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Our lake vacation in twenty words:
driving, exploring, eating, drinking, swimming, fishing, boating, floating, laughing, playing, spelunking, visiting, hugging, leaving, arriving home (with lots of laundry.)
It was perfect.
1. handyman, 2. driving, 3. down, 4. fishing, 5. log cabin, 6. drying out, 7. lots o meat, 8. cave entrance, 9. getting silly, 10. out to lunch, 11. Eureka Springs, 12. Eureka Springs
Mosaic created with fd's Flickr Toys.
quite literally!
We're off for a little family lake time. Please don't feel offended if you leave a comment and it doesn't appear on the website for a week or so. If I didn't get about 127 junk comments a day, I could turn this all on auto-pilot.
But I do, so I can't.
Take good care, friends!
(I know- this photograph has nothing to do with fishing. I'm sure I'll have plenty of those when we get back.)
and matchy and matchy.
Vacation pajamas for all the little cousins. I usually don't do this to the kids, but I got this giant piece of travel print seersucker-y fabric from Jenny and couldn't resist. I used the directions found here and here for the pillow case nighties.
There are actually two more cousins going on the trip, but something tells me they won't really be thrilled with matching seersucker jammie pants.
We're all feeling it. Busy week, full schedule, a welcome painting job, preparations for a much needed vacation. Moving to a big-girl bed has strangely coincided with the potty training- which seems to have taken a turn for the better. She's thrilled about the bed, tolerating the training. She nearly has enough stickers on her chart to go pick out a brand new bucket. (So sweet- that's what she wants.)
I've got a bit of cooking and sewing planned this week too, so hopefully I'll have time to show it off before we go. : )
Hope the week is going well for you!
She's trying. I'm following her around with carpet cleaner and fresh undies and doing laundry like crazy. But at least she's trying.
I love seeing my own city through the eyes of visitors.
It makes me appreciate home even more.
(And for you baseball fans, the Royals won Tuesday and the Cards took Wednesday's game. It was great fun for our "mixed" family.)
Brian's sister Kim finished up her Bachelor of Social Work degree this Spring and we dashed off Friday to St. Louis for her graduation party. It was more of a family reunion of sorts- with a large turnout from both sides of Brian's family. Such a busy, busy, fun weekend. And congrats, Kim! (I think in all the commotion I forgot to tell you.)
We rushed home Sunday, leaving one kid behind in St. Louis, stopping only briefly for a leg stretching walkabout at a Missouri vineyard. Maw Maw and Da (Brian's parents) will return our boy tomorrow when the St. Louis clan comes here for the annual Royals vs. Cardinals extravaganza. I'm sure he'll be full of custard and will have watched plenty of trains go by. Lucky boy. Family is good.
A jewelry and treasure box.
A very belated birthday gift for a very, VERY sweet girl.
I'm in a rush... but have a super weekend!
little league on a beautiful evening.
If you can't tell, I adore summer. It's my season, but maybe it's time to return to our regular programming. I've even got a little something creative to share soon. Fancy that?!
a free concert in the park.
perfect laundry drying weather. finally.
It's been very rainy.
breaking out the flip-flops,
and trying to figure out which toes they go between.
Happy Friday, everyone!