anniversary.

so yesterday was our 3rd wedding anniversary! woot woot. Greg started school on monday so we headed to tucson on saturday to celebrate. we went to dinner at pinnacle peak steak house and then went to the gaslight theater for our live entertainment. it's a dinner theater where they put on funny plays. the one we saw [fyi we didn't know what we were seeing til we got there] was called gnatman returns. get it? batman returns... as always, they didn't disappoint. they also require crowd involvement. so you cheer for the good guy and boo for the bad guy. it's kind of fun. also, greg let them know that it was our anniversary so we got a free sundae! yumm. i'm always down for a sweet treat.

anyhoo, here we be before the show. this is the only pic we took the whole time we were in tucson...what's wrong with us?! or me...since it was in my purse.

presh. oh yeah, i cut my bangs the other day.

here is the card i made for greg yesterday:)

my 3 roses for 3 years. so purdy.

i think i could smell em today while i was crafting

and it was quite nice.

another angle of the roses and then the card he got me. i thought it was cute. inside it says

"i needed ya. i got ya. i'm keeping ya. love ya."

i kinda wanna frame it.

[please excuse the caulk gun. i was mid project.]

i should've taken a pic of the table i had set last night for dinner. i made chicken alfredo, salad, and garlic bread [thank you fry's], then for a fancy bev had apple juice and ginger ale. i put little tea candles in little jars and had light dim. oOoOoOo.:P

that's all.

audrey

hey kids. guess what? i made another friggin BOARD. this is an audrey quote that i'm gonna put next to my shrine of her:P not really, just a couple pix. but yeah. there she be. it's kind of long and there's a lot goin on but oh well.

bebe shower! [lots of pix]

i had bebe shower #1 last weekend. twas a success. small success. not sure where the heck everyone was but for those who came, it was fun and thank you. [steph i know you were out of town, it's coo]

here are some pix of the goods.

of course we had tons of food. perhaps too much but that's how we do.

the "theme" was zebra. i found the plates first, then the invitations and there ya go.

my mom, sister, and friend [taryn] made all the cupcakes and decorated them. they shoved a little baby into 3 of them and whoever got the baby got a little prize:)

they split up the food too.

here is a diaper cake that taryn made...with the help of stephanie.

i think it looks fab.

and no, the top does not double as a hairpiece.

here is happy happy tikks.

don't be mad taryn. it's not my fault.

emily & kim.

everyone there heard the story i'm SURE but here it goes again.

kim and i were friends in missouri. she just moved to tucson with her husband a month ago and she came up for the shower! we haven't seen each other in almost 9 years--crazy! it was pretty sweet tho.

tiff spitz & heather!

silly tiff, heather, & i.

old trailer trash roomies:)

waiting patiently to open presents.

heather's fabulous cake.

she snuck lil goodies in/on hers.

a cute n soft lil beanie, bear, a star w/ a hook [to hang junk], pacifier & clip, and a bib!

cuuuute lil hooded owl blanket.

a musical guitar toy.

itty bitty lil zebra shoes!

stylish onesies.

a blanket made by my gma.

confused face.

jason came to pick up emily and decided to join in on the festivities.

we're awesome.

me & tikks, lookin all black thanks to san diego. psssh.

me & my sister, brittany.

she's bending over somewhat awkwardly, she's really not shorter than me.

me & taryn...crackin up bout something.

me, rikenna, taryn, and tristain.

lots of stripes goin on.

mi madre, me, & brittany.

awwww

that's all.

awesome.

aaaaaand one more board that i finished last night. i saw it on a blog and it makes me happy. it might get hung up today.

WWJCD?

i saw this on pinterest this morning, thought of greg, and found the perfect board thing at ReStore this morning, found all the exact fonts and made it:)

greg was very happy bout it.

he loves johnny cash.

now we gotta find a spot to hang it...

other projects.

i did some other things today too. i found this quote on a blog, Twiddler House, and decided to copy it and make my own! not sure why i decided to do this one out of all the other quotes i have but i did! so here ya go.

i'm pretty happy with it. i was gonna do the stenciling like i did on the other boards but i'm like uhh you have brown vinyl just use that...instead of painting it brown, laying down vinyl, painting over it, and taking the vinyl off...

so i had already painted the area brown, then painted over it with some gold paint and sprayed some lighter yellow and gave it a good sanding. all the colors pulled through! woohoo!

first lil baby decoration.

i painted the glass pink [same as the cradle, ballet slipper by krylon:)] then put brown vinyl over it.

ta-da! i'm still working on another thing...it's causing some probs but hopefully it will be done by the end of the night.

cradle

we got a hand-me-down cradle from greg's aunt and uncle. it hasn't been used in probably 20 years. i asked greg if i could paint it and he said i could:) thank ya jesus.

so here is how it started.

[stella is concerned.]

junk all up in there.

over time, the "antique white" has antiqued itself.

sooo i camo'd it just for greg:)

kiiiiddding... he came home to that ^ then later came out while i was doing more and nicely asked "soooo what's your plan?" he was kiiiinda scared.

sloppily primed.

pink! with colored polka dots.

you see what i was doin now???

i think it looks cute.

then i "antiqued" it with a bit of sanding and brown glaze.

i just finished it today so i haven't heard greg's thoughts yet. i don't really know what mine are. i kinda wish i didn't sand and glaze.

some parts look a little chalky. perhaps if i put a clear coat on it. i like the way the stand turned out tho!:)

i'm gonna wait til greg gets home and hear his 2 cents before i do anything else...aye. i might spend another couple hours sanding those dumb dots off and repaint. 3.5 cans of pink!! it's krylon and i'm not a huuuge fan of krylon--rustoleum is so much better. greg did give me a little sprayer attachment thing that seems to only work with krylon but it makes painting easier!