Sale Extended....

So the 25% off sale started again today and will go until next Monday due to inventory levels being OUT OF CONTROL. I have gobs of kids product.....come get it, the deals are amazing....

Jam Packed Weekend...

So we had another crazy weekend. The fourth always ends up like this though, it comes with having a child with a birthday so close to it! We just had a fun day as a family at home on Friday, yardwork, pool, etc. Then we went and watched the Fireworks at Thanksgiving point that evening....We went plenty early but it was already crazy when we got off the freeway. So we quickly took a right instead of a left, pulled down the side road across the freeway from it, backed the car in and set up camp! IT was FANASTIC! We didn't have to fight the crowds and actually felt like it was just us even though the whole street ended up lined up with cars! When the fireworks started the kids sat on the roof of the car on a blanket and we sat in the open back and it was totally relaxing! Besides the fact that Cole decided that he had to pee just as the show started, typical. Best part was the traffic leaving took no time at all! Saturday Troy and I took Cord and his friend Robbie to Lagoon for Cord's friend party (he got to choose 1 friend to go). We went later in the day and it was SO MUCH BETTER! it was cooler and the lines were shorter and they were great when it got dark!!! Then to round it all off on Saturday we had a family party for Cord at my mom's! It was chaos, but he had a great birthday!!!

Liv's Recital

So we packed as much as we could into one day! Coming off of working overnight for inventory, we did Pinewood Derby first thing in the morning then moved onto Liv's activities! She had a recital she had to be at that evening, so Troy and I took her to lunch at Mimi's while the boys were at Chad's. We had a great time just the 3 of us, I don't get to take them out individually enough. Then home to get in makeup and costume then off to the Franklin Covey Performing Arts Center in Provo. She did amazing of course! This is as good as it gets though cause we could'nt take any pictures inside!

Pinewood Derby

I'm SO behind! We'll start with Pinewood Derby. This was Cord's last year to participate....I can't believe he will be 12 next year, I have entered a whole new phase of parenting.....we are getting so old! Troy helped Cord with his car this year and he took 2nd! Considering Troy had never even heard of Pinewood Derby before I'd saythey did pretty good. Cord is just NOT competetive by nature, so I think it even suprised him a little bit. He was really just there for the ice cream sandwich afterward! To make it an even bigger victory, he lost to a kid who's dad is the grand daddy of cars and even has workshops every year at his house to help other kids with theirs. According to Troy, we have a couple years to master a 1st place car before Cole gets in now. He's slightly more competetive.....

Cord's is the red car...

Sales Update....must read

Okay, it just got even better. We marked down kids, baby and adult today and here's the inside scoop....starting tomorrow thru Sunday ALL sale (Adult, Body, Kids, Baby, Maternity) will ring up an additional 25% off.
Must go to the GAP tomorrow.
FYI I am only in my store till one tomorrow and out the rest of the holiday weekend so please shop at my store, but if you do I will miss you!!!

Sale....

It's that time again......
Summer Sale Event started at all GAP stores in the US this morning.
Come get your goods.

ps...this afternoon I put out LOADS of fabulous sale denim for girls and boys at Gateway. Come get it for back to school before all I have is the full price stuff...

Progress....

Here's the latest......

Yard Update

SOOOO.....here is an update on the yard. It seems like it was going so slow for so long, it is fun to see some quick progress. I am all about the instant gratification so I have struggled with the delay in seeing results here! But we finally are and you can see how nice it is turning out. Troy got the tramp level and moved down saturday and the kids had friends over and slept on it finally! The have been waiting forever to do that, it brought back so many memories for me! Great way to start their summer vacation. I am hoping to finish the rock pavers today. The longest part is hauling them down from the mountain, i feel like a pioneer. Thank goodness I have a car though...
Still a little ways to go after that, rock wall and plants around the trampoline, plants along the wall by the patio and around the white fencing containing the ugly air conditioner, somehow get the grass pretty again, and I am ambitious and I am going to do moss between the pavers......it'll be all summer for this one!

Projects

So I am in major project mode, anyone who knows me well is not suprised I am sure. Well, I should clarify, in my head I am in project mode and the list is growing exponentially, but in reality I am putting everything off!!! SO I thought maybe if I put some of them on here I would be more excited to get the afters on and thus get something done! We'll see if it works. If it does I will start blogging my weight loss as well. HA!











So this is really Troy's project....my backyard has always sucked and is totally non-functional. These were taken after we already started but they will give you a good idea of how bad....can't wait till the after on this one!

I got this amazing antique buffet (as well as a matching one that is twice as long) from my aunt in Seattle several years ago. They were in her garage and she was gonna toss them....lucky me.....

But they are in need of some refinishing. I have always envisioned them a creamy white and distressed so project number 4,562.

I have been on the hunt for a floor lamp for my entry way when all of a sudden I remembered this FABULOUS antique lamp I found at DI last year. It's just been sitting in my basement. A little white paint and I am searching for the perfect shabby lamp shade.....

I have loved this color in my kitchen, but I think I am ready to tone it down with a more muted green...

Happy Birthday Troy!

Oh to be 26 again....

We have actually been celebrating it for a week....but here are the pictures from "cake" with my mom and John on Monday. He had a birthday weekend in Vegas, family party on Monday, I took him to our favorite restaurant Takashi on Wednesday, and I took the kids up to his place downtown and suprised him for his actually birthday last night!! The kids and I took him sushi, again, a cookie cake and his gifts and had a great time! They thought he lived in a hotel...He lives above the Gateway.....ah kids.