what a game...

we started ALL STARS this week with our town's baseball team.

at the first game of the tournament, jackson hit his first grand slam during his first bat!

and if that wasn't amazing enough, the second time up to bat he hit a home-run! AWESOME! the crowds went wild as the team jumped on him!

later he told us that he told his teammates in the dugout that he did it for his friend thomas and that he was only able to hit both of them because thomas had helped him from heaven.

what a blessing and great memory!

a saturday at the local farmer's market...

lots of good, homegrown and homemade goodness!

some red, white & blue on etsy.com...

old crow farm

doll closet

joom

bella lulu

pendant licious

idealizms

sldirks

paper eclectiques

more photos from through my eyes...

my lizzie has been a very busy bee this summer so far. before leaving on a week long trip to colorado to attend a young life camp, she was able to take some photos of some pretty cute girls. i am so very proud of her beautiful eye and creativity.

GOD surely has blessed her.

she still wants to take shots of more children for practice. she has actually started a waiting list and intends to get busy soon so she can get them all done this summer. if you haven't signed-up, leave a comment and i will let her know.

favorite cousin, sweet lorin...

one of her favorite besties, Cailey...

pictures from colorado...

my sister was disappointed recently to find out that pottery barn

is sold out of their adorable number pillows.

i have the "number 4" for my living room and love it. (thank you kathy!)

she located several on ebay, but they wanted

$40 and up for them without the pillow insert!

WOW!

so here is a great knock-off found on etsy by heidi devlin.
they are only $28 with the stuffing!
very cute "stuff"!

Some great sites to look at:

for all of you mommas with young ones...

www.lilyandebony.com

so cute!!

i can so see some of my friends little girls in these clothes..

hint, hint, rose & holly!

print-and-make-at-home projects

www.mibostudio.co.uk

great for the little ones to do this summer when they are bored!

this is the best cookie site i have seen! beautiful!

sugar and flour on etsy

last but not least, my favorite! CAMERA STRAPS!

i am definitely getting me one of these!

www.abiestraps.com

Happy shopping!

remember the great 4th of july party ideas from a few posts back? there were some great decorations in those pictures, but i wanted to share something else with you.

the bucket in the picture above looks just as cute as the pottery barn buckets. these great plates and cupcake holders are perfect also! guess where they are all from...

WAL-MART, YES WAL-MART!

the bucket is only $10.00 and so cute! they have tons of cute things for the summer and especially 4th of july. flip flops, bathing suits, decorations, flags, fun sunglasses, and tons more!

Father's Day Weekend

first up for the big weekend-

load up...

we're off to an astros baseball game!

what an "all american" day!

second-

we're off to a fun-filled day at the texas reds wine festival!

round and round he goes...
where he'll land...

no one knows!

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY, DADDY! WE LOVE YOU!

Vacation Bible School

it's that time again...

here we go...

the theme is shipwrecked...

get out the pirate costumes...

forget those early morning snoozes!

here they come

marching in

one by one

what are we going to do?

cups of water...

sea of noodles...

and squirt bottles full of water...

...all make many happy feet!

For all of you that are about to dawn on the wonderful

task of VBS- Good luck and may God bless all of your

volunteers and children!

don't be jealous of my CABANA boy!

My sweet husband takes care of everything!

What would I do without him?

He really does think that he is a hot cabana boy!

sweet toes!

had a sweet visitor this weekend

lots of bottles

lots of diapers

lots of hugs and kisses

worth every second with my little baby niece, Saylor!

yum, yum! home-made PIZZA!

anyone need JULY 4th ideas?

a party sure does sound GREAT!

first invite: photo greetings etsy.com & second invite: manvsgeorge etsy.com

Children's party: potterybarnkids.com, sucker favor: simple tastes' etsy.com, cups: potterybarnkids.com, sparkler packaged favors: print your party etsy.com

Dinner under the stars: potterybarn.com, drink buckets: rshcatalog.com, berry dessert: foodportfolio.com, solo drink bucket: inimagine.com, striped pitcher & plate setting: potterybarn.com, cupcake stand: martha stewart