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

check out my sweet daughter's new blog

http://www.throughmyeyes-elizabeth.blogspot.com/

she is amazing! God has surely blessed her!

i am in the mood to have a party...

anyone, anyone? the weather is so nice and beautiful. the decorations during this season are so bright & wild. and it's just time to have some girlie FUN!

i haven't done anything in a while with all of my friends, so i think it would be lots of fun to have a little get together, so i went looking for some ideas in what else, but blog heaven. i found this great site www.thepartydress.net it has some great ideas from all sorts of resources and then put together to plan a perfect party theme. check it out. it's great! the following photos are a few of the featured ideas from the site.

happy planning!

okay, so maybe we won't play croquet...

i better get busy planning! i'll let you know how it goes!

blogging- fun, but not always so easy

Okay, I think I am finally through with tweaking my blog template. Well, maybe for this week!

There are just so many great sites out there with beautiful and fun ideas! Some of these sites were so helpful that I wanted to pass them on.

So here's to some happy blogging!

www.eclecticwhimsydesigns.com

www.typepad.com

http://www.ohhellofriend.blogspot.com/ (FrEebIes!)

http://www.thecutestblogontheblock.com/ (fReeBies!)

www.luckygirldesignstudio.com (frEebIeS!)

www.eightcrazydesigns.com (one FAV!)

And of course, you can't do any of it without...

www.photobucket.com and www.picnik.com

GOOD LUCK!

a cheerful banquet

Last night my daughter got to attend her last school banquet for her cheerleading career. How fun it was! I always here people say how they wish they could go back in time to when they were in high school. When I watch my daughter stress about school work, college, tests, friends, coaches, sports, etc. I don't desire that wish at all. However, I do love to watch her have the time of her life. You know- remember being so excited about something coming up, especially the weekend! Having butterflies in your stomach? Being so excited about something that you could wet your pants ? Okay, maybe that last one is just me!

{This next picture says it all!}

My dear Lizzie, I hope all of your good times outnumber the others!

I had the pleasure of getting to decorate the banquet! YEA!

I figured these FUN loving girls needed a fun, bright and cheerful banquet decor.
I found the most beautiful flowers in brilliant COLORS. Now what to do with them? Something unique and fun?! Well, remember that eye candy picture from a couple of posts back? The one that had a lot of colors and yes, a jar of BUBBLE GUM.

So a candy shopping I went!

Loaded up the flowers...

Added a little SPARKLE...

Found some great vases...

And then went to work having some inspirational FUN!

day of skateboarding fun

spur of the moment

grabbed his board

jumped in the car

arrived at the city's new skate park

lots of "professionals" already on the scene

my shy little boy

he jumped right in

so entertaining

he practiced & practiced

back & forth, back & forth

my brave Jackson

thank you for sharing a wonderful memory with me