Birthday Boy!

Last Wednesday Hubs turned 27! We usually go out to dinner with both of our families, and call it good. But this year, I wanted to do something a little different. You see, Hubs feels like he never gets surprised. (and he's been complaining about being old!)

I was chatting with his sister on the phone, and she had brought up a concert in Reno, that would have been fun for all 4 of us to go to. It didn't mesh well with BILS (Brother in Law) schedule, so we nixed it. Then I had my Ahhh ahhhh ahhh ahhh moment. (I hope you all sang that as you read it,because I sang it as I typed it! LOL!)

I would surprise Hubs, and take him down to Grass Valley to spend 2 nights with his sister. I asked MIL to watch the boys, and I packed up a bag for the two of us. When he got home, Brax was very excited to give him his gift. In fact, he ran straight up to him, with the bag open, and yelled, "DAD, HERES YOUR NEW PLAYSTATION GAME!" I kinda feel like the surprise got ruined! LOL!

Then, I told him I had a little surprise I wanted to do with him before dinner. We hopped in the car, and got on the freeway. Naturally he assumed we were going to a) The Mall or b) Best Buy. This is where I got realllly lucky, He fell asleep. We were about 20 minutes from the California border when he woke up. He was so confused. He asked his questions, and finally, he guessed!

So, here are the pictures from our little day and a half getaway down south!

Rainy view of Lake Shasta!

View from Sis's porch! You would never know she is only 40 (ish) minutes from Roseville!





The boys playing some "shoot 'em up" at Dave and Busters!

The cute old Theater in Grass Valley

This street is lovingly named "the Orchard Ghetto". It could be the worst road I have ever traveled on. Its like CalTrans forgot it exists!

Cant go down south without stopping!!

Because everyone wants to see my burger!

Yes, I am that girl. Toe prints on the windshield!

It was such a fun little trip, but by the time we got home, we were ready to be with the kiddos again. :)

My Fawn And Flora!

I have a HUGE love for *Fawn & Flora*. So when I saw these cute little wooden push pins, I bought them. (I had no purpose for them at the time!) Then, I got a bunch of vintage buttons from my Great Grandma. As I was going through them, and cleaning them up and IT HIT ME! I am going to glue the buttons on, and tah dah! Cute push pins!

Here are my push pins! Order Them *Here*

 My Mix of Vintage Buttons and some pretty colorful ones from Joanns!

 My Handy-Dandy Glue Gun!

All I did at this point, was put a little bit of glue on the head of the push pin, and put the button on. Once the glue dried, if there was an that poked through the button holes, I picked it off with my fingernail! (Technical right??)

Here are my pretty push pins! I am going to use them for my inspiration board, once my craft room is finished! I cant wait to use them!!

Its spring, and I am going to start fixing things up around this place, and making pretty decorations! Stay tuned for some fun tutorials!!

I am linking up over here with Nichelle!

Oh the Joy

So, if you follow me on facebook, you know that I just got a smart phone!! I have been pretty content with my little, kid friendly, sturdy, reliable phone. (Definatley not so smart!) But this phone has opened my little world up. Instagram... LOVE. Words with friends... Addicted. And this blogger app... Priceless for when I want to make a little update.

So, are there any apps that are "must-haves"? Fill me in on all the goods!

Wordless Wednesday

This past weekend we went up north for my Great Grandmas 90th birthday. My Little boys have a Great Great Grandma. It is so unbelievable, and we are so lucky!

Anyways, this is my favorite picture from the whole weekend. My grandma and Brax dancing to my cousins band. :)

That little look is just love!

I am linking up over here!!!

Easter Sunday!

So having both my family and Hubby's family in town makes our holidays crazy! We start off with our own little family, then go from one of our moms to the other moms. Easter was no different!

We had brunch at my moms!

Remember the Real LIfe Pintrest "Christmas Edition"? We made the same thing for Easter, but without the messiness. My mom accidentally bought seamless crescent roll dough. So, we compromised! We made it more like a little sandwich. It was delish!

Here are the little munchkins eating muffins!

Egg hunt at my mamas!

I was afraid he wouldn't get it!

Then, it was "Linner" at my MILS house. His whole side of the family came! Cousins, Aunts, Uncles, and Great Grammy!

Of course with this many kiddos, there was more egg hunting!!!

My boys, my lovely, and Me! :)

I hope everyone had a fantastic Easter also!