Fun with Paint

I found a ton of glass jars, bottles, vases and bowls at a garage sale for $.10 each. I bought $3.00 worth. The kids had a blast painting on the glass, and we have a lot of new artwork around the house. I love finding fun deals at garage sales!

Going to the Chapel

We are getting married!! I know, I know, everyone says "it's about time", but yes, we are really doing it! We are so excited, and planning a winter wedding. I am so lucky to have the man of my dreams, who will soon be my husband! He bought me the most gorgeous beautiful ring I have ever seen. I stare at it all day and day dream.
Adam and Hallie will be the flower girl and ring bearer, along with my niece Savanna.
The kids are so excited, and I am so very lucky to be a part of this amazing family. :)

Back to School!

Well, it's back to school time again. It's hard to believe that summer is already over. It went by so fast! The kids are excited for school and are ready to start. Back to school shopping is done, and their backpacks are full of new supplies. Adam is in first grade this year, "a big kid now, not a kindergartner", and excited to be back to school and to see his best buddy. Hallie will be going to preschool for the first time, to the same school Adam went to, and is beyond excited. It's a great little school, we are so lucky to get the same teachers Adam has had.
We are excited to see what this year has in store for us! Here's to another great year!

My New Bling

Adam made me a new necklace, ring and bracelet. He asked me to wear them all day, so I did. Itchy pokey pipe cleaners and all :) The red part are "diamonds" and there are 3 of them.
Love my new jewelry!

Rocket Man

Cue Elton John! Now you all have that song stuck in your head. :)
Adam is our little engineer. He is always building and inventing things to build. Lately it has been rockets. I save anything I can for him that will be useful "tools" for his masterpieces. He was hard at work one day, and built this rocket. It is complete with a launch pad, boosters, parachute and more. He was so proud of his invention, and we are so proud and amazed at his imagination and how his little mind works. Can't wait to see what he builds next!

4th of July

We had another fun filled 4th of July this year. Lots of family in town, and old friends we haven't seen in a while. We started with our annual trip to Water World, and had a blast! We have been going there for 30 years, and we love it every time. A late afternoon shower cut our day short, but we did get rain tickets and were able to go back again so it worked out well!
On the 3rd we went to our friends annual party, we had a great time visiting with everyone, and eating yummy food!
My parents had their annual 4th of July BBQ and there was a ton of people this year! We had great food, great company and the kids had fun with all their friends at the park and playing games.
Later that night a big group of us got together and watched the fireworks. It was nice to see them again as in the past couple of years it had been too dry and no one was allowed to do fireworks in any capacity.
We took our out of town friends and family all over Colorado to show them the sights. No matter how many times we have been to a tourist attraction here, they never get old. There is always something new to see.


Below is a book, and then a slideshow of some of our 4th of July week.

Click here to see the book!

Canvas and Cocktails

My friends and I decided that we shouldn't let our artistic talents be wasted in private, so we decided to participate in a Canvas and Cocktail event. We had a yummy dinner at the Cherry Cricket, and headed over to the Canvas and Cocktails store (store? event?). Luckily we got there really early, and were able to score a table to ourselves in the back. Otherwise you have to sit in a row of people and it seemed a bit claustrophobic. I can't be that close to people and expect no injuries.
The directions clearly stated that we need a couple of drops of each paint color, though the teacher was not aware of my ability to spill paint, so I decided 5-10 drops would be more sufficient.
Case in point, my brand new sketchers are now my old paint filled crappy shoes.
ANYWAY....
We had cocktails. We had spilled paint. We had FUN :) It is a great event, and I highly recommend it. You don't need to be great at painting, the teacher is really good at helping you learn, and you can tweak your painting to your own preference.
My masterpiece is currently hanging in the basement with pride. The unfinished part of the basement we never go into. :)