Addiction and makeover loves

I have recently come to the realization that I am addicted to paper. I am wondering if they have PCA (paper collectors anonymous) meeting that I can attend??? If you know of any hook me up. I never realized it I guess because I never had it organized. It was always some here and some there. Well now that I am organizing all of it I just keep finding more and more and more and more. I mean THOUSANDS of pieces of paper. It is not just paper though, it is anything that has to do with scrapbooking. Paper, adhesive, stickers, you name it, I collect it. I say collect because 90% of it I dont use and probably never will. (DONT TELL JARED PLEASE) LOL

So everybody has seen the wall, the carpet, and the cabinets, which was all provided to me through the contest that I won. But I decided to show you all some of the fun things that I have added to the room myself and that I really love!

One of my very favorite things is actually very simple. Grant loves to scrapbook with me, so he has his very own drawer full of paper he picks out at the scrapbook store along with stickers, photos, his own scissors and adhesive. I love it because it really just represents the time we spend together making memories while scrapbooking our memories. Whenever I have extra photos I just toss them in his drawer and he LOVES it!O the wall it says follow your heart!Of course being a scrapbooker I love photos so there will be lots on the walls!This is just a rub on and I love it! I just put it right on the frame and it says, "Im no momma's boy, but boy do I love my mom!" I love that! So cute!This is something I love as well. I found it at IKEA. I love that store. In the pails are all my pens and markers, in the cute little jars are brads and buttons sorted by color, and hanging on hooks are scissors, all right in reach! I also embellished the frame, it says "you and me" and it is a picture of Jared and I on our wedding day with our wedding party.
That is all for now, but I promise there is more to come! Let me know if you want to come see my new room!

YAY for cabinets!

Here they are!!!! Mountain Crest did my cabinets and I love them! They were worth the wait! Jared's brother Cody and Brother in law Jared both work for Mountain Crest. Cody actually came to install them!So here he is carrying in a drawer!Here is Grant watching Uncle Cody install them!Here is a picture of the opposite side of the room. It says "follow you heart" on the wall! And it is really messy still because I havent even moved in half of all my crap. I dont just want to move it all in, I am organizing it all as I go.And here are the cabinets! Like I said I LOVE them!

As soon as the room is complete, if you want to come over and see it or come over and scrapbook with me I would love the company!!! YAY!!!

Yay for carpet!

Here it is, the room with the new carpet. I love it!

I am starting to move a few things in to the closet. Even though we ordered the cabinets several weeks ago that is the only thing we are waiting on. The wall opposite from the closet will be wall to wall custom cabinets and I am so anxious to get them in! Hopefully it will be very soon!

By special request!

STUFF

Grant had silly hair day at school today. He wanted to color his hair red so thats what we did! Last night we went to dinner to celebrate Opa's 87th birthday! It is always so much fun to get together with these guys and I am so happy Opa seems to be doing much better.

Me BJ and Susu
Grant Syssa and Nicker

BJ and Alan
Gerda and Opa Looking good!

My daddy and mommy Doesnt mom looks awesome? She has already lost 40 lbs. and is doing wonderful with her new HEALTHY LIFESTYLE (it's not a diet)

And here some pictures of my scrapbook room.
Just clearing out the last of the junk

Jared and I ripped out the carpet last night and the painter is coming today to paint!

A few updates...

Ok so here are the before pictures of my room. I was in the process of trying to ORGANIZE when I took these pictures, but don't be fooled, it is always this messy. Yes it is embarrassing, but that will change because it will be so much easier to keep it organized once I get it organized in my new custom cabinets!!! I went last week and picked out and designed my cabinets, and I have chosen a color for the walls. I need to pick out the carpet and then all will be set in motion! I am so excited!

My sweet little Grant is reading!!! YAY! It hasn't been easy. We have struggled a little bit, but he is getting better and he is so excited and proud of himself. And of course mommy and daddy are so proud of him too!

Some of you may know that I have been having some health problems for about the last four and a half years. But if you didn't know don't feel bad, I told very few people. In that time I have seen several Doctors, with no help. Any doctor I have seen has told me that they couldn't figure out what was wrong with me and they couldn't help me out. All the while things just kept getting worse, and they have been REALLY bad in the past 6 months or so. I had all but given up until I went to see this miracle doctor(thank you thank you thank you Kenzie) He did SEVERAL tests and I had surgery 2 weeks ago. I am feeling better than I had been and things really seem to be on the upward swing for me. I am thrilled about everything this doctor did for me and continues to do! I am waiting for one more test result that I should be getting tomorrow and then we will work on getting our lives back to normal again. Jared, Grant and I are so excited for the possibilities that have presented themselves with these changes. I am very hopeful now that our lives will be even richer than they have been!

Thank you to those who have kept me in their thoughts and helped me through these hard times!

DREAM COME TRUE!!!

Sometime last week I entered a contest through utahwordofmouth.com and KSL Studio 5. It was to win a scrapbook room makeover this weekend at the scrapbook expo. I had to write an essay and submit a picture of my scrapbook room. Well on Friday I got a call telling me that my essay was chosen as one of the five finalists. Then they picked five more names out of a box at the expo on Saturday. I had to go to the expo and play this "make a deal" game. First the ten finalists chose numbers to see who would go first and second and so on. I chose #6. So as each lady went up and didnt win the grand prize I got more and more nervous (and excited) I could not decide which number of purse to pick so I had Grant choose. He chose #1 and he was right! I was so excited and shocked I cried, and then called my mommy!
So the prize includes new paint, carpet and custom cabinetry! I will update you all on how the makeover goes! I cant wait to get started!

Make a Smilebox scrapbook