Strange Magic Movie Review

Our family went to see Strange Magic!  Loved it!!  A movie for the whole family to enjoy.  Can't wait when the soundtrack comes out.  We are looking forward to seeing it again when it comes on disc.  Really enjoyed the music.  Recommend anyone to see it! :)

Noelle's Angel Photo Shoot

Noelle is 1 1/2 mth year old for her Angel Photo Shoot that I did for her.  I was super patient with her.  She did such a great job.  I love her photos so much!

Noelle's First Month

Can't believe how fast Noelle is growing!  She has been such a blessing.  I'm amazed how well her siblings are helpful.  They love their baby sister. Here are some random photos of our baby girl.

First Month Full Time RV Life

Our first month!  Now living in a rv isn't the usually "Normal Lifestyle". Telling friends and family about our choice to move into a rv was interesting.  Received plenty of "Are you Crazy Looks".  It was a choice we wanted to experience for our family.  The whole family was excited to go on the adventure. 

 So we moved into our rv in December right before our baby Noelle came.  It took a awhile to get used to living from a 3,800 square foot house to a 300 square foot house lol.  I had my moment, OMG what are we doing but once we got the hang of things it went better.  Now organization is the key!  Everything has a spot.  You learn to be creative!  I have realized how much stuff a person really doesn't need.  It's so nice not dealing with the clutter and junk that builds up.  You would be shocked how much money you would be saving.  Using money not on things but experiences.  

The best part it only takes me 10 mins to clean my home lol.  You have extra time for the family.  Just in a month we as a family have grown so close.  Of course we learn to also have some time apart so we don't kill each other. The only stressful moments I have is coming back from the grocery store, bring in all our purchases into the rv and seeing all the stuff I need to put away.  Once you put everything away I'm back to stress free. :)

We had our first Christmas in our new home.  It was snowing on Christmas Day.  Our new baby Noelle was home. Christmas was so different, was nice to spending a ton of money on gifts and we just enjoy each others company.  Time together is what really matters.

As a newbie rv full timer we learn something new each day.  We moved into our rv in the winter so there was plenty to learn.  We made our rv skirt.  We had super cold weather one week.  One day it was -17!!  Our water froze.  We learned to add a heat lamp under rv and heat tape too.  No more issues anymore.  To save money we only use our electric heaters in our rv which we really haven't had any issues keeping warm.  With the black out heavy duty blinds and curtains, we keep heat in really well.  So it's been super comfortable.  Another fun experience, sewer back up lol.  Took a day but we figured how to fix that.  Really the first 2 weeks were crazy just learning how to do everything.  Since then everything is going well.

Our rv park is wonderful.  There is a club house I take the kids to work on school or just hang out if we wanted to get some more room.  Our shower is super tiny so we just use the nice park's showers.  Everyone has been super nice.  Turns out there are other families too that are full time rvers!  Our next door neighbors are great, kids have play dates.  In this learning experience all our neighbors have been so helpful with any questions we might have. I'm actually shocked how quiet it is here! So glad we picked this park to be our first experience in this life style.  

In summary we actually love our new life.  You have to be open minded to this life style.  Minimalism is the way to go!  Our family has never been so stress free before.  Best decision we have ever made.  

Bellow are some random photos of our first month!

Our Remodeled RV

Months before the move we started working on our rv.  I was determined to remodel to make our new home more homing for our family. It was months of working long hours.  The whole family was involved. I love how our home turned out :)

First thing first I took the ugly window blinds and curtains off.  I replaced with heavy duty black out blinds to help keep the rv warm and light out, what a difference for sure!!  I then pulled out the love seat and dinette out. I wanted to make more seating room by replacing a futon and I found a card table that can be pulled out to be a larger table if we needed to seat more people.  It was a huge difference on how much room we had in our rv.  We also pulled the ugly wall paper off. 

Now the hard part the painting lol!  The painting took the most time then anything else. The whole family helped take the cabinet doors off.  We first painted the inside of all the cabinets. 

I used Nuvo Cabinet paint for all the wood parts of the RV which took the most coats.  I made sure to sandpaper everything down first. 

All the color painting I used for inside cabinets and the walls  is Valspar from Lowes. Which this paint is amazing.

After about 1 1/2 mths of painting, the hard part was over!!

Now let me show you before and after photos of each room and I will post details where I found each certain items.  I spent months doing research and pinterest was my favorite tool to brain storm. 

Outside I added this cute decal that I bought from Etsy.  One of my favorites :)

All the fabric for bins and curtains are from Joann's Fabric.  All the curtains have black out fabric on the back to help keeping the RV warm in the winter. Blinds are Levolor from Lowes. 

The Bins that you will see in all the rooms are handmade.  I cut the wood and painted them white.  I had my friend sew the bins together.  They are great for adding extra storage. 

First room the master bedroom:

First off I wish the yellow didn't look so bright in the photos, the yellow is actually really low tone and mild.  

1) Bins: I cut and painted the wooden parts and my friend sewed all the bins together. 

2)  Bedding is from Bed Bath & Beyond.

3) Bird Knobs from Etsy

4) Bird Headboard Decal from Etsy

5) If you're a Bird, I'm a bird Decal from Etsy

6) Wall Fireplace is from Kmart which i'm amazed how warm it keeps our room

Kitchen:

The kitchen is one of my favorite rooms of our rv. Love how the colors turned out. 

1) Kitchen Wall Back Splash which was super easy to put on. 

2) Apron is from Etsy

3) Colorful Knife Set and Holder

4) Hand Towel Set is from Etsy

4) Red Kitchen Cart which I added wall decals on and also added blue flower knobs.  Kitchen cart was great to store our silverware and dishware. 

5) Colorful Knobs on Cabinets is from Etsy

6) Rug is From Etsy

7) Spoon Set from Amazon

8.) Collapsible Dish Rack from Amazon 

9) Red and Blue Bird Spoon Rest from Etsy

10) Door Family Tree Decal is from Etsy

11) Birds and Trees Wall Decals from Etsy

12) Flower Pot Holder is from Bed Bath Beyond

13) Colorful wall hooks

14) Sink Cady is from Amazon

15) Green Kettle is from Bed Bath Beyond

Living Room:

1) Futon I found on Craigslist for $50 :)

2) Pillows are from Bed Bath Beyond

3) Lift up Coffee Table from Amazon

4) Kitchen table I found on Craigslist. Which it can double in size.  I painted the set and changed the fabric on the seating

5) Fireplace heater which does amazing amount of heat and is super cute.  Can use without heat also.

6) Wall decal picture frames from Etsy

7) Explore quote decal from Etsy

8.) Picture Quote Decal from Etsy

9) I replaced the light fixture shades with flower shape ones that I found on ebay

10) Turquoise Knobs from Etsy

11) I took out the sliding doors between living room and master bedroom and had curtains made.  Fabric from Joann's Fabric

12) Red Wall Bins which are removable because of slide.  I painted and cut the wood pieces.  Had a friend that sewed the bins together. 

13) I sprayed painted the light fixture and symbol on wood border

Bathroom:

1) Green Back Splash Tile from Lowes

2) Shower Curtain I found from Ebay but is also sold at Amazon

3) Toliet paper Holder from Amazon

4) Jewelry Wall Holder from Etsy

5) Coat Hook Holder from Lowes

6) Orange Cabinet Knobs from Etsy

7) Hair dryer holder from Bed Bath & Beyond

8) Small Wall Trash Can from Amazon

9) Curtains and Bins handmade

Kids Room:

1) Cabinet Knobs from Etsy

2) Turquoise 3 Drawer from Bed Bath & Beyond

3) Star Wars Quote Decal from Etsy

4) Star Wars Picture Decals from Etsy

5) Glow in the Dark Decals from Etsy

6) Flower Wall Decals from Etsy

7) Picture Frame Wall Decals from Etsy

8.) Curtain Fabric from Joann's Fabric

9) Kids Bedding is from Bed Bath & Beyond

10) Toy Bins Shelf and all bins from Amazon

11) Corner shelves in bed areas, used magazine holders which I painted and put on the walls

12) Dragon Quote Wall Decal from Etsy

13) Butterfly Quote Wall Decal from Etsy

14) Bins handmade