Snow Day.

We woke up to a winter wonderland {of sorts} on January 3rd.

It's always fun when it snows in Vegas.
Just enough to let us play and then gone by noon.

The snow was coming down like crazy.
It must have snowed for just over an hour.
It painted our rooftop and the mountain behind a beautiful white.
We enjoyed the scenery.

We woke up the kiddos,
suited them up and
sent them outside to enjoy "the white stuff."

My two loved the few hours of snow on the ground
{but are desert rats none the less}.

We even made a mini snowman.
Complete with the desert fixings
{rocks for eyes and nose, a twig for a smile and a crown of leaves}.

We may be planning a trip to brianhead soon to enjoy some more.

Yesterday, at approx. 4:15 pm...

my house looked like this...

A while back a few friends of mine posted on their blogs a 'not so perfect day post.'
Highlighting that us, bloggers, usually post about all the major events/fun trips/great times, etc. on our blogs... making it seem like we live the 'Oh, so perfect lives.'
Well, in following their posts, here is what my everydays look like, at around 4:15pm.
Enjoy.




And here's another angle... the part you can't really see in the above photo.


This IS my everyday... and i love it! [most of the time]
What does your everyday look like?

Custom furniture and a helper.

Ever since we've moved into our house i've been wanting a custom entertainment center. One that fit into our media niche perfectly. One that has BIG drawers for dvds and toys. One that is high, so my tv sits slightly higher than normal. One with a high shelf atop and openings below for each of our media devices. I knew that anything custom comes with a heavy price, that i was not willing to pay. So i searched and searched and searched and finally found one that fit my needs, not exactly what i wanted, but it would work. Ordered it and received it about 2 months later... the first one was broken and they didn't even take it out of the truck so they sent me another one and the measurements on their website and the actual unit were completely off... so i called the company and after a couple of weeks back and forth calls they concluded with giving me my money back and letting me keep it anyway. [so i'm selling it if anyone is interested.]
So after all that hassel daniel said, well lets just get some quotes for a custom unit. So i made some calls and talked to some relatives and friends... got a few quotes, but they were still high for what i wanted to pay. So then sandy and colby suggested i use their friend who does work like this... so he came by, we talked about what i wanted and he gave me a great quote. I was a little skeptical since i hadn't seen any of his work, but it was the best price so i wanted to go for it. Well the hubs said we should wait a few more months and i agreed... so i told sandy and colby to tell rod to put it on hold but that i would for sure want it in a couple months. Well the word never got back to rod that we were wanting to wait a little, and he made it. And i'm so glad he did... so sandy and colby called us one day from work saying that it was already done and he could bring it down on the 9th. So i called daniel and he said ok, tell him to bring it down.
He came around noon on the 9th and installed it.
And let me just say that:
1. i am very much impressed by it.
2. i absolutely love it.
3. so glad it all worked out the way it did.
4. i love, love, love it.
5. i will be calling him in the future if i need anything custom done
6. i can't stop staring at it.
7. totally recommend him for any cutsom/refinishing/cabinet/woodworking work you need done... his name is Rod and his phone number is 435.862.9313 -- email: porterrod@hotmail.com.

Here it is... a beauty right? [the pictures don't even do it justice, you should come take a look at it in person.]

On another note... Kate has been such a good helper lately. She loves being a big sister. She does anything from getting me a diaper to hading me the remote when it is out of reach. Yesterday, i was putting L* down for a nap and i came downstairs to find her washing the dishes for me. It was the sweetest little gesture. And although she was making a bigger mess, the fact that she would think about helping me with that made me smile. She was so proud of herself. I was proud of her. Thanks for making my day K*. I love you so..

Dresser Makeover.

Thanks to my mom, i finally crossed this dresser makeover off my to-do list.

Before + After.

I love doing home projects and my list is continually growing. A few weeks ago i conquered one of the "big" things on the list, which was to switch the guest room and kate's soon to be new room. So one saturday i woke daniel up too early in the morning and made the switch... which included painting (both rooms), moving furniture, adding furniture and all, not to mention i also changed around the loft. Thanks to daniel, ron, kathie and darren the day ended and the switch was complete.
Kate got this headboard for christmas last year, it's perfect because i could reupholster it to whatever i wanted. I finally decided on kate's bedding, it was ordered, delivered and i used the flat sheet to cover the existing fabric of the headboard. My mom was in town yesterday and we completed yet another item on my list. Now kate's bed is ready for her! (thanks mom!) Although i haven't made the switch from crib to big girl bed yet (i'm a little nervous), hopefully we can move her soon.
Here is the before:




and after...

What's been going on...

I've put up some Christmas decorations and Kate is loving every minute of this season's decor.


climbing is a new hobby of hers...


i found this fabric on Joann's website and fell in love with it, convincing Daniel it was perfect for our sliding glass door took a few months, but i was well worth it... It came in the mail just days ago...


And then yesterday, i tackled the drapery project.
No pattern, no sewing experience, no exact measurements...



I can't believe they actually turned out... I'm quite proud of myself.

They look fantastic and go great with the rest of my house... I'm still not sure if i did it the "right way" but they are holding up and look dang good! I for sure will be making more for the rest of my house!

p.s. i really enjoy sewing, and i absolutely LOVE my sewing machine!

Playing in the Backyard...

Kate and i go out and play in the backyard every morning... The weather is great and she has so much fun going from the slide, to her car, to the putting green and back to her slide. I'm so glad its finally done!