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Tuesday, March 11, 2014

St. Patrick's Day Projects

So I enjoy love, lovelove holidays. Everything about them. I LOVE a good reason to celebrate, to decorate, to dress up…I just love all things festive! Today I'm thinking about St. Patrick's Day and all of the fun things out there to do to celebrate. I'm thinking that the Lucky Leprechaun that used to visit my classroom when I taught school may make a special visit to J and H and our house on the hill this year. :) 

My mantel is also needing a little love. We actually have had enough time this year between Valentine's Day and Easter that my mantel should've been shown a little shamrock love before now. What was I thinking?! Pinterest here I come! I hope one of these things I share is enough to motivate you to do something fun and festive for yourself, your family, your friends, or your littles. I'm ready to make a trip to HL. Now tell me...What do you do for St. Patrick's Day? Do you love a good reason to celebrate and get crafty as well??

XOXO~
Angela



Lucky St. Patrick's Day Wreath from The Happy Scraps



"Pinch Proof" St. Patrick's Day Bracelet from My3Monsters



Cute Gift for a Friend: A Friend is a Treasure More Precious Than Gold {Free Printable Tag}
Friendship's a Treasure from Crazy Little Projects


St Patricks Day Lucky Burlap Mantel
Lucky Burlap Mantel by Landeedo


Lime Sherbet Floats { Green Recipes for St Patrick Day }
Lime Sherbet Floats from Home Cooking Memories


St. Patrick's Day Handprint Craft from Elizabeth Lauren

Free St. Patrick's Day Beer Labels from Benign Objects



Party Popcorn from My Baking Addiction via She Wears Many Hats







Thursday, February 20, 2014

Snow Days -Continued-

Oh blogger…I'm beginning to have a love/hate relationship with you. I was just about to post pictures from our 12-14 inch Carolina snow and you went all CrAzY on me. And yes, I did say 12-14 inches! Isn't that nuts?!? Especially here in the south! Anyway, shall we try this again? :)



Looking out at the pier


Melting...

My babies

Snow Angels

He'll never know his snowsuit was pink, right???

I forgot to mention that we were without power for several hours like 6 hours  on one of the days we were snowed in. ALL I could think about was bedtime…HOW would we manage without heat, a nightlight and our sound machine?!? Lucky for us, we didn't have to worry about that. But…my Dad was quick to power up the generator and start the search online for any hotel availability, just in case!

We enjoyed sledding, snowball fights, making snow angels, eating snow cream, the roaring fires, building snowmen, and of course snuggling to stay warm. Snow is pretty and fun…but I'm over it in about 2 days. Bring on Spring!! We're ready for you, sunshine!

xoxo~Angela

Snow Days

Have you ever been snowed in? We were seriously snowed in last week at my Mom and Dad's. It very rarely snows down here in Georgia…but we got a double whammy all within about 2 weeks. The first snow came while we were home in Georgia…J enjoyed his little time sledding down our hill out front, and I was furious at the hubs for keeping him outside too long in his little wet (with snow) gloves and rain boots!! 

Look at his sweet face...he hasn't seen snow since he was a baby!

"It's snowing, Momma!!!!"

My little snow bear

Sledding in our "big" snow!
Little did we know what we'd be experiencing in North Carolina in about a week and a half!!!



Now for a few pictures of the Carolina snow. Mom and Dad live on the lake, so it usually gets a lot less snow (when it snows) than say…down the road. We were not as prepared for this snow, as my littles had polar fleece jackets and thin Patagonia coats. Thank God for Facebook and for friends that saw our need from a simple post I posted about us being unprepared. These friends were blessings to us, for sure!! We scored a real snow coat for J, along with some boots and a fluffy pink snow suit for H! Who cares that he looked like Ralphie from "A Christmas Story"?!?! He was a cutie in the snow, if only for a few minutes! 




Friday, February 7, 2014

A New Beginning and Feeling Inspired

Crazy how the tiniest things can inspire you. Today I won something (that I have been longing for,  seriously longing for!)….for my kiddos. It made me feel like a million bucks, on top of the world, and squealing like a kid on Christmas morning when I saw my name. Ridiculous, I know….but I was (and still am) pretty excited and feeling lucky! (More details on that at a later date…let's just say I won from following and entering a giveaway on a blog.) 

Anyway, I've been thinking about my blog and what direction I want to go with it. I have a couple Mommy friends, whom I adore- who all have blogs and I absolutely love reading them. (Lori, Julia)  I thought to myself, I can do that. I need something else to do. ;) 

No really, I have a wonderful life with the sweetest husband and the most precious little boys you could ever imagine. I want to remember these moments, pictures, events, and stories forever. I want to treasure these memories so I can look back one day and laugh (or cry), depending on how the post moves me.  Plus, my Mom always says I need to write my stories down because the stories I tell her (about my life or my boys) are so hilarious or just that unbelievable. So….here we go.

This blog will be about me, my hopes, my dreams, my boys, my crafty ideas and DIY projects, with some fashion, recipes, photography, giveaways and other things that I care about. I hope you follow me on this sweet, yet sometimes crazy journey of mommy-hood. In the upcoming weeks, I'll be trying to spiff the blog up and gain some followers, so bear with me as I learn how to do just that. I'm excited about this new outlet/hobby of mine and can't wait to start documenting our sweet story. 

xoxo~
Angela

Monday, January 20, 2014

I'M BACK!

This is cRaZy, absolutely NUTS that I seem to have fallen off of the face of the earth! BUT…have no fear, I am BACK…for real this time! Life sort of got in the way and presented many changes and events, so this sweet blog of mine took a backseat quicker than it started. I'll fill you all in on the things that have been missed and the things that have transpired over the next week. In the mean time, I'll leave you with a picture of my sweet family of 4 now!


XOXO~
Angela