My new fancy dress

I have been wanting to make this dress ever since I picked up the polka dot fabric for super cheap. I made it for a fancy edge night event thing, which we didn't end up getting to because Wes was half dead, but I'm so glad I finished it because I love it :). I made the back out of a jersey so I didn't even have to put in a zipper or back darts in it like a cheater. Such a fun project!

I used a tutorial but had to do some things different and totally drafted he pattern by myself, so I have to say I'm pretty excited with how it turned out! Plus it have me an excuse to buy some sweet high heels :). 

My new toy

So for Mother's Day Colby completely took me by surprise and got me a Silouette! I've been keeping it busy and thought I'd share some projects I've been working on. 

A shirt for Colby's dad who turned 60 this year. 

Father's Day shirts for dad and Colby. 

  

And one for me :)

 

I finally got around to decorating my downstairs bathroom. I've had that big canvas forever and decided to painted it brown and add some vinyl to it. 

Some water bottles I made for the kids' summer basket. 

And finally some suckers I made for our primary kids to give to their dads for Father's Day. 

Time For a Change...and some crying!!!

So, I've been feeling like cutting my hair for a while now and decided to stop thinking and just do it! I  finally got up the guts and made an appointment. I would keep explaining in words but I think some of these pictures speak for themselves!

Step 1: She didn't even hesitate when she cute straight through my hair...good but also freaked me out. WOW that's a lot of hair!!!

I'm pretty sure all I said was "Wow, that really different!" when I left and made it to the car before I started balling my brains out!!! NOT at all what I had pictured and it looked NOTHING like the pictures I showed her of what I wanted. Poor Taylor didn't know what to do. So I cried A LOT that night and the next morning while trying to get ready for work. It was bad. I was shocked at how short my bangs were and the funky way she layered my hair.

Well, after adding my own cuts here and there to my hair this morning I finally felt a little better about how I looked. At school everyone was so nice! I got so many compliments. Kids I taught choreography to during the Christmas musical came up to me out of nowhere to give me a hug and tell me how much they like my new haircut. I've decided its not too bad, I actually do like it short even if I don't really love the way she cut it. I'll find someone better next time!!!

Oh and this might be part of the reason why I was so unhappy this morning. Adding 2 more inches to my hair would have made a big difference! I don't know how she mis measured but 10 inches is all that I asked for and is needed for Locks of Love. I probably shouldn't have measured it because it just made me cry more!

 HERE IS MY STUDENTS PERSPECTIVE:

(I didn't tell them I was getting it cut)

ACUAL EVENTS:

"Why is your hair darker now that its shorter? It's like Rapunzel when she gets her hair cut off in the movie. Can we call you Rapunzel now?"

I felt a little more sassy after today...thank goodness!!! Time to rock the short hair!!!

Bathroom Remodel

 So back in March we did our first full-blown home improvement project- our master bath! It was so much fun and it turned out pretty good I think! I know its been awhile, but I neglected to take after pics until I had it completely finished...which wasn't till yesterday because I had to cut this little booger down. It only took all of Lyla's first nap of the day. Haha, I'm not super handy but I get things done one way or another :).

I promise the cut is straight! haha it's just the outlet was installed crooked....I think lol

It was our very first project as homeowners, so I probably took too many pics but oh well :) Some of our awesome friends in the ward let us use a bunch of their tiling tools and we painted fixtures instead of buying new ones so we were able to keep a pretty good budget. I love working with Wes even and even our cute little kids. Can't wait to do more now!

Here are some before shots:

I forgot to take before pictures until after we had started taking down the light fixture to paint it...

Carpet under the sinks...delicious

There was tile in the toilet area...but not my favorite

First order of business was painting over the boring tan. I picked out a nice toothpaste green color which I love...I think Wes likes it too haha. We painted the weekend Wes's parents came out so they could "watch the kids." As you can see, kids weren't the only thing they were helping with :).

Besides the carpet under the sinks, one of our biggest motivators to re-do the bathroom was the wall above the shower. Since we moved in I constantly scrubbed it, but the mildew stains kept coming back. A little stain blocker, new paint, and oh a much needed new window make it look SO much better!

After painting the walls, we stained the cabinets, added hardware, tiled the floor, painted some fixtures, framed out the mirror, and got some new bath mats and shower curtain. Here are some pics during the fun.

Such a good little helper :). He was SO excited to use the loud sander.

Yeah we totally stained all the cabinets on our carpet in the bathroom so we would be forced to quickly tile :)

Wes's perfect toilet hole haha. This is our first home improvement project as homeowners...we're proud of the little things

It was my first time ever tiling. I mortared and laid the tile while Wes cut and measured all of them. I wasn't bad, but Wes was mad because he said he couldn't get a picture of me working since every time he tried I had a nice plumbers crack.  I get that from my Dad :).

I absolutely LOVE the way everything came out! I cannot believe how much bigger the space feels and I love that its more defined as our bathroom space.  Now we are about to re-do our entire main level flooring...woohoo for home improvement projects! :)

We framed out the mirror with some trim thanks to my handy husbands skills (and his skil saw bahaha)

I love our 12X24 tiles :) They make me happy

We stained the cabinets with the General Finishes Gel stain and it actually turned out to be a lot easier than I thought it was going to. And I love the way it looks. Much better than builder grade oak!

It's a lot of the little things that I like most about the bathroom...

This little mirror frame was an ugly hospital sterile yellow color. We painted it to match our new frame around the big mirror.

The toilet paper holder we had before was broken and one sided so the toilet paper fell of EVERY TIME I went to use it. So nice to have a working one haha. That boob light used to be gold, the shower curtain rod was white and the track lights were a horrible dirty ugly cheap chrome color, all fixed with a little magic brushed nickel spray paint :)

We seriously had very little storage in our bathroom so we installed these tip-out drawers onto what were just false front drawers. I cannot say how much I LOVE this addition!

Here are some side by sides because, well, I just can't get over the difference. We thoroughly enjoy our new bathroom.

Zoop Trip

Today was the best day I've had in a long time.  I guess you don't realize how distracted you are until have a day like today.  It was beautiful, simple, and just what I needed to open my eyes to what I was missing.

This morning Connor and I made muffins (they were supposed to be pancakes.). He kept sticking his fingers in the batter, licking them and saying, "mmmm, wishus!" I kept telling him to stop and moving it out of reach, but he always managed to get more. Then when we put the toppings on he would pull them out and eat them. What a stinker! I'm surprised he doesn't have a tummy ache! 

Then we watched his favorite movie, Frozen. He danced and sang and even found some time to smooch Elsa on the movie case. He is so smitten by her. I love it.

We also went to the zoo. We had a great time. Aunt Niki came with us. We saw all kinds of animals and played a little in the water. There was a slide near the splash pad. It was pretty tall, and it tunneled through a light house. Connor really wanted to ride down it. When we got to the top, it made him nervous to go down. So I thought, oh I'll go with him. But then I got nervous. Haha Then a little girl, not more than 4, looked up at me and said " him can go down with me." What a sweetheart! I beamed inside at the kindness of this sweet girl. I love when kids are kind to each other, especially my boy. It warmed my heart.

 

We ate some snow cones and rode the carousel. And when we got home, we took a bike ride and went to the park. It was the best. It could have only been better if Daddy were able to be there. 

Let the Savings begin

Is anyone else like so stinkin excited? Disney projects are so much stinkin fun :)