6 RN's + 8 Kids + Phoenix Zoo= A great time!!!!

Today a group of moms that I work with got together and met at the Phoenix Zoo!!! We had a great time! I have not been to the Phoenix Zoo in ages!!! My has it changed!! Well I am officially a member of the zoo and I got a year pass. I am glad that we did that because we did not have time to see all of the animals! The first picture is all of the cute little butts looking at the elephants!! I love this picture.




The picture above is all of the kids that went except for one, where's Trey? It was hard to get them all to cooperate but 5 out of 7 isn't bad!

The picture above is all of the kids looking at the baboons. You know the ones that look like they need Preparation H :)

The picture below is of Avery in the tree house that they built. She loved going up and down the stairs!!

My Birthday Present from Me!

O' come on I know that you have all done it too!! Why not do your b-day shopping for yourself!! You are guaranteed to get something that you like:)! Okay I just want to let you know that I have been trying to find an end table for an entire year!! I have looked everywhere and they were either the wrong color, style, or size. I was grocery shoppin' todau at Fry's Marketplace and I just happened to stroll through the furniture area and I FOUND IT!!! I almost peed my pants with excitement!!! I was a little bummed about the price but it was on SALE! What girl can pass a sale up? Anyways it was originally $150 and I got it for $100. It is really great quality and it is heavy for a little table. But I love it!!!

Ugly Picture with Frame...transformed

So you know that ugly picture that I bought yesterday from Savers for $3.99.....

Taaaa Daaa!! I am so excited about this and it was soooo very easy!!!! I spray painted the whole thing with that chalk spray paint. I did two coats and let it dry for 12 hours. I then distressed the edges with sandpaper. I love the distress look. I attached the chalk with some ribbon on the back. I don't know if I like the ribbon or not. But I am going to get something from Uppercase Living to put on the top where I wrote "menu". And that is that!! All for under $8.00 and I still have a lot of chalk paint in the can.

On the way home we stopped at the park!! Avery was so excited, she loves to play and see the ducks. Usually we feed them but I did not have any bread on me at the time. Here are a few pics of the little monkey.

I love my days off!! So Avery and I were bored and she is my little shoppin' partner and we, ok I, decided to go thriftin' at Savers. I found sooo much stuff and I am so excited for what they may become. So the total was like $72. They had a calendar that you could buy and there is a coupon in there for each month, so January's coupon was spend over $50 and get $25 off!!! So I got every thing for $37!!! I was so excited. So I bought 7 shirts for Avery to wear to daycare because I send her in nice ones and they come back with stains that won't come out. I got that board with that stupid sayin' on it! I am going to paint that and put an Uppercase Living expression on it. The sled I got for next Christmas, I thought that it was cute. The framed picture, I am going to make into a chalkboard, with chalkboard spray paint. I will show you pictures after I complete the project tomorrow. You can't see it very well but underneath the shirts there is a baby blanket. The blanket is one of the ones that you take squares of flannel fabric and stitch them together. I call them rag quilts, one side is smooth the other side has ruffles. Anyways, it was only $2.99!! So tomorrow I have some projects that I need to do!

Here are 2 pictures of my little spitfire, Avery Ryanne Best. I cannot put into words the love that I have for her. All you mommies know what I am talking about... if you ever come up with a word or words that express this kind of love, let me know.

A New Room For Avery

Okay so I have not posted anything in a very long time but I am trying to get settled into this whole blog world... Let me tell you I am like a kid with a new piece of candy. Forget facebook this is sooooo much better. Okay so here is my next project...

I just moved my 2 year old out of her old room and into what use to be the guest room. She is now sleeping in my old canopy bed that I had when I was her age and it is a full size bed. It swallows her up but believe me she thrashes around when she sleeps so she needs it! One of my favorite things to do is to decorate a room! I am sooo excited to start out with a clean slate. The walls are white and I can do anything that I want!!

I am having a hard time deciding on a theme or color scheme. Her nursery was pink, and I mean Peptobismol pink!!! OH YEAH...the reason why we are moving her out is because we are trying for another little "best" baby. Anyways, I want something that will grow with her. I have a lot of ideas in my head that I want to include in her room. So I decided to start out with bedding, since that is one of the most important pieces in a room. Let me tell ya' kid bedding, that isn't cheesy is hard to come by!!! I searched everywhere and I stumbled upon Restoration Hardware Baby and Kid!!! OMG, OMG, OMG!!! I love this store!!

So here is the bedding that I got her... but it is a light greenish blue instead of the pink. So stay tuned and I will let you know what I am brewin' up!!