The weekend is over??

And someone should tell me that so is the month of APRIL!!!!!!



The weekends just do not last long enough!! And according to my calendar, I am still stuck in April..lol.. Okay well, I was so inspired by every one's bathrooms last week that I went to Homegoods on Friday evening and found these



aren't they fabulous!! I have never seen black and white monogrammed towels before, and they had a "W'', and they have polka dots!! What more could a girl ask for!!! I had originally gone to Homegoods to look for a black and white "damask" shower curtain. I saw a couple in the bathroom tours last week and I MUST have one now!!! So far no luck in the search but I did find these at Homegoods as well



and they look great in my kitchen. I love anything with color, and these bottles caught my eye and they were cheap so it was a win-win situation!!!


While we are talking about good deals, I went to a couple of yard sales on Saturday morning and found this Lilly Pulitzer monkey dress for only three dollars!!!!



Isn't it the cutest?



The best find was Ayla's baby doll. She LOVES, LOVES baby dolls and thinks she needs a new one every time we go into a store!! I paid two dollars for this one and it looks just like a newborn baby.... it has the wrinkled skin, a baby hospital bracelet on and I found out after I got it home that it is definitely a "BOY". Yes it comes complete with the male anatomy! Ayla has not discovered that yet! You can tell that it was an expensive baby doll at one point so two dollars was not bad, especially since it is in perfect condition!!




I also wanted to show you this dress that I found on Etsy. Isn't is beautiful?? I am in love with Matilda Jane clothes although it is impossible to buy any. They sold out in thirty minutes a couple of weeks ago on line. So I found this knot dress and it reminded me of Matilda Jane and I love it. The designer did a great job and the quality is awesome!! I would love to buy a few more of her items, I think I am going to have her make me a pair of matching ruffle capris!!
Here is the link to her store, Kissing Kumquats, check it out, I am sure you will love it!!




Okay, well I hope everyone had a great weekend!!

Show Us Where You Live Friday-Bathrooms

You know what time it is!!!! It is show us where you live Friday and this week it is time to tour bathroom's.
Head on over to Kelly's Corner and enjoy all of the other home tour's.

This is the main bathroom and it was the very first room that we remodeled when we moved in. We decided to remodel every room because when we bought our house the inside was still stuck in the 70's, (green shag carpets included)which is when our house was originally built! It has been fun to do and John loves remodeling and has even flipped a few houses on the side.

We chose to use black marble for the floors, so my husband went ahead and tiled the top of the vanity with the black marble as well.


We painted the walls a light grey (that is in the marble), although it does look darker in these pictures.


This is the children's lovely "FROG" that holds their bath toys, soap and shampoo!!

To do something a little different, John put this rainforest waterfall showerhead in mounted from the ceiling!


This is our "little" bathroom that is in our bedroom. Again, I wanted to add color to the small space so we chose this gold paint and have been happy with it. At our previous house, everything was beige and white, so we decided to add different "colors" to different rooms.

Okay this used to be our "master bathroom" but it is now our teenage son's bathroom. Our bedroom used to be downstairs before we had the "little ones". It was just too far away from the babies so we decided to move back upstairs and take Kaleb's room and he got the huge bedroom and bathroom downstairs.


This was originally the laundry room and a bathroom all together, so John put a wall up and separated the laundry room from the bathroom. Everything is tiled, from the floors to the ceilings!!

He even made me a little makeup area!! Okay, that does it for our bathrooms!! Thanks so much for stopping by!! Have a great weekend everyone!!

Another driver in the family...

Guess what, there is a NEW driver in the family!!!!!!!!!


and even though this car is the right SIZE for Ayla, and she is smart and all, um, she is not driving YET!!!

But......
Last Thursday, I took Kaleb my 15, almost 16 year old son to take his lerner's test. He studied ONE whole day for the test and I just knew that he wasn't going to pass. When he walked out with a HUGE smile on his face after the test, I knew that he passed!! Of course I should have known, he is the type that can make good grades with out a whole lot of effort. If he applied himself and actually studied, he would be making straight A's in school. He is always on the honor roll, but he could be doing so much better... But anyway, that is another day and another post



He was so happy and for the next thirty minutes he was texting all of his friends with the good news. I was happy and sad at the same time. My baby is growing up and in two short years he will be graduating from highschool. I guess you could say that we grew up "together" and we have always had a very special bond. I could not have asked for a better son, he is loved by everyone that knows him!

And so the FUN begins........

Please pray for me as I begin teaching him to drive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Show Us Where You Live Friday- Computer Room

Okay, you know what time it is! It's time for Show Us Where You Live Friday and this Friday is computer rooms. So if you are interested in touring other rooms and getting some great ideas, please stop by Kelly's Corner and check it out.

This is a view coming in to the computer room. It is off of the Kitchen and has two french doors. We just keep the doors opened so the kids won't slam open and close them all day!


We love this room because of the windows and natural light that it gets.


We also wanted to have some color in here and do something different, so we just matched the green paint to the lamps that we already had. The leather sectional is a burgundy, reddish color and it also matches the lamps.


Our entertainment center was one of the first pieces of furniture that we bought when we were married. It was meant to be used as a TV entertainment center but we just decided to hang the TV on the wall and my husband made a shelf and stained it to match so we could put the computer on it as well!! This saved ALOT of money since we didn't have to buy an actual computer desk/ stand!

We keep any important papers in here along with our laptop.The bottom drawer holds all of our files!

I hope you enjoyed the tour!! See you next Friday! Have a great weekend!

Wordless Wednesday

The Vintage Lane and Wild Olive Tees

Okay, here are a couple of give aways that I absolutely love so I have to tell you about them!!

THE VINTAGE LANE

Rachael is one of my sister's friends and she makes beautiful hand stamped silver jewelry. She has just opened up her new Etsy store and has the cutest necklaces EVER!
My sister gave me a necklace(made by Rachael)for Christmas with all three of my children's names on it. My husband and I both love it and we both wear it! Here is the link to her Etsy store called " The Vintage Lane" so please go check it out.
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=7448089

She is also giving $50.00 worth of jewelry away on her blog, here is the link with all of the information. I hope I win, then my husband and I would BOTH have one-HA!
http://thevintagelane.blogspot.com/2009/06/little-contest-50-in-free-jewels.html

WILD OLIVE TEES
If you haven't heard of Wild Olive Tees, then you MUST go and check out their website. They are a group of three Christian women who design and sell t-shirts. Each t-shirt comes with a cool design on the front with a related scripture on the back. I LOVE, LOVE these t-shirts. Here is the link to their store. They are also featuring their "Unfolding" t-shirt now and all portions will go to charity. If you click on the "Unfolding" button on my sidebar, it will tell you all about it.

http://www.wildolivetees.com/tees/

They are so awesome and lucky for you and for me, they are giving away $75 worth of t-shirts. For more information and for a chance to win, please visit their blog at

http://www.wildolivetees.com/new-giveaway/#comments

I SO hope I win! If not, I am definitely going to buy one..or two..haha

Great News For Enbrel Users

If you, your children or anyone that you know is on enbrel, I have some great news. If you don't know, enbrel is a VERY expensive drug. It runs around 12-15,ooo, a year. That usually means a huge co-payment.

I found out through a friend that there is a co-pay assistance program through enbrel.com. However, it is not open to uninsured patients or patients eligible for or covered by federal, state, or government-funded insurance programs (for example, Medicare, Medicaid, etc).

I just got off of the phone with the people at enbrel and in a matter of minutes, we were approved for their co-pay assistance program and for the first 6 months are co-pay is going to be $0. If your co-pay is $750 or lower your co-pay for the remaining 6 months is ONLY $10. This is awesome news. I am so happy, this makes an ALREADY stressful situation a little LESS stressful! Can I get an AMEN!! On top of hospital bills, current prescriptions, treatments, etc this is a much needed break!! Thank you Enbrel!!

FYI- My friend who is also on enbrel was going to have to pay around $500 a month for her enbrel co-pay, now she is paying $0!! It is so worth checking into!