Out with the old in with the new!!!

Woohoo!! Our spare bathroom is in the process of getting a face lift, or I guess really a new face all together. For Christmas Nate and I asked for home depot cards to go towards remodeling our bathroom. When we moved into this home we knew that it needed to be done and we weren't planning on working on it so soon, but the tub had a hole in the side of it where the previous owner had just quickly patched it up. Really all it looked like they did was wipe puddy over it. So water has been leaking out on to the floor under the linoleum. So that was causing mold. With a new baby in the house and guest using that bathroom I sweetly asked my husband to get a start on it. All I have to do is bring Zoie's health into the issue and BAM!! He agrees! HA! I know I can't play that card too much.

Anyways on with the remodeling.....

Ya see that...yup mold under the sink on the wall too!! ERRRR!!!

New tub...Thank you to Nate's step-Dad John for his help with it!

New Cupboards

Zoie's new bathroom is on its way!

Thanks to my step-Dad Brent for helping Nate and letting him use all his handy dandy tools!

I'm so proud of Nate, he has been working on this non-stop and has really exceeded my expectations on how fast he is getting this done and how well it looks. I'm loving it! What an amazing guy!!!

This is what my office looks like now!

And the hall way...its hard to keep the wood floor clear from tools that will scratch it!!

Its close to being done....check back soon for the finished project!

Hey Good Lookin Whatcha Ya Got Cookin!!!

Here are some things I have made this week...and my husband has really liked them so I thought I would share!

Here is a quick Brownie recipe made from scratch! ( I got it from my Mother In-Law)

3/4 cup margin softened

2 cups sugar

1/3 cup cocoa

4 eggs add 1 at a time

Mix in -1 1/2 cup flour

1/4 tsp salt

2 tsp vanilla

2 cups nuts (optional...my husband doesn't like nuts)

Bake at 350 degrees for 35 mins

After I pulled them out I sprinkled brown sugar and chocolate chips over for a crunchy texture

These two are dinners!

This one is called

~ Crispy Bacon & Parm Ranch Chicken ~

4 chicken breast

1 16 oz Peppercorn Ranch

1 cup Italian Bread Crumbs

1 cup grated Parm Cheese

1/2 lb cooked bacon (crispy and grumbled)

pour dressing into shallow pan (pie pan)

med bowl mix- bread crumbs, cheese, and bacon

dip clean and dry chicken into dressing then coat with bread mixture

place in sprayed 9x13 pan

Bake at 350 degrees for 45 min or until juices run clear

This one is what my husband and I call

~Teriyaki Rice Bowl ~

Chicken breast in the crock pot with pepper and onion season

White Rice

Steamed broccoli

Chinese noodles

Teriyaki sauce

Mix it all together

MmmmMMmmm GOOD!!!

Photography!

Here are some pictures I have been taking of my in-laws!

Dani-Zoie, Erica-Payden, Stephanie-Hailey

3 babies in our family this year and the 3 MommasHailey, Zoie, and Payden

Block Wedding gift!

I have a friend whos son got married on Dec 20th so I decided to make the couple this wedding gift! I got the idea on Creative Crate Blog (which you can see on my blog list) I love her blog she always has way cute stuff! Anyways this was such an easy gift...already had everything so that makes it even better. I had my husband cut the blocks and I painted em, distressed the edges, then stained em, and cut the vinyl letters and used some of the material we still have from our wedding! All done..I really like the way it turned out! If ya want one for a friend our for a wedding gift let me know! ;)

Decorating for Christmas!

Here we are decorating our house for Christmas! We watched Charlie Brown while decorating and had fun watching Zoie enjoy all the bright lights!!

Card Making!

I decided to make my Mom some cards for her Birthday! She bought me my cricuit for my birthday and said that she would like me to use it to start making her stuff...haha so here ya go Mom!

Not very many but ya know when ya have a baby things change and for some reason I don't get as much done!! But thats ok I enjoy being with her more than card making!!