White Board Makeover

A couple of months ago I got two huge frames for $2.50 each.  I knew they were a great deal but I wasn't sure what I was going to do with them.  My friend Sabrina came up with a great solution!  We turned them into white boards.  She is soooo creative!  We got the white board at Home Depot (I think it's actually for a shower) it came in a big sheet and we had it cut to size to fit in our frames. 

Here our the frames before we spray painted them

Sabrina painted hers purple for her office. 

Here is a close up so you can see all of the detail in the frame.

 

Here is mine in black (of course-ha ha).  Graig is going to hang it in our office so we can write notes, reminders, etc. on it.

Happy Wednesday!

Garage sale finds!

My friends Sabrina, Allison and I have been going to garage sales for a few weeks in a row.  We have been finding some really good things!  We always leave really early on Saturday morning (7:45!) to get to the sales early.  Here are some of my recent finds.

A little glass jar for .25 cents

A milk glass vase for $1.00

A huge lazy season that I painted black

A big glass jar for our kitchen for .75 cents!

A black metal tray that I painted black.  I am going to get some cute magnets and put some cute pictures on it. 

Happy Tuesday!!

It's been a long time...

It's been almost a month since I posted.  I usually try to update my blog every day or every other day but I've been REALLY busy so the blog took a back seat during August. 

Here's just a quick recap of our August. 

 Brock's went to baseball camp for two weeks with his friends.  I posted about this in my last post but he had a fun two weeks playing baseball and being with his friends. 

Here is Brock with 2 friends that went to the baseball camp with him. 

I let Ava bring friends with her to Brock's games so she could have some fun too.  We played 15 games over the two weeks!

Graig was one of the coaches at baseball camp.  Here is a picture of him from the opening ceremonies.I put this on facebook and one of our friends said it looks like he is waving to his fans-ha ha!

Ava has wanted bangs for a long time so she decided to get a shorter new do for school.  I LOVE her with shorter hair and it's much easier for her to take care of.  As you can see she took this picture of herself. 

Another school year started for Graig and me at the college.  The first few weeks are always SO busy for me with beginning of the year events and fraternity/sorority recruitment.  Here are some some pictures of some students that I work with during the first few days of school. 

These fraternity and sorority members helped with freshman move-in and the freshman block party.

Here are a couple of pictures from sorority recruitment.

This weekend Graig and I worked on some things around the house and last night we went to the Sugarland concert.  It was great!  We had a good time and Sugarland put on a great show!  Their opening act was Little Big Town and they were really good too!

Happy Labor Day!  I am working today (yuck-the college students still have classes) and Graig will be at home with Brock and Ava.  We are going to have a little family cookout tonight to celebrate Labor Day and the end of summer :(  Brock and Ava go back to school on Wednesday. 

Brock's baseball pics

Brock is having a fun week at his baseball tournament.  He has had 4 games so far and we have won 2 games and we have lost 2 games.  We have played teams from Illinois, California and Massachusetts! 

Here are some pictures from the first few games.  He pitched a little bit in both games yesterday.  Here are some action shots of him.

Here is Brock at first base

And leaving the dugout after the game.  He was so hot and tired :(

Happy Monday!

Brock's Birthday!

Today is Brock's 13th Birthday!!  We celebrated by taking him to the All-Star Village for the first week of his baseball tournament.  Today we checked in to the tournament and Brock and his team got settled in their bunk house.  We also watched the opening ceremonies which were fun.
Here are some pictures from today.

Here is Brock in his tournament uniform.  He looks thrilled that I am taking yet another picture of him-ha ha!

Brock and his team are staying in the Yankee Stadium bunkhouse.

Their bunks are located at the top of the stairs

Brock getting his area ready.  He brought our febreeze because he thought the bunkhouse would smell by the end of the week.  Ha Ha with 12 kids and 3 coaches I think it will be very smelly!

During the opening ceremonies they had the Mom's come up and do a kickline. Here are some Mom's from our team. 

They had the Dad's do the YMCA.  Here are two Dad's from our team. 

Graig is a coach this week here he is with another Dad. 

After we left the opening ceremonies my friend Sabrina and I went to get pizza.  She went in and got it and I stayed with her sweet daughter Eliza.  I love this picture of her!

Tomorrow Brock has two games so we will be up early to get to his games on time.  Hope you are having a great weekend!

Happy Birthday Shelby!!

Today is my sister Shelby's 32nd birthday!  This is a big birthday for Shelby because it will be her last one before she becomes a Mom.   She is going to have her first baby in October and we are all SO excited for her!  She is going to be a great Mom.
I wish we lived closer so we could celebrate in person but I live in NY and she lives in Iowa  so I sent her present to her last week. 

Shelby thank you for being a kind and loving sister and aunt.  We love you and we hope that you have a wonderful day. 

Have a great birthday Shelby!!
Love,
Angie, Graig, Brock and Ava

Shelby with her husband Ryan

Here is Shelby with Ava at Steak and Shake when we went to visit her for her baby shower last month

Dad and Shelby

Eliza's 2nd Birthday!

Yesterday before Brock's baseball game we went to Eliza's 2nd birthday party!  It was SO cute!!  Her Mom is my friend Sabrina and she does a great job with parties and decorating.  She did an "Under the Sea" theme and it was adorable!  

Here are Ava and Eliza at the party. I LOVE Eliza's little swimming suit it has an alligator on it. 

 

The little kids loved playing in the pools that they had set up. 

The older kids didn't swim they just hung out.  I love this picture little Mia is trying to get her big sister Gabby to go swimming with her-ha ha!  Ethan is Eliza's big brother. 

Pinata Time!  Eliza LOVED this! 

The beautiful cake that Sabrina made all by herself!!  I think it turned out really cute.  I helped her color the fondant yesterday.  She was a trooper to make her own cake!  It was delicious.

The food table, they had so much great food!