I have a confession to make.....I pick up furniture off the side of the road for garbage and bring it home.  There I said it.  And let me be the first to clarify I never pick up stuff with stuffing, pillows or anything with material cause ewww thats gross.  I picked this console table up the other day that someone was throwing away.  It had a lose leg but hubby fixed that with his man tools then I spray painted it.  Im also convinced that spray paint was invented by a woman cause what man could come up with something that glorious.  Total cost of new console in my office $2 for the spray paint.

Fathers Day

Happy Fathers day to my wonderful Husband who is the best dad to our children,

To my Dad who has always made me laugh and has always cheered me on,

to my father in law who is always there when we need him,

To my brother who is experiencing his first year of father hood,

To my stepdad who is in heaven but is always with me and my family, who dressed up as Santa this past Thanksgiving for the family. 

To all of these men in my life I am thankful to have you, to know you and to love you!  Happy Fathers Day to each and everyone of you. 

Happy Fathers Day!!!

Happy Fathers Day to a wonderful daddy to the kids and dog and a great husband to me. 

Amen!

It's A Dad's Life

 With Fathers Day coming up I thought this was cute

Our day at COSI

Our day at COSI.  It was Dinosaur month and Big Machines week at COSI so Preston and I headed there this week when it was too cool to be at the pool.  We had a blast.  Here is your warning if you are not a family member....this post will contain a million pictures of my little man...you have been warned if you chose to move forward with the post and all the pictures.

Below is Preston trying to walk with dinosaur feet on

Climbing the wall

Digging for dinosaur bones

Dinosaur puzzle wall-make your own dinosaur

This dinosaur moved and roared-it was very life like

Big Machines.

Hanging from the crane

They allowed the kids to actually play with the equipment.  Preston moved dirt with a backhoe and made the bucket on the bulldozer go up and down.

Big Lego time

The not so innocent face after knocking down the legos.

It was a great day which ended with a visit to daddy's office since we were already downtown. 

Prestons 6th bday

Prestons 6th Bday party with family.  It was Thor themed he got lots of Thor toys, lego batman wii game, star war legos, ipod, new star wars beach chair for our trip to the beach in a few weeks, he even had a Thor cake. 

Happy Birthday my 6 year old boy!

Last day of kindergarten

Thursday was Preston's last day as a kindergartner.  It was bittersweet for me and just sweet for him.  He had field day and it was nothing like my field days used to be like.  His field day included big slides, water, dunk tank, laughter, and much more.  I was glad that I got to share some of his excitement on his last day with him at school and then we went and had ice cream with a ton of his friends.  Thursday night he spent the night with his friend Joseph.  It was the first time that he had ever spent the night away from us EVER in almost 6 yrs.  I think I was more nervous than he was.  He did great and had so much fun.  It helped that the house that he went to is like his 2nd home.  He is all grown I guess. Thursday was filled with so much excitement, first times, and new beginnings.   We couldn't be prouder of him.

 Congratulations Preston-we love you.  Your family and those in heaven are so proud of you!!

I picked up this cute little chalkboard the other day at Lakeshore Learning store while shopping for Preston's end of school year gift for his teacher.  The chalkboard was on clearance for $1.99.  I wasn't sure what to do with it yet so I added this saying for now with my chalkboard pens-I'm not a huge fan of chalk, I don't like the feel of it.  I smile every time I look at it since it sits above my kitchen sink , some of my friends know why this saying is humor to me and will get a kick out of it as well.  Cheers to all my friends in small houses!!!