Oh my cuteness!

Charlotte 5 months old

Table Makeover

I've been wanting to paint my table for a few years now and I just got around to doing it last week. And I have no idea why I didn't take a before picture, so this old one will have to do. Our table was the classic farm table with the light oak finish on the top. I love the antique white of the bottom portion, but didn't love the oak. So it got a makeover!

BEFORE:

AFTER:

Love it! Next up is to make a couple of benches and get two chairs to finish the look!

Try, try again

I got a haircut a few weeks ago. At first it was okay, but then I started having short-hair-cut remorse. So I decided to revisit the whole bang thing. You may recall my first experience with bangs. Yeah, that was fun. And you would think I would learn from my mistakes. Well, I did. But I was determined to figure out how to cut my bangs myself. I am all about trying new things and succeeding. So this time, I got some professional training before I took the scissors to my hair. And by professional I mean youtube. I watched a few videos of people cutting their own bangs. And I learned that there is no right way to cut bangs. So with scissors in hand and my new skills I did it again. I cut my own bangs! And. . .wait for it. . .I actually like them! And, they are way more professional than my first attempt.

Ta Da!

Side to

Side

Pulling out the model poses

Glamour

Sassy!

Me and my sooooo cute Charlotte!

My dream car

No, this is not my dream car. It is a Honda Odyssey. But I think it should be re-named "The Mormon Mini-van". Why, you ask? Because I counted 24 of these things in our church parking lot on Sunday. Yes, 24. Apparently, people like it. Uuuhh. . .24.

This is my dream car.

The mini cooper. Why? Look at it! It's so cute and little! I love it! Mostly because it's small and it can only fit me and a bunch of shopping bags! And it would be fun to zip around in. And also because the picture below is my car right now.

A big old conversion van. Don't get me wrong. It's a fantastic family car. There's plenty of room for the kids. It's great to travel in. It's comfortable. We've even camped in it! But it's sooo not cool and zippy. It's like a mini double decker bus. And I'm pretty sure two mini coopers could fit inside of it. It's HUGE! But I'm a mom with five kids and it definately works for us.

Someday, I'll have my mini cooper. And I'll be cool and zippy!

Baby Blessing

We had Charlotte's blessing on Sunday. My mom was able to come out for a week and be here for the blessing. We also took some family pictures that I like (I have never been happy with any of the pictures we've taken before. Guess I'm too picky!) I still need to take some more of Charlotte in her dress. My mom made it and it is gorgeous. She has made all of my girls blessing dresses and they are all completely unique and beautiful. Thank you so much mom! Here are two of my favorite pictures we took on Sunday.