~GIVEAWAY~

OK - so you have heard me mention a couple times now that there is some big stuff happening in the digi world coming up. Well, if you haven't gotten over to the Lilypad or haven't checked their blog lately (which I had the big job of hosting this weekend!!!) then you better RUN! But wait...before you run I want to host a little contest here on my own little blog!!! This is officially my first giveaway here! Now before you go thinking all crazy on me and assume that I made you something - you are wrong. Nope - you wouldn't want anything from me anyway - I am NOT what you would call a designer or a real creative person! But Jenna Desai from The-Lilypad has offered up some $5 coupons for me to give away! BUT, you are going to have to work for it! That's right - work! I want to see a LO that you have done in the past or that you can do this weekend that has a Jenna product on it! Shouldn't be too hard to do since I know you are all Jenna doodle-lovers! So show me what you got! comment here on my blog with a link to a LO using a bunch of Jenna goodies or just one Jenna goodie and a winner/winners will be chosen at random! I can't wait to see some of your gorgeous LO's using Jenna's stuff. I will be picking winners on Tue. morning so you have all weekend long!!!

Here is a list of a few other blogs that are having little contests too!!!

Mabel

Andrea

Anso

Heather
And definitely keep your eye on the forums at DST and MSA too!

Now - go - run over to the the Lilypad and see all the awesome new stuff! And if you need inspiration - don't forget to check out the gallery there too!

Here is one of my favorite LO's ever, using some Jenna goodies

And Shabby Miss Jenn Designs has put out a couple new products too!!! Jenn collabed with Annie from Paint The Moon Designs for one of the kits and it is beautiful! I did these two LO's with Jenn's two new kits!

As always - all my LO's with credits can be seen in my galleries too - links on the side!

Blogs I Love

So Jenna Desai (also is a designer at The-Lilypad!!!) has tagged me as a blog that she loves! What an honor seriously! So now I get to tag people with blogs that I love!!!

Here are the rules:

1. If you've been tagged, you can put the logo on his/her blog.

2. Link the person from whom you received the award.

3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs.

4. Put links to those blogs on yours.

5. Leave a message on the blogs you've nominated.

And the blogs I love are as follows (in no particular order!!!)

Janet Phillips

Lisa - Momy4Him

Lynette

Selena VK

Sarah (sister-in-law)

Jody Ferlaak

Kate Hadfield

and of course I love even more blogs than that!!! :)

Happy Day everyone!

No Title

Pretty creative, ain't I? Not much going on today here. It's a Wed. so my mom watches my sister's girls, who are the same age as my girls so it's chaos, but fun. I took the older two to the Farmer's Market for some yellow bean. We had deliscious sweet corn last night. Not looking forward to summer coming to a close, b/c I LOVE fresh veggies like that! Now I am just catching up on some computer time - I feel like I have not been getting enough of that lately - just too busy. Last night we met with our decorator. It went really good - I think we have our color schemes picked out and we narrowed down a few other things too! I found out that I don't have "a Style". I mean really, I should have known that, but it's kind of funny to me. I like so many different styles. Shabby chic, contemporary, modern, traditional, beachy, etc... I guess my style is just eclectic! Might drive my decorator nuts though! Sarah had asked who we are using - her name is Bridget Schopp - very fun gal and I think she will tie my house all together - even if I am a bit eclectic! Anyway - it is fun to start thinging about the house coming together with all that kind of stuff! The main thing we need to figure out is what we are going to do with our couch and two chairs. If we keep our couch then we are going to have our wing back chairs recovered. If we don't keep our couch we are going to have to start figuring our what we are going to do. I am leaning towards keeping our couch yet for this house - might not be the greatest fit for the house, but with little kiddos yet, why buy a new one - KWIM?! Anyway - that is house stuff! Here is a couple updated pics!

All of the drywall is actually hung now, just have to finish it! Trim guys start next week sometime I think!

Am I boring you all to death with the house stuff yet - just holler if I am! :) Probably pretty boring to most people. Oh well - it documents it for me and that's cool!

Check this out - you better stop by The-Lilypad this weekend!!! You will not be disappointed! And there may be some giveaways so keep your eyes peeled!

So, what are everyone's plans for the Labor Day weekend??? Looks like we should have perfect weather! We have no real plans. We do get to go out with friends on Fri night, which will be great! Sat. will be Kyle working on the house and possibly working for work, and then Mon. Kyle will have to work too I think. His company needs to finish up building the school before school starts on Tue. so they are calling everyone in! Should be a fun weekend for me! ;)

Adios chicas!!!

P.S. - I ended up picking up just a fun crib skirt and a changing table pad for Gracyn's room - figured I don't need a whole nursery set! I also FINALLY picked out my bedding set - ugh - I hate decisions like these - it was tough for me and I feel like there is just not great stuff out there! (can't find Gracyn's, but here is ours!)

Girl Crib Bedding

So - you local mommas...do any of you have any girl crib bedding that you are dying to get rid of/sell at an affordable price? We have always had a very neutral nursery set that I am SICK of. I am not sick of it enough though to go and buy all new - KWIM?!!! So I thought I would check if any of you have a set you want to get rid of or borrow out! If you do just email me at kahuiz@netzero.net!

Thanks!

Home and back at it

We made it home safely. The puking incident aside it went better than the ride down. I think the girls knew more what to expect on the way back! I think we did it in 19 hours instead of the 21 on the way down! We are back in for a busy week. The house looked great - they have some siding to finish up b/c they didn't order enough I guess and now they have to wait for it to come in. The drywall was started, but not quite as much done as what we had hoped. I think Kyle will be on top of them a bit today! He had a list of people to call this morning from going out there yesterday! We meet with the decorator tomorrow night to go over some things like paint colors and stuff like that - I wanted just a little bit of help with that stuff so should be fun to get a better idea of that type of stuff! Things are moving along real quickly I feel like! Anyway - just wanted to pop in to say we are home safe - thanks for the prayers! I'm gearing up for some big digi scrapping things coming this Labor Day weekend!

Hitting the Road

We are going to hit the road tonight - hopefully on the road by 8:00pm! Once again - just pray for safety on our trip back and for the girls to be good and sleep alot - LOL! I am looking forward to being home again though - even more looking forward to seeing our house and the progress on it last week while we were gone! Vacation was wonderful, but it's always nice to get home too (or maybe it's just me that's wierd like that). Here is another group of pictures from vacation!

Look at my little aligator wrestler!

Gracyn and I at the aquarium

Kyle and I - before our night out with adults!

Me and my girl Braelyn!

Isn't this precious???

Miss Sadie Clair - cute as always!

Me taking a picture of Sarah taking a picture!

And my favorite picture yet! Just little ole Gracyn with the BIG ocean in front of her - the world is right before her eyes!!!

And of course a few LO's!

Puddle Jumping - the girls were splashing around in a big puddle that came after a big rain at my parent's house. This kit is new out today - by Amy Martin and Jackie Eckles at The-Lilypad!!! And did you see that Miss Amy made Memory Makers 2009 Masters list - WOW - that is awesome! I also saw a gal from Zeeland, MI made it too - our hometown - way to go!

And my sweet little Gracie Goo. This girl is just so so cute, and she is giving the cutest little looks lately. Getting that stinker attitude at 10 months! This kit is by Amy Wolff - Sunshine and Stardust!

Well, I think that wraps it up for today - going to finish up a few LO's that I started on the ride down here!

vacation pics

Having a great time here on vacation! It's been busy busy. Lots of laying out, swimming, running matches at the beach - all that good stuff! Just here to post a few pics. We are going out with just the young adults with NO kids!!! Will be so nice!