Pinterest - yes.....I'm addicted!!

I have a new addiction. It's called Pinterest. It's dangerous.
It's super fun! I love it.


I wanted to redo a wall in my living room and got lots of ideas from this wonderful new website. And the cabinet is super special to me. It was my Grandma Lee's pantry. So, after months of finding pictures to use and repainting the cabinet (fyi - oil based paint from the 1950's is hard to cover or strip off) my fun new changes were done. I also painted my pantry door to match, whipped out some new valances, and got a great area rug. It feels like a whole new kitchen and great room. Love it!!



Pantry door.



The whole corner.



The wall with old and new photos.



Grandma Lee's pantry

Bunny Tales

We love Easter! Any other year I am totally ready for it and it turns out to be a great holiday. With Easter being 2 days after Nati's birthday and us leaving for Spring Break 2 days after that, it was kind of crazy. We didn't color eggs until Saturday night after my moms Easter Party. I had good intentions of having a really good FHE lesson done to talk about it, but Jason & I ended up talking to them about the significance of the holiday while we colored eggs. There's always next year. We went to church then had dinner with Jason's family followed by playing at the park with the cousins. It was a good day!

Nati's Princess Tea Party

Our little Miss Nati Beth turned 6 this last week. And what to joyous occassion it was. She has been so excited for her birthday. We had a princess tea party for her with her little friends. Some might say that I went a little overboard but in all honesty I used a lot of things from old YW activities. It's a good thing I kept it all:) The girls decorated little jewelry boxes with princess stickers then went over to the Pretty Princess Station to fill their boxes with a necklace, earrings, nail polish, hairs clips and elastics, bracelets, tiara and rings. They loved it!! Then we had our tea (pink lemonade) and sandwiches. It was a huge success and Nati even got me to dress up as well. I borrowed a dress & tiara from one of the YW and Nati loved it! I can't believe my baby is 6. I keep telling her to stop growing up but..... she doesn't seem to be listening. She got a new Barbi light up scooter, a new Belle dress, a toy dog that she can walk around on its leash and lots of fun toys. Basically, she got spoiled. We are so very blessed to have her and love every day with her. Happy Birthday my baby girl!

We have a Bobcat

Beware!! We have a Bobcat in our house. It's scary, hairy and very dangerous. Haha - ok, it's just Braxton :) He FINALLY got his Bobcat award for Scouts. Yes, he turned 8 in October and should have received it in November but we were gone for that meeting, there wasn't a Pack Meeting in December, Nati's Dance Recital in January, no meeting in February, so this is the first chance we've had for him to get it. We had to come up with an Indian name for him. I chose "Chief Talks a Lot". Totally fitting. He wasn't quite sure about it but was a good sport. We are so excited for him to be in the Scouting program. He has done some very fun things so far and his leaders are wonderful. He's following his brothers footsteps towards getting his Eagle. Yeah Brax!!

Hunger Games!!

Oh the excitement!! We have been waiting in complete anxiety for months for The Hunger Games movie to come out. Dylan enjoyed the books as much as I did and begged me to take him to the midnight release. I tried, a little late in the game, to get tickets to an earlier showing but.... no luck. It was tricky because it was Jason's birthday, and SEP's at the Junior High too. We got everything done including a birthday party and last minute "District 12" t-shirts, and I took Dylan and his friend Wyatt to wait in line at 5. They were fine with it until about 8:45 when I got several texts asking when I would be there to relieve them. Kelly, Amber and I got there at 9 and the two boys went to eat and chill out. We waited in line til about 10:30 when they let us into the theater. This wasn't the best thing because we were seated behind a couple of college girls that were begging for attention. Let's just say we won't forget that night any time soon. But the movie was great and I loved getting to take Dylan to his first midnight release. I just need to remember how tired I was for 2 days following before I agree to it again :) "May the odds be ever in your favor"

Vegas, baby!!

It was the annual Carter family retreat to Vegas for Nascar. Jason takes the boys with him to the race while Nati & I go shopping with the girls. We stay with Jason's brother and his wife in Vegas, where they have the perfect house for the kids - swimming pool, hot tub, tramp, basketball court and room enough for everyone. We certainly missed those who couldn't come this year. Nati loved the hot tub and told me that she swam across the river - which I'm guessing meant that she swam across the hot tub :) The weather was perfect and we had a great time!

The new Mr. & Mrs. Carter

Jesse and Melinda sittin' in a tree
k-i-s-s-i-n-g

Jesse and Melinda entered and won "The Mormon Bachelorette" contest and this was their reception. It was so great! All of the little girls had little white dresses on, the brothers had matching ties, and everyone looked great. Nati thought she was all that - posing for the camera and even looking for the photographer at times. Congrats to Jesse and Melinda!!