Good Days, Sunshine...

It is FINALLY warming up, and with warm weather comes mud, and fresh air and MOTOCROSS!! Woot!

Luc has been tearing it up riding around the yard, but TONIGHT my friends, he will ride at the Str8 Racing Compound and get his first taste of some place new!

Photos tomorrow!!

xoxo - jenn

Cookie Monsters, Marinette, WI Family Photography

I was at Walmart a couple weeks ago when I, out of the blue said to Mikey, "Let's pick out a cookie jar for our kitchen."

The first one he picked wasn't big enough, and the next was HUGE...so I said "Ok...bigger than this one, smaller than that one..." and he found us our cookie jar. Third times a charm, right?

So I decided, inspired by her: http://itsthelittlethingsthatmakeahouseahome.blogspot.com/ , that we would make a new cookie recipe every week for a year, starting last week.

We're two weeks in and going strong. I will try to share photos weekly...and if anyone wants the recipe, comment with your email address and I will send it your way.

Week 1/52...Oatmeal Chocolate Chip

Luc and Mike, ready to help. (Notice the cameo of "Take Home Teddy"...it was Luc's week at school to take him home and write in his journal)

The cookie jar Michael picked out...I LOVE it!!

Verdict on the cookies...DELICIOUS! A little crisper than I expected, but great flavor. The kids LOVED them.

We made Week 2 cookies a couple days ago...I will get those pictures (STRAWBERRY PECAN cookies) posted early next week! :)

Something I Love.

Go ahead...do it.



History lesson = http://www.barterbooks.co.uk/keepcalm.php

I love and need this...today and always.

Before and After

We bought our house last fall and Adam and I have lived this entire time with one tiny closet to share and NO dresser. Recently, we decided the mess that our bedroom had become could be tolerated no longer and we were going to do something about it.

I searched Craigslist daily until I found a good deal on a solid (and huge) dresser...but BOY was that thing UGLY! (As you can see I had already started sanding the top when I took this picture, but you get the idea.)



After a little bit of stress and a little bit of hard work, we now have this...(don't mind the accessory placement...that's just random stuff I have to find a place for now!!)



We decided on a satin black finish (love it!) and brushed nickel hardware (not what I had in mind but it'll work for now) AND, my personal favorite part...when you open the doors in the middle...BAM! Green drawers. Color chosen to match our new bedding. Love it! (Ooo...and ignore the horrid blue curtains soon to be replaced by light colored roman shades.)



This is mine and Adam's first real DIY project we've done since moving in here, and it feels great! We still have a handful of things to add to the bedroom and I promise to post final "bedroom makeover" photos as soon as that is done.

xoxo
-Jenn