Outside...

Yesterday was spent enjoying the summer rain and walking through a yard full of color and life.

Our Outdoor Celebration...

~*Happy Independence Day Weekend My American Friends*~

What a lovely weekend it was. Family and friends and a nice day in the park. We enjoyed the lovely music from the North Carolina Symphony and watched fireworks. It was a lot of fun. The boys especially enjoyed it. I hope that EVERYONE had a lovely weekend!!

                 Rowie is getting ready to take off!

                                                   ...

                                   My love.

                                 Trying to be daddy.

                              My little Sunshine Boy.

                                         ...

                               My big boy and I

                        A lovely ending to the night...

This Summer's Goals...

I have made a new list of summer goals this year. It goes a little something like this:

* Find more time to get outdoors
* Visit the farmers market more often (check out a few different ones as well)
* Try my hand at making my own homemade laundry soap
* Learn how to be more relaxed and just enjoy myself and my family
* Find more yummy real food recipes to try out
* Take more photographs!
* Read more (especially the Bible)
* Attend church more
* Visit the city more often
* Find  a good homemade bread recipe
* Experiment with different teas for yummy iced tea!
* Find more toddler friendly/eco friendly crafts for my little one to do
* Sew more
* Get more organized
* Perhaps...make myself a new skirt. (yeah, I think thats a good idea *wink)
* To overall be more patient, kind, loving, and respecting.
(Of course this list is one that I would say is "ever growing and ever changing)
A new season always brings me a feeling of being able to start over. I love that. I hope your summer goals are all met this year. Have fun!

Perfection...

what more can I say?

Springy-Dingy...

Wishing you happy spring days!!

New....

New house, new start! Ahhh yes!!

So....

My sweet, sweet husband bought me a snap press for christmas this year (I have been wanting one forever) and its now 4 months later and I have yet to use it. I feel really bad. I have just been so busy with our 2 year old (who, quite frankly has been driving me nuts lately...lol) and our 3 month old (Yes....R is 3 months tomorrow!!) So I havent really had time to use it. My other problem is .... ummm... I have NO idea how to use it. lol. I didnt come with instructions that I know of so I guess its up to me to seak out how to use that monster. If anyone has any suggestions or sites I could go to - to see how to use one. It would be appriciated. :) In other news....there really isnt any. ha. I just have the sewing bug hitting me a little hard right now and I wish I had the time. My mind is constantly racing with different projects I want to try, but the time just isnt there. *sigh. I do have a project to work of for a friend in a few weeks that I'll have to make time for. I'm sure it will be fine. lol. I'm really excited about it. Hope everyone is having a wonderful week. More updates to come.

Fresh...

Oh the joys of spring time cooking. Enjoy!

Gettin' back into the swing of things...

Its been a long time since i've posted and a lot has happened since my last post. (i.e: having a baby!!) Everything is going great and the new season has inspired me to start blogging again!! Keep checking back b/c there WILL be pictures and new posts to come! Enjoy : )

Still Waiting...

The last few days......