I received a...

stylish blogger award!

I feel so privileged...

I feel like people no longer read blogs,

so I am excited to know that someone out there does!!

So the rules go like this:

1. Thank the person who gave you the award

2. Share 7 facts about yourself

3. Award 7 new bloggers with the award (and comment them so they know they've won!)

My award comes from Dawn Dahlstrud (because that will always be your name to me)

Thank you Dawn for the award.

Dawns mom was my 1st grade teacher.

Dawns sister was one of my best friends all through out school.

I didn't really get to know Dawn until we were cheerleaders together.

(thus the embarrassing picture)

Everytime I think of Dawn, I think of pep assemblies in the commons area, listening to "Breakfast at Tiffany's"

(I can not remember who sang it)

We had a lot of fun "cheerleading" times!!

7 things about me that you may not know??

1. My husband and I are fishing in a Bass Fishing tournament together this weekend! Where we are going to knock'em dead with our mad fishing skills;)

2. There was a summer a few years back that I made my own laundry soap...

3. I LOVE to read historical trashy romance novels.

4. I am OCD about open cabinet doors. I just can't stand them to be open. So, If I come over to your house and shut your doors, you know why!

5. I LOVE peanut butter and jam sandwiches. I could eat them every day!!

6. I LOVE watching the History channel. I am kind of a dork...

7. I am really shy, which I think sometimes comes across as snotty. But I am not that way at all! If we are friends, I will be your friend for life! I will do anything for you!!

(don't you want to be my friend?)

Seven people that I am passing the award to.

1. Kelsie

2. Ashley

3. Mindy

4. Katie

5. Tara

6. Ashlee

7. Ashley

On my mind...

Some nights I lay in bed, utterly exhausted from the days events, and my mind races...

...I am in charge of Anistons Valentines Party.

What do you do for an hour with 30 3rd graders...

...I just found out I am getting CS5 and I am having a little anxiety about re-learning photoshop...

...I am (secretly) planning and getting little things ready for Eastons 1st birthday...

...I am obsessed with making the "perfect, delicious" cupcake...

...Zumba and Kickboxing are making it very hard for me to move today...

...I have been working on the girls chore charts for 2 weeks...

...I want to make something using Chalkboard paint...

...I have a million little things that I am dying to make...

...My neighbors are going on a cruise...

...and I think that I have seasonal depression....

...how are you fighting off the winter blues?

I {heart}...

these three little people.

I was organizing my computers digital files. I found this picture that I took on Christmas Eve.

I LOVE it! I love the way they interact

(well, on most days)

Which leads me to my new little book.

Its a "One line a day" 5 year Memory Book.

Its so cute and doesn't feel big and scary like a journal.

So far I love it. It doesn't take much to fill the little space given for the day.

I write little things the girls say. I let them write their names in it. I write about the way I feel on that certain day. I know that I am going to cherish it over the next 5 years.

I got it at Amazon. Check it out...

You will love it too!

9 months...

He is 9 months old!

I have a love/hate relationship with these children of mine growing...

I LOVE each new stage, each new milestone...

but I hate that they have to grow up so fast.

He is so much fun!

He weights 19.6 lbs.

He is 28 in. long.

He has 2 bottom teeth and 4 teeth on the top that are just about popping through.

He stands up to all the furniture and walks/runs around them.

He is going to be walking very, very soon.

He loves his sisters and laughs and laughs when they play.

He says dada the minute his daddy walks through the door.

He smacks his lips when we say give me a kiss.

He loves to play with Coco.

And I absolutely adore him!

The Laundry Room...

Wow!

Is really all that I can say.

I am obsessed!

This feels amazing...

You should try it!!

Oh...and I am having

a newborn giveaway on my Photo blog!!

Hop on 0ver and check it out!!

Bathroom sink...

Because I am behind, I am jumping all around the "get organized in 21 Days" list.

Under my bathroom sink was in desperate need of some organization.

I tackled it and then moved on to under my kitchen sink and Laundry Room.

WOW! It feels so good!

My kids and my husband are even helping to keep it organized! I LOVE IT!!

Try it!!

Just organize one space! It becomes an addiction!!

A sad house...

After taking down my Christmas, my house was sad!!

(and I know this because it told me)

Valentines is in one month...

why not enjoy another holiday!

I have seen this subway art everywhere.

I decided to make my own.

I found a frame...

took the picture out of it...

Made one of my own on PSE...

And added it to my shelf.

(I don't like the cream mat...I'll have to fix that)

I am all about reusing and recycling what you already have...

try it, make it, and LOVE it!