Easter

We actually had a beautiful day to celebrate Easter.  The service at Open Door was amazing, I could listen to the music all day, and hearing David speak was wonderful too.

We got home and had 20 people at our house for Easter dinner.  I feel so blessed that we are able to have that many people in our home.  I truly enjoy having people here.  I love having family and friends here.  Watching the kids run around and make TONS of noise.  That is to be expected with 9 girls, 1-9 years old.  It fills my heart with such joy!

We had wonderful food, conversation, and then an awesome egg hunt in our front yard.  The girls all had such a great time!

Here are some shots from the day:

Lamp Re-Do

I started working a couple days a week at Chris' office.  I am not a fan of fluorescent lighting....not at all!  So I wanted to bring in a large table lamp so that I could just use that for light at my desk.  I decided to go thrifting for one as I didn't want to spend much money on a lamp for work.  

Instead of getting one for work, I got one form home that I upgraded!!  I spray painted it and embellished the shade.  It is so pretty, I love turning it on!!  The lamp was $7 and the shade was $6.  We already had the paint.  

Here she is!!

Before:

After:

I forgot to mention in my previous post that one frame was $3 (11x14) and the other was $5 (16x20).  Pretty good deal :)  I will post a picture of the wall of photos when I am done.  

Frames - redone

My house is arranged, but not "decorated".  I look at these beautiful photos in Pottery Barn or ones that are linked up on the blogs I read and swoon.  Such beautifully decorated rooms.  I would like to attempt to start decorating my house, but of course, we are not on a Pottery Barn budget :)

I follow several blogs that have great tutorials for making ugly or junky things beautiful, and to your taste.  One thing I love is framed photos of my family.  So on a long wall in our family room I am planning to hang a large collage frame and then some other single frames with it.  All of them black, but not all the same type of frame.  So I have been hunting thrift stores and goodwill for frames with awesome details, even if they are ugly, to transform!!

Here are my first two that I have done: