new blog...

I started another blog awhile back...but hadn't posted on it...i am planning to keep this blog (tyandike.blogspot.com) for all the family updates...

my new blog

jenniferleighthompson.blogspot.com

is basically a journal of my learning experience of becoming a "country girl"

i love learning new things...and i have learned and tried a lot of new things since we moved to the country...and now i think it is time to document some of those things :)

check it out

Winter Wonderland Photo Shoot!

I got the boys outside for a little photo shoot...I needed some pictures for our Christmas card...here is a few of the pics I took!

I just registered to win FREE LEGO's - so should you!

Ty and Ike have asked for Lego's for Christmas - and I just stumbled across this contest for a chance to win! I'm registered are you?

Here is what the contest says:

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Jenny on the Spot’s Lego Giveaway

My Front Porch Looking In.....

You know that country song...On my front porch looking in...just heard it...decided to post a few pics I found on inspiration for redoing my enclosed front porch! Zach finished some of the walls that needed replaced out there...so now it is ready for me to make my mark on it...I never really know what to "call" my sense of style/decorating...I wonder what they would call it on those designer shows...because I'm somewhat tradition, somewhat eclectic, somewhat shabby chic, somewhat retro, somewhat craftsman...I like a mix - but I know what I like...

Anyways for those of you that don't know we've be renovating and redecorating our home for the last 4 years we have lived in it! It's been a lot of work, but thank heavens I married quite the handy man! If there is something Zach doesn't know how to do or has never done before he just gets in there and figures it out! I love that about him! Of course when you do the work yourself and on a tight budget work takes longer - but that's the way to do it...little by little it will all come together...But poor Zach's honey-do-list is always growing...One project gets done or halfway done for that matter - and I'm seeing the next thing!! *Zach you're the best!! thank you*

Anyway...I was online searching for backslashes for my kitchen (zach put in new cabinets and counters, etc...) I am pretty sure I want a brick one!! there was an old brick chimney that we found when we tore down a wall...so the chimney is in my kitchen...I love it...i thought the backsplash in brick would tie it together...anyway i found some pictures of what I am wanting my backsplash to look like...and i came across some more photo's for other ideas for my house!! I thought I would share some of my ideas for my enclosed front porch...i've been saying i need a coat tree! of course this won't take up my whole porch...but just right when you come in the front door!!

Kane Eats Rice Cereal!

These pictures are overdue...Kane is enjoying his first meal from a spoon! - Rice Cereal - He loved it and it came so natural to him! I was thinking it might be neat to blow up a picture of Ty, Ike & Kane at this age in their highchair eating to hang in the kitchen! I thought that might be cute!

Halloween 2009

This year Ty decided he wanted to be a Pitcrew for Lightning McQueen from Disney Cars! Aunt Katie & Uncle Neal had already got him the outfit for his birthday, so we only need a few more accessories to complete the costume. Ike wanted to be Dr. E! (that is what he calls his pediatrician). Grandma Jane had purchased a scrub set with lab coat awhile ago from a scrub show at the hospital so we just added some accessories from his doctor kit and he was ready to go! We dressed Kane as a baby chick! Two weeks before Halloween the town had the annual fall party for the kids...they have a weenie roast, hayride, costume contest, etc... Kane won first place in the contest! he won a $10.00 McDonalds gift card! Ike actually came in second and won a $5.00 gift card...Third place went to a cute little football player named Eli. On Halloween we had a fire in the woodstove and decorated the boys little table like their own little halloween party! we took them around to a few houses and then came home and pigged out on pizza and yoohoo's! The boys then enjoyed handing out candy to the trick or treaters! What Fun!

BIG BROTHERS/ little brother - Fall photo Shoot Preview!

We took advantage of the beautiful day on Saturday to get the boys out to play and to take some photos while the fall leaves were still plentiful! The boys had fun playing! My mom had bought these big brother shirts for ty and ike and the little brother shirt for kane as a gift when kane was born...well, i finally put them all in their shirts for a photo shoot...here is a preview of some of our fall photo's!