Weekend 'Shower' in California

I was so excited to attend Kristen's first baby shower in California. The hostesses did a great job. The theme was 'little man' and woodsy. Jenn Walker's house looked great.
Everyone wrote notes of encouragement and advice to Kristen. A couple ladies shared about raising little boys. It was very sweet. Hostess Liz did a great job keeping everyone on track.

The food was yummy and Hostess Melinda gathered the wood decorations herself!



Then came the presents! Pretty sure Micah and Kristen are committed to the name Xavier now. Love it!



And here's Kristen (with baby Xavier) and all the Aunts: Jenn, Amy, and Katie.

Polish of the Day: Frock Star

This is my new manicure for Kristen's shower weekend! I used the Sally Hansen Salon Effects real nail polish strips. I was pretty impressed. They look good and went on fairly easily.

Polish of the Day: Veruschka

Reminds me of Christmas.

By Zoya

Kitchen After (ish)

So I've decided if I wait to post after pictures until I feel like a project is completely done I might never post. :) Here are pics of the kitchen now....mostly finished.

Inspiration reminder:

Before Reminder:

After:

I'm hoping to do a Craigslist post soon since approx. half the furnature in my home now were purchased off Craigslist, including my refrigerator and kitchen table.

New Shoes

I was wanting some red shoes to wear with my new black pants. I've been looking for something similar in style to Kristen's mustard ones she got at Target. I thought these were pretty good. Picked them up at Marshalls for $19. I would prefer them to be a little more red. They aren't real leather and I've kind of thought about spray painting them. Nevertheless, I like them a lot.

Skinnies!

My grandson is going to have a cool Grandmommy. Notice my necklace by Amy. I got so many compliments on it.

Babymoon 2011

babymoon: n. a planned period of calm spent together by parents without their baby; (hence) a vacation or holiday taken by a pregnant woman and her partner.

Micah and I had the chance to spend the weekend at the super cute cabin below in Twin Peaks (about 45 miles north of us near Lake Arrowhead) so I thought I'd post some pics.


While we were there, the view from our balcony looked like this:

And we were super grateful for the Jeep...first time we've actually needed the 4 wheel drive!

We got several inches of snow....not what I normally think when I think of Southern California!

Mattie loved it.

Sunday we went to the Belgian Waffle Works for brunch and this was our view:

Hot Chocolate. :)

Outside the restaurant:

I can't wait to go back and can't believe this is where we live now! So fun.