Archive for January, 2009

Birthday + ER = F-U-N!!

Brad took the actual day of his birth off work to go snowboarding. This has become a tradition because it’s free on your birthday. Snow had just fallen and he had the best time (we love you Jeff!!).

While he was snowboarding we made him his birthday cake…
I love the way the mini layer cake looks…
The plan was to make Hot Hubby’s favorite…chocolate cake with chocolate frosting.
I was out of chocolate frosting… ug!
I have whipped frosting… yeah… he LOVES whip. After I started frosting the cake I noticed it was cream cheese whipped… ug!
Brad doesn’t like cream cheese frosting… ug!
I never knew this was the beginning of foiled plans
Brad got home from snowboarding and took a birthday nap. I was going to surprise him with dinner at Disneyland, complete with the big bag of kettle corn to snack on while we strolled the park and rode kiddie rides.
Then there was a scream…
Eli had been sitting on the counter with my awesome cousin Olivia, and fell. In the time it took to pick him up he had a HUGE bump… it looked like a blue and red golf ball was embedded on the front of his forehead.
I was cuddling him and Brad suddenly said, “Eli is falling asleep try to keep him awake.”
Eli wouldn’t wake up.
To say that I was freaking out is an understatement!
We loaded up and headed to the ER… Eli was lethargic the whole time falling asleep as I tried to keep him awake…
We were really scared :(
We got to the ER, and as soon as we got out of the car Eli was just dandy. REALLY! He was running around, making the whole waiting room laugh, pretending to be a choo choo train… with the embedded golf ball on his forehead.
We decided to stay and get a scan because he had been so out of it earlier.
ALL CLEAR
Sigh of relief!
But we didn’t get out till 10pm… too late for the birthday surprise :(
The following week my sporty Hubby decided to take his friends paintballing for his birthday party. They shot at each other all day then enjoyed Tri-Tip for lunch!
Testosterone was a flowing!
Nothing like shooting the ones you love…
They were banged up, bruised and covered in welts… they were MEN!
Hot Hubby got home, and the kiddos and I let him have a (much needed) 2 hour nap, then we took him to our favorite pizza joint (Haus of Pizza in Huntington – for all you local readers!).
Now I’m sure you are all wondering what I got Hot Hubby for his birthday… I shall not include the details… but he liked it… wink…

Our Wedding…

Welcome to the first ever Remember When Linky!!
Remember When… You Got Married?
Enjoy my wedding then scroll down to the bottom and add your name and the link to your wedding post (not your main blog). If you are linking a new post include a link back here so your friends can show off their weddings too. The linky will be open all week so be sure to check back to see the latest wedding flashbacks!
My hair had fresh flowers…
We really wanted the ceremony to be short and simple. It rains a lot here in February… it poured every other weekend in the WHOLE month. The week before, at the rehearsal, it was pouring… I mean sheets of rain. We were knee deep in mud and water. We had no “plan B.” We must have been blinded by love… ha!

Our wedding party was large and they were all fantastic. Did Brad get thrown in the lake? Nope… I said it would be OK after the pictures and the guys respected my wish… but it never happened later!
I had to get a little silly… thankfully he was kinder to me!
I loved the dance floor! Lights and lanterns hanging from an old tree… beautiful… romantic…
Surprisingly, we stayed till the very end. We had so many out of town guests to hug and chat with. Brad kept trying to pull me away… it was hysterical. I was so exhausted after the wedding we hit up Starbucks on Main Street in Huntington before we headed to the Hyatt. We were still dressed in our wedding garb and the barista wrote “bride” & “groom” on our cups. We thought we would get freebies for sure… no luck… but we did draw quite a bit of attention from passersby!
Our wedding was a dream come trueexcept that I forgot the table numbers and the cater came and told me (yes the bride) immediately after the ceremony… like I could do something about it. It all works out in the end… as life usually has a funny way of doing…

Giveaways RULE!!

I love Giveaways!

Enter to win a Lid of your own to top off your little guy (or gal). Shynea (the acutal Penny Pinching Diva) has made this giveaway super fun with loads of ways to get extra entries.

I got the chance to ask Shynea a few questions…
How many kiddos do you have?

I am the mommy to four little boys. Ages 7 years, 6 years, 17 months and 3 months.

What do you love most about being a mom of boys?
I love everything about being a mom to boys. To me, they are so loving. They are always asking me how am I doing. Or telling me how pretty I am. Just showing appreciation of everything I do. They never let the small things go unnoticed. I also love the fact that I get to let my tomboy side come out. I get to wrestle with them and I have an excuse to stop cleaning and just get down on their level. From legos to the Playstation, I get the chance to be a kid again when I am with my sons. I get the chance to raise boys to become men so that they can one day go out and be good people and good husbands.

When and why did you start Penny Pinching Diva?
I started Penny Pinching Diva as a way for me to blog about my family and share with other people my experiences of “pinching pennies”. I am a stay at home mom, so I had to learn how to take care of my family of six on one income. So here I was, surfing the Internet one day and I came across all of these websites on how to save money and how to use coupons. I decided to combine my blog into a little bit of everything. So I post about my family as well as money saving tips, couponing, shopping at CVS, recipes, crafts and frugal living.
If you only had 3 quick Penny Pinching hints to someone who wanted to save money they would be…
  • Always use coupons
  • Shop off season
  • Learn how to play the CVS game

What inspires you?

My family inspires me. Everything that I do, I do it for them.

Thanks Shynea for Hosting this giveaway!!

Cheerio Hunt…

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For Over Our Bed…

Spray the adhesive to the NON PRINTED side of the paper
Glue it to the WRONG side of the fabric
Cut out the letters guided by the grey
I kept the paper on so the letters would keep a strong shape
I also traced and cut our kiddo’s hand prints and a heart for My Love’s name.
I added the center heart later (I’m still thinking of adding ‘s after the heart).
This was very easy to do and inexpensive to boot! I got the 2 big canvas for $6.00 (for both on sale), the small one for $4.00, the paint was about $1.50 each and the fabric was about $2.00 each. This huge art piece was less than $20.00!!
An added bonus… If I decide to change the wording or colors I can peel off the fabric, repaint, and spray adhesive new stuff on!
This would also be a lot of fun to do with scrapbooking paper instead of fabric...
WARNING:
The next day you might recieve an email from your hot hubby while he is at work…
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Hey love,

I was just thinking about this weekend and how much fun I had with you and the kids. Just wanted to tell you that I love our life.

PS. I love you over the bed creations.

PPS. Your mom is right, you are the only person that has an idea and makes it come to life!

PPPS. Have I told you I love grabbing your butt???

Reminder: Don’t forget to post about your wedding or link up to a previously written wedding post tomorrow for Eli’s Lids first ever Remember When Linky… Remember When You Got Married?

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