My Motivation...

They are my motivation for everything. My life has revolved around these two since the day they were born. Thank you God for giving me such wonderful blessings.

So, this post is going to be filling in everyone on our infertility journey. We have been trying to get pregnant off and on for about two years. We have been trying with fertility strategies for the last 7 months and we thought for sure we would be pregnant by now. I got pregnant as a teen with Blaze, completely an accident - but a blessing, and Ace was not planned, but very easy to get! After almost eight years of marriage, a new house, and two boys finally out of diapers and in school, our house and hearts are really aching for a new little bundle of joy. I would really appreciate if all my readers prayed for our family today and in the coming weeks as we seek a doctor for our other fertility options. I have endometriosis and there is always a chance that me not getting pregnant is because of a larger problem - which we pray is not the case.

Those of you who want to go that extra step can just leave me some words of encouragement or a simple "I'm praying for you" in the comments section. Thank you and God bless all my readers!

Guest Bedroom Renovation: Part One

The room looking from the master bedroom hallway
I had to share the pictures of this frame.
I got the idea from Kelly's Korner to tell guests where things are located
and to help themselves. I have a drawer full of trial size
soaps and stuff and also a basket full of towels and washcloths.
I want my guests to feel at home or like they are in a luxury hotel :)

I decided to make a seating area. I would like to
get a high end chair or chaise lounge for this area.

The room is so peaceful and has a luxury feel to it.

There are trey ceilings in this room and a chandalier.

I forgot to take a picture of both, but they are the same in my master bedroom.

So, this room is the most "iffy" room in my house (if "iffy" is even a word). I originally saw this formal dining space and thought NURSERY. But, if you want a nursery, you have to have a baby and we don't have one - yet - so we decided the most logical use for this room is a guest bedroom. Since a guest room does not need a closet like another bedroom or nursery would, we thought the best use for the space was a bed, tv stand, side table, and sitting area. I eventually want to move the computer that the boys use in there and possibly their bookshelf. Sometimes I have to put Ace in the guest room so that the boys don't get on each others nerves.

Guest Bathroom Renovations (Before Photos)

I decided to come back and post the before pictures of the powder room because I realized that my readers had never seen it and didn't get the full effect of what a difference a little decor makes. As you can see, the whole room was so drab. I would still like to take the shelf down and paint it black and of course the walls are going to be painted something close to a sand color. It is sunday and I still have plenty of time to post the guest bedroom and more... so stay tuned today!

Show Us Your Life: Sunroom/Play Room

I got a bin for all the sports stuff. I need another bin for toys.
The view out to the pool (wish it was summer!)

The tv stand I got at House Of Hope for $10!

The view of the sunroom from the other side.

It's a huge room with lots of potential.

I just don't know exactly how to put stuff....

More posts later! :)

And here is what the room usually looks like...

Blaze goes out there to practice football and escape from his little brother! ha!!

This is why I hide all writing utensils....

No Words Needed.

Guest Bathroom Renovations (Part One)

The new mirror! Made a huge difference in the room! (excuse the holes)

My Powder Room Sign that I bought at Hobby Lobby for $4!

My basket of "goodies" for the bathroom.

The rug I got at Big Lots - $5 steal!

This was the old shelf I was talking about.

I may post before pictures above this post because it's a huge change.

Wall hangings.. they were the most expensive thing in the room.

Is anyone else having problems with pictures uploading to blogger? It took about ten minutes for five pictures to load and that makes for a very slow, non-productive day in the blogging world! blah!!

Anyway, this is the guest bathroom (powder room) reveal. It is such a small space that I really wanted it to have a personality of its own. Every wall in this house besides the living room is still white so I am patiently waiting for the rest of the walls to be painted. Never hire a professional that is about 6 weeks or so behind on work.

Christmas Time!!!

This is what my house looks like today. I am sure there is much more to come, I just have not had time. Yesterday, my kids got really sick and we also prayerfully decided to let a friend stay here until the first of next year because he is struggling financially. We fixed up the guest bedroom (pictures soon) and did the best we could to keep the kids happy. All in all, a pretty quiet weekend. It's starting to look like Christmas!! :)

Promised To Share A Little....

Above: the start of master bedroom
Above: laundry room (still need ideas for this room!)

Above : dining area (we decided not to use the formal dining room.)

Above: boys closet ... I worked so unbelievably hard on this!

Above: Start of boys' bedroom (still deciding if and when we should paint)


As you can see, I have been working sooo hard,

but there is still soooo much to be done!

I promised that I would share some pictures of the progress on the house this week, but I really wanted to wait until the rooms had at least been painted. The painter that we hired also has fifteen other jobs so it is making it hard to get things done at my speed. You can tell what I am trying to do in these pictures and I wanted to show you all the reason I have not been blogging!

Not to mention, blogging takes up time that my husband and I could be "cuddling". We are trying to have a baby, you know? :)

Show Us Your Life: Living Room

Before:

After:

I am little late, but I am participating in the "show us your life" tour over at Kelly's Korner. Here are the before and after photos of the living room. I think we have made a tremendous difference just in the colors of the walls and the curtains. I still have alot of plans for this room, but this is a great way to start after only one month of renovations!

We're Finally In The House!!

So, Yes I know it's been awhile.. but we are finally in the house.

My dad came in for a visit so that I could get some stuff done and the boys also

begged me to let them order wrestling on pay per view.

We went trick or treating in our neighborhood this year instead of local churches.

We had a great time! The boys decided they wanted to be Rey Mysterio and John Cena.

This is what has occupied the majority of my life lately.
Box after box after box... it's fun but stressful at the same time.

The boys did talk me into joining the Disney Movie Club.

The movies just happened to get here the day we moved and since we had no cable,

it was right on time!

My friend Miranda and I also took all of our kids to the rodeo this year.

The kids had a blast and even entered a few contests. We look forward to rodeo

time each year.

So, that is how the last four weeks of my life have went. Very busy, but oh what a blessing!

I am looking forward to posting some before's and after's of the house very soon!