First S'Mores 2009

We have a very simple fire-pit in the backyard that we started last fall and just remade this spring. A few weekends ago we did a clean up in the back yard and got the pit all ready for this year's roastings. Boy, I haven't heard the end of "when are we going to make s'mores mom?" since then either.

This past Friday we did just that: roasted smores, had friends over for a sleepover and everything.
It had been a long week so I told the kids to get the sticks and we would get to it. I have to say that it was just what I needed: to sit mesmerized by the flames and hear my kids and their friends have a blast right in our back yard.

Simplicity at it's finest...

Sunny treasury

More pink blossoms love--
2 treasuries this past week!

Thank you Abbasgirl and puddintoes's for including my sunny yellow zip purse in your treasuries!

Forecast Sunny and Soft!



Yellow charms the heart


I am so excited to finally have new bags and zip purses over in my shop and to be getting such good feedback on them.

thank you!

still going strong

These girls around here and their friend Leslie are hard core. Hard core I say. Just when I think the last wallet or purse has been made out comes more. Just as it should be.

Such a proud Mama am I.

Aliss has been embellishing her hoodies and also Leslie's and Zack's as well.
I made up some Zip purses this week, they are over at my shop. There is quite a difference in each of the styles of fabrics and trims I used. The showroom fabrics that were given to me are very unique. Just when I think I have run out of options out comes another....guess I am just like my girls huh?

community + family

My Human Services Club at the college had a fundraiser potluck on Friday night for us and our friends to come eat and buy raffle tickets. We are raising money to benefit the local Teen Shelter.
I say it once again, I am glad that being a part of the degree that I am earning has me in the path of lots of great community agencies so my family can be a part of helping.There was so much great food there. We brought a big pan of chicken enchilada's...they were quickly gobbled up. yay!I also made a book bag for the raffle to help raise money. I used fabrics from the furniture showroom.

I have been sewing every spare minute I have lately. I'm so glad the ideas are flowing again. There was quite a dry spell for awhile with other responsibilities of life crowding them out. Welcome back sewing! I should have a shop update within the next couple of days.Look at this huge pancake Sophie made on the griddle the other morning.
What a girl :o)

Mama's Day

I have really enjoyed visiting other blogs and reading about their feelings of Mother's Day, talking with Mother's I know and just being a mom on Mother's Day.
Being brought breakfast in bed, flowers picked by little hands and placed with care into vases, given a necklace strung with only me in mind and gift certificates for things that really need to be done around here.
While washing up some dishes on Mother's Day I found myself feeling a bit snippy with my kids (sorry Tes) because I was doing dishes on Mother's Day. Well, that's what being Mom is all about right?
Taking care of our babies.

Pink blossoms

Pink blossoms, purple blossoms, yellow blossoms....they are everywhere delighting us with the signs of spring! Here at our house we have a most magnificent Japanese Cherry Tree that is taller than our two story home and just as wide as our home as well. We are so proud of its spendor compared to smaller ones we see around the town.

Every spring the children climb up amongst the clusters of pink blossoms and we take photos of them. The clusters look like giant puffs of cotton candy and when the winds come the neighborhood gets covered in pink snow.



I had tried to embroider french knots in the past and couldn't. I tried it again just so I could make some bags with Pink Blossoms on them. Yeah, now I can make french knots and there are some pink blossom bags over in my shop.

P.S. I just got a letter today in the mail telling me that I got a full tuition scholarship to college again next year!

Up, Up & Away!

Ready Sophie?
Yep!
Ready Hannah?

Hang on tight girls!

Weeee!!

Great memories in the making...

Bird Sanctuary:: Migration Path

Once a year our local bird sanctuary gets loads of visitors; some of the winged variety and some the two legged variety looking for the winged variety. To get there we walk past a small airport until we get to the boardwalk the city put in a few years ago. The boardwalk winds through different trees, brush and tall grassy areas. When the wind blows through the grassy areas the grass makes the best rustling sound.


Some people travel here long distances to view the Shorebirds that have migrated from as far away as South America.The shorebirds stop by here for all of our yummy critters that live in the mud to refuel for the rest of their trip to Alaska.

The weather was great: overcast with a warm breeze. Perfect for a nature walk!
We were able to spot the Western Sandpiper; there were literally thousands of them along the waters edge as the tide came in. They would rise up in flight about 5 feet above the mud flats and fly in unison and turn in unison, when they turned in flight they flashed their white bellies all at the same time. It was a beautiful sight.
We also saw a few Caspian Terns, Great Blue Heron, Robins, and a blackbird with some red markings on its wings too.
We are spoiled with our bird sanctuary; they had a free telescope for viewing, brochures mapping out the migration path of the birds, and lots of pictures along the boardwalk.

I am once again glad that I listened to my kids and said "yes" to doing something away from the many to-do's on my list.

I hope you enjoyed your little nature walk with us!

P.S.
Tessa did all of my collages on picknic.