So sweet...

Apparently Over the Big Moon has gotten big enough that our website has a worth. They estimate our website worth at $8503. I wish! I sent John the link and this is what he wrote back:

Pretty cool that you are on the radar. But…. you are worth more than that in my book….and I’m your husband and an estimator. I know.

He is so sweet!

OTBM got a new home!

We went much more official! Over the Big Moon grew out of blogger and we have a new home!

www.overthebigmoon.com

101 mph

That's what I feel like right now. I cant go fast enough. My poor mind cant go to sleep at night and all week I have stayed up to 2 or 3  in the morning working on things only to sit in bed lying awake. Why are things so busy you ask?

1. I am a Mom
2. I am a Mom of boys
3. I am a Mom of our boys
4. Super Saturday is coming up
5. Its Family picture time of year
6. Over the Big Moon is doing really well but demands a lot of attention right now.
7. Holidays are coming

So there you have it. I'm still alive and holding on. Sunday will come as sweet relief when Super Saturday will be over.  John has been amazing. As in doing laundry and dishes and cleaning up after the tornado I am. I haven't even asked. In fact Ive asked him not too. He just keeps going. He sure must love me.

I can feel my sleeping aids taking hold of my overtaxed mind and it feels good to feel tired. Now lets just hope I can actually sleep :-)

The happenings

Its been a little quiet here on my blog lately for two reasons....

• Over the Big Moon - I am loving the creative outlet this is for me.Since we are just starting out it takes time to market and get our name out there and also to fix the quirks on our site. Plus then there is the actual posting and projects. But I love it and I am having fun. Most of all I'm glad that a lot of the projects I think of doing are actually getting done.

• The second reason is that I have been going into town a lot more than normal driving Erik and Sarah to interviews and to get applications.  I am happy to do it and love having them with us but I have less time at home each day. Happy news though Erik got a job! They also have their own transportation now too! They bought a sa-weet vintage car and so as soon as Sarah gets a valid drivers license she will be able to drive herself around. 2 documents needed down, 1 more to go!

All in all life is good here at our house. Very busy and I'm just trying to keep the chaos in order.

School, homework, soccer, soccer practice, preschool, work, callings, meetings, visits, mother helping, gardening, canning, plasma donating, creating, cooking, laundering, cleaning, organizing, shopping, chauffeuring, and most importantly loving.

Its my life and I love it in all of its imperfection. I wish my house was cleaner and I had time to keep everything in order. I wish I remembered things better and wasn't so forgetful and rushed all of the time. I wish I had more time to serve others and be a better friend. I wish I had time to exercise and to get ready in the morning and time to do my hair.

There will be a time for all of that. In 3 short years I will have an empty house everyday for 4 hours. In 4 years I will have 8 hours all alone each day.  I am pretty sure that the next few years are going to fly by! There will be time for a clean house and more "me" time but I'm enjoying each season as it comes. Right now my boys need me more than they need a clean blinds and baseboards....and I am so glad they need and want me! Baseboards and blinds can wait.

Check this out!

I was featured today on I share printables for my Harry Potter Potions labels that I designed!

I am SOOOO excited for this project! I have wanted Halloween apothecary bottles for a couple of years but never could get around to making them. Since I decided to do my house like Hogwarts I wanted the potions from the books. I got designing and here are the results!

I found my bottles at thrift stores and in my pantry and distressed the glass to look old and spooky. If you want to learn how I distressed the glass check out this tutorial. After the bottles were ready I printed my labels on card stock and cut them out. I used a even layer of modge podge on the back of the label and stuck it onto the bottle. I continued to hold the label down for a few minutes and kept checking to make sure that the label had not bubbled up. After letting it sit for about 10 minutes I put a thin layer of modge podge over the front to make it more durable.

My kitchen finally has a potions set and it only cost me about $14 for the bottles and cork stoppers.

It was a bonus activity to go around the kitchen and mix things up to go inside of them! It was like we were really mixing potions.

Grab your own Harry Potter Potions labels here.

You can see my other Hogwarts inspired Halloween decor and free printables here! 

As for the rest of my house....

 If you are not a big Harry Potter fan I made this Raven print you can grab here instead!

There were so many cute Halloween Printables out there. I chose these to put up in my home:

Halloween Bunting designed by Moselle and found at Blue Cricket Design
Halloween Subway Art from It works for Bobbi
Trick or Treat bag label from the Graphics Fairy

I'm sure there will be more projects as the month goes on but I'm so happy with how things have turned out this year. Davis keeps saying how spooky our house is! In fact he even prayed, "thank you for our spooky house." :-)

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

I am a Queen!

I am so happy with how our new blog has been going! We have been averaging about 400-600 hits a day. Yesterday we had 772 hits! I designed a 9/11 printable that Pam posted and 1,266 people have viewed that post! I'm having such a good time! Not only is it something I  enjoy but its reminding me to enjoy my kids! Not that I normally don't enjoy them but I am seeing them and my role through a different lens.

We have such great boys! I believe Becks is finally starting to get a little less crazy :-)

Really all I wanted to say today is how much I love my boys, John, and my little life. I love that I get to create everyday. I create food and decor but more importantly I create love and memories and the feeling in our home.

I am the Queen of my little kingdom! I love that through my hard work and patience I am creating the home I always dreamed of having.

Over the Big Moon!

A few months ago my friend Pam came to me and said she wanted to start a blog that was all about home - recipes, routines, traditions, games, learning activities....a place where Moms could get ideas. I thought it was a great idea and said I would do some posting. As we talked more about it it became a joint effort and we both did a few posts here and there but with summer going full swing and me still dealing with my personal stuff we just never got it all together to launch. Until now!

I was a little nervous about taking on a project when I just finished eliminated all the extra things from my life and seriously do I really need another blog! But this blog is something that I feel passionaly about. I have so many cool ideas bouncing around in my head. A lot of the time I get distracted by the day to day mundane routines and this will give me the push to get them done. 

Another big reason for doing this is that I think families are becoming disconnecting and it scares me for the future we are creating. I want to share ideas about how parents can spend more time enjoying their kids . I feel passionate about strengthening the family and this gives me a place to support family and family life. Being a Wife and Mom is one of the most amazing gifts ever!

We will be posting 5 days a week so come check us out!

Over the Big Moon