Decorating Time!!

We finally got our tree and house decorations up. It gets more and more fun each year with the kids getting older and REALLY understanding everything! Also, this is the first year that we really have a home to decorate. Last year we had just moved in and it was still a yellow house with TURQUOISE trim....did I say turquoise!?!?! I was also pregnant and exhausted so all we did was put up a tree. But this year we wanted to decorate the outside of the house too. It's not much but it was fun!

So...brainstorming...brainstorming....we'll make our OWN wreaths and garland!! COOL!! My my 'handy dandy husband' handmade the garland and wreaths for the front of the house. The best part is it was all free. We picked up trimmings from home depot and a Christmas tree lot and he put them together at home!! Real stuff looks (and smells) so much better too! I think he did an AWESOME job...what do you think??


At night the garland has white lights on it!! :-) So it's not overly doing anything but we still look like the most festive (and tasteful) house on the street! :-) You can kinda see it here....


We don't have tons of decorations. I think that you just slowly accumulate stuff over the years. And we're definitely doing that a little more each year! Maybe I can hit the store clearances after Christmas and score some new ones....hmmmmm. :-)

For My Sis

So this is for my sis who said she "creamed" me in the skeet shooting competition! Here's the proof that I didn't do too shabby! I nailed my first few shots! And had to sit out the second half of the competition because I had to feed my baby!! :-) Last I remember we were even!!!!

Nuthin' Hotter

There is nothing hotter than a man in camo shootin' a gun!! I love it!




Yep,that's MY man!!!! My Mississippi man!!!

Love you babe!!!

Can't Leave Lillian Out!

The other day Landon was cleaning up the playroom and brought me a toy spatula (the one on the left)!



He said, "Here you go Mom, it's a spankin' spoon for Lillian!!"

Guess she needed a smaller one since she's the BABY!!!!

Got the Sewing Itch Again

I love sewing! I used to sew clothes for myself in high school. I even hand embroidered a pair of jeans in junior high! I used my graduation money and bought a sewing maching! (How many high school seniors do that!)

This past summer I decided to put my self taught skills to the test! I had so much fun sewing dresses for Olivia and John Johns for Landon!

But then Lillian came along and I put everything on hold! And then I saw Morningsong stitching up some new super cute things!

I haven't made anything for Lillian yet. And my kids don't really need any clothing. I'm SUPER BLESSED with a mother-in-law that works at a CUTE kids boutique in Jackson, MS and has been wanting to open up her own store! I'm so glad my mother-in-law loves the same kind of kids clothes I do!! :-)

Lillian is set for life being Olivia's little sister! I can't wait for her to get big enough to wear all the cute clothes!!

But I just though I'd see if I had a pattern that could possibly work for Lillian! I scrounged up some old fabric and made up a pattern!


I drew on the fabric the leg extensions to make it longer in the legs.


Here it is with NO buttons in the crotch and then I would cinch the leg openings where the eyelet is with elastic! I think the shoulder straps could be a little thinner - but hey, I did this in less than an hour and adjusted it as I went!!

I think it could be pretty cute? With a long sleeve shirt underneath?? Now, I don't think the fabric works for winter, but like I said, these were scraps!

Now, if I could only get my hands on some winter fabric and make matching outfits for ALL of them with their names on it!!! :-) AHHHHH.......I could go crazy if I had the time and $$$!!!!