merry CHRISTmas 2011

may your Christmas be filled with joy, family and love!

In His Name,

The Perrys

hello

i can hardly believe westin will be 2 months on sunday!

time sure is flying by too quickly!

all i do {everyday} is hold him.

i can't seem to put westin down from the time we drop tristan & deacon off at school till the time we go and pick them back up.

so, i haven't been able to open my computer in awhile.

and his big brothers are loving him too.

i love seeing them show him off to their friends.

so. precious.

i'm going to realllllly try to turn on my computer more often.

this was fun posting...it has been way too long!

well, i better get the boys ready for bed.

have a blessed night

westin is here!

Westin Tolliver Perry

March 1, 2011 at 6:37pm

7 lbs and 19.5 inches

Our 1st picture as a family of 5:

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It has been busy {to say the least} around our house since October 2010.

-I had my big Christmas Show with Jr. League in November

-painted furniture for some family friends

-the day after the show ended I raced home to start teaching a 1st grade class until they could find a permanent teacher

-at 32 weeks {middle of January} pregnant I was having tons of contractions {which I had with Deacon & I didn't think too much about it} , saw my Dr. and I was dilated to 1.5cm and 30% effaced

-spend the night in the hospital to stop contractions

-I was put on bed rest and couldn't teach my 1st graders any more

-had to learn to rest and take it easy {couldn't have done it without my sweet husband and family}

-had weekly Dr. appointments

-decorated the nursery

-scheduled to be induced March 3rd

- went into labor March 1st

I have missed blogging so much!!

I am glad to be back

I have so much to post about

Have a very blessed day

happy new year

we hope you have a blessed and

happy new year!

country market days

i am so excited to be apart of country market days this year

come out for live music and shopping

look for my booth and say hi

i would love to meet you

don't forget to..

mark your calendar

M.I.A.

this summer has been a little crazy {to say the least}

-it started off with our 14 day vacation

{that i still need to post about}

- my frames are in an adorable boutique in Oklahoma

- went out of town again

-made frames and more frames

{need to add to my store}

-attended birthday parties

-went back out of town

-decorated my parents house for Fall

-boys started VBS this week

{taken after VBS and Tristan showing off his new headband he made}

-Tristan is trying to get sick on us

- and our house just went on the market..

-i have been so busy!

But, the most exciting news so far..

the boys start school in 3 weeks {wipe my tears}.

so, hopefully I can make it back online soon.

i miss making my posts.

have a blessed day

giveaway at gussy

giveaway day at gussy

enter to win a customized 4x6 button frame

giveaway runs until wednesday..

go check it out

good luck!

family vacation day 1-2

i am finally back online!

we have been home for 2 weeks and i have been sooo busy.

{making frames, being cooped up in our house because it is pouring outside for 2 weeks--thanks to hurricane season, not feeling well, trying to catch up from being gone 14 days, turning a room into my office :) and making more frames}

we had so much fun on our family vacation!!

this was the 1st year all 4 of us went

{a vacation usually meant: leave the kids with my parents}

we started our journey to myrtle beach on monday, june 14th

we broke up the looong drive by staying 2 nights in a hotel.

the 1st night we stayed in new orleans, la

the 2nd night we stayed in jacksonville, fl

the boys did great in the car!

they kept busy watching movies and playing games on our iphones

{and never once took a nap..just me}

i am so glad we split up the drive like we did.

i don't think they {or me} could have handled being in the car longer than we had to. my husband loves to drive places

..and take the "scenic" route {even if it takes us 1-2 hours extra}.

i am glad he is like that because i get to see towns/states that i have never seen before. thanks honey!

both days we drove we stopped at rest areas, had a picnic, and let the boys run around and explore while they could.

every time we stopped they pulled out their guns and pretended they were in an army war of some sort {tristan loves army ev.er.y.th.ing! so he always tried to bribe deacon into some kind of army game when we stopped}

every hotel we stayed at we swam and hung out as a family

it was great!

when we were not at a hotel or a rest stop eating our picnic lunch we were dddriving...

and dddriving...

come back to see more of our vacation, decorating ideas, and a giveaway soon

have a blessed day

back to reality

it seems like ages since i have been online!

i have not had access to my computer for 14 days...

it felt weird, but really nice being away from it.

i have so much to blog about!

i will try and post something tonight after the boys go to bed.

i'll try..

have a wonderful day

family vacation

we are leaving in the morning for vacation

this vacation is very special because all 4 of us are going!

i am soo excited and can't wait

this means i will not be online for 2 weeks.

i am going to try and post our vacation as we go

but, no promises. i might be having too much fun

that i can't get to my computer ;)

our vacation:

-2 days driving: stopping in new orleans & jacksonville

-myrtle beach- 5 days

-smoky mountains- 5 days

-2 days driving home: stopping in birmingham & new orleans

- then home sweet home

i can't wait to tell you what we did

i better get back to packing

i have a loooong day tomorrow

blessings!

giveaway time!

head over to Bless Our Nest and enter in the giveaway

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as soon as i get back in town {and before i leave again} i will post my bedroom window mistreatments. school got out last week and then we {me and the boys} came to waco to help my sister decorate her home and get ready for a baby shower at her house. i have been going non-stop for 2 weeks.. and summer just officially started.

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on monday,

we are taking our first family vacation with the 4 of us.

i am sooo excited and can't wait!

we are going to myrtle beach for 5 days and

then to a cabin in the smoky mountains for 5 days.

the boys are going to have so much fun!

lets just hope the drive from

texas to south carolina

to tennessee to texas

will be good :)

have a blessed day!

summer sale

one of my favorite seasons is summer.

to celebrate

let's have a sale.

head over to my store and enjoy 15% off until friday

{enter SUMMER when you checkout}

need gifts for graduation, birthdays, weddings, showers

these unique frames make wonderful gifts

enjoy your day &

happy shopping

mistreatments:: how-to

i have been struggling for a long time on these 2 windows.

i look at them and i do not know what to do.

i looked in magazines for some kind of inspiration

i shopped my house..

and finally..

they are done!

come back tomorrow and see what i did

GIVEAWAY:

stop over at dang gina giveaways and enter in to win a free frame

have a blessed day!

family photo shoot and a winner

we had family pictures taken on sunday morning in galveston.

we met at 9:15 am at the seawall & 61st.

the weather was perfect

well, maybe a little too windy {for me}

i was so excited because one of my really good friends, jamie, was taking our pictures.

this was the first time in 5 years that someone {other than my talented sister} has taken our family pictures. i couldn't wait!

i had so much fun trying to decide what we were all going to wear.

i was trying to think out of the box and use color

but.. i kept going back to white and khaki.

the boys outfits were easy to put together

... khaki shorts and a white polo

but, finding the "right" outfit for me was the challenge.

i tried to "be good" and find something in my closet to wear.

i think i tried on 100 outfits before i couldn't take it any more!

so, i got in my car and headed to my favorite shops.

i walked into my all-time favorite shop..

and there it was!

the most b.e.a.u.t.iful outfit

it was perfect!

we took several pictures

and they are all so cute!

we had so much fun.

i can't wait to do this again

thanks jamie!!

mmm...

now, all i have to do is figure out what pictures i want to order...

i'll share more pictures soon

now the giveaway ;)

the giveaway winner is...

celeste

congratulations!

family weekend

this weekend was so much fun spending time as a family!

this was the first weekend in a while that we did not have a baseball game.

to be honest.. it felt really nice to finally relax a little

on saturday:

we got up, got on our swimsuits, packed our lunch {which we left on the kitchen counter}, loaded up the truck, and headed to the beach.

the weather was perfect and we had fun playing in the water

and spending quality time as a family

i. loved. it!

the boys played together so good

they shook seaweed and found all kind of creators

played on their boards

jumped in the water

i loved watching them play with each other

oh, how i wish they were always this sweet to each other

my precious boys that i love so much

on sunday:

we took family pictures {i can't wait to show you} in galveston, walked by the beach, ate brunch, and rode the ferry {free entertainment}

the boys enjoy riding the ferry across the ocean.

.. watching the birds swoop down and eat fish, looking for dolphins {which we saw several}, and looking at all the different boats around us

...just enjoying each other

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walking to get on the ferry

then we got on the ferry and rode it across the ocean

deacon was so tired of taking pictures today

this is the only picture i got of us 3

i love these boys!

thank you Jesus for blessing me with an amazing husband who love me for me and 2 adorable boys that have changed my whole entire life.

i love you

i enjoyed spending quality time as a family!

i can't wait to do this again

{deacon was very tired of taking pictures}

extra pictures...

here is the galveston memorial {great storm of 1900} taken during hurricane ike in 2008

{photo credit}

{photo credit}

here is the memorial on sunday, may 23, 2010

have a wonderful day!

take every moment and cherish it

blessings,

birthday boy

today is deacon's 5th birthday!

it is so hard to believe my little precious baby is 5.

it seems like yesterday that i found out we were having another boy.

today for his special day we met up with a couple of my

friends and headed to the houston zoo.

everyone had a great time walking around looking at all the animals

and enjoying everything the houston zoo has to offer

one big event today at the zoo was the debut of the 390 pound baby elephant, Baylor.

we enjoyed watching that adorable elephant

we also had a BIG surprise while we were watching baby Baylor.

this man took our picture and then told us he was with houston chronicle..

and that our picture was going to be in the chronicle tomorrow.

here is the picture that made it in the newspaper:

{leah and hannah, beth and noah, and my precious tristan...can you see the white blur below noahs fingers? well, that's me}

{my friend beth & noah also made it on the news}

to end the day we rode on the train that goes around hermann park.

the boys had so much fun! they wanted to ride again.. and again.

i was way. too. tired. to ride again!

thanks to all my sweet friends who spent the day with us!

we all had fun and can't wait to do it again.

we will always cherish this day with you all!

I hope you had a fun birthday Deacon!

a-l-m-o-s-t there & a giveaway

i almost have 300 followers! {smile}

Yeah ~ Yeah ~ Yeah

this blog started out being a place i could come and journal about projects that i have done, share/sell frames i have made, and talk about what's going on in my life. it has been so amazing to see how many people read my little ole blog.

thank you all so much!

i truly appreciate being apart of the blog-land. i enjoy reading other blogs and getting inspired by all these VERY talented women out there. it's great "meeting" other women that have small businesses and enjoy doing what i love doing... decorating!

thank you to everyone who have encouraged me this year with my business!

so, since i am so happy and totally appreciate every.single.one.of.you

let's have a GIVEAWAY!!

to enter:

- tell me what colors you would like on your frame

- become one of my lovely followers

- follow me on twitter

- follow me on facebook

-go visit my store here and here

- for placing an order you get another entry

{giveaway ends friday, may 21st}

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since i am so happy.. enjoy 15% off this week on ALL orders

enter: HAPPY at checkout

{i will add more frames to my store tonight}

These make great gifts!!

DON'T FORGET about graduations, weddings, birthdays, showers...

thank you!!

have a blessed day,

~kp