Family Tree Art

According to AccuWeather.com, there was supposed to be a dazzling Northern Lights display Saturday night due to a solar flare that occurred around 2 a.m. Thursday morning.  

"Viewing conditions will be best in the mid-Atlantic, specifically for parts of Pennsylvania and the Delmarva. Most of the country will have poor to fair views as a result of cloud cover, with areas further south not experiencing the aurora at all."

Picture This

You know how one project leads to another, which leads to another and another, and you never really finish that first project?  What, that doesn't happens to you?  Well, it happens to me all the time.

Back in November we had our family picture taken.  We got a complimentary offer and I just can't pass up free, so we decided to go ahead and do it.  Here is how our family picture turned out.

Not too bad.  I wasn't impressed with our photographer at all.  She didn't try to  make the Babes laugh and there were only two of the dozen or so pictures that turned out good.  Here's the other pose:

It was about time we got a family picture taken, it had been 6 years.  Here's our last family photo.  Sweetie Pie was only 2 and the Spencinator was 4.  Notice how the Spencinator is practically sliding right out of the picture.

Getting a family photo was like torture.  From coordinating our outfits (I'm not trying to get us to match, I just want us to wear colors that go together and patterns that don't clash), to finding the time, to actually sitting there trying to get everyone to look in the right direction....  Well, now you know why it's been so long.

I did take the kids to get their pictures every year, and that was only slightly less torturous.  Now that the Spencinator is older, he's better at allowing someone to take his picture.  So that leaves the Babes as our picture taking problem child.  She will say 'cheese' and give this fake smile with her head tilted up.  It's hard to get a natural looking smile from her.

Living Room Gallery Wall

A while back, I talked about the little gallery wall in my laundry room (see THIS post).
Well I have a bigger gallery wall in my living room.
Our living room is huge and I've had trouble arranging furniture and decorating since day 1.

Here is what it looked like before we moved in (sorry these are the only pictures I have):

Laundry Room Gallery Wall

In my last post I talked about wanting a letter R as part of my laundry room gallery wall.  So today I'll show you the before and after of that wall.  Keep in mind I still haven't found my little letter R to fill the empty spot. I might even find something different, but I'll know it when I see it and until then it will just have to look like it's missing something.

When we moved into this house about 5 years ago, the laundry room was painted this bright celery or sage green color.  I liked it (and didn't feel like painting) so it stayed.

There is a security system panel on this wall that I wanted to conceal by adding more stuff around it.  I had seen various other gallery walls such as those listed here, here and here.  I knew I could do something similar in my laundry room.  Since the washer, dryer, cabinets, trim and doors were all white, I decided to paint the picture frames white to keep it all looking cohesive.  I had all the frames and just painted them so this whole project only cost about $4.00 for a can of flat white spray paint.

The letter R

Today's post is brought to you by the letter R