Birthday Boy

Eleven years ago today I had our first child. A little baby boy...so precious. Happy Birthday to my beautiful not so little boy. I thought today was the perfect day to reflect on some old memories...

This is Bayley in ski school his first time to ski...of course he did amazing his first time down the mountain even better then his Dad!!!!

This was...was it 2 or 3 years ago when Tech beat the Longhorns...anyway he was very excited, especially since his longhorn fan uncle was watching the game with us.

                                        My little ALLSTAR catcher...Giants 2010 Undefeated!!!

Me and my sweet baby at Six Flags the summer before last.

Bay and Dad...Church Camp 09

and I have saved the best for last...

This is so funny. We got in line for a ride that we thought was equivalent to the mine train but we were in for a BIG surprise. My son was NOT happy and to this day he doesn't like Six Flags.

HAPPY 11TH BIRTHDAY BAYLEY!!!!!

My skinny tree

I love my skinny tree. My grandmother gave it to me several years ago when I thought I would never have a fake tree and I have loved it ever since. It fits perfectly in my small living area. I decided to go in a completely different direction with my colors this year too. My inspiration came from some super cute wrapping paper that I bought from a school fundraiser. I will share a picture of it after I get some presents wrapped.

 I love bows and polka dots!!!!!

I have 3 Nativity scenes...I always put them all out since Jesus is the reason for the season

I saw a version of this on Funky Junk Interiors and just had to try it out.

Since we don't have a fireplace I decided to hang our stockings on an old ladder that I made out of pickets. My Mimi made the stockings for us.

And here are my kiddos trees in their rooms:

Christmas ornament tutorial

I wanted a whole new look this year for Christmas. We have had the same thing since we got married almost 12 years ago so it was definitely time. I saw an ornament like this one at K-mart and decided I was going to make some of these. It was very simple and I think it added a lot to my tree.

Supplies:
several different ribbons (I bought a yard of each and split into 4)
ric rac
buttons
hot glue gun

 I first laid out a thin ribbon and started stacking my different ribbons on top.

 Then you tie it as tight as possible in the middle of the stack of ribbon.

 Then I tied it into a loop at the top to make a hanger.

 Then, with another piece of the thin ribbon, I tied another one about an inch from the top.

 Next I hot glued buttons on the bottoms of some of the ribbon.

 And here it is hanging on my tree.