What a great weekend! & I saw Twilight

Me and Jesse enjoying our kid free weekend together.

We decided to Celebrate our Anniversary by taking a trip. Without the kids! Yup finally. I hardly ever leave my kids overnight unless it is with Jesse. But since I have an awesome great friend that was willing to come and stay with my rug rats at my house we got a break. Thanks Heidi!! THANK YOU SO MUCH! Hum.. seems like last time I left my kids for a trip with Jesse was when you stayed at my house and watched the older ones when Garyn was a baby. Seems with out you we would never get away. I hope you have recovered. They are a handful!

We went to Moab for the weekend and it was so nice. We left Thursday and got back Sunday. I can not even tell you how relaxing this was. I was asleep by 9 on Thursday night and didn't even crack an eye open till after at least 10am Friday. OH THE BLISS of a kid free, work free night of sleep. I SLEPT and SLEPT and SLEPT. All I wanted for my Anniversary was some sleep and that is just what I got. Thanks to my wonderful hubby! We ate out at some yummy restaurants and we shopped and shopped and we also went to the new bond movie.. snore... snore.. oh I mean it was good. It was like any other bond film. Just not my thing. Jesse thought is was ok, but not all that it was cracked up to be.

I finally talked Jesse into listening to Twilight. So we listened to it all the way down in the car listened to it a little while while playing on our computers at the hotel and listened to it all the way home. He finished it up on his way to and from work Monday and we went and saw the movie Monday night. We took Jaden with us to the movie, since he has read the books. We all really liked it. I was not happy with the casting of Edward until after I saw the movie. Now I think it was great casting. He did a great job! I didn't like Bella as well. She just wasn't my Bella. But I do have to say: What was with the Edward Scissors Hands faces Jasper was pulling. He looked to strange for the part to me. Over all though a pretty good movie considering what I was expecting. Still the book is better of course, if you haven't read it.. then go read it.

So it has been a great couple of days! Here some fun Picts from our trip to Moab.

Yes folks it appears that I may have married a leprechaun. LOL Anyone who knows us knows this is just the silly kind for stuff we do. I left the Port a Potty pictures off the blog. hehehe Or did you want to see the funny things he does when he sees a sign that says Prairie Dawg.

Jesse enjoying the view thinking about how nice it is not to have to be worrying about keeping kids away from the side. We decided that it is much easier to take in the sites with out the kids trying to jump off a cliff.

They wouldn't let me take nay pictures inside of the house in the rock. SO LAME! So I am just posting a picture of the stupid sign on the rock.

OK so yes we think these cheesy thing are funny. The box says "Baby Rattlers... open with caution"

And inside the box were baby rattles. tee hee hee Someone is funny. You have to admit it is kind of a cute little think to have at a tourist attraction.

I hearts my litle hubby man! It was so nice to spend time together and talk and reconnect with out the kids all up in our faces. It's been a pretty good 14 yrs. I look forward to many many many more.

My 14yr Anniversary! WOW

Yesterday was our 14 Year Anniversary. I can't believe it has already been 14 yrs. We haven't really done anything to celebrate yet, since Wed. is our everybody has something night. But I spent a lot of time yesterday just being grateful for my hubby and for the wonderful past 14 yrs. I am a very lucky girl.

I don't have all my wedding pictures unpacked yet. But I found a few that my wonderful Aunt Margo gave me. And since we don't have a scanner plugged in I just snapped a picture of the pictures. They look like crap but hey at least they are in the computer now so you can see them. Right?

Wow we look so young.. well we were he was 22 and I was 18. Wow what would I give to have that body back? Well 1st off I would have to give back 1/2 of the one that I have now. hehehehe! Of course I didn't love it when I had it but would now love to have it back. Funny how perspective works. ha-ha

And for kicks and giggles

here are pictures from my Wedding Day back in 1994!

Getting into the Christmas Spirit

Since the weather was great Saturday we decided to go ahead and start putting up the Christmas Lights. It scared me to death when Jesse was up on the ladder on the roof putting lights up the peak. UGH! But it was worth it they look so cute up there. I will have to take more picts when we finish and turn them on for the season. We don't turn them on until after Thanksgiving.

HAHAHA How is this for funny? I still have no yard.. just me dirt and weed patch but we will have the lights up and have it all decorated. LOL But hey after is snows you can't tell who has grass and who doesn't right?

Mantha had Birthday Parties Friday night and then Saturday Day when she got home on Sat. we were already putting up the lights. She is so excited. She wants us to turn the lights on now. LOL

I haven't felt really Christmas-y till this week and now I am really getting excited about it. I love the Christmas Season and am really making an effort to keep out Holiday center on Christ.

10 things I did this week Nov. 5th - 12th

Tuesday Scmusday... Let just skip to Thursday and call it a week. LOL

1. I finally got my card reader fixed so that I could upload my pictures. I have this stupid fettish about not being able to post unless I have pictures. I am demented and I know it.

2. I did activity days this week and it was boring but necessary. The girls just came over and practiced a song for the primary program which was on Sunday. Then this week are taking Thanksgiving baskets to the Widows in our ward.

3. I had a SUPER COOL AWESOME FUN Girls weekend road trip. Yep again! WOO HOO! I went down to my friend Amy's house from Thursday night till Sunday night. We stayed up late, shopped till we dropped, went to Scrapbook USA, Spent more money than I am worth, ate junk, made a mess of Amy's house, slept in till like noon everyday, and just over all hung out chatting and havign fun together!

These girls ROCK! I love my UT Scrapgirls!

I drove down with Heidi. We had fun just getting time to talk. There is just noghting like a good road trip with friends. It is theraputic.

We really make a mess when we scrapbook. Seems like we haul everything but the kitchen sink on these trips.

And eafter hauling every scrapbook item we can find.. I look up and here we all are on our laptops doing digital scrapbooking. LOL

Though you can rest assured even with all the digital scrapbooking going on we still made our fair share of a mess. Look at the path of destruction that we left in Amy's Kitchen. LOL

And proof that I did get at least some regular paper scrapping done.

The only group picture we got was out in Amy's Hot Tub, in her Fabulous yard! But Emma isn't in it. We never think to get everyone at once. Dang it!

4. While in St. Geroge we went out to eat together. Our service was not the best and we finally asked for our checks.... 20 mins later we have no clue what had happened to our waitress so we find someone else to help us. She ends up getting the manager and he ends up comping our meals and giving us a $50 Gift Card to use next time we all get together. I kinda feel guilty that he gave us so much free stuff. But I also felt a lot better that he went out of the way to make a bad experiance so much better. Yea, we will for sure be going back there again.
MaryLynn and Amy at dinner

MaryLynn's cute baby girl. We went all kid free this weekend but we let Jenna come but only because she is soooooo darn cute and little. LOL You have to admit she is a doll. And she's a pretty good baby too.

5. On our way out of town Heidi, Subrina, and I stopped to take some pictures with the Red Rocks. Needless to say we got a little silly. LOL

6. While I was gone Jesse and the Kids went to lunch with his sister. They met her at her house and then loaded into the cars to go to the resturaunt. All the kids jumped into the other cars and left Jesse as chopped liver. LOL So when he got to the resturaunt they were amazed to discover that Garyn was missing. OOPS! So Jesse jumps back in the car and runs back to find poor Garyn crying on the curb.

Poor kid was in the bathroom when they left and they all thought he was in a different car with someone else. But they got him and it was all soothed out over a nice meal. LOL He did learn a few things like next time don't go stand on the curb instead grab a phone and call dads cell phone. And just for the record I have never left one of the kids behind this only happens on dad's watch. hehehehe (knock on wood)


7. This week we brought over all of our Baby kittens that my mommy cat so nicely had at my mom and dads house. Garyn has been having a blast chasing them and catchign them and sneaking them into the house and hiding them in totes. UGH! I have to keep rescuing them. He has finally understood that putting them into containers to keep them in one spot isn't such a great idea since they can't breath but he still puts them in upside down laundry baskets. And he loves to see how many he can catch and hold at once.


8. The night I got back from my trip and was putting the kids to bed Jaden tell me "Oh yea, wake me up early I have to make a mummy mask." I am like ok what is that and he tells me it needs to be paper mache' and etc. I swear boys have no clue! Does he think I am an art supply store? Well Monday morning we made a Mummy Mask the best we could with what we had in my scrapbook room. And it actually turned out pretty good. What do ya think?


9. On Tuesday I woke up feeling like I truck ran over me. I worked but got off 2 hrs early so I went upstairs and slept for the 2 hrs. And when I woke up I was tired and sick. Sore achey body, etc. I was so stinking tired. But Grandpa to the rescue said that he would come over and take Will for a bit. Little did I know that he was going to end up with Garyn after school to and I slept from 9:30 am till 3:30 pm. The sleep was great but it still took me several long tired days to start to feel better. When Will heard me on the phone with Grandpa he was so excited he ran and got dressed and waited by the back door to hear the 4 wheeler comming. Here's a picute of him eating a pop tart and waiting... you can tell by the finger prints on the door that he goes here a lot. LOL





10. Wednesday I got to go to a Stamp Camp Card Class with Heidi. We made 8 cards and it was a blast. I haven't been to a stamp thing in years. I think I am going to start going once a month with her.

Today Sucked!

OK So today kinda sucked.. this is me venting or rather Blitching!

My new shift at work is 1:30am - 7:30 am .. I love it and hate it. I like that I am already up and going and can just log off and run upstairs and get the kids up for school. I like that I can go to bed early and get a solid block of sleep in before getting up to work. I hate the I go to bed early to get that solid block of sleep and miss out on time with Jesse. Oh well that's the joys for being able to work from home. We want our cake and eat it too.

Anyway so that last few nights I haven't gone to bed very early because I am a retard, and it has started taking it's toll on me. The stupid headaches start going etc. So last night my head was pounding and my ear and when I got off on the morning my head felt like a bomb waiting to go off. Then I notice that I am bleeding from the ear. UGH!!!!! I was supposed to Mother Help in Garyn's Class and instead ended up at the Dr.'s office... So, I have an ear infection. What the crap, am I a kid again? But hey at least I can take some antibiotics and move on.

Then to top it off I went from the Dr's to the Dentist where I had a damn crown put on. OUCH! My mouth hurts now, the head is still pounding, and my ear still hurts. Not a fun day!

And to top it off Obama won the election and I just want to cry about that. UGH!!!! Really I am not even sure why I feel so sad. I am kinds surprised by that. Sorry but here are my personal feelings (in a nut shell) in that one. I am all about getting some changes made in this country but not the way he wants to go about it. I am also so very proud of where we have come to as people FINALLY, Equality! I love that we had a women running for VP, and an African-American running as President. I love that this has really been history in the making. It is great to be a part of that.

But I just think that Obama is all smoke and mirrors and that what lies beneath the surface is not what we NEED right now in this country. I am all for change, but not change for the worst. I think so many people (not all by any means but many) didn't really vote FOR him but that they voted AGAINST Bush. which is not what it was all about. Anyway, on the upside I know that God has a plan and I just have to pray and strive to do the best that I can. And I hope that under that facade and eloquence there will be something that we can live with and hope with all my heart that he really believes the stuff he spouts and that he really wants to make things better. UGH UGH UGH!! Having a hard time with this one. But I do get 4 yrs to find out, now don't I.

Anyway just kinda feeling like crap today. And yes I know that for the rest of you it is tomorrow but for me it is still today. LOL But when the sun comes up it will be a new day and this one will be better! hehe

10 on Tuesday Week of Oct. 29th - Nov 4th

1. Wednesday night I went our RS Enrichment night. We have a new and awesome girl on our committee that is crafty and has been offering us the best crafts to do. I loved it! I sometimes feel like I am distended from the ward. Being in primary you kinda live in your own little world at the end of the hall. So not only were the crafts great, and I got several of my Christmas gifts made but I also had a super fabulous time with friends from my ward. And I can't not mention that I was the crazy one that ordered multiple items (for gifts) and I had several people help me to finish mine up. I LOVE LOVE LOVE my ward. I am so thankful for the friends that I have out here that make my life enriched!

2. Jaden didn't have Young Men's this week so he went with Jesse and his old troop to work on his swimming merit badge. He did all of it in one night. He came home sooooo tired. But he was also so proud of himself and had a ton of fun too.

3. We had a Halloween party at my moms the Sunday before Halloween, the kids had a blast of course. She makes every holiday so much fun! The highlight... the kids and the dads chasing the baby calf from my moms field over to ours. We had him separated from the mom so that we could uhm.. well change him from a bull to a steer. Know what I mean? hehe And the kids were all out there in full costumes chasing him down the road. Nikki (my friend) drove by just as we were doing this and I think she had her laugh for the year. LOL

4. I did the Halloween Party in Garyn's class. Which was so much fun. I love Kindergarten and Pre-K aged kids. They are so cute. I had arranged for 4 stations and had a couple other great moms that came and helped. It worked out great and I felt really prepared and organized for it this yr. I guess I am starting to learn something.... takes me a while this is my 3rd child to do parties for in school. LOL

5. I helped with the Party in Samantha's class too. I brought 2 of my games for her class and some bags for the kids to decorate. It was fun to be able to just show up with my games and not have to organize it. Lucky Nikki gets to be Head Room Mom for her class. It is Samantha's teachers 1st yr teaching and she seemed to be really taken with the support from the mom's it is great to be able to help. She has been such a great teacher so far. I think she Samantha has connected more with here than any other teacher before. Partly because they are both a little shy.

6. I didn't get to help in Jaden's class because his party was the same time as Samantha's so I send him with his class treat (eyeball woopie cushions) and then I ran back and forth between the classes a few times to get pictures. His friend had the funnest costume he was a Mummy holding himself as a baby.

Later at our Trunk of Treat at the Church Jaden won funniest costume, and his friend (the I love my mummy) won most creative. That was pretty cool since neither of them has ever won before.

7. After school I was picking up the kids and Jaden brought his friend home for a while. They were texting some of the girls from school and decided to go to their trunk or treat too. For extra candy. So I took them back to town for about an hr or so. They thought they were pretty cool to be trunk or treating with Girls. Funny how in 6th grade the girls don't have cooties anymore. hehe

8. Then we did our Trunk of Treat. That was a blast. Jesse hooked up the inverter in the van and had lights strung in the trunk and some pumpkins. So we were all festive to sit there and hand out candy. Will was so cute as he went from car to car he would say "trick or treat" then after they dropped in the candy he would go "oh! Thank You!" like is was the 1st time he had ever seen candy. Garyn was more like just walk up with the bag open and move on to the next. LOL He didn't say a word to anyone. The big kids took off and trick or treated with their friends. We even took Harley with us.. costume and all. hehe Can you even believe I have become one of those crazy dog people with the dressed up dog?

9. After the trunk of treat we went trick or treating to G-ma & G-pa S, and G-ma & G-pa J's so that they could see the kids in costume. They were so tired by the time we got home.

10. And Tuesday I went to get my prescriptions filled for my stupid ear infection and then stopped to look at Halloween shirts and ended up finding the best deals. I am totally a manic when I find a good deal. The t's were $2.25 and the hoodies were $5. So of course I had to get a million of each. LOL I am in so much trouble. Jesse wants to kick my butt and he should really. But they were such a good deal and some of them I can put away for next yr and some were not even Halloween but were just in the clearance section and are totally great hoodies that the kids can wear now and all winter. Yup, I am naughty!

Hope ya'll had a Happy Halloween!

Hope you all had a Happy Halloween!

Here are my little spooks. We had a blast. Totally wore me out and this was one BUSY BUSY week.. enjoy:

Jaden "Fat Clown", Samantha "Rodeo Queen that was trampled by her horse", Will "Dumbo", and Garyn "Bat Man"

Totally Behind and just some Holiday Thoughts

Once again I am bloggy behind. I have been CRAZY busy lately. I have about 10 pans in the fire. As per my usual I am crazy lets make a tornado around us lifestyle. This past week we did some super fun stuff and I have lots of pictures to post. It was Samantha's Birthday and we aren't done celebrating yet. I still have 2 more parties for her and tomorrow is the 1st Teacher Dinner of the year so I am going to be busy busy cooking and hauling. Thank goodness I have tomorrow night and the next night off to sleep. I need it sooooooo bad. 2 -3 hrs the past couple of weeks is really catching up to me. Some big busy days ahead so hopefully soon I can update more. I also want to read every ones blogs and catch up. I am so behind and I miss them. I always get such great inspiration by all the wonderful people that I know and also that I have met though blogs. I need that pick my up right now. I know I should mark them all as read and just start fresh but I really hate to miss out on anything.

Anyway.. while reading one of my FAVORITE blogs in the world Crazymammaof6 and answering her curious questions I decided I wanted to post my answers because she had such great questions about our Christmas shopping habits. The past few yrs I have been really focusing on making Christmas a spiritually uplifting time of year and on trying to focus more on the reason for the season and the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ. I have been trying (keyword trying) to cut some of the things that are unnecessary and take up to much time around the holidays.

My problem is that even though I don't spend a lot of $$ on gifts I always want to give something that is heartfelt and personal which usually results in a project or many projects that I am running around finishing at the last minute and etc. It's just my way. LOL

Here are my other Christmas thoughts for the day:
1.do you think about the stuff you'd like for Christmas? Yes but never make a list and never buy any of it because I do the mom thing and spend it all in the kids.

2. I am practical about Christmas gifts I want it to be something people can actually use and enjoy. The kids always get some clothes and sometimes coats and etc. Plus the stocking are usually filled with soaps, socks, shampoo, bubble baths, and etc along with some fun stuff. But hey it fills the sock and they use it.

3. What is your per person limit in your family you try to stick to. On my side we draw names and have it set to $15 on my hubby's side I just try to come up with something I can make for each family.. or a family game since they don't draw names. It is actually cheaper on his side because on my side with us drawing names and the kids to that is $15 each for 6 people. OUCH

4. I Do not budget very well. I suck with money. I just try to be cheap and then always spend too much. I try to pay it all from checking and now have a Christmas Acct. that I have been putting $$ in since I started working too. But yrs past I did it on credit cuz I had no other options and didn't want my kids to have bad Christmases. That was a hole that was not fun climbing out of. So now I will go with out or get creative before pulling out a credit card.

Another thing I am trying to learn is that if we only got our kids the stuff they actually ask for instead of all the cute other things we see and think they will like or that we find on deals it would save tons of $$$$$

5. When do you start shopping? Try to put a few things away starting about Sept. but I do most my shopping after Thanksgiving and LOTS the week before Christmas right up till Christmas Eve. LOL Last minute is how I do everything. Jesse and I love to go one night late late at night and do a big all at once get what we need shopping trip. That has become kind of a tradition for us. We like to shop together.

6. Which is more important to you? A: saving money and getting the best deal? or B: saving time, you don't have time to shop around, or time is money to you? That is a hard one it little of both. I love a good deal but I will not spend time running from store to store. That is just tripping over a dollar to save a dime. But I will comparison shop online, and hopefully find a coupon.

So thanks for reading my dumb not so interesting thoughts on Christmas. I love questions like this that get me to take the time to write down more things about my personality and how I tick. I think that these are the fun things that my grandkids or kids may want to know someday. LOL

10 on Tuesday Oct 14th

Here are this weeks 10 memories....

1. Will finally decided to go potty consecutively. He has been using it off and on when the mood strikes but finally this week decided that it is easier to just use it all the time. His big motivation? He hates it when I hold his legs to change him and likes that I don't have to when he uses the toilet. Who'd have thunk it? hehe Hope this will last.

2. Did some canning this weekend. We did Spaghetti Sauce. Yummy. Now that is one food storage item that I could probably never have to much of. Nothing like homemade Spaghetti Sauce made with home grown tomatoes.

3. In the process of the canning adventure we realized that no stores in my area have canning jars in stock. Not kidding. We went to about 5 stores and they were all out. We ended up having to barrow jars from my MIL. Thank goodness for a generous and loving family. Once the stores get restocked in Jars I think I am going to buy some extras in case I have more canning to do.

4. Also made freezer jam. I picked peaches off my Mom and Dad's trees and made the yummiest peach and raspberry and also peach blueberry jam ever. Oh it is soooooo yummy. I love when it just turns out good. I would like to make more but there is only so much room in the freezer.

5. Garyn learned about Columbus on Columbus Day in school. For some strange reason he has been having dreams about Columbus having his head cut off and him finding it somewhere. I have absolutely no idea what brought this on but the last 2 nights he hasn't been able to sleep. Poor kid.

6. Jesse had Columbus Day off but the kids didn't so it was nice to have him home with me and the little boys. We got to spend some time helping his Mom and Step Dad pick out some new TV's and putting them up. It was great to be able to help them. Not just to be able to help them but the little boys love going over there and playing with Grandpa's train set. So they got to spend lots of time with is while they TV's were getting hooked up. When we left Will cried and said he wanted to play with Grandpa's trains at Wills house. Not sure how he thought we were going to be able to bring Grandpa's whole train table to our house, but it was pretty cute anyway.

7. Samantha has a cousin on the High school Drill Team so she got to take classes all week from the High school girls and on Friday Night performed at the varsity game. They had a blast but almost froze to death. It was so stinking cold out there on Friday.

Necia, Erika, Sierra, and Samantha

8. Went to a Movie with Jesse for date night.. we saw Eagle Eye and I liked it. I like most movies. I just plain like to watch movies. It's silly but I guess it's a hobby in a way.

9. I started on my Christmas Gifts for neighbors and friends.. This is going to take me longer than I thought. Once again I didn't think this over very well, and bit off more than I could chew. LOL

10. Been taking care of my Dad's dog and her puppies while he and my mom are on a cruise and yesterday when I went over to feed her she jumped up on his 4 wheeler and whined at me. So of course I had to take her for her 4wheel ride.. and my boys too. LOL His dog is hilarious she misses him when he isn't home to take her for her ride. I believe she has been therapeutic for him over the past 2 yrs with his trials. Sometimes animals can be that way. But that is a whole other story. But she is a cute dog and her new pups are stinking darling.

10 on Tuesday

10 on Tuesday Sept. 30th - Oct. 7th



I know it has been a busy week cuz I feel like I have been drug under a bus all week, but I can't think of much that we did. hum....



1. We have taken lots of little day trips over to my parents this week to play with our baby kitties that are living there. And while we were out of town last week my dads dog had 6 puppies. OH SO CUTE! So grandpa has been getting lots of visits this week so that we can play with the animals. (Anyone want a baby kitty or puppy?)



2. Slug girl has returned.. I am a total slug again this week. I feel like a walking zombie. I haven't accomplished a single thing. Back to normal around here. Darn.



3. Oh but we did get some of our Halloween put up. We did the cutest dang lights on the porch and Jesse got a cute witch and attached her to be crashing on the roof. Now just to get the inside done.



4. The kids had friends over on Friday.. but the of course kept disappearing over to my moms to play with the kittens and puppy's.



5. Necia slept over on Friday. I work Saturday mornings at 2 am.. I went to bed at midnight they were "going to sleep now" I woke up to work just before 2 and they were still up there laughing and giggling and putting ice in their shirts to stay awake. Checked on them again on my break at 3:30 they were asleep. Little Stinkers!



6. Grandma and Grandpa S came over and the kids swarmed them with I did this and I did that and look at this and that and so on... They love visits from the Grandparents. Poor Grandparents though... it had to feel like being in a pool of piranha.



7. I love conference weekend and was really looking forward to it. But it was raining to hard so we didn't get our between sessions fall drive in and that was a bummer. And Garyn had his volume on mega loud so it was hard to catch much of it. That kid was hyper all weekend. grrrrrr... next time I am buying duct tape before hand. LOL



8. I loved President Monsons talk so much and I really do know that I will miss these crazy times some day. When life if slower and the kids are grown and gone I will miss running around like a chicken with my head cut off and I will miss being zombie mom. ;) It helps to have the reminder to enjoy it now.



9. Garyn had his 1st field trip for Kindergarten they went to Corn Belly's at Thanksgiving point. I didn't get to go.... they had so many moms that signed up to help that they had to draw names. I wasn't lucky enough. Bet I missed out on lots of fun and on some really great pictures. He loved every second of it and had lots to say when he got home.



10. I got all my stuff figured out and ordered for the kids School Halloween parties, and I even got my visit teaching done. This is very very early for me.

My Super Cool Surprise! Room Makeover!!

My Super Cool Surprise! Room Makeover!!

When I got home from my Fab Family Trip to Disneyland I was welcomed by the best surprise ever! While I was out a little group of fairies (meaning my super cool, awesome, talented, creative, organized friend Nikki and her family) did an extreme makeover on my office / scrapbook room. WOOO HOOO!!!!!!!!!!!! This was not a minor makeover by any means it took her and her hubby and 2 kids a lot of man hours to pull this off. I am talking CUSTOM MADE desks and work bench... painted my ugly file cabinets, finished up my wall projects and hung them... and organized all my loads of scrapbook crap! She worked it out with Jesse ahead that he would give them the house keys and $$ for whatever they needed. She also totally pumped me for info about how I planned on doing the room. I was clueless... the whole time I thought she was getting ideas for HER craft room. LOL Yup I am gullible. But happy!!! hehehe

I can not even begin to tell you how awesome this is. I have never had such a nice surprise. Anything that I can possibly say to describe just how lucky I feel and how thankful I am will be an understatement. So without further adieu here are the pictures, with more details.

The Finished Product

So lets start with my fabulous new custom made desk. OK for those that don't know me I work from home. I take phone calls and since my kids are LOUD I work in the middle of the night. This is my quiet room where I work. Up until now my desk consisted of 2 plastic fold down tables and piles of junk. Joe (Nikki's hubby) made me this new desk to work on at night. I feel like a queen and can't believe how spoiled I am. He even used my file cabinets and incorporated them into the desk... painted in my favorite Black of course.

Are you dying yet??? Wait it gets better!

Notice the 12x12 frames on the wall? I had bought these a few months ago and like most of my great finds they found their way onto a shelf in the corner... Nikki in her genius ways found me the perfect ribbon and hung them for me. So now I have my red frames on the wall and need to make the pages to go in them. I am doing a page of each kid.

Now look at his PERFECT wall! Which by the way all walls were naked before this. My other darling friend Amy gave me these 3 stars and I haven't found the perfect spot for them yet. Looks like Nikki found the perfect spot huh? Though she did have to hunt the house looking for them with Amy on the phone giving direction. LOL

I also already had the iron decor that is above the fabulous magnet board that she bought and painted and hung for me. I told it gets better didn't I? Well guess what we aren't done yet... We have 2 more wall to go. I am sooooooo freaking spoiled! I do not deserve such a great friend and hubby!

Now for wall 3. This is the work bench that they made me. WOWSER! They painted the file cabinets, hooked them together.. then he built me platforms to lift them so the drawers would open easier... then took an old salvaged door that I had in the backyard and made me the counter top. Love the rounded corners and the antiquing that they did on it. Look at how nicely they organized my stuff on top too. And the drawers are all nicely organized and full as well. And just to add a touch of class she put up my vinyl saying for me that has been sitting here since I moved in.
Wall #4 she got rid of my worn out see through drawers and brought in my cubbies from the bonus room. Reinforced them and organized all my stuff into them. This had to be a long daunting task... her final decision was that I have to much stuff. HA HA HA who would have thought it? Oh I don't know probaby everybody. I know I am such a pack rat and scrapbook collector. She also hung my red paper holder and put ribbon on my baskets and then bought me new curtain rods and red and black curtains. DANG CUTE!

Jealous Much?

I am soooooooo amazed that they did this for me. I still can not believe it. And to top it all off she just started a new job last week right in the middle of doing this room for me. Now this was one amazing family service project. She will be rewarded in heaven for sure. And I just have to mention what a bargain shopper she is. Everything she bought she used a coupon for and her hubby used wood they had extra for my desk and the total cost for my new fabulous room?? You will die! $120 Yup like I said she is AMAZING!!

The Before

I searched everywhere for a picture of how bad this room was before... can't find one... that's cuz it was not a room that I wanted to take pictures of. It has been the catch all for a few months.. But in the back ground of these photos you can get a clue at the before.

In the back ground here you can see the cluttered table with my worn out see through drawers and the 6 salvaged file cabinets that I had all in a row that were like an ugly primer gray color. I got these from a cousin of mine that clears office equipment. There were in great condition just not that cute of a color. :)

The pile on top of the file cabinets... is frames, art, decorations for the house that I haven't used yet. Nice that Nikki has way more vision than I do. She did get lots of over the phone help from Amy the 2 together had some great ideas. Don't ya think?

Behind the crying child you will see my plastic fold up table, my old kitchen table chair and more stacks of scrapbook stuff. Now aren't you glad that it looks so much better in here now? I know I am. I was actually excited to come back to work yesterday just so that I could play in my new room.

I love love love my room. My kids told me that I can't just hide in here all the time. I say that they are wrong and that I can. :)

THANKS AGAIN NIKKI!!!!!!!!

YOU ARE THE BEST!