Hidden Homes Trail (again)

It's was another fun Moms group day with another walk through Hidden Homes Trail. The kids enjoyed the day despite the weather warming up. And we finished off with a picnic and fortunately some good pictures!

Ashton in front of the lake

And now running ahead!

The kids hatching some eggs

And Violet is done! If you zoom in, you can see her crying!

She just plopped down and decided to stop walking. This is only half way through the trail!

The big brother to the rescue!

He is such a good helper! 

Ashton up in the big tree

The best of all 3 kids! I love Tim's expression in this picture!

The bro's!

Tim hanging out in the grass!

He just hates it when someone invades his fun!

Violet feeling better after lunch!

Garden Progress

Project Garden... planted! Now, let's see if it will grow!

Matt's pepper plants

My garden

Sweet tomatoes started from seeds inside the house

Roma tomatoes from seeds

Planted seeds - strawberries and teeny, tiny basil that was started inside as well

You have to look very closely to see the teeny tiny basils

Edamame! I'm excited about these! It says that birds like them though, so we'll see if I actually get some edible pods!

Squash seeds

I think that is spinach

And some fun watermelon! Not sure if I have enough soil for them to grow, but we'll see!

Home Depot Planter

It's just me and the kiddos this weekend, so what to do? What to do? Well, I have tons of projects I have waiting to be completed. My next big project is to paint the cabinets in the laundry room. So off to Home Depot it is! Well, lucky us! It was also Kids Project day too! So we hit them up before heading on in! Ashton was able to make a planter with a little help from Mom.

Ashton prouding paints his planter! He got to use a hammer on the nails all by himself (after Mom started them)!

Here is the planter all complete! They even provided a free strawberry plant!

Well, you know I can't wait to get that strawberry plant into my garden. Speaking of... that is also on my fairly immediate project to-do list. I bought some soil/compost mixture but didn't buy enough so after Home Depot, off we headed to Costco for four more bags. Thankfully, a Costco helper was right there to help me load them all in!

Other projects in progress, a homemade Memorial Day/4th of July wreath. I love the look of wreaths on the door. I think they are so inviting! This all started with our Christmas wreath that I left up for a month afterwards because I just hated to take it down! So after buying a Valentine's Day wreath and Easter wreath, here I am making my own wreath while the kids nap!

So, here it is!
1. Paint laundry room cabinets
2. Make wreath
3. Plant garden

Hopefully, I will also get our hallway linen cabinets painted and Violet's built-in desk since I have the paint now.

Ashton snoring

Tim talking

Tim talking

Tim loves to get his word in! He has quite the scream to ensure he is heard!

Onto the Next Project!

I started my next project! And I LOVE it! Love, love, L-O-V-E! Of course, it was Pinterest inspired! And actually quite easy and best of all... FREE! I had everything I needed. JDC provided everything I needed! A tutorial, the template, all I needed was cardboard, a pencil, white paint (leftover from our whole house re-paint), and a paintbrush. So, here's the run-down and the final reveal at the end.

Did I say that I love it?! Can you tell I am excited?

We have this huge wall behind our TV. I have been contemplating what we should do with it for the last couple of years. Wallpaper? Stripes? Well... thank you Pinterest! Painted wallpaper is the answer!

My stencil. While this project was for free, it was not without some effort.

Start tracing... and tracing... and tracing! This took a couple of days to actually complete.

Thankfully the kids all took naps and I was able to finish the stenciling and start painting!

I wanted to take pictures step-by-step.

Here's what it looks like close-up.

So it's not perfect as you can see. You can see pencil lines which I still need to figure out how to remove them.

I tried to get a picture of myself painting. This will have to do.

Just keep painting and painting and painting!

I actually got this far during nap!

I was surprised that the kids were well behaved enough for me to continue my project after bath. They just watched some show and the baby crawled around.

The finished project! And yes, I was up on that ladder to get WAY up there!

LOVE! LOVE! LOVE!