Stan "The Man"

Today was "The Mans" birthday.

He turned the ripe old age of 27.

So, Happy Birthday to the sweetest,  funniest,  most styling guy I know!

 "The Man" who gives me the most beautiful and wonderful children!!

The sweetest Dad ever! (Who swore he'd never have kids! MUAHAHA!!!) ;)

 The kind of Dad who will go out in public with his son in matching attire.........

  play hide-and-seek all. day. long.

 play in a sand box indoors in the middle of winter.......

 get done working and take his family to the Fair for 5 hours, even though he has to get up at 4am.......

and loves to snuggle with his precious boys!

I am so blessed to have you as my husband and best friend!!!!

Happy Birthday Stanley, I love you so much!!

Tree stump side table

Last week our neighbor gave me an old tree stump.

 They never used it for anything and it had been outside for years so it was really bleached and actually pretty smooth. I (kind of) followed this tutorial except that my stump (anyone else have a Black Eyed Peas song running through their head now? ;)  didn't have any bark on it and I didn't use any legs. It was already the perfect height for a side table.

I sanded the whole thing down with my palm sander to get it really smooth and splinter free. Then I wiped it down with a tack cloth and applied 6 coats of poly.

I'm loving how it turned out!