I miss my parents when they are off living on other continents. But there are some perks. My mom saw the Bayeux Tapestry and bought me back a goodie from the gift shop. Before you say, “What, just cards?” Look inside. Pretty cool, aren’t they? MINE!!! I love them. A few days ago Kyla lost one of her top front teeth. The other one has been leaning to one side, so it looks like it is right in the middle. … Read more
My parents are here visiting. Mom has been here for a little over a week, and Dad got here the other day. Doug has been away for nearly two weeks. He will be back tomorrow, and my folks will be off Monday afternoon. So, you see why I have been a bit scarce as of late. For the several days when it was Mom, the girls, and I, there was much crafting. The girls received several craft kits for their … Read more
My mother is here visiting! Those of you who have been reading my blog for a while may remember that my mother works for DoDEA (Department of Defense Education Activity); basically, she teaches the children of enlisted personel and other personel on military bases around the world. Currently, she is stationed in Germany. This means my parents only make it back to the States over the summer, and I only get to see them for a short amount of that … Read more
I have a back log of photos to share with you. I am  doing my best to intersperse them with current and crafty posts. This evening, I have some fun photos of kindergarten graduation for you! I did my best to pare down the pictures, there were about 40 of them, and I managed to get it down to 17 photos and one video. Can you spot the photo where Vada is checking out her belly button? I swear, those … Read more
I have been doing some housecleaning on my blog. Trying to get all the photos stored in the right place, and lots of other technical “stuff” I had no clue about years ago. It has been fun looking through old posts, though this is going to take at least a week, if not two! So if you notice a few things looking wonky over the next week or two, you know it is just me futzing around! Anyway, if you … Read more
The girls are going to be 6 tomorrow. My how they have grown. We are having a small birthday party for them here at home. But it has still been quite the undertaking, as we did some work in the kitchen, and there is a lot of clean up to do. Plus baking and such. It takes time or money to make things happen, and we are low on the money front, so lots of time has gone into everything … Read more
This will be mostly photos tonight. It is after 1am (hey, happy 8th anniversary to Doug & me!) I just want to show you what I have been up to lately.
First, here are some snaps from a trip to Target we made the other day. The girls were having fun as you can see. *as always, if you hover your mouse over the photos, a little description will come up*
Consistency. I know, I need to be more consistent with my posts. As I said the other day, the stress of last few months is really getting to me; but don’t worry I’m not going anywhere. I will be working on the behind~the~scenes~stuff on my blog this summer. Basically making sure all the links go where they should (there is still some craziness from the move from Blogger to self~hosted WordPress,) and getting all my patterns in the correct directories, … Read more
There has been a lot going on around here as of late. The littles just graduated from Kindergarten. I had a friend whom I haven’t seen in two years spend the week here. Doug’s last day of the school year was today (though he still has his other two jobs all summer long.) And there has been a lot happening politically centered around teachers, contracts, education, and such. I have been very stressed. Oh, and I started testing my newest … Read more
Well, yesterday I promised you lots of pictures, so here they are! A couple weeks ago I helped out with the book fair at school. I finally remembered to bring my camera and take a snap of this quote on the gym wall that I just love. Good advice for kids (and adults as well.) For 2 days the gym was full of books and kids, it was fun. Â I had this little beginning of a granny~something~or~other laying about, and … Read more
