Random Happenings

I can't even begin to tell you how far behind I have been on the blog. Life here to say the least has been EXTREMELY busy! So I am playing a quick game of catch up. Mostly so I know they are up and I know I have journaled  and now I can sleep better. So here are just random pictures from my iPhone.  Here are some of our comings and goings as of late.

 We have gotten sticky way to many times to count

 Made a horrendous mess with the moon sand; therefore made mommy way to scared to pull it out since then.

 Taken naps

 Giggled at mommy

 Slept in mommy's arms

 Mauled poor koshka daily

 Gotten into cupboards

 Gone Shopping and giggle at the things mommy made us try on

 Played cowboy

 Thrown Tantrums

We have been helped by friends.

 Gone to Menard's way to many times to see the monsters  and scary Halloween stuff.

Stay Tuned more pictures to come I am sure!

Office is done!!

This room is really the last room we needed to do to unpack! Now we just have some organizing and decorating to do. The kid's bathroom, a few last minute things in their bedroom, and shelving in the garage and it will be done!!!!! So happy about that.

This room took me 2 days to do. It kind of became a catch all while I finished up the rest of the house. So glad Ron and I have a place to do work and projects with out it being disturbed by sticky fingers. It feels great to have it done. Now if only my house didn't get destroyed while I was doing it. :/ what can ya do?

This is what you see when you walk in.

We have my sewing/ project table and in the corner right next to my table we have our keyboard. 

Our desk and an easel for the kids in case I need to work while they are awake. I took it upon myself to do a photo shrine of our family. I love looking at them all while I work on the computer. A composition if engagement pictures, wedding pictures pictures of us and the kids, and if course family shots.

Of course our book shelf. We literally just bought that bad boy and it's already filled. We wanted our textbooks out so we could use then as quick references while we did homework. That door leads to a little walk in closet, and then of course a trash can for trash. Haha. 

There you have it. Our office. I can't wait to actually pull out a sewing project and leave it there!!

Only rooms we have left to document is the kid's room, their bathroom which I haven't even decorated yet, my bathroom and the living room. You have to wait till they are clean. Cause currently they are a mess!

Silhouettes

One of the latest and greatest projects I have been working on for the kids' room.  It turned out better, and bolder than expected!!! I am in love with the results!!!

 I did this project twice. The first time turned out, but when I put it in the room it completely clashed because I did a solid silhouette on chevron paper. Bad idea! The kids room is gray and white stripes and polka dots with pink and blue solid accents. It just ended up being really busy.

 I decided to do different shades of the accents in solid paper instead of patterned. I love it so much more!! Look how cute those little profiles are! I am so excited to get these hung up in the kids room!

Master bedroom

My house is taking forever and I realize its because I am an organization freakazoid. I know how I want to organize it and want it just right. Somethings I want to do take some money and that takes time and  money saving. We are so close though!

Obviously from the post title, you can see that this is our master aka Ron's and My retreat. Again very bare.  I still really like it that way, but we are going to fix that a bit by hanging up a clock, and a few pictures. 

We love this room. It is spacious, clean and airy, it has a walk in closet and a bathroom. Awesome!! It's nice to have a place to call our own. We don't have to share anything with the kids, and we Love it!

I love how much light comes in through our windows. Natural light is my absolute favorite  thing! It just makes a room feel fresh and clean!

Another angle.... 

So I have peeves (apart from the fact that my bed isn't completely perfect the way i like) that I will eventually fix here.

1: lack of head board. Our bed had a really ugly old brass headboard. We sent it to DI before Hayden was born with big plans to make a new one. We never got to it, but its a goal of mine to finish before school starts back up. I am already drawing up plans for one. I just need to buy the materials and put Ron to work. 

2. We didn't have another bed side table so we bought a cheap bookcase that happened to match our dresser and other bedside table perfectly. The problem now is that the tables are off balance with each other. I am going for a symmetrical but still have some character  feel. I like the difference in tables just not the difference in height. So I will be fixing it somehow. Also see that clock? That's the one we are hanging on our massively blank wall. I have a vision for this room, and It's so close to getting there!

Here is a favorite of the room...

This is my side of the bed. See those cute picture of my kids and hot man? This is how you know its my side. I like to see all three of them before I get in and out of bed.  I love this shelf because some of my favorite book series are on it, my favorite people are on it, my marriage ducks (from Korea) are on it ( I am the red duck and Ron is the green), and of course my basket.

I had a hard time with trying make this a functional bed side table. I needed a place for pens, scriptures, phone charger etc.... Thank heavens for my basket and tote obsession, and my need for perfection. I rearranged the shelf height, where books were, accessories etc...  I kept having issues with bowing shelves . To get this right, it probably took 1.5 hours to do. I know I have problems. 

Ron's side is so simple and basic. Plant and pictures of his wife and kiddos. I just assume he likes to look at me and the kids as much as I like to look at him and the kids. ;) 

"Its a Tradition!!!" The closed door is our large walk in closet. One word.... Heaven! The room with the open door is our master bath. We love that too. This room has so far been my favorite bedroom we have had since our first townhouse in St. George. It's almost the exact same lay out and size.

Here is our closet.  Its a favorite. Itisn't  anything special. It is Just the place where we get dressed. My Pinterest organization in here is my yes 3 shoe racks (2 for me 1 for Ron) our extra set of drawers because Ron and I share a dresser and 2 drawers just doesn't cut it. All the bins up top. They hold our jeans and shorts. Last thing to do in here is to color coordinate. Ron the dear put my clothes up, which I love him for, but I can't stand my clothes not color coordinated. I just haven't gotten there yet.

My final favorite and also a Pinterest project: my necklace holder.  I don't know what that hanger thing is exactly... A tie or belt holder maybe? I just got the idea from Pinterest and went on a hunt for something similar, and this is what I got. It is perfect. It's so nice to not have to de-tangle my jewelry when I want to wear it.

There you have it ladies and gents. Our bedroom. We love it, and so do our kids. We can't keep them out of it half the time.  

Once pictures and the head board are done I will do another master bedroom post until then this will do.

First completed room- kitchen

I have come to the conclusion that the motivation I need to finish our house lies with in this blog. Instead of doing one big monstrous post about the house once everything is done, I am going to post room by room as I complete it. I am still way far off from completion, but it is a work in progress. It won't be so over whelming this way.

The first room and most important to finish when you move, apart from the kid's room is the kitchen/dining room.

The dining room is gianormas compared to our wee little table and high chair. I kinda like the open airiness of it though.

The only future plans I have for this room is to help that massive wall along. That painting is actually really big, but it looks like a pin prick when it is up on that wall. I have no clue what to do with it, but I will figure it out eventually one day.

Here is the good old' kitchen.  Again nothing fancy and rather bare honestly, but bare to me feels clean. I don't know why, but it does.

 I love all the counter space that this house has. I love to cook, and so lots of counter space was a must!

The far two doors lead to the pantry and laundry room. You know, in case you were wondering "I wonder where those two doors lead.

I know you are wondering "Maggie why on earth did you take a picture of your spice cupboard, pantry, and cupboards with canisters?" Here is my reply to said question.

You know how you have your favorite little spots that just turn out better than you had hoped in your house? These are mine for our kitchen.

I am basically OCD when it comes to organizing. My mom says that even when I was a tiny kid I color coordinated my underwear drawer. Bahaha what a weirdo! Anyways, my point is that I love the organization of these places. These were one of those "34 days to a more organized house" Pinterest projects.  

The canister counter turned out awesome because that is just one big giant baking area.  Every dish and tool I need to bake lies with in the cupboards and drawers. Awesome.

There you have it the Garner Indiana kitchen. It is big and we like it!