my student teaching on the 27th! Ill be with 4th grade 6 weeks and then 2nd grade for another 6 weeks. Until then I am just going to try to get the house situated and spend some time with my little boy. I hope you all have had a great summer!