Camping with Thirty One!

So, we've all been MIA lately!  It's been a busy Summer/Fall already however I wanted to post a follow up to one of my last posts.  

My family and I loooooooooooooooooove to camp!  We have a perfect tent for our family and we love being outside all weekend!!  

We have gone on two camping trips this September already!  We went to Silver Lake 3 weeks ago with another family.  The weather was perfect!!!  We are use to going to Silver Lake at the end of the season so it surprised me when the campground was completely full!  Luckily, it was warm enough to go swimming, which it usually is not!  Both families have rhino's, so we enjoyed those on the dunes!

It was my first time packing the truck! 

Here's the results from my first attempt! 

This is Abe in our rhino, he LOVES it!

Ready for the dunes - yes, Del has goggles too!

This is our tent and canopy!  The green bag in the middle of the two is our kitchen from Cabela's!  LOVE IT!

Abe helping me in the tent!

Nice blurry picture of a few of my Thirty-One products!  They were all wonderful and helped me to stay more organized and of course stylish!  :)

For those wondering, the above items are (from left to right):   All of these items are from the old catalog!

About Town Blanket

Organizing Utility Tote - I use this for Abe's diaper bag & the boys & I's bathroom bag

XXL Utility Totes - This was a hostess exclusive item in the prior catalog.  I have a bag, Ry has a bag and I put both boy's clothes in a bag, then I put our dirty clothes in the big bag that the little bags are in!

Large Utility Tote (w/Top-A-Tote) - I use this for everything!!!  It's wonderful to bring to the pool, to carry fragile food in the car, groceries, etc!

Not pictured:

Mini Organizer - This is wonderful to hold plates & silverware!!!

 

 

Baby Steps

What an amazing weekend we had!! 

Silver Lake was wonderful! 

The weather was perfect and everybody enjoyed every minute of being outside!!!

The dunes were beautiful as usual!  However, around lunch on Saturday it was getting pretty busy and with little ones it was a bit hectic but overall it was wonderful!


I enjoyed using all of my thirty-one bags and will post pictures of them in use Tuesday or Friday!!  My phone is charging now and I'm too tired and lazy to walk upstairs to get it.  I took only a handful of pictures with my camera and enjoyed every minute of unplugging!!!


Enjoy every moment to the fullest and when you are scared to make a new step toward something, what I do is pray about it then take baby steps toward a direction.  It may be the wrong direction, but at least you're trying!

 

 

A New Opportunity

Have you heard of thirty-one?  If you have not, you should definitely check out their products!!


I have been to 1 open house party, 1 real party and hosted my own party.

It would be an understatement to say I'm addicted!!!

Because, I am COMPLETELY addicted!!


A few of my favorite items are:
Organizing Utility Tote
Large Utility Tote
XXL Utility Tote Set (this is a hostess only item)


There are so many more items I cannot wait to buy!!!  And there's a new catalog coming out in September!!  EEK!!!!


You choose the pattern and you also can add embroidery to the items - initials, name, sayings, etc!!!


So, the reason for me posting you wonder?!  Well, I've been considering becoming a consultant.  I know, right - it's not like we're busy enough already!  I'm thinking more of when I'm not busy with pictures and being a Mom/Wife and working full time, I'd use that time.  Hmmm...okay, now it doesn't sound too feasible since I wrote that sentence...


If I do decide to take this challenge opportunity, I'll let you all know!!!


I'll post pictures Monday of my favorite items in action!!!

 

 

Fabric Wall Circles

It is Positively Splendid week for me.  I absolutely love her blog and her amazing talent.  Another craft hosted by her in Maddie's Room again!  You can follow her tutorial here while I show you mine today.

This craft is super cute, easy, cheap and requires easy clean up.

Things needed:

Fabric
Good shears
Circle templates {I used the tops to my Pyrex glass bowl tops}
Starch spray



I didn't take very good pictures on the instructions, but it's very easy.  Take your fabric and trace on the wrong side with a pencil different shapes of circles {or whatever shape you like}.  Putting one circle in some sort of bin {like a big Ziploc container} and drench it using this starch.  I bought it for $1.27 at Meijer. 

I didn't use a template on the wall like she suggest so you get a pattern.  I just got creative and put them everywhere.  Make sure you have a wet paper towel to catch any drippings.  And when you are bored with them and want to take them down, all you do is peel them off the wall and wash it.....no wear and tear!

This fabric also matches her headboard.

Here is a glimpse of one of her walls completed.
 
 

DIY Tote Boxes

Maddie's Room is almost done.  I can't wait to share the final projects with everyone!  I am a huge pack rat when it comes to boxes.  I save them because I think I will re-use them.  I order a lot from Amazon, and sometimes you get a HUGE box for a little item.  Well, all those boxes finally came in handy.  Instead of spending a bunch of money for cute totes or bins for Maddie's room to hold toys, I ended up covering boxes with fabric.  Thanks to the lovely blog, Positively Splendid, I'm going to share her tutorial here

I ended up using just regular fabric instead of canvas, and I didn't bother putting a liner in mine either since it will be chucked full of stuff all the time, and besides that involves sewing and I still don't know how :-(.  Some day though I will learn!


Things Needed:
Boxes
Fabric
Spray Adhesive
Elmer's Glue

This was my first tote I made, so I put it in Maddie's closet to hold her books.  I have bigger ones to share with you that actually has matching fabric from her headboard

 
 

Reason for the Season

As I was making breakfast for the boys yesterday morning, I looked up and was reminded of just how wonderful our God is!

In His time, everything is beautiful!

Ry and the boys bought me this for Mother's Day and there were so many times I had forgotten to water it and it looked like there was no hope for it.  However, with some extra watering and a little love, I now have 1 rose!!!

That's exactly how God is with us!  We are this rose!  With preparing your foundation and reading your bible, going to church and learning what all God has planned for you, in the end you will rise up and be beautiful!!!

Ecclesiastes 3:1 says, 

"To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven" (NKJV).

 

 

Running Towards My Goal

  I don't think I have shared with all of you yet that I am going to run a half marathon the end of October.  I have trained for one before 6 years ago, but a few weeks before the race I blew out my knee.  I just finished my third week of training and it has been difficult especially last week as I had a bad cold, which cut into my running.  People keep asking me why I signed up to do this and the funny thing is that I actually do not enjoy running, but since I just turned 30 and my body has lost firmness I decided that I need to prove to myself that I can do this with also having hopes of getting in really good shape!  I bought a really good pair of running shoes and it has made a huge difference in the way my feet feel; for anyone taking up running I highly suggest investing in a really good pair of shoes.  I also bought a new ipod that has a Nike running program that syncs with my shoes and it tracks all my running statistics, which is awesome!  I will try to keep you all updated with my progress on my running, but I also hope to be able to share some additional weight loss.  I am still part of Evolv and continue to have success with the program and am incorporating this running into my overall fitness success. 

Once I finish this race my goal is to continue running so that next spring I am ready to do the Fifth Third Riverbank Run.