Friday, July 31, 2009

Pillows, swimming , pottery and RIP Stormycat

I was able to borrow my moms sewing machine for a day so I could work on the pillows for my dining room. I got it all for under $26! Here are the (mostly) finished pillows.
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Also this week, Ella had swimming lessons with the wonderful Leah. Leah was so very patient and kind to Ella even when she was crying during the lesson. I will definitely be taking her back next summer!

Kicking practice
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Marching practice for treading water
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And swimming with Leah's help
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Wes came along to watch.
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A couple of weeks ago when my sister was here we took the girls to Pottery By You and they painted some little deer and us big girls painted a trivet for our mommy. We got to pick them up this week and Ella was very proud of her creation. Mom liked her trivet too, so it was good all around.
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Lastly, on Monday we had to put our beloved Stormy down. She was almost 15 years old and recently had a stroke so she couldn't use her back legs very well. She also had kidney failure and heart problems. Mom decided to let her live out her life until the pain overcame the pleasure. Over the past weekend Stormy finally lost all ability to use her back legs and was unable to move, eat or go to the bathroom so we all decided that it would be best to put her to rest. We will all miss our kitty, but Ella will especially miss her Stormy-cat. The only silver lining was that it gave us a nice opportunity to explain about death and heaven etc. with Ella. RIP Stormy!
stormy and ella
stormy and ella
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Sunday, July 26, 2009

Our dining room makeover

I have wanted to get a corner bench for our dining room for a long time. I was sure that this would make our tiny dining room seem bigger and allow us more seating and some extra storage as well. I finally convinced Jon that this would be a good idea, and when we got our Alabama state tax return last week we decided that we would use the money towards my bench. With help from my dad in designing and building Jon and I built our new storage benches. I love they way they turned out!

Our new eating nook:
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Look! benches!
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Food Storage!
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From the living room:
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From the Kitchen:
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I am also in the process of reupholstering our chairs to match the black and white theme of the room, you can also see in the other pictures that I am in the process of painting the trim black as well... kids get in the way, it will be done eventually!
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I am going to get a new black table cloth to help the table blend in more, and I will be makeing pillows for the back of the bench so it is more comfy when eating there. I am also thinking about covering the benches in vinyl so they wipe clean easier.
I am so excited for my new benches/storage. I am also glad for the freed up space in the dining room. Much nicer now!

Thursday, July 23, 2009

life

Going on a walk
Ella an dJon
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Ella an dJon
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Playing together
wes and ella
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Ella loves to play her daddies video game
ella video game

Wes loves his seahorse
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Wesley has feet!
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Monday, July 13, 2009

Cow appreciation day!

Ella and I dressed up Friday July 10th for Chick-fil-a's cow appreciation day. We got a free dinner at the local franchise! It was fun and Ella loved being a cow with mommy... MOO!
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Thursday, July 9, 2009

Wesley the Evil Wizard and more

Ella was playing dress-up and she was the good princess, when I came back from the bathroom Wesley had joined the game and was playing the Bad Evil Wizard according to Ella.
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The next American Idol!
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Take my picture mom.
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Wesley sits!
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Playing in Ella's room
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Happy kids.
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Bath time together!
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Wesley!
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Wesley laughs at Jonas' pain
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Wes feigns innocence as Jonas begins to cry
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Ella!
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Ella and Brenna are silly
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Nana and the Grandkids
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And that is all!