Road Trip

Well, my sister in law went on a trip and that meant I could finally do a room makeover for her. Her birthday is this month and I wanted to surprise her. My in-laws live with her and she takes such good care of them. My Father in law has Alzheimer's and Parkinson's and he has very rough days. My SIL so deserves this makeover. I am so fortunate to have a very talented friend that is a designer. She was kind enough to meet me there and transform the kitchen and living room. It's so cool to watch her, she needs everything blank and then Shazam it's a beautiful room that anyone would love to have. Watching her inspired my daughter to come home and change the placement in the basement. Holly, not only are you beautiful, kind and very talented you are an awesome woman and I'm so lucky to call you my friend!!
Bonus: I get to go on a road trip with Holly in 2 weeks!!! She knew I have needed a break and she is just one of those women that makes things happen.

Guess what I forgot to do? Yep, take pictures!!

Music Monday-For Cory

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlR3aMRDick

Bridal Shower

Wanted to share a few pictures of the bridal shower. This teacher is so loved by her students and it was so sweet to see so many of them participate in the shower. One of the moms did the cake. One group of girls made her a cookbook and did such a sweet job on it. She was so cute she wore the apron I did for her the rest of the day. My boys are going to miss her.

It's official we are out of school. The boys got out yesterday and are already off and running today. This is probably our last full summer. Next summer tennis and football start the year early for them.

At the request of several 8th grade students I attended 8th grade graduation last night. It was so great to see the kids all dressed up. This was such a great class and being a sub for them has always been a delight. They begged me to sub in the high school but I told them they change in High School and I want to remember them just how they are. My kids weren't really sure why I went last night and I tried to explain that it's important for kids to know you believe in them. I hope one day if one of those 8th graders is feeling low, they'll remember a crazy substitute teacher that believed in them.

It's graduation weekend and it's going to be crazy around here. Hard to believe it's been a year since Emm graduated. Wow. Time Flies!!

Finished

This is how I finished the candy buffet and Emilee made this for her friend that is graduating this weekend.

Hope everyone is having a great week!!

Productive Weekend

This has been such a productive weekend and it feels so good! Thought I would share some fruits of my labor.
Made Emme a new shirt and made the #2 shirt for a girl at works little boy. He's having a baseball birthday party.

Sorry for the awful picture but made a few candy diplomas for Emm's friends that are graduating. They are made with big smarties. I made little tags that say Congrats Grad, 09, and Dream Big. My friend Julie is doing these for her daughters graduation open house.

This is a T-shirt quilt I finished for Emilee's broken hearted ex- boyfriend. He is graduating from Vincennes and Emm had asked him for some of his special t-shirts to do this for him. She did help. The hardest part for me was cutting up his survivor t-shirt. He is a cancer survivor and such an amazing young man. He is coming to spend the day with us tomorrow and we are giving it to him then.

The boys have a wonderful language arts teacher and all the kids love her. So I thought it would be fun for the kids to throw her a shower. It's a kitchen theme and that way the kids can bring in a small kitchen item and we will fill up a basket for her. I found this cute apron and matching towel and potholder at Homegoods and put her new initial on it. I made the love frame and the cute photo album I had left from my store. Those are going to be gifts but I'm using them as table decorations. Her wedding colors are black, white and pink. A mom who is a cake decorator offered to bring in the cake. I am so excited to see her reaction. She is such a special teacher.

Whatever you're doing this weekend hope it's been fun. It just feels nice to be getting some things done.

Moving Day

Well, today is the day we get to move our girl home. Hubby and I are heading to Hanover as soon as the boys get on the bus. Emm is so ready to come home. Please be praying that she gets a job. She has been applying everywhere and nothing so far. It's hard getting out of school this late. This may be our last trip to Hanover and please be in prayer for that too. She wants to transfer to a AU a Christian University that she had considered earlier. Her dad and I totally support that. Sometimes you have to find the right fit for yourself. I am so proud of her and she has handled everything with the new school. She's becoming a grown up!!

Have a wonderful weekend.

Candy

So I am working on this candy buffet for a graduation open house and the colors are blue and white. Found some really cute ribbon but not sure if I want to use it on the jars or not. Any opinions?