Birthdays, art and mother nature

So I finally finished the guitar pic that Brandi wanted me to paint for the boys room....

Here are some activities that took place while I was painting....

Banana pops!!! mmmmmmm

A lot of sleeping....

I tried to post a video of the boys playing Wii, but it was taking too long to upload. Maybe I'll have better luck another day.

Ta da!!! Well actually, I'm not that impressed with it... It was kind of hard since the only colors I could use were black, brown and white.

Brandi might buy some red paint for me to incorporate into the pic. Probably a good idea!

Now isn't this just a cute little apple?????

Kevin is successfully growing an apple tree right in his front yard!!

I picked one today. I'll let ya know how it tastes ;)

Yesterday was Hunter's birthday!!! He turned 24. I'm two months older than him.... that feels a little weird. I always pictured my husband would be the older one. But it's not that big of a deal! haha :) We grilled hot dogs and hamburgers and just had some good old fashioned family time. This is a video of the fam singing "Happy Bday" and of Kasen jumping the gun a little bit on blowing out the candles! 

this past week's events!

This past weekend, my friend Ashley got married at the amazingly beautiful Oaklawn Plantation in Spring Hill.

had to get a pic of me and Hunter in dress clothes... a rare occasion! (even though we're not even that dressed up)

and look at how amazingly cute Amy is! I want that dress and those shoes...

I didn't get pictures of Ashley's reception b/c I was just enjoying my time there way too much! But her wedding was beautiful and this was such a gorgeous place for a wedding. There were big oak trees everwhere and the greenest fields surrounding the plantation. She had super yummy food and decadent treats and drinks. Dinner under the tent was perfect. It was an event I won't forget!

We left the day after the wedding and headed down to Rosemary beach. Me, Hunter, Brandon, Erin, Amy and Emily were in for such a treat b/c Patrice and Richard blessed us so much with their generosity!! Here are some pictures of the beautiful condo.

This is the courtyard/view from our balcony. The town of Rosemary is such a little fairytale! I did NOT feel like I was in Florida!

and this is where Harry Potter lives..... 

we ran up to the pool on the roof of the condo right when we arrived. We were all in such awe at how pretty everything was!!!

Then we decided to go down to the beach at sunset. It was perfect.

(i am SUCH a nerd in kissy pictures.....)

This is the next morning. We all giggled like little girls when we saw the ocean.

I kid you not- the water was CRYSTAL CLEAR

RED BAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This was the best plate of food I've had in a long time. And I ate every bite.

The view of the rooftops from our pool (if you look super duper close, you can see the ocean way out in the distance)

Sadly, the boys had to head home early. But we made the best of our girl time. We went up to the pool at sunset. Again, it was gorgeous.

We headed home Saturday morning. It was the first day that the weather wasn't cooperating, so were thankful for an entire week of blue skies. We went to the beach to say goodbye.

We were all so sad...

So grateful for an awesome week! For even better pictures of our trip, go to Brandon's blog! Chesbromania.blogspot.com

I was gonna just start this blog with the project I did today, but AH HA! I turned my camera on and had found that Hunter had secretly taken a picture of Vito... THIS is significant. You see, Hunter acts like he hates Vito, but here is living proof that he does, in fact, secretly love this little white kitty. Here's my interpretation of this picture: Vito was laying next to Hunter sleeping. Hunter thought "Aaawwwww. Look at Vito, he's so cute right now." and he saw my camera and wanted to capture it on film to treasure for the rest of his life. So there you have it. Next time Hunter talks smack about Vito, I will just reference him to this picture that HE took.

Anyways.

Today, while the little munchkins were busy playing Mariokart Wii, I ventured out on an acrylic painting project, per my sister Brandi's request.....

Here's the beginning part of my picture (please note the glass of iced coffee on the left. I have such an unhealthy addiction...)

My sister wants me to paint a couple pictures for her to coordinate with the boys' room at her apartment. My first picture is of a skull that resembles the pattern on their pillow cases. The second picture I'll paint will be of a guitar.

These are their bed spreads. The colors are light blue, brown and tan. I think they're really cute. They're made by Quicksilver and the pillows have cool patterns, too.

This is Kasen's bed. You can see the patterns a little better.

I love the piece on the end of their curtain rods!

This is Brandi's painting. I love it! The colors she used match perfectly.

This is um..... this is Chase. I just wanted to take a picture of him. 'Cause I love him.

And the result!!!! I was a little bummed in how the bolts turned out, but that's what ya get when you paint free-hand, I guess.... Oh well!! Whenever I get around to the guitar painting, I'll post pics!