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.

Fireworks at the Crosses/Summer Freedom Celebration

Our church had the 2nd Annual Fireworks at the Crosses last night, it was once again...AMAZING! This year we were lucky enough to be able to sit on the East side of the building in the shade thanks to Caleb & Leah Mitchell saving a spot after church...

While we were there a sweet friend, Katie Cole, took this picture for me. Thanks Katie!


Just to show the view we had, we took too many pictures to post them all.

Show Us Where You Live Friday...Master Bedroom

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

Master Bedroom Edition

I am not at all happy with our bedroom furniture, except for the fact it was free! That always makes it a plus, someone my mom worked with gave it to me when I was a Junior in high school, mind you half of the knobs are gone one the dresser and the light bridge doesn't work. I would love to paint it all black and get rid of the light bridge and cabinets and get some nightstands and lamps, but that will have to wait until I graduate and until we get to that step of our debt snowball/financial plan.

This is looking in our room from the door, that is in the hall. The door on the left of the room is to the bathroom.

This is our Queen size bed, and just as that statement says it's only made for a queen and since this queen got married I can tell you it's not nearly big enough! I definitly love when we stay at a hotel so I can have my space. Don't get me wrong I love to cuddle but when I am trying to sleep I hate to be HOT! The little bed in the lower left corner is our dogs bed, only problem is he refuses to sleep in it the cat sleeps on it instead, go figure!

This is the frame hanging on the wall, looks very different because this picture was taken when I had it hanging in the hall. I move things in my house alot when I get tired or bored with the room.

The door here is looking into the hall. The sconces on the wall on each side of the dresser mirror are from Wal-Mart.

My hubby's nice collection of hats there on the lamp, that's usually how they stay. This used to be our living room TV, the table that the TV is sitting on came from an estate sale that my mom got me for $10. It's real wood and I love it, but it has to be black too if I paint everything else black. Still waiting on that day, my summer seems to be too short to do all that I planned.

Crafting...

The last day of school, Signed, Sealed and Delivered was having a warehouse sale and I went with a friend, so I could keep my self under control!:) I got these 3 red boxes with lights in them for $10, normally $40. I love them! I had seen them in a tour of home's that I went to at Christmas time 2 years ago and wanted some, just not for $40. I bought the ribbon at the Associate Store and glued it on tonight. I am not super happy about the bow I made for the top, but it will do. Once I put it up at Christmas I may have to work on it some more. Until then, this will do.

We went canoeing on Saturday and it is now Thursday and my leg still looks like this, YUCK! It hurts! All of my other spots that were burnt are gone except this one, I wonder if it has anything to do with I dropped a iron on my leg in that same spot when I was a teenager. I just hope it goes away soon, I would like to enjoy some of the incredibly HOT weather at some point before school starts back.

Accident waiting to happen...

Last night, somehow I managed to run my arm across a tack that was in the wall pull it ou and stab it in my arm. I was working a project in my closet, all of my necklaces and bracelets used to be on tacks or nails, until last night. I bought these at hobby lobby for half price and whola! It will do until I get that jewelry box I want.

Yesterday I went to the Dr. about my cold/sore throat. I showed her my sunburn that I have had since last Saturday and she was a little concerned. She told me that it was a 2nd degree burn, and gave me some cream to rub on it and make it better. Well, it's worse today than it was last Saturday when it happened. It's on my chest as well, but my leg hurts worse because it's constantly moving....I really wish it would just heal. I think I got the memo, not only put on sunscreen, REAPPLY!

This is my pity cat, looking as though she is trying to hand herself on the grill...

Nursing Canoe Trip...

Yesterday, Saturday, we had a nursing student canoe trip. Turned out not that many people came, but the few that did had a BLAST! We started an hour later than we thought, but that's ok. We were all good and awake by the time we got in the water.

We went to The King's River in Eureka Springs, AR. It's alot like the Elk River that's in MO minus the boob flashing and beer cans on the bottom of the river. King's River has alot more spots that you have to be good at manuvering or you will flip and be in the water scrambling to get your things and keep your boat from flipping!

I think for the group of canoes we had our total dumps for the day was 9 or more. William and I started off well, with only 1 dump compared to the others 2. But, after some minor diagreements and my nothing can go right, we dumped 2 more times and the last time I thought I was going to drowned! Ha, thankfully I didn't. Just came away from the day with some minor scrapes on my legs, a bruised hand and a MAJOR sunburn.

Note to self: Reapply sunscreen, OFTEN!

I did use sunscreen but by the way I look you would think I didn't. We got in the water at 10 and got off the water at 5:30. I put on suncreen at 7:30. I guess I lost my mind or something!

Me and mister sun will be taking a break from each other for quiet a few days!

None the less, it was a FUN trip!

Me and the girls from my class at one of our many stops on the river, From Left to Right: Margaret, Me, Alissa and Sherri.

William & I at before the Canoe Trip

William and I after the Canoe Trip

I was trying to choke him...haha:)

Everyone at the end of the trip From left to Right: William and I, Josh and Margaret, Ben and Alissa, Scott and Sherri.

Show Us Where You Live Friday...Laundry Room Edition

Laundry Room Edition

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

We do not have much of a laundry room but I am very thankful for what we have. Both of the apartments we lived in didn't have a laundry room. One had doors that closed just in front of the washer and dryer and the other was a top over bottom that had nothing in front of it. So here, what ya see is what ya get.

Casting Crowns in the house!

William suprised me on Monday evening with tickets to see Casting Crowns tonight. I had been asking about going, but wasn't super excited about how much the tickets were. I am so glad we went! I was A-W-E-S-O-M-E! Here is a picture of us waiting on the concert to start and a picture of the concert. I hope they come back to town again!

June trip home...

We left for our 4 day trip home on Thursday evening when William got off work. In the 4 1/2 years that we have lived in NWA I have never driven from NWA to West Memphis when I have gone with William, I would drive some but not much! This time I did it! I finally drove the whole way, and let him sleep. I was pretty motivated.

The cat wasn't to excited about this trip, she hissed at me and clawned me when I took her to the car and then hissed at Jack as well. Man, she was man! But, that was all over once she got to my mom's house and had stairs to fun up and down.

Friday my mom and I went Thrift Store shopping. It was fun! I didn't find what I was looking for but did find a few things.

My mom and I got home just in time for the big storm, that had produced a tornado in NWA, to hit. After that passed by, William and I left with Jack and headed to Mississippi. We arrived at our destination an hour and a half later, 30 minutes longer than normal. Mostly due to mishaps from the storm. First there were redlights out in Memphis, then a power line had fallen on a trip and last we saw a truck that had been wrecked, still not sure how, in the middle of an intersection with no one around. Strange!

After such a big day, William thought it was funny to take a picture of me passed out on the couch. I was tired! I thought it was storming again, when he took the picture, I thought it was lightening and opened my eyes to find him sitting there with the camera in hand. HA!

Knocked out on the couch

Saturday we were off to the Wedding, which was the main reason for the trip home. A friend of William's that he grew up with and was like a little sister to him was getting married.

William and I before the wedding started.

CONGRATS to Will and Pam!

They rode off in this Olde Timey Police car.

William & the BEAUTIFUL Bride Pam.

This lovely Tree Frog spent the entire evening on the front door staring at us!

The rest of the weekend was so unplanned, and we loved it! First time I think that has ever happened.

The many faces of Lilly! I can't believe she is 15 months old, wow how time flies!

William getting a airplane twirl. I don't think this has ever happened before, but now that William had lost so much weight he and has brother might have a fair wrestling match!:)

Our animals on the way home, I think they are tired!