Oh How Pinteresting Wednesday (5/23/12)

Well it has been a while since I have linked up with Michelle at The Vintage Apple for

But I am back.  I have been trying to get my blog caught up from the wedding & honeymoon (major FAIL, but still working on it.)   The kids are now out of school so when I am not working there is a houseful of kids here :)  We have been staying busy since we got back from Vegas.  We celebrated two of the girl's birthday's this weekend with a cookout at the house.  So here are my favorite pins for the week...


We went to Las Vegas on our Honeymoon.  We stayed 5 days/4 nights.  It was a little too long for me.  There were some beautiful buildings & sites to see, but it was a totally different world out there.

Source:  images.search.yahoo.com via Julia on Pinterest

Our Motel

Source:  Uploaded by user via Sherry on Pinterest

This was the pool at our motel...MGM Grand.  They had 3 pools & a lazy river.  We spent a little time in the lazy river.

Source:  jimmyhoofa-lv.blogspot.com via Nicole on Pinterest

The flowers in the ceiling at the Bellagio were beautiful

Source:  uploaded by user via Lisa on Pinterest

The fountains in front of the Bellagio.  They were beautiful to see at night.

Source:  wildnatureimages.com via Julia on Pinterest

The volcano at the Mirage.

Source:  visitingdc.com via Colleen on Pinterest

We did a little gambling while we were there, but we didn't win anything big.

Source:  perfectbucketlist.tumblr.com via Amanda on Pinterest

M&M World was really neat...just a little expensive

Source:  heartinthedetails.blogspot.com via Amanda on Pinterest

With summer time here I will definitely be trying this recipe for one of our cook-outs.

Source:  sylviagarza.wordpress.com via Brandi on Pinterest

I am taking a "Leap of Faith"...I put my notice in at work this week.  I don't have another job yet, but am going job hunting full force this week.  It is time for me to move on to something else.  I LOVE my job & occupation, but the 80 miles drive one way has finally gotten the best of me.  Gas prices keep rising & having to spend so much time commuting cut into my time at home with my family.  I have said many prayers about this.  I have faith that everything will work out!!!

Source:  www.google.com via Jenifer on Pinterest

So there you have it.  My tops pins for the week.  What have you been pinning?

I have 2 goals for the week:

1.  Finish catching up my blog!!!!
I got a head start... HERE is one WEDDING POST

2.  Find a JOB!!!!!!

Playing Catch up

Trying to get my blog caught up today.  Didn't get it all finished, but got a start on it.  I will try to finish it up tomorrow.  Still have the wedding & part of the honeymoon to document.

Eventful Day (5-7-12)  http://half-a-dozen-kids.blogspot.com/2012/05/eventful-day.html

Wedding Rehearsal (5-5-12)  http://half-a-dozen-kids.blogspot.com/2012/05/wedding-rehearsal.html

Suprise Shower at Work (4-29)  http://half-a-dozen-kids.blogspot.com/2012/04/surprise-shower-at-work.html

8 days (4-28-12)  http://half-a-dozen-kids.blogspot.com/2012/04/8-days.html



The kids are on summer break now & with five kids here half the week it can be hectic at times. They are all old enough & capable of picking up after themselves & helping keep this house functional. Sometimes they get a little lazy sometimes though or they just think someone should pick up after them all the time. So today we made a responsibility chart for the house. So far they love it. They have daily jobs that have to be done in the morning & at night plus they have reminders to pick up after themselves throughout the day so it's not as much work at night. They also each have two jobs that will change weekly through rotation. They each got to pick their jobs today through a random drawing & we will keep those jobs together through the rotations. I think the favorite job on the list is "supper helper" & Harley is proud to have that job this week. Also on their board is their bath schedule & tv schedule. This way their will be no more arguing over who is going to take a bath first/next or who gets the tv remote each night.

Today while we were sitting in the living room watching TV Peanut started barking & wouldn't stop. I kept telling him to hush but he just kept barking. I got up to see what he was barking at and this is what I saw....

The kids & I were terrified. I hate snakes & Bobby was at work so I called him. He said to go to the neighbors and have him come kill him. He came down here & didn't have anything to kill him with so he got a stick, but the snake got away. He was pretty big. The kids were scared to go back outside until Bobby got home.

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all the mom's out there!  A special Happy Mother's Day to my mom, Bonnie.  She has ALWAYS been there for me & my kids.  She has been my rock over the years.  We have had our disagreements, but she is always there through the good, bad & ugly.  The last few months have been hectic & stressful, but she has kicked in high gear to make sure everything was PERFECT!!  I thank God for her every day! 

This year is an extra special Mother's Day for me!!!  My husband has four beautiful, sweet daughters.  Three of which I have the opportunity to be a "bonus" mom too.  A special thanks to their mom's Chantell & Jackie for sharing them with me.  They have stolen my heart & I love them like my own!!!

I have a lot of catching up to do on my blog.  There are several post that I started, but didn't get the time to finish...so my goal for the week is to get everything caught up.  We have been out of town for a week on our honeymoon...so stay tuned for wedding & honeymoon update.  The wedding was absolutely PERFECT!  We couldn't have asked for a better day; the weather was beautiful & we were in the company of family & friends!

Morgan & Spencer spent the weekend in the Smoky Mountains with their daddy & Cindy.  They had a great time.  I was glad for them to come home today.  I think they might have missed Bobby more then they did me.  This is where Spencer stayed the whole time I was cooking supper.  

Makes my <3 melt :)

I DO

Today has been a special day for our entire family. I married my best friend; Morgan & Spencer now have a "bonus" dad; and I am now a "bonus" mom to 4 daughters. A special thanks to Chantell & Jackie for allowing me to be such a big part of Haylee, Harley & Gracie's life's!!!!  Life doesn't get much better than this!  Everything turned out absolutely perfect today.  We couldn't have asked for better weather or company.  Everything was exactly as I had imagined.  I will let the picture do the talking.....

decorations

more decorations

The Girls

Family/Friends

Some of my favorites

There are more pictures...just got to get time to go through them & get them posted.  Stay tuned....

2 days...

Wow in two days I will be married. Everyone has asked me if I am nervous. No I'm not the least bit nervous about getting married...I feel like we are already married. I am nervous about getting on an airplane & flying Monday morning. Neither one of is has ever flown.

Today will be filled with last minute too do list. I am getting a manicure & pedicure...thanks to the great group of girls I work with.

Then we have a million errands to run. Bobby has taken Peanut to the boarding house. I couldn't go with him because I'm cared I would get upset & breakdown.

After I got my pedicure & manicure we headed to get our marriage licenses :)

Mom is coming up tonight to help get some last minute things done around the house. Tomorrow we have rehearsal at 2 & then I have to go pick my cake up.

This is just a quick update so I can keep track of the days leading up I the wedding.

5 days...

We are getting down to the wire...5 more days until the BIG day!!! I have one more twelve hour shift to work tonight then I'm off for 12 whole days!!!! It has been a great week so far & I hope it continues to be. Monday morning I went back to the doctor & they decided to do another chest x-ray to see how my pneumonia was. Thank goodness my x-ray was clear. I am feeling a lot better. I still have a horrible cough, but the doctor said that would linger for a while.

We still have some last minute things to finish up this week. For the most part all the big stuff is done. We have to pick Bobby's tux up & I have some last minute decorations to finish. It is all coming together nicely though.

The girls at work continue to shower me with gifts. Last night one of the girls gave me money to get my nails done. They are the sweetest :)

The last few days we have had lots of rain & some storms. I hope mother nature gets all the rain out of her system before the weekend. The forecast for the weekend is looking fairly good right now, but it is supposed to be in the high 80's. I just hope it doesn't rain.

8 days...

Everything is coming together, slowly, but surely. Mom has gotten everything done except the fingerprint canvas & the picture frames.  Without her craftiness this wedding would have cost me a fortune :)  Thanks MOM for putting up with me!  I LOVE YOU!

The bouquet mom made

The girls baskets mom decorated

The tub mom painted & I did the letters for the favors

The favors

The tub the bubbles are going in

The bubbles

The containers to hold the forks
Mom made them out of slim fast cans & vegetable cans
wrapped them in scrapbook paper, put ribbon around them
& I put a "J" on them

Our Flip Flops mom decorated

The parents sand containers

Our sand containers

10 Days :)

My living room looks like Hobby Lobby.  Mom came up over the weekend to work on wedding stuff and we didn't get anything accomplished.  I wasn't feeling good plus I had to work all weekend, so I just told her to leave everything and I would work on it when I felt better.  Yesterday I was able to get up for a few hours and work on a few things.  I still have lots of things to do, but they will have to wait until I am feeling better.  I can't believe the wedding is in 10 days!!!  I hope I start feeling better soon or I will be crazy trying to get everything finished.

This afternoon after we picked the kids up from school; we had a hail storm at this house.  We were outside under the carport when it started so we stuck it out.  Spencer & Morgan couldn't decide if they want to stand under the carport to watch or sit in the van.  It was hitting the metal roof pretty hard at times, but thankfully it didn't last long.

Building Project

We have a pile of old lumber in our yard and I wanted an arch made for the wedding with it.  Bobby and the kids got to work this afternoon and built it.  Morgan was his little helper.  I LOVE the finished product....exactly what I wanted and a whole lot cheaper then buying/renting one.

Wedding Invitations

The main reason we decided to get married here was because of the kids.  They begged us not to get married in Vegas because they wanted to be part of it.  The girls love helping every chance they get.  Today we got the invitations ready to mail.  They helped stuff envelopes & put labels on.

Haylee

Morgan

Gracie

Harley

Right now they have gone to a skating party & I am going to take a nap before work tonight.  Happy Saturday!