Wednesday, February 1, 2012

finn and oliver's room

Here is a peak into the room of my boys. I love it! It takes a while to find what you want sometimes. That it why it continues to get better and better (still waiting on the light of my dreams though).

Finn: 2 years old


This is Finn's silhouette when he was a baby, just sitting up, and some pictures Cara and I took.

The mobile is my favorite thing in the room! That and the paint color. It's the best color of all my colored walls. It was called diving board by Martha Stewart. It looks amazing late in the afternoon. Their room gets the most beautiful lighting from their great big window.
I bought Ollie's crib used on KSL for $30. I needed another one because Finn was still in his crib when we had Ollie. I love this Jenny Lind style though. I keep watching KSL for a Jenny Lind bed for Emmie's room (and then I want to paint it!)
The fabric for the crib was my dream come true. I bought the end of the bolt and could never find enough to make another sheet. I homemade the sheet and crib skirt. I always think Ollie is my dream come true too! He is such a sweet little bean!
Oliver: 11 months


This is Finn's monkey. We will just keep adding these bla bla dolls as we get them. Finn kind of loves his monkey. He usually will move it to his bed.

Finn's bed. I made it from a pallet. And then added the casters myself {alot of times that would become a Ben-project}. This bed is perfect for him. I made it toddler size {I had it custom sized at the pallet place for around $13 maybe 16? I can't exactly remember how much it cost, but it wasn't expensive}. We just put his old crib mattress on top. One day I think it'll be cute with big pillows in a little reading nook.

My mom made this darling quilt for Finn when he was a baby.

Love that little boy!


I sewed the rest of his bedding.


Finn's blessing outfit hangs in the room.

Ollie's blessing outfit hangs above his crib.

best brothers!

i can't wait until i'm eight

What a beautiful little girl! I just love her! She is kind and giving and really funny. Its really hard to turn her over to her own accountability. I do not doubt her choices. I would just rather be responsible for them. Because I love her. Because she is a little kid still. Because I would do anything for her. I guess that is the hard thing about being a mom letting your kids go a little as they grow.




{On a side note: It snowed. What a cool thing for the world to turn white on her baptism day. Before we left for the church, while I was getting other kids and myself ready and Ben was hauling folding chairs into the house, Finn got left outside. After looking for our lost little boy we found him out playing in the wet muddy snow! Of course it was time to go so I blowdryed his shirt and tie and changed his pants and shoes}.





It was such a neat day. Can you imagine to be so clean and pure? We just said to her to remember how she feels right now. Here she is after her baptism and confirmation looking really beautiful and sweet. We feel really lucky to have had a baby blessing and a baptism in the same year.



And really lucky to have friends and family there on her most important day.

picking pears

We planted our fruit trees thinking we might never enjoy their fruits. But knew whoever had our house when the trees matured would be grateful we'd planted them. Yet here we are. We get to enjoy the fruits, we treat our trees like babies and watch them bud and grow into fruits all summer long.










everyone helped out...







I think this is something we'll look forward to each year.



Plus... bussels of apples.