St. Patrick's Day

There was much fun to be had at the Ellis house this year for St. Patty's Day. We had some great friends over and Matt's family for dinner. We made corned beef sliders, green deviled eggs(NOT my idea, I could barely bring myself to eat them the green weirded me out), and corned beef & cabbage. I'm quite proud of my own cooking/baking projects. I made Concannon (from this recipe)for the first time, it turned out very yummy if I do say so myself. It was very easy, I look forward to making it again and adding some bacon. I also made rainbow cupcakes from a Pinterest idea. I have since eaten way more cupcakes then is good for me.

Pot O' Gold cupcakes

So much potatoes!

We headed out to downtown Chandler for the Irish Republic's St. Patty's Day festival. I love Irish Republic(formally Murphy's Law) but the festival ended up being too many people and not too much to do. The crazy wind didn't help. Plus I never really enjoy paying admission and then having to buy drink and food tickets on top of that. So we headed back home to watch movies and of course to take some pictures since we never remember to.

Sammy & I

Lacey & Rob with their Sears shirts

Getting sleepy, when did 11 PM get late?

Of course Matt & I didn't happen to be in any pictures together, we need to change that. Oh and that green wall was my project for the week. Didn't mean for it to get painted green in honor of St. Patty's Day, it just worked out that way! Our Irish flag has since found a new home in our outdoor bar area in progress. All our outdoor projects have been put on hold since our wonderful Arizona weather decided to turn cold and rainy for a few days. I can't wait for it to be back up to 80 degrees and sunny that's for sure.

New House!

Finally a post with actual pictures as promised. Welcome to our new house!  We have a lot of (mostly fun) work ahead of us, I look forward to looking back to these pictures as the "before".

The front of the house- We'll be doing a lot of planting and add some window coverings.

Our entry and (messy) living room area, still unpacking and rearranging. Ignore the fact I was watching Little House on the Prairie.

Our beautiful kitchen, before we moved in and had a chance to use up all the counter space.

Exciting picture of the hallway. Toward the guest bathroom, Master & guest room. Still looking for the box with all our photo "boards" to add to that wall. Our canvas made it only because I'm ridiculously protective of it. That wall is soon to be painted.

Matt's man cave, my craft room is the guest room(which is still full of boxes).

London taking up half the hallway, she does that.

Our pool! Can't wait to spend all summer right here in the sun.

Our "winter" has been wonderful, 75 degrees and sunny in February!

One more, London's favorite spot in the house.

Well there you go, our little house. I have to admit, I'm pretty in love with it already. There is a lot on our project list but I've never been happier to have so much to do. Today I'm painting! It's been so long since I've been able to paint. I grew up painting the house with my mom, every year we were painting and repainting. I think my childhood room has been five different colors. I will just have to control myself now. I'm blessed to have a husband who lets me make all the paint decisions as long as I don't make him paint. Fingers crossed it turns out alright so he doesn't take away my painting privileges.

New & Improved

As you can see, changed things up a bit! New name(cheesy just like me) and layout to celebrate this great month of March. Anyone who knows me will be familiar with my love for all things Irish so it should be no surprise that St. Patrick's Day is one of my favorite holidays and I look forward to it all month. Hooray for more craft projects!