Busy Days

It has been a busy couple of weeks. I was thinking about it the other day, and really, it doesn't seem like there is ever a NOT busy time these days. Ella is sick today. I kept her home from preschool so she could rest. It started yesterday, when we were supposed to go to the apple orchard. We could tell pretty quickly after we woke up that she didn't need to be out in the cool, breezy fall air. She started running a temp last night, around 102. Today her fever is hanging in the 100 degree range, which is better. It has been a lazy day at home, which is nice. Hopefully it will help us rev up for the busy week ahead. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays are always a bit hectic as they are the days where Tom and I are both at work and Ella has dance (Tues) and gymnastics (Thurs). She is also in preschool Mon, Wed and Fri from 8:30-11:30. We are hoping to get to the apple orchard this Sunday. And then we want to hit Oktoberfest at church in the evening for a family style dinner with some friends. Oh! And I am hosting a Thirty-One party on Friday evening which should be super fun. I totally love having people over and doing the "hostess" thing. Just makes me happy :)

So, over the past couple of weeks I have been working on a project I saw on Pinterest. Oh, and by the way...if you haven't checked out Pinterest yet, you MUST!
The idea is to make a coat/purse rack out of an old wood pallet. Well, Tom just happened to have a few out in the shop that weren't really being used, so I decided to give it a try. Here it is before:

And here it is after painting. All I did was spray paint the boards different colors to match my house. Most of them I already have, because I have the same pallet of colors throughout the whole house. This is after spray paint, but before the poly coat (also spray paint).

This is after the poly spray paint...but you can't really tell in this light.

The next step was to hang it in the entryway, and put some fun hooks on it. I thought this would be the easy part, but as it turned out, this thing is waaaaaay heavy so it took a little more planning (mostly on Tom's part....bless that man!). He actually took a couple of the boards off the back to bring the weight down a little. He hung it yesterday while Ella and I were at the movies, (Dolphin Tale-SO good!)so I came home to this:

Yay! Then I had to hang up a few jackets to make it look more official :)

I love, love, LOVE it! And seriously, it was super easy. Like I said....the hanging part was the biggest pain. The painting part was just fun. Have I mentioned that I love spray paint? Seriously, that stuff rocks. I need to get a few wider angled pictures of the entryway, but you get the idea.

I hope you all have a great week. I think I will take some extra pictures of things this week...
like Ella in her dance and gymnastics outfits. It's seriously the cutest thing ever. And Noah.....oh my word. That boy has his momma so totally wrapped it isn't funny. Ok, they both do. But I am happy to oblige :)