the story of a little caterpillar...

once upon a time a goodwill opened at the bottom of our hill. i was pretty excited. and i'm not gonna lie.... for awhile there i was going a few times a week. there is just so much there that i see and think to myself, "ooohh! wouldn't that look cool if i did [insert something crafty here]." it makes me happy. well.... this one time i was doing my typical walk thru and just so happened to stumble upon this beaut' for a whopping $10. 

i saw it's potential. needless to say it was in a quite a stained state of disrepair and i might have gotten a few funny looks from the parentals when i brought it home. well this little caterpillar has been sitting in my room patiently waiting for it's day to become a beautiful butterfly. 

that day was today. 

i love it. 

total project cost: 

$10 - chair

$5 - spray paint

$0 - fabric i had on hand

....

$15  :) :) 

can we say winner?! 

ps... it's my new desk chair. now i just need a real desk. i keep waiting for one of those. also... i've decided that i'll be painting the top with white board paint. brilliant, right? i'll let you know how that one goes :) 

also... i found this plate rack at d.i. back when i was working there. and i just finished painting the little mirror (also found at d.i.) and putting it all together. 

now if only the mama would let me paint the walls gray.... *sigh* maybe someday....

kentucky rain...

our good friend zac got called on a mission to kentucky. mom nominated "kentucky rain" by elvis as his theme song. haha... probably because it was the only song we could remember that had the word "kentucky" in it. hahaha...

anyway. he was set apart on monday night... and we were lucky enough to be invited. he reported to the mtc in provo on wednesday. and now we won't be seeing him for the next couple years. it will be such an amazing experience for him, but i have to admit... i'm already missing him. good luck, elder zac!

life is a storm, my young friend...

"you will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. what makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes. you must look into that storm and shout as you did in rome. do your worst, for i will do mine! then the fates will know you as we know you: as albert mondego, the man!" 

welp, that was a tangent. i kinda had to keep going with the count of monte cristo quote though. haha... anyway. 

we've had more of the nonsoons than the monsoons this summer. and really we haven't gotten that many awesome storms, but this one tops the charts! it was super awesome! our street was flooded side to side, the back yard was flooded, the pool even filled up, and then within half an hour it was gone. just like that. it was fantastic!

here's proof of it's sheer awesomeness....

 do you see that?! you cant hardly even see the 

back wall! that's pretty neat!

the rain was coming in all types of crazy. 

that section of the wall never got more wet than that... 

but do you see all the water pooling?! 

a happy day...

today is a happy day.

the little brother went down to the dmv and took his driving test and passed :) also, on a completely related note, his eagle project has been approved. woot!

so... in celebration of all this exciting news (and because adrian had left over peanut butter frosting from this cake she made for dustin's birthday) mom & i made tino a little itty bitty awesome cake all for his own enjoyment. do not be fooled by it's miniature size. it packs one heck of a peanut-buttery punch!

congrats, little brother on this big day of yours. i welcome you to the world of independent drivers. and i look forward to splitting grocery-getting with you. 

ps. dont be stupid... or the parentals will ground you for the rest of forever. 

love ya!