STL Baby!

    This past weekend my family and I headed to St. Louis for the weekend! I love St Louis because it is literally the perfect size and has the friendliest people! We had a blast! We spent most of our time at pubs or at two Cardinals games... in which they lost at both games (lets not talk about it ;)  Anyways, it was a great trip! Here are my favorite photos from the trip!

The view from our room at The Millennium was absolutely amazing!

Our traditional picture! Remember this picture from last year?! Here it is! 

A year older and a year wiser! Do we look any different?! I like Jude's smile better in this picture :) 

My Mom, Dad, and Sister wanted to join in on the fun too! 

Play Ball! Game 1 vs Dodgers

Budweiser Brewery Time! We had a blast here! My favorite was the horses of course... they are freaking HUGE by the way! Like taller than Jude... he's 6 foot 1 by the way :) 

We had to take my parents to our favorite pub in STL, Flannery's! 

Cardinals Game take 2! Vs the Chubs ;) 

Our last full day there we went to the zoo. It was HOT so we enjoyed it the best we could! I love this picture though because my Dad's full name is Robert and his last name starts with a B and if you've read any of my DIY blogs you've seen him with a shirt off and understand why we all thing he's part ape, this ape at the zoo's name was Robert B! We couldn't stop laughing!

So there ya have it! We had a blast! Now that I am officially done with vacations for the year I'll be back on track for blogging! See ya'll on Wednesday for another DIY post! 

DIY Canvas Print

     Hey guys! Happy hump day! we're almost there! I absolutely love this DIY project, it's definitely up there with my favorite :) It's really easy and I always get great results! Lets get started!

1) Get whatever picture you want and order it in the size you would like as well. I ordered a print from my local Wall Mart in 8x12 size. For my upcoming ones I will probably go bigger though. This should cost less than 4$

2) Then you want to cut whatever type of wood you want down to the same size as your photo. I bought the cheapest wood I could find and then had my dad saw it down to 8x12

3) Here's the other supplies you need, plus a few brushes!

4) First, I painted the edges of the wood black with just some regular paint so it would look more like a canvas

5) Then you add the Mod Podge onto the back of your picture and the part of the wood that you're going to place your picture on

6) Put the picture on the wood, it should stick because of the Mod Podge

7) Once it is dry and doesn't move when you touch it anymore you can take the Mod Podge and do long light brush strokes across the face of your picture. This gives it that canvas look. I usually do this step 2 times and wait until it dries between each step. Do it in opposite directions the two times you do it. This just adds to the canvas look even more.

8) Once everything is dry you can spray a light coat of the Satin Clear Seal on top of the picture. This gives the canvas a shinny look and it protects it from water or other damage!

Walah! You just made yourself an awesome looking canvas!

Vacation Recap!

    Okay..I know it's been forever since I've blogged. Vacation in Florida was AMAZING and now I'm preparing to turn around and go to St. Louis. I know, I'm crazy. Oh well, who doesn't love to travel? I had every intention to blog while I was in Florida, but the hotels WiFi was absolute crap and I didn't want to waste 20 minutes uploading a picture. So I guess I'll have to make it up to you guys! I'll let my pictures do the talking!

The only time it rained the whole time we were at the beach was right when we got to Daytona... 15 minutes later it was done :) Thank you Jesus!

    

time to have some fun with jello ;) 

Having fun at the beach :) 

My favorite day was when when we rented a pontoon and rode around on the ocean. We saw so many dolphins, manatees, stingrays, huge houses and boats, and we had a blast! 

 Our first night walking the boardwalk :)

fun night out on the town! 

My uncle thought it was so funny to make fun of my fear of sharks. Thanks to watching Jaws when I was 3 years old I refuse to go deeper than 3 feet in the water, and even then I have a mini panic attack :) 

And finally the grossest thing I have ever witnessed. Jude and my uncle did the extreme wing challenge, which included trying to eat 50 of the hottest wings. Disgusting.

So there ya have it! we had a blast! I gained 5 pounds lol and am currently trying to get back on track! We definitely enjoyed ourselves! Come back Wednesday to see my DIY Canvas Tutorial!