Our Wacky Weekend...

Our Wacky Weekend :)

So we had a great family weekend. Attended a new church, not quite sure if it is a fit for us so we will pray on it and see where we are meant to be :). Well our weekend started with an angry Wacky standing out in the driveway yelling for a taxi.. now we live in rural NC so the chances of one showing up are slim to none but it was funny to watch. Moved on to our 4 year old once again steeling the show by coming into our room at 10 pm (after we were asleep) and letting us know he was bored and wanted to play... umm no! The Saturday morning my hubby decided to play chef and cooked French Toast.. however after it was cooked and served I noticed that there were no eggs out. When I asked he said he used a new recipe without them LOL... he forgot them so our sons got pan toasted bread with butter and syrup...My boys finished breakfast and went into the backyard.. they were being quiet so I worried LOL and turns out they had made their own see saw with a 2x4 left over from the fence build... love my little creators. Then we went out to dinner that night and our astute children were in the bathroom when the Manager went into clean up some water (I am about 80 percent sure that my kids put it there) when they offered "for five bucks we will clean it up for you" the over generous manager agreed and my kiddos came out 10 dollars richer... it never gets boring here!!!

 Now on a different note February is fast approaching so I updated my scrappers white board (you can see how to make it in an earlier blog of mine). I only swapped out a few of them to make it still match the decor but I am happy with my hearts :). I got my cute fonts at 1001freefonts.com and I love them I get alot from there cuz I like free stuff  :).

Hi ho hi ho decorating I go

Soooo I love the idea of hanging my kiddos art and our fridge is anti magnet so I wanted to do something else. I have seen the master piece walls around and wanted to put my own spin on it...
I got some extra large clothes pins at A.C. Moore's and painted them black....

Added an Adhesive sticker on the back and attached them on the wall. I also got the Master peice vinyl wall word from etsy.com (as well as some others you can see below) but if you are lucky enough to own a Cricut you can make them :) I love it and think it is adorable and super easy to change out the art!!

Here are a few more I got off Etsy! 

 This one says... Happiness is taking a long hot bubble bath!

The scrappers white board

Happy New Year!!!... So we are here in North Carolina (finally) and almost settled in! This means I get to DECORATE YAY!! So I need a white board type object but hate how ugly they usually are. So I found on Pinterest(my personal haven) this neat collage frame this lady made for each day of the week you can see it HERE, now it wasn't what I needed but gave the the idea!!!

What you need:
A collage frame, I got mine at Target but you can get them any where... I love this one because it has the big circle in the middle and I thought it was adorable!!!!!

Get a bunch of Scrap Book paper that you like and will go with your decor :).

Now: Take the back off the frame because you need to make the scraps into the proper size to fit in the frames, this can be fun and tricky :). I downloaded a bunch of super cute free fonts to make my titles, but you can scrap them with stamps, stencils, stickers or about any thing you want. You want to put it directly on the paper itself and then into the frame... Re-attach the back and hang and wa-la!!! 

For my subject areas I used the following titles but feel free to use what ever you would like!!

In the large areas:

Menu

To Do (for our weekly activities)

Honey Do

Shopping List

The Medium Areas 

Birthdays

Etc

Today

The Small Areas:

I used our last initial Y

and the Month

The best part is you can change them out and make them themed.. for February I will use Heart Paper and Valentine themed paper... now I wont change them all just a few.. and make sure you save your pages when you change them out to reuse them later :) XO!

Jar gifts.. super cool and easy gift for teachers, co-workers, neighbors or anyone!

If you need a great easy gift for co-workers, teachers, secret santa, friends, neighbors or anybody. These are fun and simple. I made two kinds a pamper package and a snack sack. You can do pretty much anything.

Kerr or Ball, 1 qt Jars. Make sure they are Wide Mouth!

Ribbon, A few Kinds to give it flare :)

Labels not only to tell them who its to or from but you could be creative and tell them what the package is for, I used christmassy type because it is the season!

Fabric for under the ring of the lid, Cut into 10 inch squares, I used a sheer glittery snowflake fabric and a patterned black for under to give it some flare. 

Now for the contents:

For the Pamper Jar I used, Nail Polish, Face Scrub, Chapstick, Fuzzy Socks, Lotion, Fragrance Spray

To Assemble I started by placing the objects in the jar in a big little pattern (to make it look pretty)




I then Rolled the Sock and Placed it in the Center, to keep all of the outside objects standing or to wiggle them around you can use a pen, pencil or chopstick :).

Then I place the inner lid on the jar and cover with fabric and then twist the outer lid on tight.

I created 2 Labels for these one I used Scrapbook ABC Stickers on a small tag with the persons first initial and the jar title "Be Pampered" on the back. The other was a standard to from on it. I tied them on the ribbon and then onto the lid :) Wa La!!

For the Snacky Jar:

I used Mentos, Slim Jims, Peanuts, Granola Bars, Crystal Light and Candy for the filler. 

For this jar you want to place all large object around the outside and then fill in with candy :)

I added Candy Canes under one of the ribbons for a little more holiday flare!! I just think they turned out soo cute and run about $9 each if you buy in bulk you could probably do it for less :)

Stuffed shells aka yummy

Last night we had ahhhhmazing stuffed shells and they were super easy....

Here is what you need...
Large shells (12 oz)
32oz of ricotta cheese
1 pd of mozzarella cheese
8 oz of Italian blend cheese (I used kraft with a touch of philly and it was worth it!)
2 eggs beaten
1 tbsp of parsley
2 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
28oz pasta sauce ( I used the can of hunts and it worked fine and is cheap)

Steps to yummy
1. Preheat oven to 350

2. Bring pot of lightly salted water to boil and add pasta
3. Cook pasta for about 10 min. Until al dente then drain.
4. In a large bowl mix eggs, ricotta, 1/2 mozzarella, 1/2 parmesan, parsley, salt and pepper.

5. Spoon mixture into shells and place them into a glass 9x13 dish or a large casserole dish.

6. In another bowl mix the remaining cheese and pasta sauce together and poor over shells.

7. Bake in the oven for 45 to 60 minutes or until edges are bubbly

Then EAT!! SO FREAKING GOOD

Pinterest....

Its official I have a pinterest.com addiction! I love this place, I cant wait to move just to use stuff from the site to organize/create/diy it up!! The site has everything and more... I just want to play there all day (and do sad I know). Especially since my kids are currently sleeping on mattresses on the floor, there clothes are in totes and we are eating off paper plates LOL!! This move can't happen fast enough!

My and My Younghans

Welcome to my Blog... My name is Courtney Younghans (like Youngins) and I am a SAHM of 2 awesome boys and wife to one awesome hubby! We are currently making our way to Rocky Point, NC where we will continue our lifes adventure and I want to share some of my (mis)adventures in NC and also being a Mommy, Wife, DIYer, Crafter, Baker, Ecter :)... Hope you enjoy xoxozo