say a prayer

I am posting this from the car on my cell so ignore any mistakes! for those that dont know I live in huntsville, alabama and large portions of our state were damaged by tornados wednesday. currently there are 400,000 households without power and wont have it until tuesday at the earliest. I have friends and customer (I work in insurance) that have lost everything, we were blessed. please take a minute and pray for our state, we need it! The red cross is also taking donations for the state. we are headed to nashville for the weekend, we need hot showers!

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New Trampoline

Michael's company set up a new system for their safety bonus and instead of giving them money they started giving them points, each point equals $1 towards a purchase at Walmart.com, Amazon or Bass Pro Shop.  He got his first points a few weeks ago and it was just enough to buy Jillian a trampoline!  Jilly's new daycare has a trampoline and she LOVES it so we knew she would like to have one in her own backyard.  I think we made a good decision, she wants to bounce all the time now! 

Jellybean Pizza

Happy Easter everyone!  I hope everyone is having a blessed day and enjoying some family time.  After we hunted eggs this morning Jillian and I decided to make up a Jellybean Pizza!  Extra Frosting Please posted this recipe on Wildflower & Whimsy's Sew Crafty Saturday and we had to make it!

Head over here to get Extra Frosting Please's recipe for the crust, I added a little extra flour to mine.  I didn't have a pizza pan so I used a square metal pan, I lined it in foil so I could just pull it out when it was done.

I baked mine for about 12 minutes.

Once the cookie cooled I pulled the whole thing out of the pan and put it on a platter.

I didn't have any cream cheese so I just used some Creamy Vanilla icing I had. 

We sprinkled some purple sugar on top of the icing.

Then it was time for the Jellybeans! 

Jillian LOVED this neat recipe and we had fun making it!

Custom from Spring Fling Giveaway

Kristen from Our Crazy Bunch was the winner of my Spring Fling Giveaway. I mailed Kristen and her son the shirt Monday (I hope she has it by now) but wanted to share pictures of her prize with you! 

Stuff We've Bought - Part 1

I know I love it when my favorite bloggers post about items they purchase and either love it or hate it so I've decided to start sharing some of our purchases with you!  I hope my posts help you in some way!     

Little Kids brand Big Bubble Friends Lion

This bubble maker is great.  I bought it back in the fall at Kmart during a big clearance event and only paid $2.00 so I wasn't too sure if was going to be a good item.  I love finding great clearance deals and stashing them away for gifts or just because we need something fun to do.  Last weekend Jillian and I busted this lion out of the box and she had a BLAST!  I found it on Amazon for $16.99 and I really think it's worth the full price.  Jillian chased bubbles in the backyard until she was WORN OUT!  I'm going to keep my eyes open for another deal on one and I will probably get it to donate to Jillian's daycare. 

Pantene Curly Hair Series

 I have naturally VERY curly hair and I am always looking for just the right product.  It seems like once I've used something for a few years my hair just gets tired of that product and doesn't curl good anymore.  When my mom lived in town she would pick up different products for me at the beauty supply for awesome deals but now that I'm on my own with no good deals I decided to try out Pantene's new Curly Hair Series.  So far I have tried the Shampoo, Curl Shaping Gel, Curl Enhancing Spray Gel and the Curl Defining Mousse and I really like them all! 

*all opinions are mine, this is not a sponsored post

Wildflowers & Whimsy: Skye Reve Fabrics Giveaway

Hey everyone!   I just wanted to pop in real quick and encourage you all to head over to Wildflowers and Whimsy and check out this wonderful giveaway!


I would LOVE to win this Sweet Nothings bundle from SkyeReve Fabrics and if I don't win it I want one of you to! 

Go check it out:  Wildflowers & Whimsy: Skye Reve Fabrics Giveaway

Margarita Cupcakes

This weekend we spent some time at Michael's parents house and Saturday night Jillian and I decided we needed to make some cupcakes.  My mother-in-law keeps a stocked pantry so we had everything we needed to make Margarita Cupcakes!  I found this yummy recipe on Cupcake Project, check it out! 

I followed the recipe for the cupcakes exactly like Stef posted but by the time we finished dinner we were tired and I wasn't in the mood to mix up the icing.  Luckly Pat had some pre-made Duncan Hines Vanilla frosting and I squeezed the juice of one lime and mixed it into the icing.

We all enjoyed the cupcakes very much and I look forward to trying more recipes from Cupcake Project!