the great bambino

Well I had a special request by Tyler's Aunt Rozie to update our blog, and I was happy to do it. It's always nice to know people read your blog, even if they don't leave any comments. :) I admit I'm guilty of that too, I enjoy reading other blogs, but sometimes don't get around to leaving a comment.

Just some pictures I snapped of Jacoby as he was running away from me because I had my camera out. Jacoby, you are handsome. My dad got the grandkids a little four-wheeler that they've been having a ball on. It doesn't go very fast, which is perfect for them. Johnny can even ride it by himself. Ha ha. That's funny to watch because he seems way too small to be able to ride it.

Jacoby has never really been interested in any shows or movies, but we finally found a winner. Naturally it has a ball and dog in it so he loves it. Sandlot. Now, isn't that movie a classic? I sure love it; it was always a favorite at my house. He will seriously watch the whole thing without making a peep and doesn't even move a muscle. It has been nice to turn it on while I make dinner or clean the house. He has started to do some really funny things that he's learned from the movie like sliding, like he's sliding onto a base, tapping his bat on the ground before he hits it, and hitting the ball off the tee and taking off like he's running to a base. He's a very observant boy and it makes me smile to watch him discover things. I have realized that there are some not so good things on Sandlot that I hope he won't start quoting such as: scab eater, butt sniffer, pus licker, fart smeller. Ha ha.

Jacoby needed a haircut the other day so we just turned Sandlot on with his personal DVD player and it was a real breeze, quite the opposite of how it usually is. Funny kid.

Favorite show.

Room Redo

Well I'm really excited to finally have our room the way I want it. I've been spending a lot of time searching for certain things and trying to find great deals. I spent hardly any money on these projects and it was really fun. I picked up the canvases at Michael's quite awhile ago when they were having a great sale and hadn't been able to figure out what I wanted to do with them. I searched tons of blogs trying to find ideas and finally found a blog home show where a lady did a damask design on a wall hanging. Not sure why I didn't think of that before since our bedspread is damask. :) I ended up painting them all the different colors I wanted in our room and had my Aunt Deanna cut out the damask design in vinyl. I just got it finished up yesterday and wanted to hang it up so bad, but we aren't hanging up anything at this house because it's for sale so I used blue tack; it worked like a charm.
I picked up the orange pillow at Target, but added the polka dots with felt. The green pillow I got at Ross and I added the ruffle with leftover fabric from Jacoby's chair my mom and I recovered. For the third pillow I had such a hard time figuring out what I wanted to do, but I finally decided to use some robin-egg blue ric rac I had and make that pillow.
I wanted to add little bits robin-egg blue, orange, red, and green throughout the room, so I wound up my earring yarn into balls and picked up the green alarm clock and orange lantern. There are still a few things I'm planning to do, but I'm finally happy with my room for once. This definitely proves that you redecorate a room for hardly anything.

Mother's Day

I'm usually not this horrible about updating our blog, but I just haven't been feelin' it lately, but I'm hoping to post more regularly now.

So I had a wonderful Mother's Day, but the highlight of my day was talking to Thomas. It was so great to hear his voice, he's still very sarcastic and funny. He's doing great and I'm so proud of him. I love him so much.

The guys all helped make dinner and we had dutch oven food which is always awesome. My dad cooks some pretty great chicken and potatoes, but I think my Grandpa Cliff still has him beat. :) His were always so good.

Anyway, Tyler spoiled me this year and got me something I've been dying to have: a quilting mat, ruler, and a rotary cutter; I was super excited. Before he went shopping he asked me for five ideas so that I would still be surprised; I liked that game. I've already used it so much this week.

It was great to spend time with my mom on Mother's Day. I love her so much. She has always been such a great role model for me. One of her greatest qualities is her ability to ALWAYS give people the benefit of the doubt. She is always saying kind things about others, and I can only count on one hand people like that. I love her for that because she's really stressed that in our lives and I rarely even notice negative things about others. She's a beautiful woman and so very talented. I love you, Mom!

We also got to spend time with Tyler's mom on Mother's Day. She's a great woman and we love her!

Jacoby has been loving this nice weather we've been having. Dang it, it's about time!

Isn't he handsome?

He loves going on bike rides with mom, but hates the helmet. Tough, kid. I've loved having a neighborhood to ride bikes in. It's lots better than Rexburg with all the hills because man I'm not in good enough shape to plow up those.

This is Jacoby's cheeser smile.

Loved this outfit on my little man.

I've been working out a lot of projects lately, but the most exciting has been redecorating our bedroom. I'm pretty much done, so I hope to post some pictures in the next few days. I've been decorating Jacoby's room more too, but we can't hang up anything at this house we're renting, so I'll wait until we move.

We're getting ready to have a big giveaway on our recipe blog because our 2-year anniversary is coming up, so I hope you'll check it out: Make Your Tastebuds Dance.