Jack and the Pack

A couple months back John emailed me with the exciting news that he won two tickets to the Packer's Monday night football game!  I sent him back some sort of congratulatory email and asked about the details.........here was the fine print:  John won the option to buy Packer tickets, not the actual tickets.  

Blah blah blah is all I heard after that because I'm not trying to hear someone tell me they won something they have to pay for blah blah blah.   At that point I called B.S. on the whole thing, but who am I to stand in the way John and Packer tickets, so he claimed his so called prize and has been as giddy as a little school girl ever since.  

When John's Dad and Brother found out, they decided to join in the fun and get this, they bought tickets.......and they didn't even have to win them!  What a concept.  

Knowing how much these paid for prize tickets cost made me not want to go.  I don't mind spending big money on things I love, but unfortunately, this is not something that would fall under that category. I did know someone, however, that would appreciate a night full of cheesehead mayhem, and decided to let him go instead.  

That's right, Mr. Jack got lucky and got to go to his first Packer game!  We decided that because it was such a big deal, he would have to work hard to earn the chance to go.  Jackson and I made a work chart, and he had to do 100 jobs and get 10 100% on tests at school in order for him to go.  In true Jackson fashion, he finished his last job the day before the big event.  

When the boys got home and I looked through the camera and ran into this picture I asked who on earth put together this look.  John kindly explained to me that I just didn't understand, and that he fit in perfectly with all the other crazy packer fans out there trying to keep warm.   Really?  His Jersey over his coat, and his way too short pajama pants over his jeans and he fit in huh?  He does look happy, I'll give him that.

This is my favorite picture of the trip.  I can tell this is a night that Jackson won't forget.  Ah lifelong memories, I guess I'm happy to pay for those.  

This one goes out to all the Grandmas

I thought I'd quickly put up some pics for my Mom so she could see all of the Halloween Party Madness she missed out on.   I added it up, and I went to 5 Halloween parties this year.  I'm a little overloaded on all things that go Boo.  

Here are the boys at the annual General Mills Party.  This room was Mario themed.  I love how the boys came to party, and they just tuned out playing Mario cart for a while.  

After going through the rooms, we swung by John's office.  This is Jackson's impersonation of what John does all day.  

The Lady looking especially happy to be swigging a soda.

Another party Sadie was happy to attend was at preschool.  They got to practice trick or treating to get ready for the real deal.  I love that Sadie has so many sweet little friends to grow up with.

We also went to a Church and friends party, and I helped out at Max's shindig at school.  By the time Halloween rolled around I was ready to pass out the candy and move onto Thanksgiving. 

Not the kids though, they were super excited. 

This is the best pic I got of the kiddos.  Trust me, when I had Max take off his mask he started making this face like he was going to throw up, it was gross.

I think the best part of this whole spooky season was seeing Sadie waiting by the door for trick or treaters.  She would stand by the window by the door saying "come on kids, come to our house."  When they did come, she would hand out the candy and say "here you go kids, Happy Halloween!!" 

I couldn't leave out our awesome pumpkin creations.  Jackson's is bottom, Sadie in the middle, and Max's up top.

Happy Late Halloween Grandma!  

Now I need to figure out how to get rid of all this candy without eating it myself.....

Short Story Long/ Pinterest Challenge

So I have somewhat of a confession to make:  i love pinterest!  For those who know me, this should come as no surprise.  I have been long known for being a blog stalker.  I love to sift through diy blogs  for ideas and inspiration.  It's an addiction really.  So when my friends started talking about pinterest, I knew I had to jump on the ole' bandwagon.  

One of the first things I pinned was this headboard.  I was instantly smitten.  I knew that I wanted to make something like it for my spare bedroom.   

So why is this a long story when it could be short?  Well a few things fell into place for it to happen.  

First, while on the lookout for pallets, I met the cutest old man named Vernon who gave me one for free.  I was driving by his house as he was cutting pallets up for firewood and decided to stop by to see if I could buy one from him.  This guy was off the charts adorable.  He showed me a few of his wood projects, one of which included a toilet plunger he turned into a table/beer holder.  Serious, he's now my adopted Grandpa.  Think of the UP grandpa, but taller and happy and you've got Vernon.

So I had the wood, and the inspiration.  Now all I needed was a good kick in the behind to get me started.  Here is where Sherry from younghouselove.com  comes in.  Her and a few other diy bloggers are having a pinterest challenge.  The idea is to take something you've pinned and to put your spin on it.  

So this my friends is my spin.  I changed it up a bit by staining it walnut and stenciling a flower.  The best part?  The whole thing cost $34!!  As I mentioned before, Vernon gave me the wood, and I already had the stain and paint from previous project, so all I had to buy was the stencil.

So all because of Pinterest, I have a new BFF/Grandpa Friend, a new headboard, and new inspiration every day.  

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