Fresh new look

I am so very lucky to be able receive a Glycolic peel about once a month without it costing me much... but then again, I do have a license to do so. :) For those of you who aren't so lucky to give yourself a peel once a month, and can't get to me (**hint hint**) I can give you a little at home remedy for an exfoliating mask. Now I must say you need to be careful in the sun when giving yourself any type of peel/mask. You don't want to make your problems worse by getting a peel done and then stepping out into the sun with new, fresh skin and creating new age spots.

Here's an at home remedy that I've used a couple times myself and absolutely love!

5-6 tbsp of fruit juice (lemon, lime, grapefruit-real fruit not artificial)
1/2 avocado or banana
1-2 tbsp wheat flour

Mash avocado/banana until smooth add fruit juice add wheat flour until you have a paste consistency. Apply to face, avoiding your eyes, and let it sit for 10-15 minutes. Rinse with lukewarm water.  (You may not need all the wheat flour.) Your skin should feel plump, fresh and smooth!!

Hope you enjoy doing this!!

Growing Family Tree

I'm making my parents a little something, a family tree. It's still a growing tree as me and my sister are still having babies and my other sisters have yet to get married and have babies, but this is the family tree as of today. Who knows what is in store for the future, but one great thing about this little family tree is that it can continue to grow and get bigger. I must say, it already looks like a full tree.... but much, much, much more will fit! :)

Sport themed storage

Like I've said before I love anything that looks organized. That being said we needed to update our "toy room" storage. What we had before (wish I had pictures) was all our books and toys in a small black bookshelf and the rest of our toys in bins in the boys room. We have a ton of toys and only a few of them were being played with because most were in bins and too hard to get to. I went to Ikea, my absolute most favorite store to be in, I fell in love with this Bookcase and I just had to get it! Then as I circled around the store I found some canvas baskets that fit in it perfectly and they were only like $4... how can you pass that up!? We laid the bookcase on it's side, top row for random toys/books and bottom has the baskets in it. Each basket has a "theme" of toys in them so it's easy for us to organize our toys and figure out where everything goes or is when we're looking.
All that to say what I was really wanting to talk about, which was the canvas baskets. They only had pink and black ones. I decided to get the black ones, duh I have no girls, and I decided to make them sport themed (the boys room is sport themed as well). Got some stuff at JoAnns and started making balls for each one. It was so easy and fun to do. Loved the way they turned out and so do my boys!

A Family Decree

Happy Mothers Day to all the mommas out there! We celebrated at our church GHCC this morning and I was blessed by being able to sit in the sanctuary the entire service with no children!! That usually never happens... my lil' guy is pretty attached to me. :-) I absolutely loved hearing how a mother's role is to guide her child to what is right, as George Washington said "All I am I owe to my mother." The decree Pastor Marcy read at the end hit me hard. I want to be the type of mother that declares prosperity, life, and purity over my children. I decided to come home and type out the decree, added some silhouettes of my family to it and I will be printing it out and hanging this by my front door. I am going to make it a goal to read this daily out loud to teach my boys what it is I am declaring over our household! Here's a look at what I will be printing out this week.

Framed and finished!

This weekend was full of parties, tulip town, shopping and a little crafting! I actually finished my refrigerator organizer. These pictures don't do it any justice, I have terrible lighting where it's located, not to mention the fact it's on a black fridge. :) It was really simple to make. I bought an unfinished frame at Michaels, painted it white (it looks a little antiquey-if that's even a word??) attached some wire and glued on some magnets.