Its my most favorite time of the year!!!

Loving my new bedding!

For my birthday this year, I asked my family for Pottery Barn gift cards because I was in need of new bedding!!!  I wish I was more like my mom and daughter, Britnee, who always change out their bed spreads.  I have had the same bedding on my bed for 5 years....I was bored of it, even though I really liked it!!  I loved this bedding online and when I went into the store and saw it displayed, I was totally in love!!  I bought the duvet cover and linen euro pillow shams, I think that I will buy the normal pillow shams this next month when I have some extra money.  Thank you to all my family who got me gift cards!!!

Brenton finally got a "big boy" bed

Better late then never!!!!   Our Brenton is sixteen years old and is six feet tall (we don't know why our boys are so tall, Mike is only 5'8"...)  Brentons bed was always just a metal frame with mattresses.  Our friend was selling this bed that she had just bought because she is moving.  She sold it to us very cheap!!  It takes up alot of space but Brenton loves it, we also got him new mattresses, but he says they are too firm, but I love them!  I can take a nap and fall asleep so quickly on his bed!!

My new chandelier

 

 

My computer has been acting up lately, so I haven't been able to do anything on this blog! 
A couple of weeks ago, some friends of ours bought an older home here in Fort Collins  Mike and I went over to their house to see it and while we were there, they took this chandelier down to throw it away...I asked what they were going to do with it, and they were seriously were just going to put it in the dumpster!!  So, I took it home!!  It was pretty dirty and I didn't like all of the ceramic roses that were all over it.  I decided to take the bottom layer of roses off and put on chandelier prisms.  I love it.  We took the wiring off so it doesn't work, it is just for show!  I love it in the living room and it is the first thing you see when you walk in the house!  The best part about it, is it was free!!!

I Miss My Besties!!

If only we didn't all live so far apart.  With Lisa in Ohio, Allison in Washington and me in Colorado, we don't get to see each other very often.  I still love and miss them though!! 

These pictures were from Cancun Feb 2009 (really has it been that long ago?)

Happy birthday Bristyn!!!

Bristyn is 19 years old now!!  We are so proud of her....she had an awesome Freshman year at Western State Colorado University.  She made the Deans list for her grades, she worked in the cafeteria at the school and she made a ton of friends.  She loves it in Gunnison, and she is only 20 minutes from snowboarding!  She is home now for the summer and got a job working at an assisted living facility, which she is loving.  I love having her home for the summer!!

Guess what I did when Mike was out of town....

 I painted my living room a much lighter color and I am loving it!!!  Brenton helped me with this project since I cannot reach the top of the high ceilings!

 You can see in this picture how dark the walls used to be....so refreshing and brighter now!

 I did have one MAJOR mishap....I dropped a whole tray of paint on the carpet right here, but my friends, Dave and Jolene Clark saved me by coming over and bissel cleaning the carpet until all the paint was gone....I LOVE THOSE TWO!!!