PBK Easter Baskets on a budget!

I love the baskets PBK sells 

However, with four Foster children the price is TOO high for us! I decided to search for Easter Basket liner patterns and found a few websites with info. Like with most things in my life I thought of this a little too late for this year but maybe I'll make my way to Hobby Lobby tomorrow and get a fabulous deal on nice baskets for next year! 
I think this is a project even I could tackle with my VERY limited sewing skills. Here's the link for one of the sites I found with great directions!

IHeart Organizing: Labeling 101: Print & Laminate

I LOVE labeling and organizing our house!! It makes clean up a little easier and everything has a place. This is a great blog on EVERYTHING to do with labeling and organizing.
IHeart Organizing: Labeling 101: Print & Laminate: I'm baaaack! Did you miss me?  I missed ya'll like crazy!  It's amazing what a little time away with the fam will do.  It was ...

Where did all this come from?!?

It constantly amazes me when I look around our house at all the "stuff" we've accumulated! Obviously with six people in our family there's bound to be stuff but when is it considered excessive? When do I need to admit there's a problem? I mean really do we need twenty pairs of pajamas, T-shirts, candles, et cetera? If I really truly want an organized and less cluttered home I have to learn to not be so sentimental and hoarderish. Now that spring has arrived and spring cleaning is on all of our minds I have no choice but to force myself to PURGE! We need to scale back the amount of our belongings to ensure a somewhat uncluttered and slightly less messy home. I do feel as though I'm always in a state of needing to organize and declutter around here. Maybe one day I will get it right but until then we'll just keep trying to organize this messy Foster house.

Spring Forward, Really?!?

I am not ready to spring forward with anything around here! I find myself wanting to "pin" more organizational ideas than I will ever get around to doing. I have recipes for any cleaning product I could ever want or need! I have an entire 3" binder full of DIY furniture building ideas! You might think that I have it all together. Obviously my Pinterest boards show a lady that is organized and makes fabulous meals while concocting her own cleaning products. A person with a plan for everything... In reality I am not nearly as motivated as all the various social media makes me appear. I constantly think "Move over Jesus" I got this and can drive...if He wants to end up in a ditch! Thankfully Jesus keeps the wheel steady even when I think I am driving. Maybe I don't accomplish every organizational challenge or successfully cook every recipe I find but I live in the real world and am far from perfect, so... Ready or not we must spring forward (unless you live in one of the states that does not participate in Daylight Savings Time)! I think I will spring into what ideas I can find on spring cleaning and organizing my extra hour of daylight in the afternoons. Happy almost Spring!

Dillan is participating in a St Jude Fundraiser

I am super proud of Dillan for wanting to give back to a place he loves and takes super good care of him! Here's a link to his fundraising page.
Dillan Foster's Page

Mardi Gras 2013

We love going to the parades and catching lots of stuff!

Woohoo!! Finally Gamp and Uncle Bubba's parade night. They always throw bunches!

Where's our dinner?

Dillan FINALLY made it on the balcony!

Ready to play in the band

Grandparents Day

Love Ethan's smile

Another sweet smile

Our favorite Headmaster, Palmer Kennedy, sitting with the students 

Mrs. Downing's Band

Big Brothers and Gamp are ready

The Marshalls

 She blew her horn the entire parade and had a fantastic time! She is becoming a big girl.

Isabelle LOVES Mrs. Downing

 Where is Verna Dean? We love to go to the MOT parade.

Uh-Oh they were stuck

Mardi Gras Day was celebrated at the beautiful and historic Battle House Hotel. 

Our room was in the corner 

 Our budding pianists

 Sleepyheads...

Ethel reprimanding me for snapping pictures

 Mobile's amazing giant moonpie

 More sleepyheads...

  Mardi Gras Day in the rain

 The Battlehouse is beautiful!

We had a fun filled Mardi Gras season! We look forward to enjoying next year!