Square Foot Garden

Toby and the boys are outside right now building a square foot garden. Our family friend, Janet had one last year and it yielded quite a bit of produce. I am also using this as a way to teach the boys about spring, plants, responsibility, and work ethic. Over the next several months we will all work on our garden together. I am super excited about it and hope it gives us lots of tasty vegetables to eat. I'll post pics soon.

We moved...

and I am dedicating a blog to the renovation process.

Click on over and check out The Tanner Manor.

Riley's Baby Shower

I have been meaning to post pics of the baby shower we threw for my friend, Niki and her sweet daughter-to-be Riley, but had not gotten to it. So today while I was cruising blogland I saw that Kelly was hosting a baby shower linky deal. No time like the present to show some pics.

The buffet! Another angle of the table.Sorry for the blurry pic but wanted to show how we folded the napkins like diapers.

We used her baby shoes, pictures, mementos, and toys to give the shower a vintage feel.

Kim, Niki's sister-in-law, made these delicious Hawaiian sandwiches and pasta salad.
I have a collection of vintage silver baby cups that I had used at my sister's baby shower so I used them again...love that I used them twice!
We put flags in the cheese to tell what kind it was and you can see her invitation in a frame behind the cheese pedestal.

Pasta salad...yummy!

More of our fruit and cheese display.

A tray of little candies...Niki's son, Hudson, loved this most of all!

The cupcakes...not a great picture but the best I have.

The cookies I made for her shower. I was inspired by http://bakeat350.blogspot.com/. She is amazing.


I stole this idea from a blog but can't remember where. SORRY! We set out diapers and encouraged everyone to write a funny message for them to enjoy while diapering Riley. I liked it better than a game and it also will prove useful.
A little sign that reserved her seat for opening gifts.

This sign hung on my mantle and all the presents were placed below.

Here is the guest of honor opening her goodies.

Jack's Big Boy Room

We moved Jack to a big boy bed awhile back and decided to spruce up his room a little bit. I used a lot of what we had and a little bit of goods from a local antique store and it ended up pretty cute. There are a few more things that I want to do such as hang some vintage sporting goods that I purchased but other than that I am super pleased.

Oh yeah, and above his bed now are a bunch of different J's and a canvas painted with his name.

The Fireplace Reveal

I mentioned over a week ago that my husband and I had been working on an update to our fireplace. I had completely intended to put the pictures up a few days later but after a last minute trip to Vegas followed by an emergency removal of my wisdom teeth....intentions got pushed aside. So after much delay here are the pictures of the fireplace redo.

The hubby did a wonderful job and I love how it took on a more traditional look. Thanks so much for all your hard work Mr. Tanner. You ROCK!

Just because...

it is summer, a million degrees outside, and we really like strawberries, I whipped up a little cake tonight and it was super delish!

We have been busy working on a few home projects. Here is a picture of things to come.

This little cutie has been quite the helper.

Gearing up for Summer

I LOVE summer! I mean LOVE!

I have been working in our backyard to get it looking nice for us to enjoy. I have always wanted a table outside so we could eat. Well, before the 115 degree heat hits. Yesterday I got one.

We already ate lunch out there...too much fun. The boys loved it.

A look at what's blooming in our yard.

And finally....look at this super cute sign my friend Brittany picked up for my craft room.

I think it is pretty fun!

April showers....

bring May flowers

and really dirty boys.

A little PEEK

at my craft/sewing room to be.

Do you know how long I have been waiting for this?

Can't wait to post finished pics for you. Till then I will be busy painting, creating, moving furniture and organizing...

all with a silly little grin on my face.

Bargain Shopping

I am trying to be a thriftier shopper so I started couponing.

And would you believe I got all of this for $22.35 and saved a little over $56. WOW!

Greens

A trip to our local market made me SO happy today.

Look at all the delectables our mouth gets to enjoy this week. YUM!

Tour Tuesday - Jack's Room

I thought today would be a good day to show you Jack's room....especially since we are going to be changing it up soon to transition him to a big boy bed. His room is based on vintage firetrucks and my husband painted the mural that goes all the way around the room and on to the ceiling. Hope you enjoy...the pics look faded in all these pics but the mural is really soft colors.

We included this piece because we love Disney World so much and what an amazing piece of artwork done by a California firefighter. It was the only painting done at the time that had Mickey touching a human.