Birthday celebration in Heaven...

Today is Jess's 13th Birthday.

He was our Christmas baby.

He spends his birthday's in Heaven.

I miss him more than anyone can know.

Happy Birthday Jess Alexander!

Can't believe you are 13.

Have fun celebrating

with Jesus and the Angels!

All my love~

Mommy

Our Christmas tree from the back 40...

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving.

We have so much to be thankful for.

We did some shopping on Friday

and then Saturday we

headed out to find our tree.

Tom's Grandparents had a Christmas

tree farm for over 40 years.

After they both passed away

and the farm was sold, we made sure

to plant trees on family property.

We all love a real tree and Tom

loves to get the tallest one we can.

This one is about 11-12 feet.

It is a Black Hill spruce.
Bekah was Tom's helper to
get it in the stand. :)

Tom strings all the lights also. :)

It's my job to decorate it. :)

Bekah was especially happy

with the choice this year.

Check back soon to see all

the trimmings!

Blessings~

Bathroom~before and after....

Hello and welcome to the post

that is linked to Donna at Funky Junk.

She is hosting a Saturday Nite Special

where anything goes so I'm

adding my bathroom redo.

Bathroom before...

after....
We used bead board wallpaper on the
front of the cabinets, trimmed
them out and painted them.
I'm very happy with the cottage
feel it gives them.

I spray painted some pulls,

the light covers, a shelf and the TP holder

with a hammered bronze spray paint

to match the new faucet.

Faucet before...

after...

Linen closet before...

after...

New window treatment made

from painter's drop cloth.

I love my new room.

Dishes I found to compliment

the shower curtain.

Painted the floor with

a "Hint of Cream" and

then sprayed it with

Spray Stone.

I love it!

We still have crown molding

and new hanging light fixtures to put up.

I already started putting up

some Christmas things in here.

It is always fun to have a

new space to decorate!

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings~

Yes, you can paint a vinyl floor!

Before~ coat of primer...
2 coats of paint...


American Accents
Stone spray paint,
color ~ Bleached Stone
2 coats


2 coats of varnish....

After~
I love it!

It really looks like a stone tile!

I want to put on 2-3 more coats

of varnish. After that, I'm making curtains

out of painter's drop cloth and I'll be finished.

I am happy girl!

:)

Blessings~

All work and a little play...

I've been working on the

bathroom floor today,

S L O W L Y !

Trying to give the coats of paint

plenty of time to dry in between.

That really tests my patience.

I just finished the last coat of

spray stone! I think it looks good.

I am going to let it dry really

well for a couple

of days before I varnish it.

This is a picture of the floor with just

a coat of primer. Check back later for

the final results in a couple of days. :)

I bought the bird toile shower curtain

from Target that so many in blogland

have loved in the past

quite some time ago.

Finally getting around to

getting this bathroom done!

I stopped in to a favorite store of mine

where I had purchased some small

pictures, wanting to get a 3rd one

to hang as a group in the new bath.

Well....Look what I found

and fell in love with!!

Bird toile dishes!

Well, I was in love at

first sight.

The plate will go above a shelf

and the bowl is wanting to be filled

with small blue egg shaped soaps.

I'm on the look out for soaps

so if anyone knows where I can

get some please let me know. :)

Perfect shade of brown toile!
While I was busy in the bathroom....

there was a whole lot of fun
going on in the other room!

Blessings~

Mini Chicken Pot Pies...

Today has been a busy day...

windows have been washed,

screens put away,

gutters cleanded out,

I gave Bryson and Tom haircuts.

Now we are ready for lunch.

Mini Chicken Pot Pies!
This recipe looked simple and yummy!

It was both!


Try it yourself! Emma says it's a keeper!
http://www.pillsbury.com/Recipes/ShowRecipe.aspx?rid=12311


Enjoy the rest of your day!
Blessings~

Ugly 80's to Cottage style...

We're not quite finished with the

bathroom redo but thought I

would give you a peek at

some of the progress.

U G L Y 80's before shot....
Cottage style redo,
much better don't ya think?!

I have a coat of primer on the floor.

Tom has some trim to finish up.

Hopefully by Saturday or Sunday

I'll be able to post the finished photo's.

Blessings~