Desperate Times

We all know "Desperate Times Call For Desperate Measures" and this is mine.

I have entered the most awesomist (ya, I know it's not a word) contest ever. The coolest blogger that I have ever known/stalked, (I don't really know her personally) is giving away an "EPIC Room Makeover Giveaway". My bedroom is in dire need on some major attention. It always seems to be the last one I give my attention to, yet it's the one I have dreams and aspirations for.

So here is the deal.......yes there is always a catch. I need all of you to go over to her blog and vote for pathetic me and my sad room. Click the link below and follow her instructions for voting. I am #109.

These are the super pathetic pictures of my room:

This room is huge, my King size bed looks so little in there. And the table that the tv is sitting on was not meant for the bedroom, however that is where it has ended up.



I did buy a bedroom set to refinish how ever have not done it yet. You can see the two sad nightstands in this picture. I dream of them standing high on some type of legs.



The dresser



The mirror to the dresser that I would like to change the orientation of



And last but not least the armoire, all of the pieces need new life and drawer pulls

As you can see I really need this so pretty pretty please go vote for me!!

Big FAT Thanks!!!

Birthday Pictures

Her are Kimberlen's pictures. I finally got around to scanning them and my scanner decides to crop them itself.
This first one I love. We have another version with a smile that is already on the wall...sorry.

Her head is a bit cut off on this one.

This was her favorite one. The name got a bit chopped.

It's amazing how fast these kiddos grow. She just looks so big I can't believe it and she is a great little girl.

Kimberlen's Birthday ~ Easter

It has been brought to my attention a few times that I never posted pictures of Kimberlen's room finished. I thought it would be a good time now for her birthday to do so. Here is her room.

Behind that door is her walk in closet.


Out to the hallway.

Easter~
We didn't decorate eggs until the night before Easter. Eric was just waiting for either the eggs to break or the color to get tipped over. We only had a few cracked eggs.


FaVOriTEs!!



Easter baskets from the Easter Bunny.

Seeing what prizes were in the baskets.

She found and dropped this one all by herself.

Modeling their new swimsuits.


Birthday~
Later decorating our store bought homemade cake. I started to make an ice cream cake and after one tub of ice cream only filled the pan 1/4 inch I decided to buy one and re-decorate it.

Kimberlen getting spankings from Hudson with the shovel thanks to Papa showing him how its was done. She kept asking for more, so I could tell she hated it.

Ayson just loves her so much. He only wanted to be around her the whole time.

Opening the great gifts from everyone.
She asked for clothes this year and a bike a she will not need any clothes for the rest of the year.
They have such cute things these days.



We got her a softball mitt and a new bike.

At first we told her the new lock and tire slime was for her old bike and the kids were going to laugh at her when she shows up to school with ripped up seat and bent wheel. Then she went to give Eric a hug and he was holding her bike up behind the couch. She sure was surprised. And of course I don't have any pictures of it.

Then we had an Easter egg hunt. I think it was the best part of the party!



No time to stop for pictures, she sees another egg.

Uncle Cory helping out in the Weeds/Garden.




Checking out the goods. The eggs were filled with candy and money. Brylee was trying to eat all of it too.

What a cheesy face. Happy 9th Birthday Kimberlen. We love you!

Mesquite

Last weekend I was able to head down to Mesquite with my Mother-in-law, her Sister-in-law and Her Daughter. We left Friday mid morning and got there about 4 and visited with Eric's Grandparents for awhile. We went and saw the comedy show at the Casa Blanca and laughed our butts off.
Then had drinks and watched the band play, but they were terrible.

Here we are: Kelly, Michelle, Me, Ann.

We then went to the Virgin River to listen to their band for a while too. But again not so great so we went to bed.

On Saturday after brunch we laid by the pool for quite a while. Just long enough for me to get sunburned. I was taking up every bit of sun and warmth as it was raining at home.
This is the Pool at the Casa Blanca and this was my view. It is very nice and even has a little water slide in the far back corner.

That night we headed over the local Theater to watch Eric's Grandmother dance. This is the whole reason we went down. She is on a Senior Tap Team called the Mesquite Toes. It was super cute to watch old ladies dance.

They had very cute costumes and did really well. Most of the ladies are right around 70.

That was a fun 2 hours. This is Grandma Shirley's last year dancing and I am glad I was able to see her perform.

After the performance we all went to the Eureka's new lounge. This time the band was a little better.

We had some great entertainment by the other patrons.

It was another fun night.

When we finally went back to our rooms Ann's room key did not work and she had to be escorted to her room. We all followed her and teased a little, okay, maybe a lot.

She had to verify it was actually her stuff in the room by matching her name on her drivers license to her name on her medication. It was pretty hilarious for us to watch.

I had a great time getting away for the weekend and I am so glad to have such a fun family. Thanks girls for the fun trip!!