Valentine's Day, Crafts and Plumbing

We had a lot going on this week and were able to capture pictures of most.  I am realizing that remembering to take pics is not so easy.  And then uploading and posting here is even tougher!  But I do like being able to document what we are doing nicely.  It's one of those things that has always been on my to do list but rarely gets done.  I hope you all enjoy!

Valentine's Day Fun

 A friend of mine crocheted the purple hearts and then I made the hair clips for the girls in Mia's preschool class.  We added them to the treat bags on Valentine's Day

Treat bags (I made a total of 32 of these)

 Peaceful Mia sleeping and as you know it is rare that she falls asleep anywhere other than her bed.  So capturing this moment was nice. 

Our kitchen faucet started to leak and Shawn tried to fix it.  Here are his little helpers. 

The faucet when Shawn realized he couldn't fix it...he broke it even more. It was quite funny!

 And finally...hours later! The faucet is replaced.

Remember last time I posted an old ugly binder.  Well here it is now!  I used mod podge and scrapbook paper to make it nice and pretty.  It is now our Family Management Binder where I keep all of my notes, lists, calendar and papers that need my attention.  This is hopefully going to help me keep things organized for myself, the military group I organize and my family! 

 back of the binder (and for some reason upside down)

 Inside with all the chaos that I used to try to carry around in my head!

The Valentine's Day bags I made for the kids goodies. I hung them on their seats right before dinner.  The kids received Christmas gifts from their babysitter in this beautiful paper.  I couldn't stand throwing it away as it was hardly damaged when they unwrapped their presents.  So this is what became of some of it. 

After dinner and digging into their goodies

Since I had all of my hairclip stuff out I also made some for the girls (sorry the pic is sideways)

Shawn pulled out some shirts that he no longer wants and this one caught my eye.  Stay tuned in a few days to see what I did with it!

Christian's 7th Birthday

Here are some great pics from last week!

On Christian's actual birthday there was no school because of ice on the roads.  And I got some kind of stomach bug so we didn't get to celebrate on the actual day :(  But we definitely made up for it on Friday! Thank you all for sending $$ to help pay for Christian's new television! He absolutely loved it!

EARLY morning breakfast with dad (on his actual birthday)

I took pizza, drinks and cupcakes for Christian's entire class

Party at home

Mia is waiting for the first chance she can get to eat the cake

Gabriella's kissing face...Love it!

Taking a sip from his Chocolate Sundae Cake

This pic makes me laugh every time I see it!  Christian was making his wish so Mia decided to make one too! Love it! Love it! Love it!

And of course she had to help blow out the candles too!

 Finally get to eat some of that candy!

First Bite

Second bite (yes, she shoved it all in her mouth)



Good Times!

Well we have been very busy in the Lafferty household trying to stay on track with our family goals this year.  I have been doing lots of sewing, crafting, crocheting, organizing, budgeting, playdates, family time, girl time, guy time...you name it we are doing it!  So here are LOTS of pics of what we have been up too.

Here are the kids trying to get us out of bed! Little did they know what was in store for them!

Pillow Fight!

And after about 15 minutes...an injury



So adorable

Some hats and scarves I have crocheted on our gorgeous model





2 scarves for Shawn

I am trying to take on one dreaded chore per day for the next 30 days and today was day ONE! I had to tackle the junk drawer and was not looking forward to it!  So are the BEFORE and AFTER pics.  Don't you just hate trying to find a place for all of the little things you can't throw away but don't know what to do with?

BEFORE

AFTER...ahhh much better!

And way in the back are all of those pesky little things I can't throw away.  I upcycled an egg carton so that I could seperate all of those little things and I can actually see them all. 

Have something in mind for this old/used/ugly binder...will post pics later this week.



We have lots of wonderful playdates, crafts, project and more to do's going on this week.  And of course Christian's 7th birthday is on Thursday so he is SUPER excited about it! Please post your thoughts, ideas, suggestions in the comments below!

Until next time!