Becky's Baby Shower

Last Saturday I helped host a baby shower for my friend, Becky. She is going to have a little boy (They are naming him Wyatt) in about 4 1/2 weeks. Since they are decorating the room in vintage sports Mickey Mouse, we decided to have a Mickey Mouse sports themed shower. Some how we never took a picture of Becky with the hostesses, but here are a few of the pictures I did get.


Wendy made the cake and I thought she did a fantastic job on it. I would have run out of patience long before the icing was finished on the cake. The basketball was chocolate cake adn the baseball and golf ball were white cake.


Becky opening some of her presents (with the help of her nieces). She got a lot of great stuff!

We decided to keep the menu simple, so we just had punch, fruit, chicken dip, and cake.

Shannon make this super cure diaper cake. Great job for her first time making a diaper cake.


Not much longer and Wyatt will be making his appearance. Congrats Becky and Cole!!

More things I'm Thankful for....

Since Thanksgiving is this month, I am going to try and list something I am Thankful for each day this month. Since I can't get around to posting everyday, I thought I'd do it on a weekly basis. Below is week 2.

I am Thankful........
1. That I married my best friend
2. To have a job where I get Christmas break
3. For Chocolate
4. To have a college degree
5. For the small victories in life
6. For snow days
7. For my niece, Eliza-Grace


Happy Friday!!!

Family Time

Last weekend was Holiday House, so my mom had planned on coming to LR so that we could do some shopping. Although we didn't buy much we had a great time just hanging out. We went to Holiday House, Garden Ridge, DSW, Hank's & More, Target, and IO Metro. I was in search of shoes and mom is still looking for a dining room table. I found nothing. Mom found shoes. Go figure! I hate having big feet! Not only do I have big feet, but they are narrow which makes it double hard to find a good pair of flats.

All of my in-laws were in town last weekend also. My sister-in-law had a baby about a month ago, so she brought Eliza-Grace on her first 3 hour car ride to central AR. I was so glad they came. I have missed that little girl so much! They stayed all weekend and even took Eliza-Grace to meet some other relatives in Searcy on Saturday.

Of courses the boys watched football all day Saturday. I made sandwiches for everyone to eat on during the day and we made Chili for Saturday night. It was a great relaxing weekend!

Eliza-Grace giving me the evil eye because I kept taking her picture.

Psalm 88 and Being Thankful

We are currently going through a Sermon Series @ Church called "Speaking of God." Last Sunday the scripture was Psalm 88 and we talked about how we behave or things we might say to God when he doesn't behave like we expect. I have to to say that I have used a variety of things to express my anger, sadness, frustrations, etc in these situations. I wish I could say that I never get angry at God and that I always so..."OK God, I know you know what you are doing. I trust you completely," but that is not always the case. Some of the following are the ones the come to mind most often.

"WHY?"
"Are you kidding me?"
"Why Me?"
"Are you listening??"
"What were you thinking?"
"I can't believe you let that happen!"
"I don't think I can handle any more!"
"I trust you know what you are doing"

I'm sure there are a lot more. I know that God will never give me more than I can handle. I have to remind myself of that a lot, but I know deep down He is always looking out for me. I believe that God has been trying to teach me to be patient my entire life. I don't know if I am getting any better at it.

I try to also be quick to THANK God when things do go as expected or when things turn out better than anticipated.

I have seen a lot of people of facebook postings things that are thankful for this month. Thanksgiving is just 3 weeks away. I have lots to be thankful for...here are just a few

I am Thankful.........
1. That I have a good relationship with God
2. For My family and friends
3. That Scott and I both have good stable jobs
4. That we are able to have a home and vehicles to drive
5. That we have plenty of food to eat
6. That Scott and I are both healthy

Breakfast for Dinner

Last night we had Breakfast for dinner with our church group. I didn't think we were going to get to go because Lauren was supposed to be induced on the 18th or 19th, but since Eliza Grace decided to make an appearance a week early, we were able to make it. Scott was SUPER excited we were able to make it because he LOVES breakfast for dinner and we never have it at our house unless its CEREAL for dinner.

I decided to make homemade cinnamon rolls. It is my grandmother's recipe. This is on only the 2nd time I have ever made them without ANY help! They turned out pretty good. I made the dough on Sunday night, rolled out the cinnamon rolls on Monday night and cooked them on Tuesday!

This is what they looked like when I first rolled them out on Monday night.

This is what they looked like right before I baked them on Tuesday.

Here is the finished product!!

I'm pretty proud of myself and they were a huge hit!! Apparently Will (our preacher) thought so too.....see here. I brought most of the leftovers to work today and they didn't last long!

I'm Officially an Aunt

My sister-in-law was scheduled to be induced on October 18th or 19th, but Eliza Grace had other plans. They called us Friday night about 7pm and told us her water broke. We came home and packed up and made the 3 hour drive to Fayetteville.
After about 27 hours of labor, my sister-in-law had her little girl. Eliza Grace Kimbrough made her entrance into the world on Saturday, October 9th.

Time: 8:59PM
Weight: 7lbs 3 oz
Length: 19 in

She is BEAUTIFUL!!! Everyone is doing good and they will hopefully get to go home tomorrow. We will definitely be making trips to NW Arkansas more often to see them now that she is here.

Look at all that hair......

Uncle Scott and Eliza Grace

Aunt Summer and Eliza Grace

I already miss her..........Can't wait to see them again and hold her!

Show Us Your Kitchen

It's SUYL Kitchens over at Kelley's Korner. I found a few pics of my kitchen that I took right after we moved in last fall, so I thought I would share.

We built this same house in Conway in 2005 and lived there for 3 years. We sold our house in January 2009 and moved to Sherwood. The commute from Conway was a nightmare in the mornings. We loved our house in Conway so much, that we built the same floor plan again....with a few minor changes. After lots of blood, sweat, and tears, we finally moved into this house in September 2009. We have vowed to never build another house again.....unless the construction loan is NOT in our name next time. We did save a lot of money doing it this way, but it was a stressful 5 months!

Now on to the KITCHEN...........................................





In our last house, the cabinets were dark brown and we wanted to lighten things up this time. The cabinets were originally supposed to be cream, but the painters wanted a bunch of extra money just to paint the cabinets a different color than the trim in the house. By this point and time, money was tight and I wasn't about to pay them the extra money, so the cabinets are white instead of cream. I am thinking of trying to antique them this winter or just repaint them myself. I can't decide which may be the smarter move. To add a little color into the kitchen we painted the island green. We also had the cabinet maker build a TV stand in the living room and we painted it the same color.



We wants something different for the bar lights this time, so we chose these. We were going to try to get something green to match the island, but decided this would work better in case we ever decide to repaint the island several years down the road. And we these were pretty cheap also...especially compared to come of the others I looked it. I think I only paid about $30 a light for the pendant and the globe.




Here is a view of our breakfast area. We use this table every day. We also decided on acid stained concrete floors this go round. We love how they turned out. They are very easy to take care of and you never have to worry if someone has muddy feet or spills something on the floor. We have about 3 or 4 different patters throughout the house, but the one in the pictures is in our living room and breakfast room.

Well that's the kitchen....................