Guy Talk

I cut my hair...

I cut and colored my hair!  It's been a while (maybe a month) so it has grown a little bit but it was time for a serious trim!  Like 6" needed to go.  I am embarrassed cracking up that I even had this many cell phone bathroom photos to show you. 

Long Hair

Shorter Hair (More Layers)

{Can we assume that Hand on Hip is my signature bathroom photo move}

Even though my hair was just barely longer than it is now, it was so much easier to work with. 

But I love how healthy my hair feels now and the color.  My red was started to really show through.  Yup! I'm a natural red head! Crazy huh?

If you live in Charlotte and need someone amaze balls to do your hair, I have been going to the same girl for over 10 years.  Her name is Andrea and she works at Fuze Salon.  Tell her I sent you!



Little Fire

The meaning of the name Aidan is "little fire".  This suits our Aidan in more ways than one.  But I think it's so funny that he is obsessed with all things fire truck, fire man, fire station.  All we ever hear about is fire trucks. 

Recently Aidan discovered my Dad's vintage fire helmets.  He had uncles that were Firefighters in Massachusetts where we are from and somehow aquired these helmets in addition to a few fire house signs.  They are pretty cool and Aidan insisted he have his picture taken in them.   I never turn down a photo shoot.

I love that little fire fighter.

We Survived

We survived The Wilderness Cove Campground Experience 2011.  It's been a few weeks since we've been back but I finally got around to sorting through the 200 pictures we took while we were there! Be forewarned, this is a picture heavy post!

No way were we over packed. Adam brought a window A/C unit. 

Friday we ended up leaving the city late.  We stopped once to sit down and eat and then we spent about 30 minutes lost because our GPS was loosing signal in the mountains.  We got to the campground around 10:00PM.  Quickly we realized how out in the middle of nowhere we really were and the men took off in search of beer after being in the car for 2 plus hours.  Chelsea and I made the beds air mattresses and took the little boys on a "nature walk" walk to the bath house to let them burn off some energy before it was time for bed.  Just as we got them to bed it started to pour rain and we were so grateful we had decided on the primitive cabin option versus tent camping on this trip!

{Cabin #2.  What a beauty}

{Sleepover Central}

Saturday morning we were up and at em'.  We had breakfast around our campfire and then loaded the bus to head a mile up the river to tube.  The boys were so excited.  Ryland tried to get in his tube on land and had everyone laughing.  Despite a few family feuds about paddling while in your tube and getting stuck on rocks, it was a great time! At the end of our ride,  Chelsea abandoned ship and let her tube float all the way down the river in case some stranger wanted to experience all the fun we had.

{The boys got right in when we woke up on Saturday}

{The Green River was literally right out back.  The boys loved it}

{Chelsea will teach you how to dance} 

{We ended our tubing trip right at the cabin}

We changed out of our bathing suits and packed up the car for a ride in to  Saluda for a small hike up to Pearson Falls.   Pearson Falls is a 90ft waterfall maintained by the Tryon Garden club.  It was pretty cool to see! And it was great for family photo ops.

{The hike UP}

{Pearson Falls}

{Mike, Chels and Ryland}

{The Harvey's}

Our big plans to cook dinner on the campfire were quickly forgotten when we stumbled upon a quaint little BBQ restaurant in town.  We were all starving and by the time we got back to the campsite, cooked and ate it would have been hours worth of work and everyone would be cranky and starving.

{Green River BBQ}

Once we got back to the cabin the boys wanted to play in the river so I suggested to Chelsea we put out chairs in the middle and let the boys swim.  The river is dam controlled so in the evenings its maybe 6" deep in it's lowest point and maybe 3ft deep in the deepest point.  Once we were out there, Mike and Adam decided they would just build a small mountain of rock out of the river and we would start a new campfire.   It was getting chilly and although I have to admit at first I was a little skeptical, it was sooooo nice to get to sit in the river and have a fire.  When the sun went down it was perfect.  The boys splashed around and we made some s'mores and put them to bed.  The adults hung out for a few more hours and then we all hit the hay.

Sunday morning I think Adam was the most anxious to get home.  None of us had showered in two days.  Aidan took off to Sunday school at the campground while we packed up the cars and the campsite and then we all headed home!   I literally hit my bed when we walked in the door and slept like a rock for two and a half hours.  I felt better when I woke up but the next day my body was aching! I think I worked out some muscles I haven't in a while!

I had a blast and would definitely do it again. Chelsea and I  have made a list of things we would do differently to make things go a little bit smoother and the time of year we think would be perfect.  Looking forward to our trip next year!!!

Fall Wreath

I know I am not the only one that is so pumped Fall is here.  I have been filling up my boards on Pinterest with ideas for the season and the upcoming holidays! I saw this wreath and thought "I can make that!"  

via Pinterest

My Wreath

and here is how easy it was to make it:

This is what you need...

This is such an easy, inexpensive wreath to make.  Especially for me this time around because I already had the glue sticks, plastic pumpkins, moss left over from a baby shower, a 50% off coupon for the wreath and the burlap was $4.99.  

My moss was a little bit different then the Pinterest wreath but I already had it so I stuck with it.  Also, if I had been using my brain while shopping earlier, I would have bought the green wreath form.

I'm not in love with this bow but I'm working on it.

I glued the pumpkins in a cluster and I am pretty convinced I can pop them off and add birds or some flowers for a switch up in the Spring!!!

Love it! My mom has already requested one for her door! 

Master Bedroom Reveal

Friday night after I snuggled Aidan to near death, I started to empty out our room and move things around.  I really had no clue if I was going to like the bed in front of the window or not.  I'm glad I did it, I love it now.  The room feels a lot bigger and it slowly but surely turning out beautiful.  There is still some work to be done but I had to start somewhere!

Before and After 

The doors have to be my favorite part of the whole room. They were a gift from a family friend and they have a great story to them.  I'll tell you all about it when I do a post on the day Mrs. Reynolds gave us a tour of her gorgeous house!

 Big difference isn't it?  I am still not finished with the chandelier.  I love the bamboo blind and the new burlap lamp shades.  The new fabric on the headboard is a very similar color to the old one but much prettier.  I was so over the ivory velvet.  We weren't really sure how we were going to handle the headboard at first.  It had been hanging on the other wall with slide in picture hangers.  I knew for sure I didn't want it screwed in to the bed so my marvelous husband made a frame that stands on the floor and we attached the headboard to it.  When we push the bed up against it, it doesn't move at all. It's the perfect solution.

 I kind of surprised myself and decided to keep the drapes I had.  They weigh a ton and have a great lining. 

 We moved the TV here.  Why do TV's have to be so ugly? The shelf that was above our bed is here now.  I stuck my yard sale mirror on it and some mason jars with tea lights.  The runners on the nightstands and this dresser I made with this Ikea fabric. It was almost the exact same fabric as my Pottery Barn Euro shams and only had to be hemmed on the ends. 

When I get something on the walls to the left and right of the bed I will take a wider picture of the room.  I don't think they need much. 

What do you think? Good decision?





Panthers Game

 

 Our Little Panther Fan (eating popcorn and actually watching the game!)

We are super lucky that my Dad purchased 6 seats to the Panther's games about 7 years ago.  They are awesome seats and B.A. (before Aidan) we used to have a phenomenal tailgate set up and we never missed a game.  Along came the little guy and we took a few seasons off and watched from the sofa at home while the rest of the family and some of our friends enjoyed the seats.  Well now that Aidan is big enough to attend, we are back!  We took Aidan to one game last season and to the Steelers pre season game last week.  He did spend the majority of the game staring at the page in our program that has the cheerleaders plastered across it while eating popcorn but it's a start.  He hasn't stopped talking about it!  I think we might just have a little Panther fan in the making!