Snow Over Georgia

We were covered in 3-4 inches of snow after a few hours of serious snow showers Friday afternoon. It was an unexpected surprise since I don't watch the news and didn't know it was coming. I heard through the grapevine that snow was headed to South GA, but didn't know we were on the weather map, too.

Cooper was SO excited. At one point he was pointing to the window and saying, "Look! Snow!" He then preceded to get his shoes and attempt to put them on. We headed out, but didn't stay too long. It was still coming down like crazy and was super wet. We were pretty soaked, so we headed inside. Marlee and Cooper had their first taste of hot chocolate. Actually it was warm, since we can't say the HOT word in front of Cooper. Their favorite moment was adding marshmallow after marshmallow to their drinks. Yum! Yum! We all went back out after dinner and attempted to make a snowman. Chad squished his head when he went to add the eyes and carrot nose. So we handed our supplies off to the neighbors.

We got up this morning and had a wonderful, big breakfast and didn't even get the kitchen cleaned up before we were all dressed and out the door. Marlee made her first snow angel. Cooper was half loving and half hating the snow. Poor thing, he kept trying to scrape the snow off his boots! He didn't understand why his shoes were dirty. Ha Ha

We walked down to the playground to see the snow amounts they got and headed back to sled with our neighbors. As our neighbor said, " I knew that hill would come in handy for something!" Ha I was the only one from my family to give it a try.

My sledding attempts down the neighbor's hill.

Happy Snow Day!

Holiday House

Here's another collage of Holiday goodies sitting around the house.

Christmas

I love decorating for Christmas! I've told Chad that I should get a job at A Christmas Place because it makes me so happy to see the sights and hear the sounds of the Holidays. Here are some pictures from our house for the holidays.

These are some of my favorite ornaments on our tree downstairs.

Here are some of the holiday goodies sitting around the house.

I haven't taken pictures of our trees to amount to anything. I'll have to work on the lighting and try again this week. I'll try and post them this weekend.

Show Us Where You Live Friday~ Bathrooms

Welcome to another edition of Show Us Where You Live Friday. I didn't participate last week because our office is in our bedroom and nothing fancy, but I did enjoy looking at other rooms. This week over at Kelly's Korner she's showcasing bathrooms. I love (almost) all of our bathrooms.

MasterBath:

I love our master bathroom! It is so spacious and roomy. We got our inspiration from Color Splash on HGTV. They did a bathroom with similar colors. We already had the walls painted but had wainscoting along the bottom. We stripped that and painted the rest. Chad built out the frames over the mirror and we painted them chocolate. We had bought new lights, but the glass piece won't fit with the frame on. So we still have the lovely Hollywood lights. At least they warm me up in the winter! HA HA

The rug is from Kohl's. The other rugs pull out the tan in the big rug. I'm thinking to changing them to chocolate to match the cabinets. What do you think?
The iron piece over the tub was a wedding gift as well as the candles. The left of the shower is the toilet. I'll spare you pictures of it. Looks like any other. Looking into the bathroom from the bedroom. The green iron shelf was a hand me down. The small table clock, frame, and towels were all wedding gifts. The 8x10 picture is my favorite of M at 9 months. On the bottom are pictures of my parents and me at the beach several years ago. Then behind the mirror is our nice-sized and messy master closet. The color of the walls is Rosemary by Valspar at Lowe's, and the cabinets are Dark Fig. We had a color on before that was a little more grey in tones called Ocean, also from Lowe's.

Kid's Bath/Guest Bath:
I showed this when I showed their rooms but decided to show them again for giggles!


This is the same fixture we bought for the master, and it matches the one in the downstairs bath, too.



Downstairs Bath:
Luckily our guest bath downstairs is also a full bath. It is right off of the kids' playroom. This is the same color as the kids' bath and is in the family of the rest of the colors in the house.


Looking into the bath. Not crazy about the white curtain and rugs, but I don't want anything really loud, so white seemed to work. The only problem is it is right off the garage too. So the white toilet rug gets washed frequently. Any suggestions?

Thanks for stopping by!

Show Us Where You Live~Nurseries

Welcome to another edition of Show Us Where You Live Fridays hosted by Kelly's Korner. You can see her post and other people's links here. This week we are to showcase our children's rooms. I feel I owe you all a little back story before you see the pictures.

Okay, right after we got C's room painted, we decided to put our house on the market. So, I didn't go all out like I wanted to in decorating his room. So, there aren't too many things on the walls. Then we decided to switch our guest room and M's room. So, painstakingly, we painted over her walls and moved her room. I have left it untouched until we decide what to do with everything. Enjoy the pictures.

C's Room:

Kelly would be so proud because his bed, changing table, and dresser came from Walmart. The large red rocker was C's great grandmother (I think?) and the small red one was Chad's dad's from childhood.

The blue trunk was Chad's grandfather's. I believe he used it during WWII. The pictures above C's changing table are Nancy Thomas paintings of the days of the week that I actually received as a shower gift when I was pregnant with M. They actually hung in the guest bathroom until we finished C's room.
M's Room:
Here's what her room use to look like. We spent the summer before she was born taping and painting her walls (or I should say Chad painted and I watched! LOL) I knew I wanted white furniture and soft colors. I never found a dresser I was happy with, so Chad's cousin was getting rid of this one. M's great-grandfather sanded and primed it for us. Then Chad and I painted it and added new knobs. Paw Paw, Chad and I all signed and dated it on the back. I think she will enjoy the history when she's older.
The glider rocker was given to my by a wonderful friend. The colorful afghan was hand-made for me by my great-grandmother in 1980.
Here is her current room. She has upgraded to the toddler bed. We're ready to make her bed full sized. She's almost too long for it. The small table and chairs were mine as a child. My mother painted them white to match her room. My dad, who is recently retired, is painting the little hutch that matches. Guest Room:

I didn't get to post a few weeks ago. This is also M's old room. Nothing fancy.

The kids' bathroom. We switched out the old hollywood lights for a new fixture. When we found out C was a boy, I wanted to make the bathroom gender neutral. We looked and looked until we found this cute stuff at Walmart. It is now appropriate since M and C are climbing monkeys all over everything. You can see a monkey and lion (minus the elephant) hanging on the wall opposite of the mirror, courtesy of Babies R Us.


Thanks for stopping by! No, yellow is not my favorite color. Actually purple is my favorite, just ask M. I just like the way the yellow family looks on our walls. All of our paint is Behr from Home Depot. For those that asked: Our living room color is Mojave Gold. The guest baths are Beachwalk. The foyer, hallway down and upstairs is Expedition Khaki. The kitchen is Reyegrass and the dining room is Outback.

Show Us Where You Live~Dining Rooms

This week, Kelly's Korner is hosting another Show Us Where You Live featuring Dining Rooms. So here are the pictures of our room. Enjoy!


Here's the foyer looking into the Dining Room.


Here's another picture of the foyer which also leads to the living room and upstairs.



I love our iron piece over the front door. My mom had originally bought it to go over the fireplace, but it was too big. Then I decided it would look great over the front door. We have a 2 story foyer, so we needed something. My most recent purchase was the bench and shelf above it. Great cubbies for shoes and knick-knacks I don't want to see.


Finally, the dining room itself. Nothing fancy. It did sit empty for over a year until I found the table I wanted.

Thanks for visiting!

Show Us Where You Live~Living Rooms

I decided to play along with a blog you know I love to read: Kelly's Korner. Last week she started a peak-a-boo into other bloggers' homes. It's a great way to get ideas and see how other people decorate. I didn't participate in last week's post, but I did add my kitchen pictures here if you're interested. Also, you can see Kelly's living room pictures here.

Here is our living room when you walk down the hallway. To the left is a full bath and the kids' playroom. To the right is the eat-in kitchen. We use to have a nice sized coffee table. It lasted about a year after M was born. She fell and hit her ear. It came down that night and made a short reappearance this spring but did nothing but collect dust. Our couches were our first "real" married couple purchase. Before, we lived off of hand-me-down recliners and futons. They are on their last leg with 2 adults, 2 kids, and 2 cats constantly abusing them. I have struggled for 4 years on what to put above the fireplace. (suggestions welcome) It is framed out, but it isn't square. I use to have some off center pictures resting against it with books, etc. I bought these 3 pieces for 20 bucks a piece when we listed our house last spring. I still have no curtains at all in the whole house. Don't really want them. Maybe the next house.

Here's a sofa table my mom bought us when we first moved into our house. It was a Fred's find. Never heard of Fred's? Google it! I won the collage picture frame at Dirty Santa a few years ago. I need to update the pictures. Of course, there are C's sweet baby pictures. The vase was a wedding gift and the arrangement is in SERIOUS need of work.

This is one of the end tables. It has a crawl space that M and C (plus the cats) like to crawl through. It has a picture of my mom's side of the family from a few years back and also our first family beach picture at Gulf Shores. It will be replaced with a picture of all four after next week's trip to Destin.

This is the other end table. It has a basket full of my books and the kids' books under it. On top there is a baby picture of M and our wedding album.



Finally, here's the TV and stand. The tv replaces our "too big for this room" projector on wheels. Glad to get rid of it. We haven't 100% decided if we're going to mount the new. Therefore, you see the cable running across the floor. The tv stand is courtesy of Walmart. Sturdy, but dusty and attracts lots of little finger prints. :) Our wedding picture, M's 6 mo picture, and our Christmas 2008 family picture are on top. Don't forget the XBOX 360~Rock Band Baby! Oh, and another basket of books. LOL Do you think I'm a teacher?!?! :)

So, where do you live?