Valentine's Day - Celebrate Goode Style!! ha ha

I know - cheesy title.  I heart Valentine's Day. 

But to be completely honest, I love any holiday I can decorate and make different things. 

Back to V-Day.  I love it!

I saw this post I thought last year, even though it was updated in January 2013.  I knew I wanted to do the mailbox thing.  My mom picked up the mailboxes for me from the Target Dollar Bins.  They mostly had pink and red, but she was able to find a few blue and a white.  Yippee!  I used my Cricut and cut out some vinyl lettering.  The front has their initial, xoxo on one side, and a heart on the other side.  The back has the inside of the heart.

 

My plan is to fill them up with a love note and a treat every day from February 1st to V-day.  Hopefully I start writing and collecting this week.  :)

 

The mailboxes currently are on my mantel.  I got the block words from Target ($3).  I still have one in the wrapping, because I didn't realize it was covered in glittered.  I don't like glitter - I like bling, not glitter.  :)  And yes, there is a difference.  The banner is also from Target dollar bin.  Tyler and Colton each made a V-Day inspired picture which hangs on each side.  Lastly, there are two Yankee Candle bear things holding yummy smelly candles.  **My current favorite scent is actually from Bath and Body Works, "Marshmallow Fireside".  It is perfect. I LOVE it! 



Kitchen Table window has a nice banner.  I used some red crepe paper to make the banner work across the whole window.

 Nice heart table runner!!  Anytime I can have an excuse to decorate my house in pink and red, you know I'm going to use the opportunity!!  ha ha

And of course, I had to put some pink and red in the nice new bathroom!  I would love to make what my girl Mackenzie made over at M&M (#1).  hmm...I wonder where I could hang it?!? What do you think?  :)

Confessions

Two Confessions.
I'm actually going through withdrawal. We joined a gym about a month and a half ago. It's not just any gym - it's like an all-in-one club! Swimming, Childcare, classes, women's gym, trainers - everything!! I love it! And boys love it even more. I've been going at least five times a week until the past several days. Weather has been so crazy and I'm a loser for driving! I get too uneasy and freak out. I feel like I'm going crazy!!! I need to exercise! Is it possible to become addicted to exercising?
PLL!!!! My other obsession at the moment. I just watched last nights episode. (**spoiler alert!! If you didn't watch it, don't continue!! And if you don't know what PLL is....you're not in the know!! Ha ha PLL equal pretty little liars. The show is downright addicting. I rented the first few seasons through the library.) Anyway, my thoughts are that the cop is involved but not how you think. I don't think the cop killed Allison nor got her pregnant. I'm still a Toby believer in that he didn't hurt spencer intentionally. Something is up with Paige. I can't see her hurting Emily just like I can't see Emily hurting Allison. Ooh maybe Emily killed the person who got Allison pregnant. And Allison is still alive. Ahhh - crap! This is exactly what the producers want us to do - guess and try to figure out what happened! Looking forward to next Tuesday already!!

Long Break - OvEr! (well hopefully anyway)

WARNING!!  WARNING!!  PIC HEAVY!!  **had a lot to catch up on!

I took a break - a six month break.  I'm not sure what happened, but life.  I want to keep blogging so I have to make it a point to post!!  The last six months have been crazy!  Here is a quick summary:

-June 2012:  my dad was told he had two weeks to live.  I spent as much time as I could with him.  Turns out, he is more stubborn than anyone I know!  Cause he is still alive and going strong!!  I'm so proud of him. He has survived through so many things which should have killed him, I'm not sure I'll ever be prepared to lose my dad.  I'm a daddy's girl - all the way.

-July 2012:  *I hosted my SIL (my husband's sister) baby shower.  It was an airplane themed with the colors blue and brown.  My wonderful neighbors helped me make the tissue balls (can't think of the name - ha ha!),

*My brother and sister-in-law welcomed a handsome healthy little boy to our family, Leland.  I love his name! 
*Colton's 1st Birthday Party!  The theme was "A Very Hungry Caterpillar" by Eric Carle.  My wonderful neighbors helped me make the invitations and all the wonderful decorations. 

Caterpillar cake made from cupcakes and a small cake!  I placed it on a piece of cardboard wrapped in white tissue paper.  The ears and legs were hand-drawn by my awesome neighbor!  (They also made and decorated the cupcakes and cake!)

Some of the decorations...

 

All decorations made using a cricut!!

I'm thinking I took these pictures after the party cause the Colton cupcake is missing a "wiggly" eye!  :)

A book for everyone to sign! And the favors were adorable!! My neighbors helped me make thank you bags. The main sheet says "happy 1st birthday Colton! -thank you!" and there were M&Ms inside! Tied with a bow!

 

-August 2012: *Andrew's fifth birthday party was batman themed.  AMAZING!

Homemade banner with lots of bats everywhere!





The kids had capes made out of trash bags and masks.  The trash bag capes were the biggest hit.  I took big black (or maybe they are a dark green) trash bags.  Cut down the seam on each side and the bottom.  I ended up cutting about 12 inches off the bottom as they were too long for 4-5 year olds.  The tie part of the trash bags were used to tie the cape around!  It was awesome!  The kids decorated their masks and capes.

-November 2012:  Tyler's 3rd Birthday party! It was safari themed.  I'm not sure why I don't have more pictures.  The kids had some safari crafts all with stickers. 

Dirt Cake

 

-December 2012:  My wonderful hubby was put to the test and built two AMAZING things for our house.  Check it out!!

*First Project

This was the first thing he we made!  It's a shelf hanging in our hallway.  It reads:  Children hold our hands for a while, our hearts forever.  I did the vinyl work.  Turned out awesome!

*Our next project was a new shelving unit in our family room.  We needed something to mainly hold the box for cable. 

On New Years Day, we went searching for items to place on our shelf.  Turns out, we found an awesome antique gone crazy shop.  It's the kind of shop you have to know what you want and ask for it.  If not, it's too packed with stuff to just look through.  We ended up getting two coke cases (bottom left and upper middle right), the lantern (upper middle left) and the jug (upper center) all for less than $50. 

-January 2013:

*We moved to our current house October 2011.  Jason and company painted the whole house from ceiling to floor within a week of us moving in.  The only room not touched was the powder room.  It was covered in wallpaper.  I didn't mind the wallpaper, so he touched it up for me and we left it alone.  We finally figured out what we wanted to do with it.  We wanted a"pallet wall" behind the toilet.  I'm not sure how I found the blog post, but as soon as I showed it Jason, we made up our mind.  Here is the after:  (I'm sorry - I failed to take the before, but imagine wallpaper from floor to ceiling in a maroon color with flowers)

I'm pretty sure that sums it up until this past weekend.  My next post will be all about V-Day!