6.12.2012

Essie's Summer Collection...

Dive into gorgeous color with Essie's new 2012 summer collection.

Meijer graciously sent me my very own set of the summer collection to try and share my thoughts with you all.  And my thoughts are....I am still in love with Essie! ;)  The colors are always so appealing and I just love how great the coverage is. 

They always come packaged up so cute!  It's like Christmas, unwrapping your most anticipated gift! 

The colors in the summer line include...fear or desire, mojito madness, off the shoulder, all tied up, bikini so teeny and cascade cool!  What a great variety of shades to choose from. I am loving them all...especially the mojito madness!!!  Anytime is a great time to pick up a new nail color....so stop by your local Meijer and grab yourself a new yummy Essie color or two!  ;)

Watch for some upcoming posts of me sporting some of these new colors!!!

6.11.2012

{BINGO}....a giveaway!

Little Bit and I were recently given the opportunity to try out a fun new game from Gramdma Mouse.  Grandma Mouse offers all kinds of games in pdf format.  There are a variety of wonderful children and family games, preschool learning games, shower games and bible games.  The particular game we received was Jesus Loves Me Bingo.  This game helps remind children of the different ways that Jesus loves them.  

When I received the pdf version of the game I printed it out at home.  I then slid the bingo card into an 8.5x11 page protector to keep it from getting bent up.  You could also laminate if you had that available to you.  I only have a small one and was able to use that to laminate the calling cards.  This game came with a regular 3x3 version and a simpler 2x2 version where you try to cover the whole card. 

Here is the 3x3 version that we chose to play, and the calling cards....

 

and here is the 2x2 version...

The great thing about this is you can take it with you anywhere and play.  I packed it in our library bag and we were able to play there...{while we had to be out of our house for showings last week!}  

I just store the calling cards inside the page protector.  I meant to cut some colored squares to use as markers but I forgot....so we just improvised and borrowed some legos to use while at the library!


Little Bit thoroughly enjoyed playing this game....I think we ended up playing it at least 10 times in a row.  Then she started going through the cards by herself, matching up the pictures until she covered the whole board.  We are a game loving family and I'm always glad to be playing a game that has a good message!

Grandma Mouse would love to offer one lucky blog reader their very own copy of Jesus Loves Me Bingo along with another Bible game of their choice!  Just leave a comment on this blog post telling me which game from Grandma Mouse you would love to win.  You will have until Monday, June 18th to enter. 

Thank you to Grandma Mouse for the opportunity to try out this game and offer a giveaway to my readers!

Menu Plan Monday

Monday ~ sloppy joes, chips, pickles, fruit
Tuesday ~ parmesan tilapia, green beans, mashed potatoes
Wednesday ~ ranch turkey burgers, sweet potato fries, corn on the cob
Thursday ~ sausage cups, eggs, fruit
Friday ~ chicken fajitas, chips & salsa, refried beans

Linking up with Org Junkie...check them out for more recipes.

6.10.2012

HOUSE {updates}...

Well it has been awhile since I have posted anything on the house SO I thought I would share a few pics of the progress made so far....we are really closing in on the home stretch!

Drywall is up and they are in the finishing process of that now.  I love the rounded corners and how the archways are turning out!  We are working on picking out paint colors now...think we are getting close to having them all picked out.  A big part of the house is going to be contracted out to paint but we thought it would be fun to do a few rooms ourselves.  Little Bit can't wait to start painting in her room! 

On the outside...stone is done and siding is getting close to being finished up!  We are loving the way it is turning out!!!

As for our current house.....WE HAVE A CONTRACT!!!  Closing the end of July if everything goes smoothly.  We are so excited and feel so blessed to be on this journey right now!