Bake Sale

I am super excited about doing this bake sale for my niece Jadyn!

I will be sending more information soon, but for now-

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

For more information about Jadyn and CHARGE,

look on my page above titled "Our Jady."

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

What a great day! My son off to 5th grade and he still wanted me to walk him in- I even got a kiss good-bye! There won't be too many more of those.

I sure wish I could freeze time!

Sister didn't get a kiss though!

Too cool for that!

Yes, I can't believe it!

She's a senior!

This was her LAST first day of school.

I have a feeling there are going to be lots of LASTS.

I don't think it really hit me until she drove away that morning. Then I LOST it!!

I am really going to miss her when she goes to college.

WE'VE GOT TO MAKE THIS YEAR'S MEMORIES COUNT!

More great pics from...

http://throughmyeyes-elizabeth.blogspot.com/

"funny Hilley kids"!

Funny Friday

You have to check out this

site a friend sent to me.

It is too funny!

http://catalogliving.net/

Here are some examples...

Liquid Diet...

"Elaine, you said “Make whatever you want for dinner,” and I want those bottles of white zin I stole from the Sheraton minibar."

Time to come clean...

"Gary has no idea what exactly Elaine does in the shower every day, but he certainly knows better than to touch her wooden shower spoon or shower branch."

The bigger the cushion...

"With Elaine out of town, Gary finally had the chance to try his stuntman jump from the roof."

I'm sorry if the following post bores you, but I have been so excited about sharing my family vacation pics with everyone. So here goes...

Thank you Lord for such a wonderful time and many memories!

I can't wait to take my grandchildren (when I have them someday)!

A DAY WITH MY JACKSON

Jackson kept reminding me that he has never gotten to see the

Alamo in San Antonio.

We travel to San Antonio just about every summer and

I think the only time that we have taken him there was when he was a baby.

So... being the "never forgetful" son that Jackson can be- I said "let's go!"

We packed an overnight bag and headed out for a 3 hour drive to the Alamo.

I'm glad we did.

What a great day with my son!

I thank my God every time I remember you. Philippians 1:3

I'VE GOT SUNSHINE...

My little blessing and niece, Saylor.

THANK YOU LORD FOR OUR BLESSING & MEMORIES

When looking for pictures for Jackson's room I found these. These two are beautiful!

ALL IN A WEEKS WORK

While Jackson has been at church camp for the week, I decided to finally finish remodeling his room. He has had the cutest cowboy themed room since he was about 2. He thinks it is time to change to something older like sports- (I could keep his room the same for at least 30 more years!)

I started with painting over his cowboy bed with a red- :(

Then I painted his leather dresser the same red.

The fun baseball dart board is from the Pottery Barn Outlet. It is too much fun!

I found all of the "P.L.A.Y." letters at antique fairs.

The Pottery Barn bowling pin is from Jackson's 8th birthday party.
All of his guests signed it!
And of course, I had to do a mural on the wall of his
favorite teams and keepsakes.
The old locker is from my old high school- Go Rattlers!

This is the shadowbox that I made for Jackson at Easter.

I thought this would make for a special wall so Jackson could remember his wonderful memories with Thomas.

My dear Jackson- I truly hope that your room feels peaceful, loving and most importantly fun! I hope you have wonderful memories of your childhood room. Love you with all my heart- Mommy

packing up-

sunscreen

games

bathing suits

all the junk food you can eat

scooters

camera

golf clubs

ice chests

at least 20 pairs of shoes (lizzie)

oh yeah and the luggage

-not sure if we have room

lazy river

water slides

kiddie water park

outdoor fireplaces

game room

spa- thank God for massages

adult pool

-BEAUTIFUL

lots of laughs,

lots of smiles,

lots of fun &

lots of memories!

decorating a barn...

one of my best friends, terri, has recently built a "house barn". we call it the "barnominium" because it is so big! it is the cutest barn that i have ever seen!

my favorite has to be the brick floors or the stained, wood ceilings or the barn red kitchen island or the butcher block cabinets... okay i love it all!

it just feels so "homey"- i could stay all day.

so, a couple of days ago terri said she was ready to start

putting all of her fantastic wall decor together!

yea, i've been waiting forever to hear that!

our first challenge was a giant, blank wall above the staircase.

her sweet, family portraits made for a great mural.

before...

after...

you can't tell by the photos, but the two long frames are pictures of her husband's family farm in the 30's. i think everything in the mural probably cost her under $25. she found everything at garage sales or goodwill. i gave her the shadowbox and the rest was probably just laying around!

i love a mural!

here is a picture of the shadowbox that i gave her that day.

i will try to send more barn pics at a later blog!

what a fantastic 4th of july!

fireworks...fun...friends...food...family