peas

....full treasures!

a big thank you to geminiriverrocks for including our hat in her super cute treasury!

be sure to check it out and click and comment!

just look

at these beautiful eyes!!

my latest treasury! enjoy! ...oh, and don't forget to click and comment!

ac and soap...

...add a little water, and what do you get?

a bubble machine!

i must warn you that the floor in front of the ac is now

VERY SLIPPERY and EXTREMELY STICKY

*grin*

i believe this is going to be another job for my handy dandy steam mop

sometimes

...i amaze myself....

yeah, basically my intelligence
...*eyes rolling*...

steam mop the floor....give kids popsicles.

smart.

so

...things here have been a little on quiet side...
now, don't get me wrong, i'm just talking about blogs and etsy and whatnot...

they've been quite the opposite here on the home front... quite.

summer is wonderful, but boy is it LOUD!

i must admit, my favorite time of day is 30 min. of mandatory summer reading...(which i might add, has already come and gone this morning...sigh)...

actually, i've seen some REALLY creative stuff going on here...in this crazy house, stuff that we just don't have time for during the school year, stuff that requires a LOT of scotch tape :) but hey, i love to see what kind of things my kids come up with, so i'm willing to sacrifice my hoarded scotch tape (that they always manage to find) just so they can create....a top hat out of paper, picket signs requesting permission to watch Monster Bucks, construct a tower out of popsicle stick or just plaster their art work all over the bedroom walls.

it makes life interesting...and that's what i love about my kids...

they are VERY interesting!

oh, and pretty crafty too...

okay, okay...i had to brag, but i thought that this was pretty cool...

the picture on the left was painted by my grandmother...and one of my monkeys copied it...i think its a keeper...no cylindrical file for that one ;o)

so...not only have my kids been crafty...gramma and i have managed to whip up a few new items...

wordless wednesday

...i guess that's what you'd call it, cause i ain't got no words today. i thought you'd enjoy this picture tough...


this is dh's work of art, by the way.

i've got

...sprouts! little green sprouts!


i finally worked up the courage to finish planting last week, and amazingly enough....little green sprouts are poking their heads out today! YaY!

mom4life

..and baby legs put together a great youtube video, as a thank you to all the military moms....

....WE SALUTE YOU!!!

oh, and i just happen to know a couple of cuties in the video ;o)....you've got to check it out! and then be sure to visit Mom4Life ... best mom store EVER!

Hope you all had a wonderful 4th of July! God Bless America !

i think its time

...to pass on my ONE LOVELY BLOG AWARD...i've been holding onto it for dear life, but hey, i can't keep it forever, right?

so now i ask for a drum roll, please!!!!!!!!!

• AlyGatr's Everywhere
• Audrey's Country Crafts
• EllieFitz's Blog
• Belua Designs
• Fashioned by Meg
• Gem's Boutique
• Heart Of A Mommy
• inside the muffin top shop
• KC's Handpainted Boutique
• Knock Knocking
• Lucky Pebble
• Mum Mum's Blog
• Persnickety Pelican
• Sugarplum Creations
• tapestry316

each one of these blogs are unique and yes, LOVELY...so check them out, i hope you love them as much as i do!

against all odds

...i finally planted my tomato plants in my plot of dirt this weekend. i've yet to plant my peas and beans and squash...but i've got a ton of great excuses why they are still in the seed packets...believe me...they're legit, i'm sure of it.

maybe i'm an optimist, or maybe i'm just stubborn...yeah, yeah, maybe i'm both...but hey, what have i got to loose, right?

okay, here is what i'm up against...

• my plants are minuscule...dixi cups were NOT a great idea, i do think i'll be growing dwarfed plants...i wonder how small dwarfed cherry tomatoes will be.
• i'm late, VERY late...but that's nothing new, and really the weather hasn't been all that great anyway...hey, the poor things probably would have floated away in the rain we've been having, right?
• then there is the manure...you know, all that poo i shoveled out of the back of my truck, well...there was ALOT of it, and it was FRESH, apparently TOO FRESH....rumor has it nothing should grow because of it's potency....go figure.
• i still have to get my rear out there in the humidity to plant the second half of my garden...this will include using a spade to make rows and mounds...hey, that's physical labor!

...so what do you think....

a) should i swallow my pride, and just give up?

b) just take care of my dwarfed plants and forget about peas and beans?

c) get my rear out there and start making rows? this is going to be the best garden i've grown yet!

i know, why don't we put it to a vote? be sure to hit the polls on my side bar and let me know what YOU think i should do. this ought to be interesting!

celebrate...

the 4th of July with TheHighPlainsKnitter and her treasury which just happens to feature one of Gramma Harv's hats!

hurry, hurry...

...today is the LAST DAY to enter for a chance to win one of gramma's hats.....

Heather, and Fabulous Fun Finds,

is constantly giving away awesome stuff!!

another treasury!

i stumbled upon this little treasury...berries in the forrest

here's a great big thank you to BUBBLETIME for including our red polka dot pixie....be sure to comment and click away and while you're at it give her some love and heart her shop...it's really sweet!

this, not so

...little guy came to visit last night! Such a sweety! His mom and I managed to get some really adorable picture of him in some of gramma harv's hats.....

and also in my SIL's hats from Gem's Bowtique.

oh,

and just one more thing!

...here is one of MY latest creations...

i'm so doggone proud of myself .

dot your eyes!!!

...and get yourself over to the treasury page that ARLY created. Its her first ever treasury and its sooo adorable....not to mention, she included gramma's pink polka dot pixie :) head on over there, and start clicking away....oh, and be sure to leave a comment while you're at it!

i won

...THE ONE LOVELY BLOG AWARD!...

how cool is that?

Kay....from KayLuna Design

awarded it to me!

???I was wondering WHAT in the WORLD is so LOVELY about my blog???

Kay says ,

"I'm passing it on to you because I love your blog and your artistic creativity!"

REALLY? WoW! How cool is that?

sooo, what do all of you loyal followers think? is it really that lovely? what do you like about my blog? what not? what would you like to see more of?

come on now, don't be shy...tell me...i'm all ears!

so anyway check out Kay's shop and her blog

http://kaylunadesign.blogspot.com/

and a big old fashioned hug to Kay....thanks Kay you made my DAY!

oh and i almost forgot...

i get to pass this award on to 15 of my favorite bloggers....

who will they be?

stay tuned to find out!

just

...in case you were wondering...

aunt lu's hair didn't fall out...whew!!!

(i wonder what would happen if we switched places?!?)

!!!GiVeAwAy!!!

!!!tomorrow's the day!!!

DON'T MISS OUT

we will be giving away an infant pixie hat

(winner's choice of stripes or polka dots)

at

Fabulous Fun Finds

Be sure to find your way over there tomorrow and enter for your chance to win!

this is

....what happens when two sister's, with nothing better to do (ha ha) get together!
its a good thing we know someone who makes hats, cause we may need one ;o)

nine years!

don't worry

...i've got everything under control...HA HA HA!

ok, so maybe not, but hey...i did get the car key alarm thingy back together...and it even works :)

wooo hoo!

so after i put my mad swiss army knife skills to work last night i headed off to wally's world to do some much needed shopping for staples....tp, band aides (we go through them like water around here...you know, they cure just about anything), food, diapers, etc.....

but this trip was just a little different than my usual....i had an extra "helper" with me...(i wish this keyboard had a "thumbs up button" cause i would insert it right here)

boy #1 (he's eight) came along to help his mama out (wally's takes on a whole new look when you spend 15 minutes sniffing all the different shampoo flavors trying to find a manly one)..., actually he's amazingly helpful ...he pushed the cart, while i carried the baby....

oh and of course he had plans of his own...

• exchange his new bike for the second time due to a faulty tire...what a headache...why don't people care about quality any more?
• cruise the fishing isle ... apparently he is in dire need of a new tackle box and lures and what not... i think it MAY have something to do with this......

yes, he caught that this weekend....incredible, huh?

but you know, where there is one that big...

there are bound to be more...and hey, maybe even one just a tad bit bigger...and the only way to find out, is to spend 5 hrs in the fishing isle at wally's, apparently

for those of you

...who NEED to know...

(all children HEAR THIS...cause im NOT gonna repeat it one more time)
yes, that IS my key chain...NO i didn't just take it apart to see how it works....and YES, i did throw it in the washer...and NO I DID NOT check my pockets ( i never do...guess that's gonna have to change)...
can someone PLEASE tell me which wire to cut to shut off the alarm?
please?

comming soon

...to gramma's shop

as always, gramma has come up with some super sweet creations over the weekend...she will be listing them shortly, but i thought i'd let you all have a sneak peek before i sent the picture to her! enjoy!

i found my

....five yr old hard at work, getting her baby positioned for her "etsy photo shoot" yesterday...too cute...

she took this picture all by herself...

love me

....love life!!!


my latest treasury...check it out!

so

...i've decided that i won't be going into the dairy business anytime soon...

now,don't get me wrong, i have nothing against cows, or milk, or hay, or stinky barns, or anything like that....but yesterday my boys and i shoveled enough pooo to last a life time into my garden...ewww!

let me just give you a small picture what its like to shovel out a pick up truck load of FRESH fertilizer...with two boys ages 7 & 8. it was far from glamorous, i assure you.

i packed my oldest and youngest into dh's truck...given the instructions not to exceed 55mph on highway...we then proceeded to a local dairy... the farmer kindly took the time out of his busy day to dump two HUGE tractor scoop fulls of YOU KNOW WHAT (i was informed that they make this stuff every day..by the old gentleman who bought the farm back in 1933) into the back of the truck....

well, it settled nicely as i drove back home....right to the top of the wheel-wells...

after lunch my crew and i headed outside to "spread the wealth"....and boy did we spread it... like always we can't do things the easy way....the tailgate doesn't open unless you have the magic touch...i don't...so we hefted each sticky shovelful over the the tailgate....boy#2 tends to DIVE right into things...by the time we were done he was up to his rear in poo and i somehow managed to get a nice chunk right in the middle of my forehead, why am i not surprised by this??

oh, and we did manage to find his boot before it completely disappeared....

it took me an half an hr to wash out the truck and hose down the kids, afterwards, but the garden should be pretty doggone fertile now.

now, if i could only get those tiny, wilted looking tomato plants to revive themselves and actually produce ONE tomato...i'd be happy....( or may just have to sneek off to the nearest nursery and swap them...shhh don't tell ;0)

flaming marshmallows

....and itsy bitsy fish.

this weekend was actually quite busy...

but somehow we found time to have a little campfire in our back yards with the kids...yes, complete with flaming marshmallows ;)

we also spent some time at one of our favorite fishing holes with a few of the cousins...

and i spent some quality time with my camera ;o)

i love how it captures the water drops...

how cute

...are these? just had to share, that's all.

Raspberry Dream

my latest treasury picks....

gramma's on the mend

...and thanks to some really great customers, her recovery has been alot of fun!

here are a couple of the custom creations she whipped up last week...

have any great ideas for funky hats?

let gramma know!

she's always looking for new ideas and loves making hats that fit YOUR personality!!!