On A Break...

This delightful young lady is coming to visit me with her little *E friend*. Because of this we will be taking a break from your regularly scheduled blog. You may now return to your other regularly scheduled programing.



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More Crafty-Crafts

These are two of the layouts I completed this week during our scrap-day.
This first one was a scrap-lift from a Creating Keepsakes magazine from this spring. I like how mine turned out better - am I allowed to say that? :) And I'm SOOO excited for these two to be getting married in 3 weeks, I can hardly wait:

E & me - another one for her baby book:

A mini I did for my sister - she turns 30 on Monday, so I did a little book of 30 things that I love about her. I am happy to say that I didn't run out of ideas, in-fact, I love her for more than 30 reasons. :) Happy (early) Birthday Laura! I love you!!

Happy Birthday Laura!!

Today is my *little* sister's 30th birthday! Happy, Happy Birthday Laura! You are an amazing sister, daughter, mom, aunt, & wife. I love you dearly and wish you the best year yet! May your day be filled with lots of wishes coming true, love, & of course CAKE!
xoxo

Eloise Says...

Make sure you take time to stop & smell the Gerbera's. (Or in her case, wrinkle your nose & exhale loudly). Hey - whatever works for you, I'm not judging...

Happy Anniversary!!

Happy 6th Anniversary to the love of my life! I love you dearly Tim - and I am still looking forward to 'ever after' with you...

Grammy & Papa

Last weekend Grammy & Papa were here to visit. Unfortunately, Grammy didn't feel very well, so I don't have any pics of her with Eloise - but we did snap a few of Papa holding 'his little princess' as he calls her. I love that he calls her that.

Eloise enjoying a snack with Papa & her giraffe:

Eloise & Sophia at Costco last week, enjoying a side-by-side ride:

And because I can't resist, another pool pic. This was taken by Grammy - does that count Faith? :) She LOVES her pool - what fun we are having this summer.

Lay-outs & Pool Time...

My friends and I have been scrapping once a week this summer & I'm LOVING it. I get a little 'me time' & also some layouts done. Today, I finished 3 layouts & 6 cards. The layouts below are from last week's crop session. They are going in her baby book, I'm almost done with year one for the baby book! (These pics of the LO's are not the best - but you get the idea).

My 1st Mother's Day:

E & S in the bath in December:

And just because she's too cute - here's a pic of E in her new pool in the backyard. Grammy came to visit & enjoyed pool time with us:

And so it begins...

Didn't take but 5 minutes after mom left for a girl's night to get Eloise to start this new trick, much to Jessie's chagrin. Click on the image for the video. =)

Full Disclosure

Okay...here it is. We have our house on the market. Technically. Also, we technically have a signed offer that has been accepted by both us & the technical buyer. Then today we found out that we have a back-up buyer that wants to know if this first deal falls through. Now, here's the part that I 'technically' am having a hard time with. This is my first home. We bought it before we were married, I moved in from my 1 bedroom apartment (it took us 45 minutes to load the U-Haul) and lived here on my own for 3 months. Then, my husband moved in, we lived here for 4 1/2 years together & then brought our first baby home to this house. 6 years here and now there's a stupid sign in my yard. Bug. Anyway, I digress.

So, that's it. We have our house for sale, we have accepted an offer. We also have an offer on another house. However, the bank is ignoring us. They said they'd let us know today if they accept our offer or not, but guess what? They didn't. So, we continue to wait. It's mostly okay, but I do have my moments. So, if you think of it & want to send a little prayer our way, that would be grand. House drama - gotta love it!

Summer Decor

This summer my mantle is looking especially festive. Would you like to see for yourself?

I made this banner using paper & ribbon - love it!! And you may remember the 'Happy Spring' picture from earlier (say...this spring??) :). Well, a little revising and it now says 'Happy Summer'. Fancy.

And the fabulous My Andrea sent me this table runner for 4th of July. I love it. I'm pretty sure it's really a happy summer table runner. If you are feeling envious of this - you can get your own here.

Loving these summer days!!

Happy 4th!

We would like to wish you and your family a very happy 4th of July! May you all be blessed this day.

Love, Eloise, Jessie, & Tim

Summer Days

We've been enjoying this wonderful sunny weather that we've been having this last week! Hooray for the sun!! With the sun comes lots of berries, veggies, & walks. Ella Roo & I have been enjoying all of these this last week. Strawberries have been a theme in the house especially. Here are a few pics from the last couple of days to show you what we've been up to:

Fun ride in a box from Daddy at Aunt Amanda's house yesterday:

I LOVE the look on her face in this one. Box riding must be very exciting!

Strawberry pie that I made on Saturday:

Amanda-Pants & me after 33 jars of jam. :) Exhausted are we....or just dramatic...

Eloise is now officially 15 months old. She weighs 22.4 pounds & is 30 inches long. She is still not walking, but bear-crawling, pulling up on everything & walking along the walls - it won't be long now.

She can make lots of animal noises when you ask her: monkey, elephant, lion, kitty, doggy, fishy (my current fav.), owl, bird, cow, duck (my second fav).

She also says: Up, down, this, no, yes, nigh nigh (night night), bye bye, hi, ball (for ball & balloon), banana, cheese, & cracker

She signs drink now in addition to please, thank you, all done, & more.

She kisses her stuffed animals & then hands them to me for me to kiss them too.

Last night she signed please & then said 'nigh-nigh'. Melted my heart. And yes, I put her to bed. Sweetie-pie.

Thought You Might Need To Know...

I thought you might need to know that right now this place is giving away free shake coupons!! That's right - FREE shakes! Tonight, Tim & I were on a date (yae us!!) & we stopped by between Red Robin & Craft Warehouse (that's right, he knows what makes a girl smile!) for a bogo shake. We ordered 3 (one for him, one for me & one for our sweet babysitter) & because we had 3 not 4, they gave us a coupon for a free shake.

I'm excited.

Kristi's Wine

This past weekend my dear friend Kristi celebrated her retirement from school. She had an oh-so-fun party at her house, complete with lots of good friends, food, drinks, & fun. Congratulations Kristi - I'm SOO happy for you.

To help celebrate my friend, I made her a 'custom label' :) for her wine. I purposely picked a wine with a plain label so I could scrap-it-up. (Notice adorable new Coach purse in the background??? I *heart* it).

The back...I had to put one of Kristi's favorite sayings on it. :)

And because I can't resist these two, another pool party photo from Amanda's birthday. Eloise & Miss Sophia exploring toys in the pool:

Hope your week is going great!

Summertime!!

Last week the weather here began to feel like summer (never-mind that today it rained, hailed, & the sun did come out - oh Oregon). We got in some fun summer dress time, fun new hair dos & even a dip in the pool!!

Getting ready for Auntie Kristi's retirement party:

Fancy hair for the party:

At Auntie Amanda's 30th birthday party - it was 80+ degrees, so Sophia & Eloise swam in the pool!!

Splashing and making waves....

We plan to play lots more in the pool, as soon as the weather heats up again....whenever that may be.