October 29, 2009

family dinner

A few weeks ago we had a family dinner. It was 2 days before my birthday, so Dan schemed with my sister Noelle and surprised me with a cake. Here are a few photos from it. These are more for my mom than anyone. Hope you like them, Mom! We missed you & dad, as always :)

Here is some of the fam- amazingly almost everyone fit in the kitchen!

Cute Ryan being Batman, Jannifer, and my green wall.
Grandma & Noelle. Grandma is always so stylish! She even has highlights, you just can't see them all that well in this pic.
I tried to get Chase to smile... didn't really work. But he looks very cute in his pj's!

Classic Noelle face. Pretty sure they stole my camera for this shot.

Ethan, the cute ghost cake made by Noelle & Jared, and me. Ethan is ready to blow out the candles for me!

October 23, 2009

Wall Art

So I've been wanting to put some type of art above our couch in our living room. I didn't really want to go out and spend a fortune, so this is what I did...

I got the idea from Better Homes and Gardens. I love their website. And here is a closer look...

Ok mine don't look quite as good as theirs, but it still saved me money and I had fun doing it. I've also been wanting to put something above our bed. But Dan never wanted to because he didn't want it falling on his head. So this is what I came up with...

Vinyl lettering! It says "Always kiss me goodnight". Now i just need a beautiful headboard and the look would be complete :) And Dan doesn't have to worry about this falling on his head.

October 18, 2009

My Birthday Present!

Ever since we moved into our condo I've been telling Dan that I want to paint a green accent wall in our living room. I was kind of getting frustrated, because it seemed like it was never going to happen. Well... yesterday I went to lunch with a good friend of mine who is moving to Virginia. After lunch we went shopping. When I came home, guess what was waiting for me???

My birthday present! Dan and his friend, Scot, worked on it the whole time I was gone. I think it looks a little more lime green in this pic than it really is, but we like it! Now I just need to figure out exactly what I want to put above the couch on the wall.

Here's the before shot, if you're wondering...
Quite a drastic change, right?

In other news, we just found out that there is a pumpkin patch only 1 block from our condo! I'm so excited to go there. Uh... i love springville!