My Love of Shopping

I have always loved to shop. My mom says that I was "born to shop" and that when I was little she would take me shopping and I would calm right down when I was fussy. ( My love of shopping started very early lol!) I love shopping of any kind. I'm not picky!!

Some of my favorite places to shop for clothes for myself  are Old Navy, Gap, Kohls, Target, New York and Company, and Maurices. I have a few online and local boutiques that I really like. The Blue Door Boutique, AMAVO boutique and Modcloth.

When I'm shopping for things for our home, I love Gordmans, Hobby Lobby, and Pier One Imports. I also have found some really cute stuff on Etsy. I could spend hours and hours looking at the things on Etsy!!

For Layne's clothing, I love Old Navy and Gap Kids. I also love the brands Hurley, Carters, and Osh Gosh for Layne. I also find a lot of cute clothes at Target but our Target sells out of kids clothes fast so his size is usually really picked over. :(

Oh DVR, I love you!

   Matt and I like to watch a lot of different things on tv. I don't know what we would do without our DVR. (In all honesty, If we didn't have one I don't think we would get much done. Especially Matt.)We usually are pretty busy doing lots of different stuff during the week that we don't have time to watch much tv till later at night. We watch a variety of shows ( most are ones that Matt got me hooked on. lol)

Our DVR'd shows include:

Swamp People- Our whole family loves this show! Earlier this year, we got to meet Trapper Joe and Tommy at a Car show. Layne was super excited and even got their autographs!!
Deadliest Catch- Oh how this show intrigues me!!
Duck Dynasty- Love the Robertson Family!! They have us in stitches all the time when we watch this! Uncle Si is awesome!!
The Mentalist-Love Simon Baker!
The Client List- Matt didn't want to watch this show at first but we both are hooked on this!! Such a good show!!
Pawn Stars
American Pickers
Snooki and Jwoww-I've watched Jersey Shore from the beginning and just had to see how this spinoff show would turn out. I have to say I will keep watching it just to see how dumb these two are but I think Pauly D's show was so much better!!
Awkward- This show is so much fun. I just wish it was longer than 30 minutes.
Longmire- From watching the previews of this show, I wasn't sure I would like it but it's really good!!
Criminal Minds- I love this show!! Love Garcia!! She is amazing!!

I used to LOVE watching CSI Miami and am so sad that it isn't on anymore. I'm really into the crime drama type shows. I also LOVED  ER when that was on but I haven't found a comparable show since then to watch. (I'm not a fan of Grey's Anatomy. I just never got into it). What shows do you watch?? Any Suggestions of Shows that I'm missing out on??

Preserving Kids Memories

I have recently found a new addiction....Pinterest. This website is seriously amazing!!! I have found many crafty ideas on there that I can't wait to try! I also have found many great recipes and all sorts of amazing stuff on there!! Anyways some of my most favorite ideas that I have found are related to kids stuff. I love taking pictures of my son and have came up with several ideas on my own on what to do with all of those pictures that I take as well as artwork etc that my son makes.

One of the things that I planned doing for my son even before he was born was making a photo album of pictures for each year. So far I've made two of them. His first year one turned out amazing! I love using online photo sites. For his first one I used Artscow.com. They have great prices but the only downfall that I had was that designing/making the photo book took FOREVER. Their photobook making software is to the easiest to use. But all in all the book turned out great!! For the 2nd book that I made I used shutterfly.com. I absolutely love this site!! It was so easy to make. ( took me about half the time then when I used artscow) And the best part is that if you can wait to order it you can usually find a coupon code for a free photo book( just pay shipping!) I plan on making a whole bunch of these and using them to display at his graduation.

I also plan on creating a display in our new house for Layne's artwork I have found an idea on pinterest that I just fell in love with and can't wait to put it up!! Here it is:

Source: cleanandscentsible.blogspot.com via Frances on Pinterest

I just think this is ADORABLE!! I also really like the idea of making a photo book of your kids artwork too. ( If you can't tell I just love photobooks!!)

I am linking this post up here today so check out the other posts over there as well.

Back at it again!

I've decided to start blogging again!! After contemplating for a while now on it, I decided that I should. I love being able to express myself and share things with other people! I've been having a strong urge lately to write ( which has always been a passion of mine) hence the idea of starting a blog again. I can't wait to share my thoughts and life on here for others to read. Now for some random Layne pictures!

1 st picture- One of Layne's 3 year old pictures taken by my friend Renae

2nd picture- Layne loves hiding in or under laundry baskets.

3rd picture- Layne loves playing dress up with anything that is Daddy's.