Olympic Party!

Our Olympic party was a HUGE success! The entryway held our two torches, the Olympic games events schedule, A London 2012 sign, and decorative Olympic rings made out of huge coffee filters!

                                                                               

A closer view of the entry way.  The Olympic games consisted of coin "shot put", gymnastics, standing broad jump, balloon archery, "canoe" sprint, and balloon volleyball! Our canoe sprint was the hit event~ We turned a hotwheels track into a river by using tinfoil and raced boats (bouncy balls) down it!

 Our parade of flags on the mantel with Team USA in the middle! 

 This was our Olympic photo booth complete with international dress up clothes!

And of course you can't forget to hydrate the athletes! 

We also had AMAZING food made by my culinary genius husband! Unfortunately it was all gobbled up before I could take any pics of the yummy dishes. Our international menu consisted of London's specialty fish-n- chips,  chips and salsa, spinach and feta mini quiches, all American pigs in a blanket, and Olympic onion rings! Tasty, tasty!

Everyone had a blast and received a gold medal in the end! Now we need to keep the excitement going to cheer on team USA these next two weeks!

Olympic Party Planning

So... We're back home again, and crazy me decides we need to throw a family Olympic party for the opening ceremonies. Yes, I am deciding this one day before the opening ceremonies and, yes it is just for our own family... BUT when you have 4 kids in your house its always enough people for a party! So instead of organizing and tackling the daunting task of putting our house in order for the start of school, we are planning decorations, fun food, and our very own crazy-fun indoor Olympics!  I will post pics of the party once we get it decorated and in motion! When you are livin' to love and lovin' to live, sometimes fun parties come before boring organizing! If you aren't planning to have some fun for the Olympics, I highly encourage you to! And its never too late to start :)!

Winding Down Summer

Well here in GA we have a little more than 2 weeks left until the school year begins again. Am I ready for it? YES! I love summer and I love my kids, but its always about this time that we all start to get a little sick of each other and need that 6hr break school provides! I also can't wait for their school to begin so I can really dive into my DIY projects and the fun toddler projects I plan to do with my daughter.  Yay!

So we've been on "vacation" for almost 2 weeks now. The reason vacation is in quotes is because its really not much of a vacay. We are house sitting my in-laws house so I still have all my usual SAHM duties.. I can't wait to get back to our house and get it in order for the school year.  When we get back I am completely redoing and organizing our household. I plan on taking the things we already have and re-purposing/ upgrading them to update our house. I'll post before and after pics of all of it! Can't wait :)

Hello.. Welcome to my crazy fun life :)

Hi there! Welcome to my blog! I guess I should start by telling a little about myself and why I'm doing this! I am a fun SAHM to 4 awesome kiddos! I'm also a freelance graphic designer, artist, photographer, and an avid DIY-er. In my eyes everything can be repurposed into something else, and with 4 kids on a very strict budget its a necessity for us to do so. This blog will be where I share my ideas for living on a budget, cool ways to repurpose things, crazy stories of my families happenings, and the story of a young mom trying to figure it all out. My philosophy is to love above all else and you will always see the positives in things.  I love God first and foremost, my family, my dogs, being creative, and my crazy life! So come join me and you'll start Livin' to Love and Lovin' to Live!