Remember that dresser??

Well it’s finished!  Actually it has been done for a month now, but haven't gotten around to blogging.

 

Remember this?

Well I bought it on sale and got it home and repaired it.  It had a few places on it that needed to be fixed before I could start painting.

I had a hard time deciding on Red or Turquoise. Both would look great because the wall it is going on is STILL white and big. (hopefully that will be another project to get done in the future) I went with RED. I didn’t prime this dresser. I just sanded it a little, took the handles off, filled the knob holes and repaired a couple drawers. I used our new spray gun and some red paint from Home Depot(not sure the color).

 

I decided to do glaze on this piece too. I love the way the glaze looks when finished and it covers up some of the imperfections on my hubbys paint job. (I found a few drips) But not going to complain because he was helping me out.

I really wanted to use the original knobs on the bottom 3 drawers but one of them was broken. So it wouldn’t work out the way I wanted it to. We ended up drilling out the holes that I patched up. I wanted to put 2 on each side instead of one. I found some clear knobs at hobby lobby that had been antiqued, and they were half off and had 16 in stock. So that’s what I went with.

Dresser done!  I will be posting on the wall behind it that I finished this past weekend.  I LOVE IT!!

Side by Side

BEFORE                                                   AFTER

May part 1

The End of the School year makes everyone busy with  parties, graduations, and any other activities you  have before school lets out.  My cousin Britany and her husband Brian both graduated from college.  So we headed to the big town of WF for a weekend of Fun.  That Friday night we went to eat with my parents at Bill’s catfish in Waurika, Ok.  It was just OK, I think it used to be a lot better when we used to go in college. (or maybe that’s because we had already been drinking on the way down)  FISHTRIP!!  Who’s in? 

Grammy and Pops bought Carson foam swords, and he had fun playing with them.  So much fun they both were broken before bedtime.  We got up early and took Carson over to Hayden’s house.  We figured he would have more fun playing with his friend than sitting at a graduation for a few hours.  I think they had a great time.

Thanks Amber for keeping Carson.  He had fun and I'm glad I got to see you.

After  graduation we went for a little family gathering and good Bar B Q .  It was yummy and really good to see everyone and hang out.  Congrats! Brit and Brian again. ha

 

Carson and Brady haven’t seen each other in a while, so Carson was excited to see him and play too.

 

Here are some Family pictures!.

 

Faith had her VERY last orchestra concert.  They have come along way this year, and now we will give the band a try. 

Geri was in town and was able to enjoy the concert.  Great job Faith!

 

April run down

Since I have been really bad at blogging (again) I ‘m just going to do a re-cap of April and May. 

For the last few years, Faith’s art work has been featured at the Art Center in Denton.  She is an artsy fartsy little girl, she might have gotten that from me.

 

Faith was a busy little girl in April.  She also had a Spring Orchestra concert at Guyer HS.  Faith has loved being in the orchestra, but has decided she wants to be in the 6th grade band.  We found out yesterday she will be playing the Saxophone. (this is going to be fun)

For Easter we went up to the school and waited for the Easter bunny to drop Easter eggs from his helicopter.  It was really neat.  Carson had a great time hunting eggs, getting picture made with the bunny (first time ever) and playing in the bounce houses.  Faith not so much.  She is officially too old for this.  But was a good sport.

Here he comes!

Carson and Haden

That Saturday night our church had a night service and we decided to go, so we could sleep in and wake up and find Easter eggs and not be in a rush! (I actually wish they had Saturday night service every week I really liked it.) We took a few pictures before we went since we were dressed up.  (or should I say looked descent)

Faith's 11th Birthday

Faith turned the BIG 11 this year.  For her Birthday she wanted a slumber party.(Agghhhh)  But I decided to go with it and we invited 10 lovely little girls to the party.  Thankfully my parents and my friend Geri were planning on staying the night too. (I needed all the help I could get)  We had Pizza, Ice Cream bar, opened presents, girls ran wild in the hood, played Wii and watched movies.  There were a few fights  (girls are so dramatic),  and we had to go upstairs and regulate a couple times, but other than that it was good and the girls had fun. (probably won't do it again) ha

Faith got a lot of gift cards and money, which is perfect for her age.  Because she loves to shop now!

The girls playing the just dance.

Carson wanting to fit in with the girls, and recording on his IPOD. haha  

Me and Geri working our tails off



Another Makeover

I am addicted now!  I cant stop looking for old or ugly furniture to makeover.  (maybe this will be a new career for me) shhh don't tell my hubby until I figure out all the details.  I have decided that each room in my house needs a little TLC.  I made a list of what I would like to do in each room, and decided to start with the entry way.  It's pretty boring and needs a little work.  I am going to paint the walls possibly a dark grey( I'm into Grey right now). Hopefully  talk my hubby into putting up some bead board, and fix up this old dresser I found at a shop last weekend, and hang some stuff on the wall.  Here is what the area looks like now!


This is what my entry way looks like right now!!  Dont make fun of the frame.  My idea was to make something for every Holiday or season to go in the middle of the huge frame.  I think it's a cute idea but it looks lonely.

This is my new project for my entry way!  Stay Tuned.

Soccer

Spring Sports have begun.  I asked Carson a while back if he wanted to play soccer or baseball and he said FOOTBALL.  I informed him that football was not an option yet.  So he picked Soccer.  I was hoping for the other, but oh well we signed up for soccer.  I know nothing about soccer, so this is new for all of us.  He is on the Broncos with his best buddy Haden from school.  It is hysterical to watch these kids.   Carson is so nonchalant in this sport.  He just jogs where ever the ball is, just like he is playing follow the leader.  But it's cute and fun to watch, and we get a lot of laughs out of it.  Faith  started softball practice last week, so now we will be busy busy with both kiddos playing ball.

This is him playing follow the leader.  (That little girl was all over the field beating up those boys!)