More fun than I thought we could have

Three years ago today my husband convinced me to elope with him, which started a roller-coaster of events. Had these events not happened I don't think our marriage would be as strong as it is today. We have gone through family not speaking to us from decisions we've made, fights, a ceremony to celebrate our marriage with family and friends, almost divorcing, our first son being born to taking on 2 more babies when he was a mere 3 weeks old, falling back in love with each other, not watching the other 2 babies for fear of me becoming psychotic, being on the outs with family again, job losses, almost losing the house and car, deciding to adopt the 2 babies, and much much more. Every trial our marriage has faced we have through lots of prayer confronted it head on and 3 years later I believe we have an extremely strong marriage.




 And now, even through the rough times we always find a way to laugh with each other. 

I would not change a thing about our marriage as it has made us the family we are today, I love you Andre and look forward to the rest of our lives together and all the adventures it will bring.

Robots, gears, stars... glimmer mist?

Even though I have 3 boys, I find that most often my scrapping and card-making is quite girly. So I was actually a bit intimidated when I started on Mason's birthday card. I had bought the DCWV All About Boys Stack specifically for these types of projects for my boys and was quite excited to break into it!

I asked Mason just a few days before what his favorite color was and he told me orange, so I started out with making the card base out of bright orange cardstock. I knew I wanted to use the robots paper but wasn't sure if I wanted a big chunk background or what. After playing around with different designs I decided on doing a cutout of a robot and some gears. 

I also bought a kit from my besty Tiffy's etsy that has a bunch of embellies that match the paper I used, but I didn't like the way the gear die cut matched, so I decided to try something new! I just got my first glimmer mist, so I turned the gear over and misted around it to have the outline of it. Note to self though - buttermilk cream glimmer mist does not show up so well on orange paper! It was fun to try though, and after adding some red pencil I think in turned out ok! I also got the orange stars ribbon and "Oh Boy Oh Boy" strip from the kit I bought from Tiffy.  

I had a lot of fun making this card, and am excited to start doing more "boyish" crafting heehee!!

Happy Birthday to my Mason man!!!

Saturday was a very big day in the Pigott household! Mason, our oldest turned 4!!! It is so hard for me to believe it has already been four years since he entered the world!! I remember seeing him for the very first time, 2 weeks old, so tiny. Me singing him his special lullaby written just for him, lulling him to sleep as he lie on my chest. I remember leaving him with Andre for a few hours while mom and I bought a kitchen table and him being the first diaper Andre EVER changed. 


Mason has always been "full of life" so to say. He has always loved dancing and playing the "drums" (or beating on anything and everything with whatever he can grab). he definitely went through his stage where we all thought we would go bald from ripping our hair out trying to get him to behave. All it took was structure, love, and someone to listen to his language that none of us understood. His word for thank you was "yodi" haha!! 


Now, Mason is an awesome big brother that constantly loves on his siblings with hugs and kisses and lots of "I love you's" He also LOVES being told he is a big boy and teaching them right from wrong and how to read and spell like him. I can't believe Mason is barely 4 and can read, write and spell his name. He can also read and spell; Mommy, Kira, Nana, Papa and baby. ♥ He is so so smart, he makes me proud every day! 

Mason on his new bike

Mason and Mommy 2 years old

Mason and Mommy 4 years old

Mason's favorite things right now are; Spiderman, toy cars, Toy Story 3, and Chuckie Cheese of course!

Baby oh!!! LOTS OF PICS! ♥

As I said earlier, I just threw a baby shower for one of my good friends. She has 3 boys and after waiting and waiting, is finally having her girl!! So, it was a very "pink" shower. I hand-made all of the game prizes, as well as most of the decorations. I tried to make the larger decorations so that she could take them home and use them as decor for her nursery if she wanted, and she did!! I had so much fun making all of these things that I am even now considering doing some party planning when I have time haha!! 

Here are some pictures of some of  the deco - 

Invitation

Guest Book

Wall Hanging

 I also made a banner out of pink glitter paper with a brown background that says "Sweet Baby Girl" and pink and white favor boxes with bows cut out of the sides and scalloped edges [no pics of those tho :( ]Here is how we used these to decorate!!

Sign in Table

Banner above buffet

For the game prizes I made a simple mini album and an explosion box. It was the first explosion box I ever made and it was sooo easy and sooo fun! Well, I attribute it's ease to my Cricut and Make the Cut software!! I already have so many pics in this post I won't bog it down with more, so if you would like to see the mini and explosion box click here.

Thanks for looking at all the fun I had! 

Psalm 139:13 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb.

Big News!!!!

Well, we have some big news!! And it's NOT that I am pregnant thank the Lord :)








After many months of prayer and counsel, Andre has enlisted in the US Army as a medic. He leaves for Basic Training on baby Tre's 1st birthday, November 22. I am very happy that he will get to come home during Basic for Christmas ♥







Please keep our family in your prayers as we embark on this new journey. I am extremely proud of my husband. I also am very excited for the opportunities that we will now be able to offer our children that we would not be able to if we weren't part of the military. They will now get to travel and see many parts of the US, and the world!







We will still be in Las Vegas for at least 10 more months spending as much time with our family and friends as we can, then wherever the Army stations us we will go!

Busy Busy Busy!!!

Holy moly where have I been!? Well, Mason and Kira are officially placed with us now, so anytime after January 1st the adoption can be finalized. We are so very excited about this!! I have been spending a lot of time helping Andre with his real estate marketing, and he found a firm that is going to help more with it, soooo, that means more time to play with my kiddos!! Andre is beginning a Bible Training course this week that is very close to the upper level classes you would take at a Bible College, taught by our associate pastor, Bob Paget. We are extremely excited about what we can learn through this and about going deeper in our biblical knowledge!!

Little Andre is getting so big!! He is ALWAYS on the go, crawling everywhere, exploring everything. He has begun to pull himself up on things and gets quite frustrated when he can't get back down. I just know he'll be walking in the next 2-3months.

Kira has really come out of her shell, she has such a funny personality. She loves to be silly, and loves to make Tre laugh :) She is quite  the clumsy one, always falling and getting bruises. We are hoping to get her in a dance class soon, as she LOVES to dance, and Mommy is hoping it will help her clumsiness!!

Frankie is still the little cutie pie, he is also always on the go. I can try to get him to sit down and watch a movie and he lasts about 10 minutes, then is off to playing again! He loves to play pretend and is always making us laugh.

Mason, oh my Mason man is getting SO big! He will be 4 next month, which I just can't believe!! He is a natural born leader and loves to be our big helper. He is just a joy to have around!!

And as for me, I have been doing quite a bit of crafting lately! I have made some things to decorate Kira's room, and tons of stuff for my good friend Connie's baby shower (her first girl!!!) that is coming up soon. I am so blessed to have a family that supports me in doing what I love, crafting!!

And my last thought for the day: God is with us in every circumstance, good and bad. Remember to praise Him at ALL times!!   

How did they make it 40 years?

This past weekend my family and I had the honor of attending a bbq celebrating Bev and Frank Bradley's 40th wedding anniversary! While the bbq was crazy in itself with 11 children running around all under the age of 8, the majority under the age of 5, it really got me thinking! It is rare to find couples that have stayed together for such an incredible amount of time, and I am now questioning, what do you think it takes to make it 40, 50, 60+ years of marriage? I am excited for the day that Andre and I can look back and say, "wow, it's been 20,30,40 years" and still be happy and in love. So what are your thoughts? What does it take, other than a lot of prayer, and chocolate for the wife HAHA!!!