Laundry Room Makeover

After seeing many, many cute and colorful laundry rooms on Pinterest, I decided my laundry room was very sad and needed a facelift. 

See that mess of bottles and cleaners on the shelves?  They were making me crazy.  I have tried many times to organize them, all unsuccessful.  No matter what I do, I always end up with a ton of bottles on the shelf.  Yuck.  So, I redid it.  And, it looks fantastic!!

We got some new wire shelving and those black bins keep everything looking neat and tidy.  Mike took our old wood shelves and turned them into more shelving for the broom closet next to the laundry closet. 

So I put all of our cleaners and things in there.  Out of sight.  And look how much space I have in the laundry room now!  There's room to grow! 

Cousin sleepovers

The girls invited Savannah to come over for a sleepover last night.  Little sleep was had.  However, the girls did come up with some pretty cute things in their sleep deprived state. 
I found this on my computer when I woke up this morning.

I know it's little, but it's cute.  Then I found this cute picture strip of just Briana. 

Aren't those cute?  I really wish my ipod had a camera now.  I'm not sure what time of the night those pictures were taken.  All I know is this is what I found in the living room when I woke up at 10 am. 

And they didn't wake up till 12:30!  My kids have never slept that late before.  Once they were up, look what Savannah did to Sydney.

Gave her stitches.

Gave her four shots on her ankle.

And, planted a tick on her knee. 

Meanwhile, Briana dressed up as a waitress!

Isn't she cute!

Next on the agenda for today: a nap.

Happy Birthday, Papaw!

Bowling!

Saturday night, we took the girls bowling for the first time.  I don't think I've been bowling in a good ten years, so it was kind of like the first time for all three of us.  Mike is one of those guys who's just naturally good at sports (if you consider bowling a sport), so he was all set.  The girls had so much fun!

And, guess who bowled two spares and one strike?  ME!!  We're definitely going back to bowl again really soon.  I'll need the practice for when I join a bowling league. 

Strawberry Orange Smoothies

The girls and I decided today that we need to start having smoothies with our breakfast.  They're fast, easy and super healthy.  Today we had a trial run with strawberry orange smoothies. 

They were a huge hit!  And so, so easy to make.  We're definitely doing these again. 

Strawberry Orange Smoothies

2 cups vanilla yogurt

1 bag (10 ounces) frozen strawberries

2 T orange juice

Put everything in a blender and blend.  Pour into glasses and serve immediately (it won't last long!).

Crock Pot Soup

Crock Pot Soup

can of rotel
can of corn (I used frozen)
can of black beans (drained & rinsed)
2 frozen chicken breasts
8 oz cream cheese
1 packet dry ranch dressing
1 tablespoon cumin
1 teaspoon onion powder
1 teaspoon chili powder
Put all ingredients in crock pot and cook 6-8 hours. Shred chicken, and enjoy!                   

Frozen Lemonade

Today the girls and I made frozen lemonade.  I've never made lemonade from real lemons before, I just always used a mix, but this time we decided to use real lemons.  It turned out sooo yummy! 

The girls loved it and slurped it all up in about five minutes.  We'll definitely be making this again!

Frozen Lemonade

3 lemons, juiced
1/2 C sugar
3 C crushed ice
maraschino cherries

Combine 1/2 C ice, lemon juice and sugar in blender and blend until ice is slushy.  Add remaining ice, about a half a cup at a time until all ice is slushed.  Pour into cups and top with a cherry.  Enjoy!

I think we might try adding some frozen strawberries next time to make strawberry lemonade!

Happy New Year!

Started off the new year with some fantastic margaritas, compliments of Mike last night.

Ellie started off the new year with a car ride, and a bit of static.

Sydney started off the new year by losing a tooth!

It's the one on the bottom left.  Like her smile?  Me too.
My poor Briana is starting off the new year with a new cold.  Boo! 

I finally got around to getting some of the girls artwork framed and Mike hung them up in the living room this morning.  I love, love, love how they look!

Happy 2012!