More on Russ' "Collection"

Well I am having a party at my house next Saturday so I told Russ that he HAD to work on his office. I told him that the boxes all over the place would have to be unpacked. He was a great sport and jumped right into it today. Here are a few pictures of what I am having to endure while he is unpacking. I hope you all notice ALL of the mannequins! My mom told me tonight that he told her that he has 20 more on the way so that he can display all of his military jackets. Once again ladies, I know all of you are so jealous that I am going to have all these lovely mannequins in my house!!!
I am posting a few pictures as he "cleans and organizes." Notice how it all flows out of his office and into the halls. These pictures really don't do it justice!


This last picture totally shows Russ' personality and humor. He knows I was kind of freaked out by the mannequins so he decided to play a joke on me. Well...it worked!!! It scared me to death! How would you feel if this is what you saw on your way to the bathroom?

Snow Days

Well we have been REALLY bored the last two days! Here are just a few pictures of what we have been doing.
The kids got sick of their toys so we had to get creative!

MeMe and Ashton "cooking cookies"

This is our backyard. I know we didn't get near what you all in NW Arkansas got but Mom said we got a lot more than she did.

My sweet babies!!! I love the jogging suits but they are a little big.

Ashton's tiny snowman. What can you say...we didn't get much snow!

The twins watching Maggie Rae and Rachel play outside.

Maggie Rae VERY proud of her tiny snowman that she added springles to. Every snowman must be fancy!!

Ashton decided to get inside of Landy's toy, and then he couldn't get out. Of course, I had to take a picture before helping him out!!

Last but not least, sweet Harper drawing so carefully! Oh how I love him!!!

Hope everyone else had fun today!!! Tomorrow...we are back to normal and can get out of the house!! Thank goodness!!!!

Russ' ebay UK obsession!!

If you know Russ, you know that he is an ebay UK addict! It was a BIG problem in our old house because there just wasn't enough room in his office for all of his swords and military uniforms. Now he has a nice big office so he has brought all of his "stuff" back from his mom's house (where he was keeping it all during the move.) Last night he couldn't have been more excited to show off his newest purchase. I almost DIED!!! He has really gone too far now!
Here is a picture of his office and all of the boxes of "stuff." Can you see all of the swords along the fireplace? How about the gross tiger over the mantle? Well if you think that is bad, just scroll down to see his big (HUGE) new addition to his collection.




Yes this lion WAS real at one time (about 50 years ago.) It is stuffed and looks SOOOO alive! Very very very scary!

Ashton was scared to death when he saw it! The twins didn't seem too scared but I wouldn't let any of them near it. I told them it might have the mange. I know all of you girls are so jealous that your husbands don't have a cool hobby like this!

Rachel said that we should name it so the kids wouldn't be as scared of it. Not sure what I am going to do so that I am not so scared of it! Talk about some nightmares! Can you imagine sleeping in the room next to that!!

So sorry but I must brag

I have to brag on this beautiful little boy! How pretty is he?



My mother-in-law is very talented and painted this fabulous portrait of Ashton. He looks so sweet and innocent. I just LOVE it!!! Thanks so much Cindy!

I have also been doing some "fluffing" at my house and I wanted to take some pictures and show how much better it looks. I wish I would have taken before pictures because then you would get the full impact. My house is my new favorite project. It is so much fun to decorate and I am learning as I go. We are taking small steps and doing just a little bit at a time but here is a small taste. This is my formal living living room. The shelves looked terrible before! So much better!





This is a picture of my powder room. I LOVE this floral!!



These are all pictures that my friend Shannon (A Moment Captured by Shannon Walker) took of the kids. So is so good!!!!



These are just a couple of random pictures of my precious twins from this week. I just love it that Henry closes his eyes when he smiles really big. He is such a ham!