{ 11 Years Old }

Ahh, this kiddo, I love him and can't believe he is 11!!

You want a joke, this kids got it. You want to know anything about history 

he's your man. I love his constant thirst for history. 

I know he's making our history pretty epic. 

From this 9lb squishy baby...

To this handsome young man....

 Oh that smiling laugh, i just love him so.

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{ Sunday Fun-days }

Addison looked so cute in her jacket with her cute hair today

at church that I was sure that she needed a 

Sunday pic to remember it by.

And Corbin is having a birthday soon so they sang to him

in Primary. The  birthday kids all get to wear goofy glasses and

have the entire primary sing a birthday song to them.
It's such a fun tradition. 

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{ Valentines 2015 }

We made quick and easy Valentines this year for school.

Addison wanted gum, Corbin whoopee cushions.

I was more than happy to oblige!

All I can say is THANK GOODNESS for the Internet & Pinterest!

Here are Addison's:

I can't for the life of me find where I got the printable at, I'll keep looking and post it when I find it!

The gumballs I found in bulk on eBay.

And Corbin's:

Here is where I found the printable for Corbin's: HERE

The Whoopee cushions I found on Amazon for cheap, they were a HUGE hit!

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{ Back Post- Halloween 2014 }

Halloween was low key. Addison turned 7 this past Halloween and we had our annual Trunk-Or-Treat and then came home. It was cold and rainy and we were frankly d.o.n.e.

I made Addison's Owl Wings from thrift store finds well- Wool pants, skirts, shirts & one Wool trench coat to be exact and I actually made 2 sets of wings. One for her and another for her cute little friend Lyndie. I will post a picture of her facing the camera but she has yet to put her Costume on again.

Costume in progress.....

Corbin was dying to be a Star Wars Storm Trooper so we borrowed a trooper from our friends. Thanks P & N!

 Ledger was a Pirate Owl. My awesome friend Kim made Ledger's hat as well as an owl hat for Addison. She is super amazing.... For the main part of his costume I just took 2 long sleeve onesies and layered them (the top one I cut the arms off). I then took 2 scrap sheets of felt in red and brown and cut out scallops then hot glued them together and glued them to the chest of the top onesie. The baby legs I ordered from eBay. Paired with some Pirate themed leather Robeez he was set for Halloween!

Oh how I love this little face!

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{ Corbin's 10th Birthday! }

 Corbin celebrated his 10th birthday on the 3rd of October, his birthday is the 6th. But with General Conference we had to move it up. He had a Nerf themed Party and thanks to Pinterest we were able to pull it together with little effort. I wish I had taken more pictures with Corbin and his friends but I was t.i.r.e.d. This old lady with a baby thing is hard people!

10.3.2014

And with all my tiredness came a store bought cake.. Total mom shame right here I tell ya!

From the look of his presents we should have had a Lego themed party! :)

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{ Minion Halloween Costumes }

So, yeah, I've been a bit MIA.... I've really not had too much to say or blog about. I'm sure you don't want to hear about my oldest boys sports seasons with Football & Soccer so I will let you off easy there... We do always have some project going of some kind or another but I always feel like it's nothing that my fellow bloggers want to hear about. So I need to get better, get back to my blog and put my feelings and happenings & all my fun stuff back on the "big" screen. :)

In the month of October we celebrated: 
Corbin's Birthday, he is now 9. 
Our Anniversary- 19 years wowza!
And Miss Addison turned 6 yesterday on Halloween. 

It's been a crazy month to say the least but I did get 2 major crafts done. Sure they were only Halloween costumes, but by George I MADE THEM!!! 
I have the glue gun blisters to prove it! I hope you've all had a fantastic Halloween!!!

p.s. remind me next year that making Halloween Costumes is NEVER a good idea.. Especially when they are so involved.....

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{ C's Baptism }

Do you ever have an event in your life, where you are so busy getting everything ready that you take hardly any pictures? 

Well, that my friends was how Corbin's baptism went. 

Don't get me wrong it was an awesome, spiritual day. 

We combined his baptism with some friends in our ward and the program turned out really, really nice. The music was amazing, and I cried happy tears through most of it. 
I was mad at myself for not getting many pictures but here's what I did manage to capture.

I made his invitation in Photoshop CS3. 

Can you believe these shots I got for a kid that was hating this photo session with his mama! 

Thankfully, for Corbin it only lasted 10 minutes.

The CTR banner I made using some brown shopping bags from Wally's that I cut to size and ran through my printer. The white pom pom's I made with my friend's Nanette and Danielle. 

The rest of the of the filler was loaned to us by Nan. 

We had lots of treats for after the baptism, but sadly this is the only shot I got with my nice camera of the mini pumpkin cupcakes I made.

photo via android
This photo was taken with my cell phone. Most all the food was eaten, we only went home with a handful of the mini pumpkin cupcakes.

Here are my boys, Corbin was so darn excited.

We are so happy that he is Choosing The Right!

We want to thank all of our Family that drove so far to support Corbin, we love you all.

Thank you to my fabulous friends for baking, loaning, crafting and listening.

 You are my glue.

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{ ARG! To The Pirate Party! }

Here is the invitation I made for Corbin's Birthday.

Corbin had picked out these on etsy, but we were running out of time trying to convo back and forth with our 3 hour time difference and I had to get these done asap. 

So, I did a little more looking around on Etsy and found the kit. 
(Pirate kit was found via another Invitation seller's Etsy shop, 
she stated what kit she used and where it could be purchased from.)

So, 1.5 hours later in Photoshop (i know i am slow) 

I had whipped up a very similar version based on her super cute layout.

Now to figure out the cake, goodie bags, games, and, and, and......

Invitation completely inspired from HERE.

Pirate kit purchased from HERE

(She also has a cute pirate girl version as well, just type "pirate" in the search box) 
Free Fonts that I used: Blackladder ITC
                                    Century Gothic
Click on the font name to download them for yourself.

EDITED: I take no credit for the design of this invitation. 
The invitation was completely inspired from HERE.
Yes, I changed a few things to suite my own taste,
 I do not sell this invitation on Etsy in any way, shape or form.

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{ 2-Wheels! }

 Guess who learned how to ride a 2 wheel bike WITHOUT training wheels last month? 

Yup, this little dude.

He is such a stud, his birthday is this week. 

So a pirate party in in order, you know what I'll be doing this week. 

I'll post his invite I made tomorrow, right now I have errands to run.

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{ First Day Mugshots }

I am a fiercely devoted mom who loves her kids.

But, School is a lovely thing.

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{ Mom, I Mustache You A Question. }

Well, my brood came home from school yesterday and happily they had a great day! All I can say is phew, & thank goodness, I was a little nervous for them. More for Jentry, being it was his first day in High School (man I'm getting old).

As I was cleaning up the dishes from dinner last night, Corbin informed me that he needed to take a water bottle to school.
 He then sweetly asked me if I could buy one at the store with his name on it. 
I told him yes, 
All the while knowing there was no such thing.  

So what's a Mom to do? 
I dusted off my Cricut/Vinyl and cut out a hat, mustache & of course his name.
I think it turned out pretty cute MANLY and I'm sure NO ONE in his class will have one like it.

Please don't mind the water spots, I washed it out before I made it all fabulous.

I so love this, and it took maybe 15 minutes to do. 
There's nothing sweeter then a quick easy craft I tell you. 
Okay, sure it's manly but it's also freaking cute... I had to say it.

I am slightly stoked for him to see it in the a.m.

I just ♥ this sweet boy of mine.

Here are links to the products I used: 
Just click on them & they will open in a new window. 
Mustache- DB Disguise 1
Hat- DB Disguise 2
Name Font- GUESS WHAT
Program- Sure Cuts Alot aka SCAL

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{ 1st Day Back To School }

Our annual back to school photo.

Corbin 2nd  ~ Brinley 5th  ~ Parker 7th  ~ Jentry 9th

More pictures to come later.

The Border Date Font on the photo is actually a brush, here is the link:
Three Sixty Five Days Photo and Journal Overlays
The 2012 Font is a Freebie Font: 
Sketch Font

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{ Happy 7 }

My boy is turning 7 today.

His request was for all his friends to come over and party. 

But big parties are reserved for every other year.

 Next year he can have a big ol' bash. 

So Tomorrow, he has invited 2 of his best buddies to come over and enlist in the Army for a couple hours, should be fun!

Tonight we are having his favorite dinner - PIZZA!

Happy 7th Birthday Corbin we love you!

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{ Back To School }

I finally clicked my annual Kids/Bus picture, school started last week but today was the first day all 4 went together. 

I sure do love these guys! 

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{ 6 Years Ago Today }

Yes, 6 years ago I was doing this.....  

And snuggling this......

I can't believe that he is turning 6 today.

Last years 5th b-day He seriously is just an awesome kid. He's got a mind of his own and a fashion sense, leave it to this kid to wear a cowboy hat with everything he owns. :)

But I wouldn't change him for the world. 

Well I better get back to prepping for his party. He is all about Toy Story at the moment so a Toy Story Party it is.....

Happy 6th Birthday Corbin we love you!

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{ And Then There Were Four.... }

Yes I am still alive, we have just been on a dead run since we left for our vacation which was fabulous by the way, but as soon as we got back we were knee deep in school prep.
So here was my view on Tuesday. 4 of my 5 kids are in school CRAZY.....
Jentry is in 7th, 
Parker's in 5th, 
Miss Brinley is in 3rd 
and the Corbin man is in Kindergarten.

Corbin is lucky enough to have the same teacher as my other 3 have had.

We love Miss Swanson!

This is my homework while the kids are in school all day. Hopefully now that my days are a little more less hectic I can actually sit down and tackle my craft mountain. 
But for the moment Canning is my Craft...... 
Although, I would much rather be doing an actual craft. 
Truth be told, 
I craft because I love it, 
I can out of necessity. :)

Well I better get back to the kitchen my pressure cooker is calling.....

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{ Turning 5! }

Happy Birthday to my little man, 
who wasn't so little when he was born at 9 lbs, 5 years ago today. 
He was such a good baby and still is an amazing kid.

He tells you constantly that he loves you and always requires a kiss before you leave the house. You can always hear him singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star be it on the potty or playing with his trains.

And when you ask him to smile this is what you usually get,

but I really wouldn't have it any other way.

Happy Birthday Little Man WE ♥LOVE♥ YOU!

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