come sit awhile

hey! it's me...

did you think i forgot about you? 

no need to worry, i'm just getting into the swing of things.

friday night was open house for the "preschool"...to me aka "4k" and the kiddos that i will be working with most of the time!  of course ms. marina had to out-do herself with her door and welcome everyone to 4k in style!

i'm glad it was just a door and nothing else because it took us FOREVER to cover this thing....FOREVER! 

and just so you know (all you scrappers out there reading) who would have known that my previous (previous because i no longer can find the time) scrapbooking abilities would have contributed to my now recent work...

the die cut machine. 

and heather, just so you know i wanted to ink the edges of every single letter but i must keep reminding myself that

IT IS 4K.

moving on to yesterday (did that make sense?)

the kids came and for the most part everything went very well until the little guys came to "after care", realized they were there and would be participating in nap time and it was all down hill from there

crying....uncontrollable...snot....red dirty faces (they were eating lunch)....crying for their mommys and daddys...more snot...

ugh.

it was like a chain reaction.

one little guy cried forever.  forever.  and ever.

at that very moment (more like hour and a half....seriously) i was never more thankful to have stayed at home with my sweet baby for almost 7 years!   i'm not saying that every little momma out there should do what i did but

i'm just sayin...

so fast forward a bit to today...same kids....crying...snot....same little guy began kicking the walls and pitchin a fit and my sympathy started to fade a bit

and then he fell asleep. 

finally.

of course i'm wondering just how long will this last?

regardless, it's been fun!

jackson is doing well, he loves his teacher and his friends and i'm so thankful for that!  i accepted the "room mom" roll once again and also enlisted the help of other moms which i know will work out perfect!  thank you girls!

i wanted to share this ring with you...a girl requested this and i just loved it

"ISAIAH 40:8  The grass withers, the flower fades but the word of our God stands forever."

thanks angela for letting me do this for you!

i'm anticipating the upcoming holiday season, last year went so well and i know this year will be even better!  i'm planning on adding a few new things towards the end of the month and hopefully a giveaway or two!

happy tuesday!

HUGE...BIG...GIVEAWAY!

go here tomorrow 07/23

and that's all i'm sayin'

party!

yesterday i took the hike to heather's house and she hosted a wonderful "home show" for me...and her!   it was alot of fun just hanging out and i was finally able to meet some of her friends, you know...the ones we all know and love from her blog!   she had everything decorated to a "T", as always and some really good stuff to munch on!  

of course, i got there early to set things up and to talk....because that's what we do best!  

and of course i did take my camera but didn't take one single picture!  but she did...so travel over to her blog to see.

and speaking of jewelry...i have a HUGE giveaway planned for midweek! 

happy monday!

 

this is the random post...

funny how i don't post for days and then you get a couple of posts all in one day!   but don't let that spoil ya...

i found this really cool recipe for "play doh" cookies over at www.littlemommaandcompany.blogspot.com via meg's blog   (i hope those links work...you know i've had trouble)   they are both the crafty type and have some really awesome ideas over there...of course, i added little momma to my ever growing list of "favorites" (sorry heather, no google reader...i don't like change) because i'm sure to borrow and idea or two again

so yesterday we made the "doh" and it looked so pretty!

and today we "played"

i have to admit...it was fun!  jackson had a blast and it took forever to run out of dough, which was a good thing! 

strike a pose. 

goodness, where does he get this from?

we were particularly proud of our "bugs"

and they have already been eaten...

now on to UNO!

jackson is TOTALLY OBSESSED with this game! 

we play like 20 to 742 times in a row.  

it's crazy! 

he YELLS "UNO" when you are about to lay that next-to-the-last-card down, get's you everytime!  but yesterday...i got him, twice.  so, of course he almost cried...until i threaten him that i won't play anymore...then we carry on!

we saw this guy in our backyard again today...

he was actually down in the "creek" looking for dinner...and i was on the deck trying to get him to fly away, and he paid no attention.

and last but not least...

something sweet! 

see the two little pearls?   thought that would be a nice touch for this piece...AND i received an order of chocolate brown pearls in the mail today and they are somethin'!

see ya!

so tell me...

do you like it?

(gosh, please click to make it bigger and look better!)

NEW "DEFINITIONS" 

after the vote was in the sweet words "FAMILY" won..."MOTHER" was a very close second, so you never know when you may see that one pop up!   i loved how it turned out!   that's what i like most about making this jewelry...seeing the final pieces come together, especially the custom designs!  

so much fun...

oh yeah...and the money too!

girly

it's not that often i get to do something with pink (unless i force jackson to wear his pink polo...) so i wanted to share this Layered Circle Necklace with you

i thought is was so sweet!

it was from a show i had several weeks ago...thanks jill!

this one too!  i love that little key...

and this one...it is the Large Circle Necklace with a toggle clasp in the front.  simple and classy, and another favorite of mine!

busy sunday...

went to church this morning...

that's 2 weeks in a row after a very long hiatus and i'm so glad we didn't miss it this sunday.   it was JUST GOOD.  guest speaker and all.

we have the awesome priviledge of worshiping with casting crowns (please google, they are good and i still can't figure out how to link...) they are there almost every sunday leading the music unless on tour. 

after church, we grabbed a bite to eat, hit walmart and then the grocery store.  and after all of that dinner was "what you could make yourself" and i washed folded and put away atleast 4 loads of clothes. 

phew.

round two of swimming lessons begins tomorrow. 

jewelry "home show" tomorrow night...ahem, remember you can have one via the internet!!  ask me how!!

oh, and we saw wall-e (again, google here) on friday...really cute, not alot of words, they are robot you know?  and quite the little eco-friendly movie.

night.

more rings...

and these are tiny!  each ring measures 1/8" wide and are the cutest when stacked together!

available in sizes 5-12

$24

now what are you waiting for?

celebrations!

we celebrated my dad's 62nd birthday on saturday!   we had take out...lame but easy!  he had requested ribs and that's what he got! 

my mom made her famous pound cake with a partially eaten crust on top because "to me" that is the best part!  and we had sparklers instead of candles...

why not?

it looked really neat even if we couldn't get them all lit at the same time!

it's his favorite...to have pound cake topped with strawberries and whip cream! 

jackson...thinking we are trying to burn him,

intentionally.

jackson...when he sees the camera.

usual.

is it me or does he really look older here?

then we waited until "dark" and had more sparkler fun, threw "pop its" and caught lightening bugs! 

we did let the lightening bugs go...

and per my mom's request i made this...

and i couldn't leave it out of this post!

it's late...

but i made a promise!

lot's of this going on this week

and my tan is coming along nicely!

busy with jewelry, setting up shop at Etsy...more to come on that later and life in general!

went to visit my friend julie (who is in town...and moving here,  yeah!!!) and her new sweet baby carson.

not one picture.

it was a little hectic for a photo op...5 kiddos running around, grown ups preparing dinner and some catching up...

it went by too fast.  good thing they will be here for awhile.

today is my dad's birthday!   we are celebrating tomorrow!