quick dresses

For my dad's wedding, he wanted each family to wear Aloha print that was the same color. So I picked this blue because I already had a dress that I didn't look too big in. We found Matthew a shirt to match and then I bought some light-weight fabric for the girls' dresses. I made a simple spaghetti strap dress that just slipped over their heads and added some hibiscus flowers with fabric paint. Here's a quick pic. I guess I don't have a better picture of the dresses or the whole family together. But the girls looked cute!

I made some dresses for my nieces that would match her family's color too. They turned out pretty cute. (Dacia you'll have to send me a few pics so that I can post those.)

My favorite thing about doing projects like this, is that they go very fast and they're cheap. I paid about $8 for the fabric for my girls' dresses, which I still have a yard left over. And for my sister's girls, it was $6.50, again with fabric left over.

girls' room

When we moved, the girls' room was our first priority. It was a bold royal blue, that was not fun to paint! We redid the baseboard to match the crown molding and we still have to replace the door and the frame around the door. I bought bunk beds, made the quilts, and made the bean bags for their little reading corner. There's still some things to be hung, like hooks behind the door, some vinyl above each bed and the girls' silhouettes in the oval frames.

I'm going to make little stuffed animals for the shelves and decorative pillows for the beds with the same fabric as the bean bags and quilts.

But for now, this is all that's done.

Here are a few pics.

as you open the door



reading corner

bean bags




the beds and quilt tops

the sheer curtains which make it so light and breezy



we took off the closet doors and hung white curtains with sheer curtains over it to match the nice breezy feel, but also covers the clothes in the closet

the wall that the door is on.

The girls' room is my favorite place in the house. It's so peaceful, light and airy. I feel like a breeze blows through every time I walk in there.

Aleah's dance recital

Rainbow connection

Hey Good Looking

Aleah had a great time in dance this year. We are so proud of her and she is so beautiful! We love this girl!!

Not a fan of LaUnDry

I am not very good at doing laundry, and it gets worse when I'm pregnant. I don't mind washing or folding, it's the putting away that I'm no good at. Anyway, this is me trying to organize our laundry during our move. Miserable! There's about a million loads.

No, really, I'm grateful for all the clothing we have. We are spoiled!

May Day- Week

All schools day parade. During May, there's a week where May Day/Fete is celebrated here. There's lots of activities and the carnival comes into town. At the end of the week, on Friday, the town shuts down and there's a big parade celebrating all the schools around the county. It was pretty fun.

Nani watching the parade.


Aleah lost her balloon and she was really sad about it. A friend tried to make it all better, but they were all out of balloons. She watched most of the parade with our friend.

There's us watching the parade.


All tuckered out!

Also this week is when school age children perform. Aleah got to perform her Rainbow Connection dance with her dance group. It was the cutest little thing I ever saw. Brought a tear to my eye. I love that little girl!
We were so proud of her!! She didn't get shy or embarrassed and she did a wonderful job. Next week is her actual recital. I can't wait! I love that girl!

Chuck-E-Cheese's

After we found out we were having another girl, we went down to Wichita to take the girls to Chuck-e-cheese's. They did such a good job the week before that we planned a fun trip for them . And since Mother's day was coming up, they took my to Olive Garden! It was a fun busy day!

The girls had lots of fun!

Matthew did too!

Dental check up

The girls went to the office to get a check up from Dad. After Aleah got her check up, she decided to hop in the chair to help assist. She didn't do too bad.