Freckles 'n' Family

Friday, April 8, 2016

Princess Castle Photo Booth

With both daughters having birthdays in March it thought a Princess Theme would be great.

Then my aging grey cells got a churning and I came up with making a Princess Castle out of...guess what.... Cardboard Moving Boxes, Poster board, Craft Paper, glue and the good old duck tape.

Start with a LARGE moving box

Cut in half

Then using Poster Board I strengthened the inside before sticking both halves of the moving box back together.

I used a Medium Moving box, cut into 4 and made a tower shape.

I used more poster board on the backside for stability.

Using one poster board make a fancy top. for the main castle

And a simple triangle for the Tower roof.

Duck Tape works wonders, don't you agree :)

I cut out a heart window

Made some simple cardboard stands from the cut off cardboard.

Glue the front

Cover with craft paper - trim all the edges

Let it dry over night.

Then came painting day.

The girls, had to help, it was for their birthday party after all!

And the final product!

I painted it to look like a castle, added glitter

(which I'm still finding in the nook and cranny's of our home)

I glued on green leaves, flowers and butterflies I picked up from the dollar store

Then from Michael's I picked up clip on Butterflies to add the final touch.

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Our New Home

Last October, Jason, I and the girls went to visit a model home in West Jordan, Utah.

Built by Holmes Homes

(the landing page of their site has a slide of homes - one of which is for Bluffdale. That pic is the one from the model home I fell in love with the model type is called Hannah)

I'd already fallen in love with the pictures of it and now was the time to see it in the flesh -- or more like, bricks and mortar! Lol

No sooner as we walked through the garage into the kitchen -- AHH! Angels singing moment. The kitchen was my dream one and I knew this was the house for us.

That same day we signed with Holmes Homes - see the virtual tour of the exact home were having built HERE for our home to be built in Bluffdale, Utah.

It should have been built by now but as we all know....! Building permits, Design meetings to pick our colors and everything else that goes into turning wood and nails into a home, plus delayed/missed meetings later, things begun to move and boy once they get started things move along pretty quickly.

Anyways...here are some pictures of the beginnings

Second week of March.

Footings poured.

Amazing that this gaping hole will be our garage.

One week later the dirt had been filled back in.

This picture is the view from the back of our home.

The following week which was last Sat 2nd April

The garage is up

The beams that will be the ceiling of the basement and floor of the main floor.

And one week from the last picture

Here is how our home looks today

Friday, April 8th 2016

It's beginning to look like a home :)

The North side of our home

Front of the house faces West.

Inside the main Floor

The Kitchen/ Dining Area

Stairs to second floor. No roof yet but I'm guessing it will be up by end of next week!

Upstairs. Don't look like much but I can see where each room will be :)

The Basement

The Basement Stairs

The View of the back of our home from the corner of our property

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Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Happy 4th Birthday Carys

Our sweet youngest daughter turned 4 yesterday.

It only seemed like yesterday she was this tiny in my arms!

4 years old! Can you believe it? I can't -- time has flown by.

Carys woke to be given an original piece of artwork and a gift from her big sister, Seren.

Then it was time for school and for Carys to choose her birthday cake.

After a busy day of playing with her new toys and when daddy got home from work we all went to a local restaurant for dinner, then came home for Carys to open her gifts from us and have birthday cake.