Falling in Love with Mesa

Sorry I have not posted in a while! This has been a busy week for us, K starting school and taking care of our newest baby. This is Mesa, she is part Australian Shepperd and part German Shepperd, she is six weeks old. The story goes.... K has been wanting a pup for about six months now and started asking to put it on his Christmas list, which is a running tab around here. I am so weak to the thought of adding another dog to our family that when I saw a posting for these pups I inquired. We went to look at them on Sat. and the rest is history. She has been awesome.... a great distraction for missing my little man all day long.

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Playing with Fire

Saturday night we stayed up late (kids had taken naps) and built a fire in our fire pit. The night was cool and the marshmellows were burning! We had a great time, I was thinking about going camping sometime soon. K pharsed the night in one grand comment "this has been the best night of my whole life"!

Sweetness

These were some pictures I took of K and L modeling some of my new Discovery Tote parts. I have a new one called My First Jewelry, you can check it out at my etsy store.

Garden Party Frock GIVEAWAY!!!!

Garden Party Frock GIVEAWAY!!!!

I was reading some blogs this morning and came across this one on bloesom kids..... I have read this one in the past and love the sewing treasures. Anyway, I thought it might be fun to enter a chance to win this sweet little dress for my sweet L. Cheers.

Meet Margo

We dog sat this weekend and this is Margo, she has a brother but he had to go to work with Daddy. L did not like him at all, she didn't really like Margo. I knew she was afraid of other peoples dogs but it was pretty intense when Margo and Paxton arrived on Friday. She was very scared. Margo was sweet and gentle, K of course, claimed her as his own. He walked her and feed her and carried her around most of the time. He really wants a dog for Christmas, he says he wants his "very own pet"!

Patio....Yeah!!!!

I shot some images of our new patio on Sat. so I could share. We absoultly love it!! Thank you so much to Sherry and Bill for the beautiful patio furniture we love it too.

Oh, to Bake the Cake.....

The day of Mike's Birthday I had to prepare for a baby shower for my sister. I did not host but helped with the food. Needless to say, I never got around to baking a birthday cake. K told me that it would be his birthday until we made his cake and sang the song and ate cake. I agreed, not intentionally knowing that it would be weeks later that the cake would get baked and eaten. So here we are, on the 15th finally celebrating a proper birthday, cake and all....

Dino Drawing

This is one of the many drawings from Dinosaur Camp this week. I loved it!! K has been having a terrific time and has been exhausted too! As we speak he is taking a "resty", poor guy... Kindergarten is going to be long in the beginning. I just thought I would share some of his great art work.

What an Excellent Helper!!

This is the last post of the day. I couldn't resist catching my sweet helper washing dishes. He is such a hard worker. The key is.... make it fun or make it a game and they will help with all the chores. A perfect way to end the day.

Going to Africa

All of these guys are going to Africa today..... At our house, Africa is over by the map!

Dinosaur Camp

Today was the second day of Dinosaur Camp for K... He loves it!! We are slowly getting geared up for Kindergarden. Im getting more and more used to the idea. He is very excited about Kindergarden. All I can say is he is going to have the coolest lunch out of all the children. You will see that in a couple of weeks.

Batik with glue

I wanted to post this so I could do this as a project later on. Cheers

National Night Out

This is another perfect moment that I forgot my camera and had to use my phone. I kinda like the way it turned out, reminds me of a Polaroid picture. On Tuesday night we went to the neighborhood National Night Out, which is a night for community and safety awareness. They had firetrucks, police cars and treats for everyone. We had a great time talking with neighbors and playing on the fire trucks. Of course, L would not have anything to do with the fire trucks, she said "I am shy of the fireman".

Summer nights

After an extremely busy weekend.... I did get some studio time on Sunday while Mike took the kiddos to the Y for some swim time. Then we made some grilled chicken with penne and Alfredo sauce, Yum Yum!! Later after the temperature cooled off we did some planting around our new patio while K and L played in the yard with glow sticks! It was a nice way to end the weekend.

Happy BirthWii to Mike!!

So, as you all might of guessed...he was very surprised and excited. The TV is hot and so is Mike. I just wanted to post a quick snippet of his birthday so far. Catch you up on the days events later tonight.