My Mother

My Mother, ... (song from Peter Pan comes to mind)

Can you see the Smile on my Mom's face? I love her enthusiastic fun loving smile that is more often than not on her face. I am grateful for a mother who I am proud to call a close friend, one that I call (almost) every day to either laugh,cry, or simply listen. I talked to her this morning and she told me that I was a great Mom, what I failed to respond is that most of that is in part to how she raised me. We were raised in a very obedient and righteous home, one where I learned to pray and listen to the spirit- This is my other 1/2 of parenting advice, and I am so glad she taught me to listen to the spirit. She is a strong women and has a high pain tolerance- something else I'm glad I inherited.I am grateful that each time I've had a child she has come to be with me and help me after the child is born, also each time I've moved she has been the packing and stacking Queen- she also taught me to be organized. I could go on all day, but then I would be neglecting my own children and that is not something my mother taught me- so I'll end with, I love you Mom!

6 blogs- yikes!

Ok so I don't blog often but when I do- I get carried away... this is my 6th one today. Bare with me as I try to find balance and hopefully update more often- but not all in one day :)

Decorating Bug part 1

Our room! It needed a little more romance and new placement of furniture as I was getting bored with it!I wanted to make some sort of headboard, but could not afford a new bed frame- so I decided to go with a framed head board of sorts.I love our white bed spread and red and black accents in the room (ironically our wedding colours)

I love having a wedding picture and our certificate of Eternal marriage on the wall so we can see them often!I also love the picture taken by Rhonda of Big Daddyo and I with our hands forming a heart on my pregnant belly. We bought this dresser when we first got married with gift card from my fav. Ikea!!!

I made the curtains from a queen size sheet from a thrift store. I think this room cost less than 20$ to spruce up. I loved the way this fabric brought design to the colours we were already working with.

I layered two bed skirts to brake up the whit and red- we are very patriotic. :)


I found these plastic frames at the thrift store- not sure what they were supposed to be?But i painted them black, cut out cardboard for the backing and covered them with the same fabric as the curtains. I felt it turned out real elegant.

I love my Joseph Smith picture- as I like Emma love to have my hair brushed by my husband!

I also really like our folding frame- these are all engagement pictures, fun to look at and remember.

I had an extra circle frame (these are hard to find- the one in Miss M's room was a clock)so I covered the cardboard and put screws into it to hang my necklaces off of.

This is our family growth Chart inspired my my older sister- it was really plain for a while but then I got the Big E from someone who was getting rid of it and after a little paint felt it finished it off perfectly. Hope you enjoy seeing the new decor in out humble home!

Decorating Bug part 2

The boys side of the room! I love the bold bright colours of Blue, Red, Yellow and Green. I found a baby bib we were not using and framed it with some scrapbook paper. I also Love these wooden trucks they are multiple pieces and can be stacked or mix and matched. The kids don't play with them often so I borrowed them for my decorating.

A close up of the picture, not perfect- but I like it!

I found this "Everything I need to know I earned in Primary" the colours worked perfectly so we added it to the wall.

These are the pictures my older sister gave me when Mr. Ry was born and they adorn Mr. Ty's side of the room (aka the nursery) I love the tranquility and the frames the pictures bring to the room!

The dresser, now has a few sports stickers on it and is filled with two rapidly growing boy's clothes. I love the rich blue colour and how well it goes with everything else. Tried to make it as masculine as I could so these tow boys don't feel overpowered with pink from there sister!

The decorating Bug part 3

So my good friend Abby, is Amazing at designing and decorating. She took the time to impart some wisdom to me the other day and it became contagious. I started by framing some fabric to decorate Miss M.'s side of the room ( as we have 1 girl and 2 boys in the same room decorating was tricky) I then decided to co-ordinate the baskets on the bookshelf to match. I loved it! The colours even match her quilt- which was mine when I was little.

I found this at a free giveaway in Calgary and was excited that it was already painted white and ready to go. This is originally a plate display, another friend of mine, Chelsea gave me the inspiration to try this as she has a double one in her home. Its great as the kids can reach and put away (my fav. part)and it ads some shape to the room.

Next a small mirror also from the giveaway. I used a pizza box for cardboard. After gluing the box to the back, I then proceeded to use left over fabric to make fabric roses. This was more time consuming than I had hoped, thank goodness for two hour shows like Biggest Looser. :)

We finished up with a free dresser that someone was getting rid of- add a splash of white paint and then I used mason jar rings, dipped in paint to make the circles. Hope you enjoy the girly side of the room-I know Miss M does!

I sew,I sew and this is what I made!

The dress I bought, but in blcak. I got it cheap so did not mind having to alter it. I love these long cotton dresses, however not feeling the need to draw attention to my ches (which the lovely halter does) I decided to spruce it up.

http://tearosehome.blogspot.com/- This is where I found my inspiration. I loved how there were layers and how it had ruffles! Oh and as miss M would say- "she's got sleeves, so she's being modest- right mom?!"


I started by cutting off the chest distraction of a halter and sewed in a t-shirt with sleeves. I then found another t-shirt at a thrift store on a 50% off day for $1.50, I cut this into strips and sewed them on a 4 instead of a 2 for tension and then pulled o thread till i got the desired ruffle. I then sewed then on- but different from the above picture decided to cascade it from one side to the other. The difficult part was holding the fabric tight so it would lay flat and not gather the dress underneath the ruffles.


The pictures don't do it justice, especially since I was trying to take them of myself.

I think I am going to live in this dress this summer- it is soooo comfortable you almost feel like you are in your jammies!

So the next time you see something that isn't exactly what you want, look past it and see the possibilities!

Sand castles in my living room

So I thought I would sneak in a quick (relaxing) bath as all 3 children were enjoying a movie. after less than 10 min. I was called by miss M. and informed that Mr Ry and Ty were building Sand castles in the living room.Curious and nervously I left the nice warm bath and as bummed as I was to see my favorite cereal(cheerios) all over the floor, I found it funny that my boys truly thought that had built sand castles!

Who could get mad at faces like these? I cleaned up most of it and then left some for them to eat and play with, because at this point I'm going to have to vacuum anyways... might as well enjoy the sand!
What do your children do that make you smile? Hope you enjoyed our little day at the beach!