So this is my first ever attempt to refinish anything. I think it turned out pretty good. We were given the kitchen table and chairs for free about a year ago. Yes it takes me a long time to get at certain projects. Well finally, thanks to grandparents who take my children away for a few days, I was able to do this.
The sanding was the hardest, to get off all the old paint and stain. Then stained it and put multiple coats of clear lacquer on to make it shine. I got fabric and clear plastic vinyl at the fabric store. Everything cost $30 for the stain and fabric. Super cheap. Well maybe not... when I was bringing the new table into our house (all by myself) it slipped and broke the glass window that is beside our front door. So really this table might have cost me a little more than $30, we'll see how much it costs to fix the glass.
Thanks to my mom for letting me use her driveway for 3 days and putting up with me being there alot and eating her food.
And a special thanks to little Owen for being an angel baby while I was working hard. He honestly was so content the whole time. I love him sooooo much.

Brody's new thing is fixing things. He is so cute when he's doing it. He enjoys playing with little tools, I guess we know what to get him for his birthday or Christmas.
Congrats Brian and Ashton we are so excited to have our final sister marry into the Harker clan. We love you both.

Little Eva

We are so happy that little Eva is part of our Harker Family now. Karen and Matt she is so precious. We are excited to see her grow up and learn new things, hopefully Owen and her won't be too much trouble when they get together as cousins. We know she is a little angel sent from our Heavenly Father.
Brody and Jenna love her too. Brody gave Eva all his stuffed animals and apparently she liked them cause she went to sleep. Sooooooo cute.

Summer time fun

For part of the time I was carrying Owen and Jenna, she would not let me out of her site and she had tired legs and didn't want anyone else to hold her. Needless to say I got a good workout that day.


Jay and Brody half way up our hike, Brody still happy and excited to be outdoors and also happy to be carried most of the way up in a hiking backpack.

Classic Waterton picture.

I have a picture like this of me and my brother Dave when we were about this age.
This is Jenna and Brody on the trolley car that goes over the high-level bridge. We had so much fun.

The recent Happs

Okay what have I been up to recently?
Well making a lot of different things that's for sure. It was my Grandma's 80th birthday so Becca and I made a fondant cake for her. It was my first time making a cake with fondant and it turns out it was pretty fun. We had a great time learning how to make flowers and I think it turned out pretty good.







Next we were thinking of something to do for a couple of hours before my cousin went back home to the States so we decided to make some purses/bags. They turned out really well and we had a blast making them. After getting out all the kinks and re-reading instructions a million times, we finally finished some.

I would like feedback, does anyone like the look of these? We're actually thinking of selling them, we did get a bunch of different fabrics to do more bags and we'll see what comes of this little project.
I'm excited.

But for now I need to give my kids some much needed attention. We are having fun going to the park and being with family.

Our Family

We are having a blast with 3 kids. We love each other so much and feel so blessed to be together.

The first picture is of Jay and the kids on Father's Day. What a great father they have.

Bath time, super fun.......Not!

Oh, this is my life every time I give my kids a bath. They are happy until it's time for the dreaded hair wash. Any way I try to do it they scream and cry and then want to get out of the bath as soon as possible.
I even got them goggles to wear so the water wouldn't get in their eyes, but as soon as they felt the water down their face the goggles were off and water was everywhere and screaming ensued.
I have resorted to having them sit up and look up at the ceiling and I use a cup to pour the water just on their hair and no where else. This works pretty good, but sometimes I'm not careful enough and they feel water on their ears (heaven forbid water touches their ears) and then they start crying and here we go again.
The only good thing about this is I don't have to fight my kids to get out of the tub, they willingly jump out, I never have to ask twice.