Better late than never!

First most I would like to apologize for not writing in so long!  Its been really busy around here.  My husband has just got his license as a security officer and is in transition between jobs.  He starts on Wednesday and I am very excited for him!  Ive been working on a few DIY projects around the house, nothing huge.  Ive also been spending most of my spare time on Google and Pinterest trying to find some good inspiration for my daughter's 5th birthday party.

So far ive finished the invitations and Im very happy with how they turned out!  We decided on a ballerina themed party, so lets see how it turns out.  I have a few ideas but nothing official yet.  The party is in September, so I still have some time.  Ill be making my own pinata too so Im working on some ideas on how im going to approach that project.  I found a really nice pinata online so if worse comes to worse we could default to that but its the base of my inspiration right now.

Personally I wouldnt really want to pay for something that I could probably do myself.  I found this kind of expensive if you include the shipping and then all the candy that it would take to fill it.  

Ill post pictures of my inspirations soon.  Ive also found this great website that has helped me work on cupcake toppers and other party printables for free.  Ill post more information about it soon along with the pictures.  But thanks to that, Im almost done with all the printables! :)

Things to think about

Well although today was a pretty normal day, I still have so much going on in my mind I can barely decide what is more important.  Our families birthday's are all jam-packed into the end of the year.  My husband is the first one in the party parade, on August 22.  My oldest daughter is next on September 29th.  Then comes my baby on November 10th, and finally myself on December 2nd.. All mixed in with Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years.

As you can see, on New Years we have our bankruptcy celebration and finally sit down for the first time to take a deep looong breath!! lol

 So I have all these birthday's to plan and make cakes for! Its chaos in this house around this time of year (or maybe it is just for me?)

My husband and I try to talk and plan thing through a little early.  We discuss funding and themes, but never really decide anything until last minute.  That always turns out to be very stressful! So this year, Im going for a more organized approach.  Im also going to try to go for a more "homemade" party.  I think it gives more originality as well as a litmitless-ness to the amount of creativity that can be put into a party (not to mention money saved).  Im going to try to do my research and try to cut corners that can be cut and save some money! :)

Lets see what I can come up with and how much it amounts to! God help me! lol :)

On another note, theres alot of stuff going on with my daughter's "new" school that are stressing me out .  I believe everything happens for a reason and God has a purpose for every single thing that happens in our lives (good or bad) and those things will lead us to better things.  Im always happy to see things get interesting because I feel like its the end of something old and the beginning of something new.  Although I dont always remember that in the most difficult moments.  But I'm very thankful to God for everything he permits in our lives because I know He is in control and I trust Him.  Im excited to see where this is going and what new people and things we will get to see in the next chapter of our lives.