I had a great Mother's Day, how 'bout you?

The most exciting part of my Mother's Day this year, was picking up my baby boy from the high school. Yes, it was Sunday and no, there was no school. He was returning from a FAB trip to Virginia Beach with the Steel Band.

And they won GOLD. Yay!

After I picked him up, ate some lunch and met up with the Tyler boy, we headed to a friends house for a bbq and some swimming. I hadn't REALLY planned to swim, BUUUTTT, I couldn't resist and JUMPED ALL IN.

Can you say F-R-E-E-Z-I-N-G?

We live in Florida and normally are able to swim in March. And since the heat came on this Spring like the cold came on in the Fall, I definitely would have thought that the water would be oh-so-comfortable.

BUT NO.

Because we had been experiencing a cold spell. At least at night. So that meant that the water was chilly.

These friends that we were hanging with have two, sweet girls. They gave their mom photos from a shoot we had the week before...

Thanks ya'll. I had a blast!!

Happy New Year!

TODAY
January 1, 2011
the first day of the new year
a great year
always a better year than the last year.


Kids happy and healthy. Check.
Dog happy and healthy. Check Check.
Couple of goals set. Check Check Check.


I did make the deadline that I set for myself of getting the website up and running by today {9:33pm is still today, thank you very much!} And I realized that after five days of going through all my files that I took a BUNCH of photos last year! And I'm looking forward to taking a bunch more this year.

Thanks to my friend, Cindy, I finally left the house last night to celebrate and ring in the new year in a proper manner. You know what I mean... football, food, and fireworks. Oh and fun. And firepit.

Watching the ball drop ....

Midnight noise from the boys...

Party friends...

Happy 2011 ya'll... hope it's all you want it to be.

Thanks to all those who read this blog. It's still new and in a constant state of remodel lately, but I really appreciate all those who stop by now & then. 

cabin fever

No, I haven't been anywhere except Walgreens in about three days. I have been working sooooo hard on a few projects that I hope to unveil on New Year's Day! Yay! I did take the dog on a walk today around the block instead of the typical just let him out the back door. I needed to stretch my legs a little and breath in some fresh {albiet FRIGID} air. I didn't even take my camera with me... believe it or not! So instead I will leave you with this cute picture of Tyler and Jessica on Christmas Eve. She looked so cute and brought me the most adorable ornament for Christmas. THANKS Jess!! It was great to see your sweet face.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Oh, and btw, eating leftovers and using TWO plates. Just for me. Keepin' it real. Just sayin'.

O Christmas Tree

For every year the Christmas tree,
Brings to us all both joy and glee.

Glee... not so sure. We finally got the tree up and decorated yesterday... and yes, the angels sang. But can I just say that the road to get there was paved with laziness and something better to do. HA HA.

I'm blaming it on the cold.

Here in Florida, it always seems to be warm -hot for the few days after Thanksgiving. This year it's been in the 30s at night so I'm pretty sure that fact has thrown us off our game.

But we are not ones to get sidetracked for long. Before I got up this morning, Chance had completely decorated the living room and woke me up because he couldn't find the lights. Thank goodness {i love you Chance} that we don't have anymore lights because he was planning his annual string them from anything and everything in the living room and dining room.

Whew....

Cool Photo Craft Idea from Photojojo

Origami Photo Ornaments in 5 Minutes! Squee!

I thought this looked like such a cool idea to do with those prints that are just laying around in a drawer somewhere. Put them to good use and make these cute ornaments. Click the link for the instructions.

In preparation for holiday celebrations sweeping the nations, may we present:

Ornamentation!

With some simple perforations (and no lamentations) your festive decorations will garner adulation!

To feel the elation, click this link for the demonstration.

Origami Photo Ornaments in 5 Minutes! Squee!

Enjoy!