Halloween Happenings!

Today my sister suggested that we go to an indoor kiddie (smaller kids) Halloween function at the Wentzville Parks & Recreation complex. I thought it would be cute to see Emaline and Kaya all dressed up and seeing other kids in there costumes also without running up and down our crowded street. It was only $2 for the kids and they had a lot of age appropriate games and treats for everything that you participated in. They also had clowns giving out balloon animals! How can you beat that, right? It was very small and well contained and something I didn't have to worry about Emaline running off and getting lost or hiding anywhere--three year olds think this hilarious. It was fun and the girls got to burn off some energy playing ring toss, ghost bowling, pumpkin bean bag games and jump in a couple cool bouncy houses. Thanks to Steph for thinking of it!

A New Haarmann & Wilburn....

Congrats to TWO of our friends this week in welcoming new additions to their families!
First, Scott & Jacki welcomed Jackson Christopher on the 19th, 8lbs 7oz & 21inches. He already looks like an absolute doll and has a fully head of hair! No surprise there really :-)

Then on Wednesday, the 21st at midnight my friend Curt and his wife, Beth were being induced to have their little girl! Lillian Jean ("L.J.", so cute) was then born being 8lb.9oz. and 21in. Mom, Dad and baby are home and doing well!

My best of luck with both families and that they get super stellar sleepers! Can't wait to meet both the little ones!

Craft Room Ideas?

I've been trying to figure out how I'm going to layout this room of mine. This picture above would be my dream, but we all know that's not gonna happen! I don't know why I think it will be the hardest to do. I guess I figure that I'm not exactly sure how efficiently the room will work until I get it set up. Now mind you, I'd like to have the computer and sewing maching out at all times, so that would mean their own spaces. Plus, I would need table space to do my stamping/card making. I also need to do this in the most frugal way as well, since I really want to spend our money on the family area/playroom section of the basement. Hmmm, what's a girl to do? Here are some ideas I've seen and liked, but also would love suggestions if you've got them! The room is 10x9 so its not like I've got tons of space, but just enough to store all my crafty things...
Actually, this sort of work table would be perfect! The matching sewing desk/table would be awesome too. These are times when I wish we had IKEA here! Ugh....

You really should check out how this woman and her husband put this together here. Maybe I can swing it!

Congrats to Joe & Katy!

Congrats to our friends Joe & Katy, who got married a couple weeks ago here in STL! Josh was the best man and did an excellent job coordinating where the groom needed to be and when! (surprisingly!) It was a beautiful ceremony, despite some forgotten items ;-) and they looked extremely happy coming down that aisle. We wish them all the best in their new life together and can't wait to hear about the honeymoon in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Thanks to a fun night out with the grown-ups guys!

Happy Birthday Max Power!

For Josh and Robyn's birthdays, and to just get out of the house and have some fun, we went to Six Flags Fright Fest (on probably the night after a day & a half of rainfall in STL!). It was like a flashback to high school. Literally we were surrounded by teenagers of all shapes and sizes. Although, it wasn't half as crowded as it would have been if it was a completely clear and warmer day. So we got to ride everything we wanted to with limited wait times. Really no wait times. The only thing we had to wait to get onto was Superman and that was roughly 15 minutes. It was a really fun night. We rode Batman 8 times, Evil Kaneveil 3 times, Tony Hawk twice, Superman, Mr. Freeze and Excalibur. It will be so fun to take Emaline back next summer when they open up again. I'm thinking this year at Fright Fest will be too cold and she really can't ride a lot of the bigger rides. Thanks Robyn & Cory for hanging out with us and getting turkey legs and funnel cakes! So fun!

Basement Remodel: Part V

Well, we are just moving right along! My "craft" room is almost finished and ready for furniture/crafts/what-have-you...I just need to paint. My most favorite thing in the world. Can you sense the sarcasm there? Actually, the painting isn't so much the problem, its the cutting in and making sure all the edges and corners are done properly. Otherwise, it just looks junky. So, possibly this weekend I'll be able to get some late night painting in, cause we call know that's when I have the time!

Here are some pictures of the paint and floor:
Now here are the ones with wainscoting and trim up (just have to do the baseboards):
Josh and Jamie also built in some shelves for the laundry room a while back and I thought I would post a picture of them here too: