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Showing posts with label woodshop. Show all posts
Showing posts with label woodshop. Show all posts

Saturday, April 24, 2010

Catch UP!!

It's time to play catch-up!!  Let the games begin...
In February, for Ga Ga's birthday, the kids and I met up with the my Mom and Dad in Dallas.  We stayed in a hotel, ate a birthday dinner at Macaroni's, went to the Aquarium as well as heritage park, where you see us here on the front porch of a 100 + year old restored home.  We had a great time just being together.



You should know that this is mostly what we've been up to lately...adding a room onto our house.  But this is a topic for a whole other day.  But I won't mention it here without giving infinite amounts of thanks to Pop Pop (Joey's Dad) for all his hard work on our behalf.  We're LOVING the extra space!


My great friend Zeffy came for a visit over Spring Break in March.  It was so great to see her.  The kids got along marvelously after almost 2 years of being a part.
We had a GREAT time!  Here's Isaac with Olivia!


After Zeffy left us we drove down to Dallas to meet up with our friend Abby, her little sister Olivia and her parents Mary and Ben.  It was, once again, great to catch up with old friends.  Becky and Trevor Hunt and kids joined us too.  But I'm horrible with a camera so I don't have very many shots.  

We went to Six Flags for one whole day, stayed up way too late at night talking and visited the Stock Yards in Fort Worth.  Mary and I squeezed in some shopping as well...you better bet we didn't skip out on that opportunity!




At Six Flags, the guys karaokied {sp??} your body is a wonderland for us ladies.  We were in stitches watching them make total fools of themselves.  They got really into it and it was hilarious!!


Isaac rode his first BIG roller coaster.  He climbed aboard bravely with Daddy to "test drive" it before Georgie and I went on together.  When the end came he had a grin on his face but advised Georgie of it's begin too scary!!  He didn't recommend it!  But he was a good sport and proud of himself for trying it.  
I had to include the photo of naked jumping on the hotel bed!  woo-hoo!!
Happy Easter!  Here Isaac is with his friend Ben Foster at the base Easter egg hunt.

Georgie and her boys!



Georgie can pump herself in a swing now!!  And she's very proud!



Our favorite Easter gift ever??  Klutz' face painting book.  I would highly recommend it!



Georgie was hilarious with her snow queen persona.  She kept fanning her arms out and gently flicking her wrists in slow motion as she pranced about the house.  She felt so absolutely beautiful!


For Joey's birthday we invited over some friends for a simple taco salad and key lime cheesecake.  Here are a few of our smaller guests, who, by the way, LOVE Joey;)


I'm not sure if this was the end of one of our sleepovers but here I am reading the Bahr kids a story, right before they have to go home one afternoon.  We've had quite a few sleepovers this spring and it has been so much fun!!



Isaac has been scaling up on his chores lately!!  Here he is with the vacuum, wearing a smile!  What a great attitude!



A bad picture because only our zoom lens works right now, this is the twin size bed that I finally finished for the kids.  I'm really happy with how it turned out!  With strict adherence to the "no jumping on the bed" rule, I hope it will last long enough to be an heirloom!  

Okay...now I can begin life as a regular blogger again!  Gee, I've missed it!

Monday, August 31, 2009

Hangin' at the Woodshop

This is it!! My first woodshop project. The picture actually doesn't do it justice ( my pictures never do) but it turned out pretty cute. I can't wait to make more. If you've ever thought about wood working, I say, go for it. It's a lot easier than I ever thought it would be. Especially if you're in the military. The military woodshop is priceless...full time expert helper at any hour!




And, just for fun:

I hung with my new friend Chelsea today and found my "shopping style" twin. She truly appreciates my wierd taste and I totally look up to hers. Can we go to New York and London together, Chelsea? So, drum roll please, today's flea market finds:
I love owls!
I saw this on the way out and HAD to go back in and buy it. Lo and behold, the guy just gave it to me for free! You should see the adorably large clip on earrings that he gave Chelsea for free. She bought them to clip on to some ballet flats! Great idea, huh!
I saw this on my last visit, a few months ago, didn't buy it and have been dreaming of it ever since. I just love baskets. Especially exotic looking ones! I thought this one would be a perfect vessel for light sabers...and we have 8!!
I don't have time to straighten out this picture but I need some stylish mommy opinions. I found this adorable satin dress that looks so much like Belles dress from Beauty and the Beast. I'm trying to decide what to do with it. You can see above, that the sleeves are ripped. The zipper in the back doesn't work either but the skirt part is BEAUTIFUL!
Originally, when I bought it (for $6) my plan was to cut the top off and make it into an adorably poofy skirt. But, as I looked at it and thought of Georgie, it occured to me that the skirt version would be more to my liking while she would probably LOVE the dress. What do you think? Skirt or dress, friends? Dress would mean only for play (or halloween), skirt would be an option for any occasion!! Or do you see something entirely different? I'm anxiously awaiting your opinions!