Wednesday, February 29, 2012

fun times painting at The Vine

For the worship room at The Vine....we needed the feel of being in a forest!  Because the room is small...we couldn't bring in fake trees, so...i painted them on 3 of the 4 walls.  It was a really fun project!
Hope the kids love it for the month of March!






Thursday, February 23, 2012

a stormy sky

The sky is beautiful as the storm rolls in!



Sophie watches the street

Bella loves the front porch

getting the creative juices flowing...

I painted these mini cake stands...I also put the stands together!  It was so fun!  Can't you just imagine a giant cupcake sitting on top?

My Favorite- a ring of Hydrangias!

Hydrangias!

fuschias

Roses

Daisies!

I love poppies!

I am so proud of how these mini cake-stands turned out!  The pedistals are made with egg cups.

BBQ-SoCal style

This will always be BBQ to us!

Yummy turkey burgers!

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

VALENTINE'S DAY 2012

I love decorating my mantle for the holidays....

The cute card I gave Ken....

The cute card Ken gave me....

We gave the kiddos- goodie bags with pencils, a cool V-day glass with straw, conversational hearts and a cute bucket.  I made them a GIANT sugar cookie!  For Stef & Jim ( really just Stef) maple creme coffee and 2 cookies.

How cute are these three???

Haley made this super cute Valentine for me!  I Love it!

On our way to a special lunch and then a movie! 

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Finally, trying out my smoker!

For my birthday last Dec, Ken got me the smoker I wanted. We have just gotten around to firing it up. 

The results....2 super juicy, tender and yummy chickens!  WOO HOO!

Thursday, February 09, 2012

Jonah's quilt

Jonah's quilt 

The fabrics up close!  Of course there is a fabric with Monkeys!

Tuesday, February 07, 2012

LOVE the cloth napkins Stef made me for Christmas!


Cute Bella


Look who is super cute and cozy!

Good-bye BIG RED diesel truck...Hello- Nissan Frontier


So....our 10 year old BIG RED diesel truck was sitting 90 % of the time. We didn't need it to pull anymore and it wasn't convenient to drive around town. Yesterday we brought home our new Nissan Frontier small/mid sized truck.

Front view

It seems bigger than the old "small truck"

The color is Night Armor...dark gray

Interior color....light gray

We REALLY like our new truck!  A LOT!