William's 10 year class reunion.

William's 10 year high school reunion was this weekend, we had a blast! Fun to meet people who he went to school with, we met just after he graduated high school.

Friday my grandmother made a good home cooked country meal, to celebrate my grandpa's birthday.

William & I on Friday at the meet and greet at the Windy City Grille in Como, MS.

Lilly talking to me.

William & I hanging out with the family.

William & I at "the prom"....or atleast that's what it felt like, on Saturday night at the Whispering Woods hotel and conference center in Olive Branch, MS.

William & I on Sunday at the Picnic at Sardis Lake.

Call me Suzy Homemaker....but I think I am tired of it now!

So I got in a bit of a crafty mood...and then I went a little over board! Here are the things that I have made in the last week, started out just because of pure bordem then I couldn't quit!

Made 2 matching hooded towels and washcloths for my niece.

Made these for my cousin Kali

Made me and my sister-n-law a pair of these.

Made these out of scrap ribbon that I had.

This was the big project, 72 burp cloths for babies, I like to make things for shower gifts but just don't have time when I am in school so I used my time wisely and pre-made them!:)

I made this for a friend, Tiphanie, per her request.

Then, Lauren gave me the idea for this while I was making the burp cloths....and I LOVE IT!

I think I am all worn out of craftiness for now!:)

Bunco Flip Flop fun!!!

Tonight was the monthly Bunco, it was at Leah Mitchell's house. She did something different, and it was fun! We were suppose to dress up a pair of flip flops and wear them for a competition. There were only 4 of the 12 of us that participated. I thought mine were the cutest, but ya know I'm not biased at all...haha. Amy's were very cute!

"The" flip flops!

The bling...

Each one of my flip flops said Bunco on it...

All of the girls who decorated their flip flops, from the top; Leah Mitchell, on the right, Amy Welborn(the winner), on the bottom, me, on the left, Mandy Bean.

Show Us Where You Live Friday...Entry Way

Entry Way Edition

Kelly is doing this and you can view her blog to see more.

This is our front entry looking from the living room. On the left are our pets. On the right is our marriage license. Above the door is a L for our last name Lewallen, it came from Kirkland's. I updated to pictures of the pets but forgot to retake this picture, now you can see both :)

These are our sweet animals, they are our babies! We love them dearly. The dog is Jack, he is a 2 year old Snauzer-Poodle Mix. Rylee is a cat, I don't know what kind, she is 2 1/2. We got both of them from the Bella Vista Animal Shelter when they were 6 weeks old.




This is the entry table to the right when you walk in the front door. I got it for Christmas in 2006, from Kirkland's. The Lamps are froms Elite Lamp factory/Vintage Verandah in Marion/West Memphis, AR. I am always changing things around, these are 2 pretty recent pictures.
Katie made the plaque on the wall. Just a little FYI, I didn't buy those cord covers, I made my own for $2 plus the time to sew them. Much cheaper than $20 a cover at Hobby Lobby.

Close up of what the plaque says.

Looking to the right, black mirrors from Wal-Mart, and hallway to guest bedroom, guest bath and office.

Looking to the left, our wedding pictures.

With my back to the front door, this is what you see, if I turned a hair more to the right, you could see down the hall to the living room. Love this cross, it's from TJ Maxx.

From the cross if you turn to the left, towards the baby gate, you can see into the office. These pictures, above and below, are in this hall. The above are William and I as babies and the below are our families when we were little. I have 2 half brothers and William has an additional half brother.



If you are back at the cross, you walk straight down the hall and find this on your left before you get to the living room. It is from Gordman's.

From this mirror if you turn around with your back to it you would be facing a small hallway to our bedroom. These are pictures of us, the blue one is from Sept. 2006 and the red and black one if from 2002 or 2003, can't remember.

Sewing fun...

Today I spent the day sewing pillowcases for our living room pillows. The old one's were still good, just not very function since one of them had beads on it. This time they all match plus I added 2 new ones that match the red in the pillows and my new lamps.

This is the back of the pillows.

The new red pillows.

All the new pillows.

I watched the MJ memorial on TV while I was sewing, I haven't been too much into the whole thing. I am sad he died but ya know, we all have to move on. I am glad that his life could be celebrated, I just pray that he had a relationship with God so that he is in heaven!

I did make some fun flip flops last night for Bunko on Thursday but I won't post them until Thursday. It's kinda like a competition to see who brings the cutest flip flops. I LOVE mine!

I really can't believe today is my last day being 23. Time sure does fly when you are having FUN!

My last day as 23!

Blog Hop...Favorite Picture.

I have lots of "favorite" pictures. How can I choose? So, I chose 3. They pretty much sum up the whole time I have known my husband.

A sweet friend took this picture on Sunday June 27 of this year at Fireworks at the Crosses. I LOVE IT!

I like these 2 pictures because the one on the top is the first time I ever met William, and of course the bottom one was the day we became Mr & Mrs Lewallen.

Happy Early Birthday to ME!

Well, my Birthday isn't until Wednesday. Since it's in the middle of the week it's kinda hard to celebrate so today we went and saw

UP in 3D.

It was FABULOUS! Then, William was going to make me a homemade cake from scratch but I was so bored today that I ended up making it myself. We have never made a cake from scratch before. William got the recipes and bought all the ingredients and then I ended up making it. It turned out GREAT! It's a little to sweet for me, but still YUMMY! I can't believe those words just came out of my mouth! We made homemade buttercream icing as well.

Here is a pictures of the finished product before we dug in!

Happy 4th of July!!!

Hope EVERYONE had a HAPPY 4th of JULY!

Thursday I went to the Wal-Mart Associate store and got all of the Christmas ornaments for less than $3! They were a quarter a piece, but 1 get 1 free and some of them had 2 that came together. I am so EXCITED! I love CHRISTMAS!

William and I went to First Friday on the Bentonville square yesterday. Not much going on this month so we toured the Wal-Mart Visitor's Center, for the first time ever and we have lived here 4 1/2 years. It was very interesting! Then, we stopped in The Station Cafe and had a good ole Steak burger.

Today I decided I needed new pics of our pets to go in their picture frames, so I decided to get down on Rylee's level and that was in the floor, to get her pictures. I like them alot!

Me and Jack on the couch.

Rylee doing her favorite thing, Happy Feet, on the entertainment center.

Jack so Happy outside!

William grilling our yummy beef burgers and turkey dogs!

William & I bowling on the 4th.

William & I watching fireworks in the front yard, he refused to look!

Show Us Where You Live Friday...Yard & Garage Edition

Kelly is doing this on her blog as well.
Yard & Garage Edition

When we moved into our house 2 1/2 years ago there was absouletly no landscaping at all. So, what little we have my mom did for me as a gift. Otherwise, there still would be none, THANKS MOM! We have a few things in the front and then a few things in the back. The "big projects" will have to wait until after I finish school.

We have a standard 2 car garage, nothing special. As you can see all of our somewhat organized "junk"....in the front you can see my craft pile that needs to go to the attic.