Happy Independence Day!

i'm thankful for the freedoms we enjoy

i'm thankful for those who fight for our freedom everyday

i'm thankful to those that gave their lives for our freedom

i'm thankful for the beautiful spirit of a flag waving in the wind

and for the ability to place my hand over my heart and pledge allegiance to the flag

i feel truly blessed to live in this time...

hope you all have a safe and wonderful day with those you love!

7 months...

7 months and counting!

i'm really surprised at how quickly this pregnancy is moving along...could be that i'm so busy with everything else that i'm not thinking about it 24/7 like when i was pregnant with L.

It's very cute though, when we say "bubby, where's the baby?" he'll come over to my belly and pat it or want to see my belly button. He sometimes puts his hands out like he wants to hold her. Oh...soon enough! :)

i've been working on a lot of projects...hope to get them posted soon.

my mom came to town for a few days ( YIPPEE!!! ) and we had a blast hanging out together...just too short of visit like always. we spent a day sewing (with my brand new sewing machine!!!) and went to see The Proposal-HIL-AR-IOUS!

we spent most of our days at Nana's house and loved it!

now L is wondering why we're not going to Nana's everyday to play (it's actually the first word he says when he wakes up...Heehee!)

today in church we are substituting for the nursery (that means L will actually go this time!) I'm so excited...NOT! ;)

i'm not too excited about bending over to pick up toys (I can hardly put on my socks...good thing i only wear socks after I've lathered my feet with lotion!)....or take crying little hot bodies to their parents (hopefully there's not many of those since this is the senior nursery!)....good thing R is going to be there with me to help with all that.

thanks babe.

wish us luck today....

Happy daddy day...

Better late than never...

I'm surrounded by such wonderful Daddy's!

My own dad is amazing and i love him so much....

But I'm especially thankful for the daddy of my children.

He is such a great man.

I don't tell him enough how much I'm thankful for him.

I couldn't have asked to be more blessed than I am.

I am so thankful for all his help around here.

He changes stinky bums without me asking him to.

He loads and unloads the dishwasher without me asking him to.

He vacuums the whole house without me asking him to....

but most of all he loves to play with bubby and teach him new things.

I love to see them running and playing soccer together...

laughing along the way.

There is nothing sweeter.

He takes care of us and loves us.

He is a wonderful daddy to our beautiful son and I can't wait to see him with our beautiful daughter...who I'm sure will have him wrapped around her little finger!

xoxx,

this is so me....

i just came across this yummy colored Martha Stewart kitchen aid collection that i found here and i tell ya, i must be addicted to this color because i'm immediately drawn to it...it's my eye candy for sure.

i also just came across a pizza dough recipe and ever since i can remember, when i was a little girl, one of our family traditions was to make homemade pizza on new years eve...well, i've never done that with just my own little family...but would like to start (and not just on new years eve...since R AND L's favorite food is PIZZA)!  okay, i'm rambling...but i think i'm going to try this recipe and see how it turns out!

{wish i had that yummy kitchen aid mixer to mix it with! ;)    maybe for christmas! 

gosh, that's scary that i already have a christmas wish list going! }

15 minute pizza dough

2 1/2 c. flour

1 Tbsp. sugar

1 tsp. salt

1 c. hot water (between 120*-130*, use a candy thermometer for accuracy)

1 Tbsp. rapid rise or bread machine yeast

2 Tbsp. olive oil

preheat your oven 500*. mix dry ingredients together. add hot water & olive oil. mix for 5 minutes. let rise for 10 minutes. press dough on a pizza pan and bake at 500* for 3 minutes. take out of the oven and cover with your favorite toppings. return to the oven to bake 8-10 minutes!

{i can't remember where i found this...on a really cute blog though!}

Spread the word...

Click on the button above or go HERE to read about this amazing survivor and inspiring lady.  I can't imagine what this family has been through.   

Spread the word on your blogs if it's the least you can do! Thanks!!!

The Adorable Blog Award goes to....

it's always surprising to receive an award.....

and even more surprising when it's from someone I don't know!

 

thank you 

A from ABC's and Polka Dots!! 

you're too sweet! really...

i was thinking of choosing a blog that I stalk frequently...  

i love [AE] ...she is so creative and inspiring to me.

digital designer, photographer, mother...etc....

 

i wish i could pass it onto 30 others that are just as creative and inspiring...

{maybe i'll start up my own award and do just that!}

{.........now, back to almost throwing my sewing machine out the window.......

who likes LOUD squeaking and jammed thread, raise your hand????

NOT ME!!}

{anyone have a sewing machine they love to death? I'd be dying to know what it is!}

june?!

wow! 

it's june...

it's hot

i'm not liking this summer heat already but luckily we have a few pools around here that we can cool off in!  while everyone thinks they are too cold still...it's heavenly bliss for me!

i've got my sewing machine OUT and set up and trying to work on projects here and there....

projects in the works....

a yummy colored orange duvet for my bed

a changing pad cover

a car seat cover & canopy (ok. maybe just the canopy! ;))

soft minkie blankies and burpies

curtains for the kids rooms

i've got a bag of yummy fabric that i'm not quite sure what I'm going to make yet!  i think this could be a very dangerous thing....all this girl stuff!!  

i took a photography workshop over the weekend and can't wait to tell you all about it and post pictures that i took.  I learned a ton and can't wait to PRACTICE on everyone. 

it's going to be a busy month and it's going to fly by...

enjoy your summer! 

Oooo. before I forget...

here are our gorgeous toes from last weekend

...still loving mine!

 (lucky for my sister and i we got "Dean toes" {short and chubby piggies} from my dad!)

{i'm afraid because there are some crazies out there that i'm going to put a "DO NOT COPY" watermark on all my photos to keep them a little bit safer....who knows if that will help

and i'm thinking of maybe going private?! 

what do you think?}

weekend happenings...

We had a great weekend away visiting family and now we're already home. I say this all the time, but really time is going so fast for me and a weekend with my family just ISN'T LONG ENOUGH!!!  

My mom and I had plans to work on some baby girl projects, but we didn't even have the time to get out our sewing machines!  We did however find cute fabric and visited a bunch of cute fabric shops.  The weather was in the high 60's and it rained on us a few times...i love the rain!   It was heaven for me. 

R took bubby pretty much all day saturday while my mom and my sister and I indulged in a pedicure!  It was so relaxing (except for the trashy reality show that was on TV)!  I normally pick out RED for my toenails, but I had on a turquoise top and they had the exact shade to match!  I went for it. Who cares if it's a little over the top!  I love it.

bubby went to the bike shop, the pet shop, ate at Cafe Rio and even went on a little HIKE!! He had fun!  R was pooped! 

My brother and sis-in-law made the yummiest homemade hamburger buns and grilled burgers ( and blue cheese potatoes that I'm going to have to call you for the recipe! ) for a little early birthday celebration for my Mom and Dad's birthdays...that are two days apart!  It was YUMM-O! 

We placed pretty flowers on my Pops grave and on my other Grandparents graves. What a sight it was to see the swarms of people and flowers everyone was bringing to remember those they love. 

Finally it was time to hit the road and we were doing pretty well until the last half hour of our trip....bubby started coughing and throwing up everything he had eaten in the day!  It got all over EVERYTHING and the poor kid was crying "Ewey...Yucky...Ewey!"  R pulled over as quick as he could!  Now, let me just say that rarely is bubby sick, and I only remember one other time that he has ever thrown up when he was much smaller....so I'm lucky we were just coming home from a trip and I had a plastic bag, a whole tub of wipes and extra clothes!  Whew! They saved the day.  

When we got everything cleaned up we rode all the way home with the windows down to air out the car!  What if this had happened in the first hour of our trip?  I would have died!!!!  

Our sweet bubby fell asleep 5 minutes after we hit the road again.  I could tell he wasn't feeling well.  We got home and dunked him in the tub and snuggled before going to bed.  Then we cleaned the truck and car seat like crazy for about an hour....and starting loads of laundry!  Just as we were about to climb in bed we heard bubby again gagging in his bedroom!  OH NO!!! Yep, he had thrown up all over everything on his bed!  MORE loads of laundry and another tubby....

I thought it would never end! 

and it didn't.....

Bubby was so exausted he fell asleep on our bed, so we threw a towel under him and snuggled up by him (i learned again why i cannot sleep in the same room as he does...HE SNORES!!!) but about 2 hours later he started to throw up again. :(  Luckily we had a towel under him and nothing got dirty.  

Well, the throwing up finally stopped and we were all able to get some sleep!  I prayed this was just a yucky food he ate and not the FLU!  Today he's kept everything down and we're so thankful for that! :) Yippee!

{There's some pretty cute pictures of our trip on my Mom's camera, so i'll post them later!}

On a completely different note....

Here's a cute song and after they play it, it will take you to a page where you can download it for free!   

Hope you all had a great weekend....

Soccer, basketball and baseball....

My hubby is now twiddling his thumbs after work now that the boys soccer season is over...trying to get him to clean the garage and make me a 'work shop' area for my new scroll saw (but it's not working). 

This team blew everyone away by winning REGION CHAMPS since they are a brand new school!  We're so proud of them!   The school threw a little banquet to celebrate and they surprised R with a framed copy of the team with all their signatures on it and a soccer ball covered with all their signatures too.  They surprised me and the other coach's wife with flowers and gift cards for dinner and a movie for putting up with our crazy men!

L got a bag full of squishy soccer balls (in case he loses one!) and the award for the 

BIGGEST LITTLEST FAN!  

Too bad he wasn't there with us to accept his award!  I wish I could of taken pictures of how cute all the boys were with him throughout the season! L would sometimes spend the afternoon at soccer practice with them (while I was at home sleeping or throwing up!) and he loved sitting with them on the side lines during the games.  

Game day was always an exciting day for all of us!  I LOVED going to watch all the games that we could make it to (we only missed a few) and even in rain and freezing wind we were there!

Maybe we were a little crazy at times, but it was too much fun!

L will sit with this picture of all the boys and point to them and call them each something funny!  

He is going to miss them for sure....

{i took the team picture for the year book!}

{ben trying to put it in the net}

{the greatest soccer fans!  

who even sometimes came out to the games while it was pouring rain and freezing cold!!!!}

{"coachy" and the team during half-time}

Hopefully next year we'll make it to STATE CHAMPS!!! 

this next picture has absolutely nothing to do with soccer, 

but who in the world do you know that is 

two years old and has FORM like this kid??!!  

He's amazing.

and just yesterday he wanted to play baseball (which he's never seen a game in real life...only pictures of baseball players)...he got out his plastic milk carton from his bowling game he got from his birthday and stood in a perfect batting position and wanted me to throw the ball to him so he could hit it! He actually hit a couple of them!!!

He's going to be a little league baseball star too!  

okay, i'll stop bragging now....

my.....

wish we could hang out together today, i miss you bunches and love you bunches! 

thank you for being my mom! 

xoxo...