The Story Of Us

This post has been long over due.. we started working on this project last winter.. it was sort of done by February.. it's still far from finished.. but I don't want to finish the room and fill it with furniture just to be done with it.. I want the process to be organic.. the room in the state it is right now serves the purpose we want right now.. the room as a lot of room for growth but we are not sure which direction we want to take it in.. hence the wait.. you'll see what I mean..  The room began as our formal dining room.. but we are not very formal dining room sort of people.. and I didn't want use it as a formal dining room because that's what it was supposed to be.. I wanted it to be a room we use, I wanted it to have a function..  M and I have dabbled in DIY's but we are not builders.. we did the basement loft after this project. At this point we were complete novices.. but we knew our  strengths  and weaknesses.. we made a point not to

Flower Maker - A Pakistani man threads together rose buds and petals to sell in his little flower shop. In most Islamic and Hindu cultures it is customary to put a necklace made of roses around a persons neck at times of weddings, birthdays and other celebratory occasions. You can buy this print  here  Get Free Shipping with code BLOGGER Prints also available in larger sizes.  Contact  for more information and special requests.                    Etsy             Instagram             Twitter             Bloglovin   

Happy Halloween Everyone.. ours was a rocky one with a few highs and a ton of lows.. we started Halloween on Friday with a parade in D's school. D was so excited.. H on the other hand has been teething, he's getting his molars and has been super clingy, lots of crying and screaming and not much fun :(  H wore his costume just long enough for us to get a picture on Friday..  We started Halloween day with some baking.. with the sleep deprivation, cranky H and the endless questions hurled at by by D the cookies didn't turn out quite right. I missed something and the cookies were not quite edible.. trust me, we tried.  Next M helped the boys carve our first ever pumpkin!  We headed out for trick or treating late in the afternoon, D excited H sans costume clinging to me. By the time we were done it was dark, we had accumulated a years worth of candy and we ready for November. In fact we almost forgot to take a picture!

    Emerald Kingdom - While exploring the altitudes of the Skyline Drive, Virginia looking down at the sprawling gorgeous green landscape complete with peaks and valley, a river and the beautiful blue sky. You can buy this print  here  Get Free Shipping with code BLOGGER Prints also available in larger sizes.  Contact  for more information and special requests. Love this print but don't think your wall is ready just yet.. how about this print on other things?! Check  these  beauties out.                        Etsy             Instagram             Twitter             Bloglovin   

After all that adventuring without the kids we thought we'd have a family fun day.. I had been meaning to check out Digger Land for over a year.. it is New Jersey's very own construction themed amusement park..  All the rides were quite simple.. the main attraction was of course getting to ride and or sit behind the wheel of these massive machines.. D was ecstatic.. M and my brother got a kick out of it too.. unfortunately H was barely allowed to sit on one ride.. it was a great way to spend a couple of hours..                            Etsy             Instagram             Twitter             Bloglovin   

I know while I usually reserve Fridays for some photography today I'd like to share with you instead some of my more earlier work.. some of my illustrations.. I don't do them anymore.. maybe I'll start again when I have for free time on my hands.. Here's the Halloween edition..  Black Cat  Spider   Fiery Tree   Haunted House Jack O Lanterns Each design is available on multiple products.. more designs and goodies and can be seen and purchase here                    Etsy             Instagram             Twitter             Bloglovin   

The first week of August M began his one month non compete leave and being the planners that we.. I am, we had a certain set expectations of what this month was to be.. we wanted to have fun, we wanted to relax, we wanted to get back on top of things with our list of never ending errands, we wanted to spend some time with family.. we wanted to spend some time without the kids.. just us.. we needed some adult time.. and now weeks after M has gone back to work and we are back to our regular routines I can look back and saw that we had a kick ass month that lived up to everything we had hoped to get out of it and more! We kicked it off with a trip to the Poconos with my brother and sister in law, leaving the kids at home with grandparents. I signed us up for a Zip Lining 3 Hour Adventure Course at the Skytop Lodge in the Poconos. This was the first time any of us had zip lined and it was awesome.. the course itself was crazy awesome.. there was four levels of obstacles.. perfect way to