New Blog Address!

Okay, so I have a new and improved blog for our little family. I have been having so much fun experimenting, and thought if I messed up on the other blog I didn't worry. But now, to view the latest and greatest from the Morris Fam....visit

www.scmorrisbunch.blogspot.com

This is our new blog and I won't be posting anything else to this old blog anymore.

Treehouse Fun ...... and More Improvements!

Ashley and I got the boys together again this week and went to the Treehouse Museum. I had never been before and it's literally 3 minutes from my house!

Carter and Hunter play so well together and Ash and I have become such great friends! Hunter is such a good boy (most of the time) and really is a great friend and example to Carter.

Here's the two boys making their Wind-Socks!

Silly Carter in the "doctor's" section brushing his teeth!
Apparently painting the cabinets and dresser has got me feeling very self-confident lately....so I spontaneously called today to see if we could get our "awning" removed from the front of our house.

This awning was yet another sore spot of our home. We have these two REALLY BIG windows in our living room that really make the room feel huge when the curtains are open....well there has been this awning completely in the way! And our home faces North so no sun comes "beating" in through those windows.

Scott hasn't even seen the transformation yet....so here's another before and after!

The best part is that I was able to get SOMEONE ELSE to do the work for me! I better not get used to writing a check and having it all taken care of for me though. :)

From the inside of our living room, it feels so much bigger. Before your view was cut of half way up the window and now your eyes keep going! Our home is really coming along!

My Greatest Accomplishment Yet....

My cute friend Megan recently bought a new home and Carter and I went over there to "play" last week. She actually is the BEST decorator in the WORLD!!! She always knows what to put where, neat faux painting techniques and just overall makes her home look AMAZING!

Well, seeing her cabinets painted INSPIRED me to get on mine. My kitchen cabinets have been the sore spot of my kitchen. They are nice wood cabinets but are so dark it just makes the whole room feel small. I never knew what to do with them until we went to Megan's.

Well, as a second part of my new found LOVE for "crackle" paint.....here are my kitchen cabinets, before and after.

I am so proud and excited to say that after only 7 hours (split into two days) of work our kitchen is almost done! I just have a few more spots to take care of and then our kitchen can be complete!

From Drab...TO FAB!!!!!!

I was inspired the other day and completely THRILLED I acted on it!

We have this dresser/buffet/cabinet that's really a nice piece of furniture. It's well made and very sturdy (a MUST in our home) However, I have never loved the color and stain it has. So basically it's been just sitting in our "storage room" (Carter's old room) doing nothing.

Here comes my inspiration....I thought it would look really nice with the "crackle" faux painting on it in a creamy color. I did some research online about how to do the "crackle" look and am so please with the end result!

While we were at Lowes for Carter's workshop I went by the paint department to check out what they had and the rep from Valspar (my new favorite brand of paint) was there. He gave me EXPERT advise for my project!

Here's what the dresser looked like before I got to work on it (I made my laundry room my new "craft project room" because the floor is already bad and I still get to keep everything inside.)

This is the new and improved version of my dresser!

If anyone is interested, this was so EASY! I'm not very good at painting and keeping everything really nice and uniform.....well with the crackle glaze it's EASY! I sanded down the wood to begin with (just enough to rough it up a bit) and then rolled on a layer of the "crackle" glaze and let it sit for 1 hour, then I rolled on a layer of my top coat! That's seriously it, I let it dry over night and now it's done. I only took me about 3 hours total (even with the 1 hour dry time!)

Lowes

I LOVE Lowes! They had this great little "Kid's Workshop" today. It's totally FREE, and you get to make different things every week. This week was TRUCK WEEK!!!!! So of course, we all know Carter HAD to take part in it!

Here's our little man in his "work apron" before the project started~

Here he is hard at work! (goggles and all)
Here's Carter and myself. (Scott was working today so my family and I took Carter to Lowes.)
The Real Salt Lake Lion, Leo, was there and to my amazement....Carter LOVED him! When the lion would leave and give another kid attention, Carter threw a fit! (Spoiled only child....) It was so much fun today!
We made a red truck and met Leo the lion and seriously had a GREAT time! I think this is going to be a regular activity in the Morris household....hopefully next time Scott can join us.

From Ordinary to EXTRAORDINARY!

I know I've been slacking on the posting lately, but I was so sick for almost 4 days! I think it was the stomach flu...but I referred to it as "the Angel of Death!"

Anyway, because poor Carter has been stuck in the house because I haven't been doing well....Scott and I decided to go to the store and get him a "treat."

When we walked through the doors guess what we saw.....That's right a Fire Truck shopping cart. You all know there was no denying Carter a ride in this one!

He LOVED every minute of it!
This is once we got home and I showed Carter what Ben and Jerry's was all about! They have these adorable mini sized containers for $1 at the store that's just perfect for little ones! It was such an easy thing to do but so much fun!
This morning I was getting Carter's toast ready and remembered what my mom got for him the other day.....

Here's normal pieces of toast that are definitely not fun int he morning...
I have this cookie cutter thing that's made for bread that turns a normal piece of toast into TWO DINOSAURS!!!! Carter absolutely LOVED it!
These two things were so easy...so even though I'm still recovering from my near-death experience, I could still make things fun. The best part is that Carter has no idea how much these things cost or how much effort I had to put into it, he just knows how much fun he has!