Tag: family

  • Family Room

    Family Room

    I’ve been focusing on the Family Room this past week.  It’s the room we spend most of our time as a family in, so I focused and pushed myself to get it completed.

    Walking into the family room from the kitchen

    From the back of the room, if you were to walk in from the back yard. As you may notice, I still haven’t fixed my epic FAIL of the curtains.

    This was a fun project! Eventually we are going to build shelves in this closet, but I needed a quick fix for all the movies (we may have too many).  The hanging shelves are from IKEA.  I couldn’t just put the movies on the shelves though, otherwise it folded in on itself, and the movies wouldn’t stand up. So I grabbed some boxes (we had plenty from the move) and did some measuring and cutting. They fit in nice and tight, and it gives the movies a sturdier shelf.

    This I just created today, after taking the top pictures. I removed the black table from the room, and pulled in the Princess’ table and chairs from outside. Then I grabbed my roll of Jute string, and made a place to hang their pictures. I just tied a knot on around a nail and hammered in flush to the wall (as flush as you can get. Then hung the pictures with paperclips. Eventually we’ll get some cute colored clothespins for hanging.  I wish I could cover up the airvent there, but I’m guessing it’s important, c’est la vie!
    I’m linking up to these great blog hops today!
       Crazy About My Baybah
  • Salt Lake City Bees – Family Outing

    Salt Lake City Bees – Family Outing

    I love baseball! I can’t begin to describe my passion for baseball.  So when a friend said she had some extra FREE tickets to the Salt Lake City Bees Game, I couldn’t pass it up.  She wasn’t kidding either, she gave me 8 free tickets.  So of course I called my friend C to see if her family wanted to join us.  The catch was we had to use the tickets before the end of May, and last night was their last home game.  The girls really got into it, and we wore baseball caps (except me, somehow it got left at home, oh well.)  When we left it had been sunny, but the time we got into the stadium there was cloud cover, and wind.  Thankfully we had brought at least one blanket!
     I just love Princess C’s face here, haha! Just as I snapped the picture, her hat started falling off.
    Princess R was enthralled with the game, and anything else like the slushies and cotton candy guy walking past. 
    What’s a baseball game without a little souvenir?  Mark took Princess V for a walk, and they came back with this little Bee’s bat. She hardly let it go of it the rest of the game.
    About the 7th inning the kids became restless, and cold.  The Bee’s were having a hard night, and Mark remembered he still had to work in the morning.  So we headed out.  It was perfect timing, because guess who we met on the way out?
    BUMBLE the Bee! Princess V did not want to get anywhere near him, but we could not keep Princess C away. I think she may have snuck into a few pictures with other families.  
    I truly believe that part of creating a happy home, is getting out of it with the family. When we focus on our family, and take the time to spend with our children, our home becomes one of joy.  I’m looking forward to more family outings this summer!
    Just have to mention as well, I love the Bees, I root for them, since they are our local team, and we can actually go see them play.  I will always be a Boston Red Sox fan though.  No matter where I live, the Red Sox are my team!  And I am pleased to say that since marrying Mark I have turned him into a baseball fanatic, even more so than I am!
  • Wordless Wenesday: Meet the Girls

    Wordless Wenesday: Meet the Girls

    Princess C, Princess V, Princess R and myself.  Love these kids!  you can link up your WW at Dear Crissy