Time to plant....

Every May I plant a lot of flowers, and I mean a lot of flowers. I have several flower boxes in the front of our house and many containers all over our backyard. This year I let Will pick out some of the flowers and he picked red geraniums and vinca vines for our front flower boxes. They are very RED and he loves them. I normally do petunia's with a variety of vines so this year is very different. To me an abundance of flowers makes a house a home.

Have you planted your annuals yet and if so what type of flowers do you plant?

Welcome: The Henry Ford Estate

The Henry Ford Estate, former home of Henry Ford is just one of the many historical sites we have in Dearborn, The grounds are beautiful and the spring blooms have SPRUNG. We love wandering around the grounds and peeking at their gardens. We climbed up their stone staircase, and I daydream about what it might have been like to live in a mansion like this. We are so sad that the Estate will be closing for 3 years for renovation and the restaurant will not be reopening. We plan on visiting as much as we can until they close!

Hope you enjoy the pictures!

Family Night In Giveaway Sponsored by Nestle

I am excited to be teaming up with Nestle. Nestle is offering a fabulous prize pack to one of my lucky readers!

Enter for your chance to win a Family Night In sponsored by Nestlefamily.com

Prize pack includes:

$25 gift certificate to Amazon.com to order a movie or two of your choice!

A mix of coupons from brands like Stouffer's, Toll House, Nesquick, Ovaltine, Raisnets and others: as well as product from Wonka.

And as a special treat the lucky winner will also receive a 30-day supply of Glowelle, a daily beauty drink dietary supplement that protects and hydrates the inner and outer layers of the skin.

To enter:

Leave a comment and tell me a movie you would like to see!

Bonus entries: (leave a comment for each bonus entry)

Follow my blog 2 bonus entries

Tweet about this giveaway 2 bonus entries (can be done daily)

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Contest closes on Monday May 10th at 11:59pm EST.

You may also enter to win the Mother's Day Sweeps Giveaway at Nestlefamily HERE.

Last minute Mother's Day Gift

Need a last minute Mother's Day gift for Mom? Many non custom items are ready to ship and can be found in my shop Kristen's Custom Creations.

Have a question please contact me at klacustomcreations.etsy.com

Sometimes it is the simple things....

When we were on vacation my brother dug a huge hole on the beach for Will and my nephew and they literally played in that hole for hours. They said it was their castle fully equipped with a kitchen, bathroom and many bedrooms. It is a good reminder that sometimes we can find great joy in the simple, little things well actually it was a pretty big hole.

His new ride...

Will is over the moon about his new bike. This cool bike is a hand me down from some very kind friends, it is a Harley Davidson Chopper bike. When Will saw it he said, "Wow that is the coolest bike in the city, I thought I was going to get stuck with a baby bike!"

Seeing his face light up reminded me of my yellow banana seat bike. I remember thinking I had the coolest bike in town, it had cool designs on the seat and streamers on the handle bars.

Did you have a banana seat bike?

Got these chains...

We are now the proud owners of the Phineas and Ferb soundtrack and we listened to it all weekend, and I mean all weekend. I have to say it is pretty good and Got These Chains is one of our favorites. I hope you enjoy it and if it gets stuck in your head I am sorry!

I suppose it is pay back since my Dad said on a road trip I made them listen to Strawberry Shortcake the entire time.

Say it isn't so...

Will tells me that he is too old to hold hands in public and to receive hugs and kisses. Just today I gave him a kiss on the cheek and he wiped it off. Isn't 4 a little young? sniff. sniff

At what age did you kiddo(s) decide that public affection was no longer acceptable?

Persistence....

While on vacation we took Will putt putt golfing for the first time and I have to say the kid has persistence. He didn't care how many putts it took to get the ball in the hole and would hit it until he got it in, and then once he did get it in he would say, "Look Mom I got it in the hole" and this lasted for the entire 18 holes.

Will reminded me that some times you just have to have some persistence and not give up even if it takes 25 putts or even if something is new or hard.

Me and my boys....

Just me and my boys, and both of them never want their picture taken so I will take what I can get.

Happy Wednesday please think of us today Will is getting some major dental work done and we are hoping it goes smoothly, we have had to reschedule numerous times and this is just one of many appointments to come.

Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner and SPECIAL OFFER

The winner of the $50 gift certificate is Scargosun who said:

"I have to say that I LOVE the double stacked ones with the Mom and Dad then the kids. The moon one is a very close second." Congratulations Scargosun! And to anyone who makes a purchase from now until Friday April 23rd will receive FREE SHIPPING, please just enter UBP10 in the note to seller section at checkout and you will receive a credit after purchase. See below for some other Mother's Day gift ideas.

For the Mom To Be The Expecting Necklace

For the Photographer The every picture tells a story hand stamped necklace



Show Mom that you love her more with the I love you more necklace.


And for the Mom that likes something simple yet elegant The Custom Personalized Mommy Necklace in Lowercase Script Font.

The I love you to the moon and back with two custom name discs.

You can view my entire collection at Kristen's Custom Creations and do not hesitate to contact me directly at klacustomcreations@comcast.net

His first time at the beach....

Do you remember the first time you went to the beach? This was Will's first time to the beach and as you can tell he loved it. I love the beach too and when watching the waves roll in and out I fantasize about what it would be like to live right at the beach. A girl can dream right? But now we are back in cold Michigan!

unplugged...

How long could you go unplugged?

This is a hard question for me since I run a online business so I always have to be connected and with having email on my phone it is even harder to go unplugged. If I didn't have my business I think I could last a few days. I will say though when we were on vacation last week we did have wireless in our condo and I was really good and was online only for necessary updates for my shop.

Spring Break in Myrtle Beach...

My brother, Will, my nephew and me.

This picture was taken during our vacation last week in Myrtle Beach. My brother and I spent many family vacations in Myrtle Beach so taking our kiddos was extra special!

Do you have a favorite family vacation destination?

P.S. Sprite you are welcome for the free advertising plus!

Jetsetting...

We spent last week in Myrtle Beach and this was Will's first time on an airplane and truly first beach vacation. He had his rolling backpack all loaded with toys and talked the entire time and was especially interested in the airplane emergency instructions, which I told him I hoped we wouldn't need.

Flying always makes me nervous, does it make you nervous?

More vacation pictures to come this week.

Hello Spring...

This is my weeping cherry tree and the blooms are brief but oh so beautiful!

Goodbye winter....

I will not miss shoveling snow, bulky jackets, high heating bills, ice or snow.

Hello spring....

Oh how I love my flip flops, spring buds and sunshine!

What do you love about SPRING?

Ultimate Blog Party: Hand Stamped Jewelry Giveaway From Kristen's Custom Creations

Hello Ladies! Happy Spring! For anyone that isn't a regular follower my name is Kristen Andrews and I am a WAHM and owner of Kristen's Custom Creations. I blog about many different things, products I love, a lot about my 4 year old son Will and of course my hand stamped jewelry. I hope you enjoy my blog and will return soon. Enjoy your trip around the blogosphere but while you are here please enter my GIVEAWAY, see below for details.

To my regular followers thank you so much for your friendship and please join in the fun with 5minutes4mom.

Enter to win a $50 gift certificate from Kristen's Custom Creations:

Lucky Mom necklace.

I love you more necklace.

I love you to the moon and back necklace with name disc.

Double Stacked A lot Of Love necklace.


One lucky winner will receive a $50 gift certificate from Kristen's Custom Creations.

Entry one: Tell me your favorite necklace from the above items.

Extra entries: (please leave a comment for each extra entry)

• Become a Facebook HERE. fan (3 extra entries. If you are already a fan add those extra entries!
  

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Contest ends on April 17th at 11:59pm. Contest open to US and Canada only. Winner must respond within 48hrs of being contacted otherwise a new winner will be chosen.

To visit my shop please click on the below button!

Prizes I would like to win:

US40 2 night stay to Holiday Inn Main Gate Disney provided by Hilton Garden Inn
US71 $50 Gift cert to Build A Bear provided by Outspoken Mom Blog
USc3 $50 gift cert to Target provided by Pegs Play

I also would like:

US32, US35,US39, US46,US61,US112,USC 39, USC8,USC15