Best card ever...

I just got this card from one of my most favorite ladies, Rita the Builder!!!  I can't stop laughing every time I look at it, she said it reminded her of all the pictures and maybe a story or two from my brother's wedding... Ha!!!

Scribblers

A good friend recently sent the us a package of Scribblers and I just have to share!  I had no idea there was such a thing and am so excited that she shared these awesome crayons with us!  She sent robots for Noah (of course), some animals and Toy Story Scribblers for Silas and then added a packet of the Halloween Scribblers and a special Batman one just for me :)  The boys are loving them and I love that they are made from recycled crayons and are so stinkin cute, I want to get more just to display somewhere!!  Thanks Pickle Woman :)
You can check them out at 2ndChanceCrayons.com!

Love this...

You don't raise heroes, you raise sons.  And if you treat them like sons, they'll turn out to be heroes, even if it's just in your own eyes.

I found that quote on a piece of scrapbook paper by Cosmo Cricket and am totally obsessing about the paper and craft ideas they have on their website.  I went to a scrapbook night and when cleaning out all my random stuff came across these pages and am so in love with them I probably won't ever be able to cut them up.  Well, maybe for just the right project someday!

Seriously, every single one of these pages reminds me of my Noah, from
the quotes, to the pictures, to the space references, so perfect!
LOVE - LOVE - LOVE

 

New favorite!

We have a short list of favorite movies that we rotate through very regularly at our house including but not entirely limited to the following -

The Hangover
Old School
All American Pie movies
Knocked Up
Meet the Parents
The Notebook (mostly me)
The Devil Wears Prada (again, mostly me)

We have pretty much memorized all of these movies and they always seem to be the ones we "go to" however, I have a new one to add to the rotation and am pretty pumped about it!!!

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this movie!  I saw it in the theater (loved it), watched it with my ladies last night (loved it again) and will be watching it with Ryan tomorrow night (laughing just as hard as I did the first time)!

Beans, beans the magical fruit...

When it gets hot like it has been around here lately the last thing I want to do is cook. This usually means we resort to Chipotle, Cafe Yumm or a delicious homemade salad or two.   I am a huge fan of bean salads so I thought I would share a couple of my favorite recipes!  Not only are these salads easy and delicious but I think they are pretty healthy too, bonus!!!

Corn & Black Bean Salad

1 can whole kernel corn
1 can black beans (drained & rinsed)
2 tomatoes chopped
1/2 of a red onion chopped
1/4 cup minced cilantro
2 cloves minced garlic

Dressing
2 Tbs sugar
2 Tb white vinegar
2 Tb oil
1 1/2 tsp lime juice
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp cumin
1/4 tsp pepper

Combine ingredients and toss with the dressing.  Best if chilled for several hours or overnight before serving.
Seriously delicious!!

Cool Beans Salad (Silas loves this one)

3 cups cooked basmati rice
1 can kidney beans (drained and rinsed)
1 can black beans (drained and rinsed)
1 1/2 cups frozen corn (thawed)
4 green onions thinly sliced
1 small sweet red pepper (chopped)
1/4 cup minced fresh cilantro

Dressing
1/2 cup olive oil
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
1 Tbs sugar
1 clove garlic minced
1 tsp salt
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp chili powder
1/4 tsp pepper

Again, combine ingredients and toss with dressing.  Chill before serving.  So easy!

Totally Together

So I found this book on one of the blogs that I read and unfortunately I can't remember which one...  Anyway, LOVE, Love, love this book!  I have tried making checklists like this for myself but always feel like I never get it quite right.  This book is awesome!  It is half day planner half to do list (in the form of a weekly checklist).  Bonus - it covers all those pesky house maintenance chores that I always seem to forget like changing filters, cleaning the oven, dusting the baseboards etc.  Everything is scheduled and I am assuming that if I stay on top of the weekly checklist my house will be clean, even if it is not apparent because all of the cleanliness is buried under toys...  The book starts on the first week of September and I am getting pretty excited to give it a shot!!!

I picked up a copy on Amazon for like $12!

Bangs...

I have been slowly working on a post to update of my "List of 52" from the beginning of the year but completed a major one last weekend...  I cut bangs!! Not just little wispy bangs, big fat bangs!  I was not too sure about them at first but today I woke up and decided I love them!!