Good News!

On a dreary, rainy, evening Meg received good news. 

She had been accepted to LSU last fall, but was waiting to hear if she would be picked as one of only 100 applicants to be accepted into the Mass Communication Residential College.  We have been patiently waiting for word.

Being accepted into this program would mean she would dorm with fellow first year Mass Communication students and attend half of her classes right in the same building.  What a great, supportive experience for a first year student!

Well, today we found out she was accepted!!!!  We all were relieved and elated at the same time.  I feel just a tad bit better about sending her off to college.

Goes to show that every cloud has a silver lining!

Easter Table~Part 2

In attempt to find some last items to make my Easter table just right, I spent yesterday driving from store to store trying to find some finishing touches.  Well, I never found everything I wanted so I was a bit disappointed.  However, I did find a couple of things to add to the table so it's a tad bit different.  The first thing I bought was some reindeer moss that matched the greens in my flowers.  It was $4.99 at Garden Ridge.

I used it to place around the bunny on the pie plate to make it look as though he is sitting in a little green field.

I also bought from Garden Ridge a small glass dome with a pedestal (originally $29.99 but %50 off) to house my other bunny and placed the green moss around it as well.  The little bunny didn't fit sitting up so I had to tilt him to make it look like he's laying on his back. 

Coffee mugs from Kroger that match my plates were the final things I purchased for $1.99 each.

Great for an Easter morning breakfast!

So, all in all I spent about $85 for everything on the table.

What I would like to add next year are some pretty linen napkins & placemats like these from Pottery Barn:

 some colorful wine glasses like these from Target:

and cute bunny napkin rings like these from Arthur Court:

Even though it didn't turn out exactly as I had envisioned, my family thought it looked wonderful and we all enjoyed our Easter meal together on the festive little table I created.  Happy Easter! 

Easter Table~Part 1

I really wanted to make our dinning room table look festive for Easter this year, however, I didn't want to spend too much money.  So, last Saturday I headed off to Hobby Lobby in search of some pretty things.  This is what I found:

Candles...

a mini pie plate...

a couple cute bunnies...

and silver candlestick holders.

My next destination was Michael's to buy some springtime flowers for my centerpiece.  Kroger was the final stop for the day since I needed to do the necessary weekend grocery shopping before heading home.  Believe it or not, while there I stumbled upon some very inexpensive plates that just happened to match.   

The vase was one I had and spray painted white and the two crystal candle holders were mine as well, but that was it.  The good news  is everything from Michael's and Hobby Lobby was 50% off, yeah!!  Even better, the plates from Kroger were only $2.99 for the green ones and $1.99 for the smaller white ones.  I am not done yet, though. So, between now and Easter I will be doing a little last minute shopping for some more pretty things to add some final touches to my first Easter tablescape.  Click here to see what I found!

Megan's 18!

It's hard to believe, but our baby turned 18 on Monday.  That night we made her favorite dinner, lasagna, and invited Kyle over to join us.  She got the usual gifts, clothes and some money to spend.  We did get lucky, though, and managed to get her something special.  The night before we attended the Highstepper Golf Tournament and won the senior Highstepper pillow during the silent auction.  She was very surprised!

Later we had cake. 

I think she's pondering...

Make a wish!

Here's hoping all her wishes come true!

I think she had a good birthday.  She left this sweet note under my door that I found the next morning...