Keeping Busy :)

Hey friends!

As I said before, with taking the summer off from college; I planned to craft more and play more for the sake of my sanity!
 

Well I've been scrapbooking...

Mainly working to get caught up in my boys 2 albums, so I can HOPEFULLY start our wedding album in August!!! ♥

I've also been doing some crafting...

Plain wooden letter U, turned into...

Added some patriotic paper and some Modge Pode, these 2 stars were sitting around from last year so I hot glued them to the side of the U (for USA). 

You'll have to wait and see the FINISHED product;)

Also been working on baby shower cuteness for 

my best friends shower on the 27th of this month...

Popcorn Baby Shower Favors...

The mom and dad to be LOVE popcorn so we thought this would be a cute favor!

I created the label with a program I have; the yellow oval says "OUR little bundle will be popping out soon!" CUTE!

Here's the back side...

The shower is JUNGLE themed; I can't wait to see it all come together!

 

Also been busy finishing up the boys swap packages for the Kids Only Summer Swap; they are STOKED to get their goodies in the mail:)

Hope you have a good day!

I'm off to get some blonde hi-lites added back into my hair today then working on some more baby shower stuff tonite with my BFF!

Noelle ♥

Monday Funnies :)

Moms...

Have you ever had a really stressful day with the kids?

Then out of the blue, they say something so cute and funny and it takes all your stresses away!

Gage (above) is learning to try to tell KNOCK KNOCK Jokes... so cute!

Gage: "Knock Knock"

Me: "Who's there?"

Gage" "banana"

Me: "Banana who?"

Gage: " Peel, peel, peel" (then he makes a gobble sound as he pretend to eat the banana!)

CRACKS ME UP! 

Its so cute cause he made that up on his own and it almost makes some sense, at age 3!

LOVE HIM ♥

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Gavin (above) was talking to Gage the other day,

Gage wasn't paying to much attention to Gavin so he was like "Huh?" a couple times.

Gavin got annoyed with Gage's attention span and told him,

"Gage, I think you have short SPERM memory loss!"

OMgoodness, I NEVER laughed so hard in my life!

After I recovered, I said about 4 times, "Short TERM memory loss, short TERM...!"

Wow, I know for a fact that the only time Gavin had heard the word SPERM has been in referring to SPERM whales; he watches animal shows a lot!

Just totally out of no where did the SPERM word fly out!

Then I had a thought that in a couple years, I'm gonna have to have the "BIRDS and the BEES" talk with him, AI YI YI!!! NOT READY FOR THAT!

My sweet innocent minded Gavin still believes mommy that God puts the baby in mommy's tummy and mommy has surgery so the baby can be born!

I'm grateful that none of the kids at school have begun to discuss any of this either!!

WHEEEEW!!!

Do you have any MONDAY FUNNIES TO share??

Noelle ♥

My Happy List this week:)

I linked up today with Mamarazzi to share my "Happy List"!

Sometimes when you have a kinda crummy week, one may need to reflect back on some of the positives instead of all the sucky things that might have happened.

So here are the things that made my HAPPY LIST this week...

1. Today was Old Navy's $2 tank top sale- woo hoo!

There is a LIMIT of 5 of these babies, so I got purple, gray, white, black,  and brown. These are regularly prices $8.50 each so I save $32.50.... WOO HOO!
And... our store opened at 7 am; my sister in law Amie picked me up at 6:30 this morning (LOL) and we were only like maybe the 20th in line, so not too bad!!

2. Our favorite little water park opened up this week!!!!
We went on Thursday and the kids had a FABULOUS time:)

The fun water slide!!

We swam and made goofy faces like Gavin here:)

Made cute faces like Gage here;)

Brothers actually had FUN with EACH OTHER... OMG!!
MIRACLE!!!!!

We ate lunch...

Acted like goofballs with Cheetos!

(Yes I am eating cheetos too... shhhh!)
I even got to color my hair the night before to get rid of those SNEAKY WHITE hairs that were popping through!!! LOL

3. I am in love with Diet Green Tea Snapple... So good!!

Its refreshing and doesn't leave me bloated like pop does!

AND Happy #4... I DON'T have to take blood thinners after all for my leg clots; the hemo dr. said to stay on the anti-inflammatory pills because the clots aren't in deep veins.
I will be having the laser procedure done in about 2 weeks hopefully to take care of these nasty varicose veins!!! YIPPEE!! To have PRETTY legs again, I cannot wait!!!

So whats on your happy list this week??

Noelle ♥

"FOOT-ASTIC" Summer Giveaway... WINNER!!

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Max: 20  

 Result: 2

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#2 is JEN GLAM GIRL!

Congrats hun!!

I'd say email me your address but I have it for the Kiddie Swap info:)

Thanks to all who entered ♥

Noelle  

Dads Day Cupcake Recipe- CUTE!

Got one of my fave mag's the other day... FAMILY FUN!

And I was tickled by this super cute cupcake recipe for a dad who loves to grill!

Such a CUTE MANLY idea for father's day!

Here's the recipe...

This clever trio is a tasty way to honor the King of the Grill on Father's Day.

Ingredients

• Brownie batter
• Black food coloring
• White frosting
• Orange sugar

• Caramel creams
• Red, yellow, and green candy fruit slices
• Hot Tamales candies

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Instructions

1. To make a batch of 12, place liners in a muffin pan, oil them, and fill them two thirds full of your favorite brownie batter, then bake according to the recipe directions. Let the brownies cool.
   
2. In a small bowl, mix one or two drops of black food coloring with 1/4 cup white frosting. Transfer the frosting to a ziplock bag and snip a small section from the corner. Pipe grate lines onto each brownie and let them set for 20 minutes. Add embers with a sprinkle of orange sugar.
   
3. Prepare the grill food as instructed below and press it in place atop each brownie.
   
   Kabobs = A caramel cream and red, yellow, and green candy fruit slices, cut into small pieces + toothpick skewers
   
   Pork chop = two thirds of a caramel cream, molded with fingers + black food coloring, applied with a toothpick
   
   Hot dogs = Hot Tamales candies + black food coloring, applied with a toothpick
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   And if my hubby plays his cards right, I am getting him a NEW grill for Father's day!
   Ours came with our house and was built into the ground back in the 60's.
   One day hubby went to open the grill and it completely fell over!!
   The bottom of it had rusted enough over the years that it literally cracked and fell!!!
   We had to call NIPSCO out to cut the gas line for us too.
   So we have been dying to GRILL the past few weeks, LOL!!
   Hope I can find a really good deal on one next week, any suggestions?
   Looking to spend no more than like $100 or so...
   
   
   Thanks,
   Noelle ♥
   
   
   
   

Chosen to host ANOTHER House Party!!

Hey gals...
Remember me mentioning before HOUSEPARTY.COM?
You can go to that site, register and enter to be chosen to HOST House Parties for various products and companies!
EVERYTHING is FREE!


If you are chosen to host a party, HP just asks that you use their party site to invite your guests, share the products that they send you for FREE to your guests and put the "word"out about their products!


I was just chosen to host a Febreeze Summer Entertaining House Party!

Here's what its my HOST PARTY PACK...

1 - Febreze Set & Refresh Branded apron
2 - Home Collection Room Spray (Pomegranate Mango)
5 – Home Collection Flameless Luminaire Starter Kit (Pomegranate Mango)
8 - Febreze Set & Refresh Starter Kits (Hawaiian Aloha)
8 - Febreze Set & Refresh Starter Kits (Linen & Sky)
10 - Home Collection Scented Reed Diffusers (Pomegranate Mango)
18 - Home Collection Flameless Luminaire Refills (Pomegranate Mango)
20 - Sandra Lee and Entertaining Tip Cards
20 - Febreze Home Collection product samples
20 - Febreze Set & Refresh Branded Cocktail Napkins
180 – Febreze Set & Refresh Coupons

 So as you can see lots of GOODIES for me and my guests!

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I'm having my house party on Fri. June 25th and its gonna be LUAU themed, I'm SOOOO excited!
I think Luau parties are SO fun and cute to decorate for!!

Here's some cute decor...

May have to serve up some GROWN UP drinks with the lil' umbrella's in them:)

So... SERIOUSLY-- RUN to HOUSEPARTY.COM and sign up to host some free parties!!

I've hosted for the following companies in the past couple years...
Fisher Price
Lunchables
Juicy Juice
Red Baron Pizza

And your GUESTS love that they can come to a PARTY and not have to spend ANY money!
Its a great time to get your gal pals together for a FUN time!

Ooooh and guess what else?
I will be have a FEBREEZE giveaway HERE on MY BLOG after my house party... woot-woot!!!

~Have a GREAT day~

Noelle ♥

Mostly Wordless Wednesday...

Here is my GAGE the day he had his ear tubes removed a few weeks ago...

because he hasn't had good experiences with doctors and hospitals, he gets very stressed and uncooperative. So the dr. gave him VERSET prior to the surgery, to help relax him, so here he is...

think he looks RELAXED?

My poor lil' bub was so loopy he didn't know what was going on;)

Love him and his silly faces ♥

Happy MWW!!

Noelle ♥