summer savories

for some reason i am on a really big kick right now to host a party.. too bad there is no one getting married, or a baby shower.. or..?? i want to make a table all pretty and glittery and want to have an excuse to go blow tons of money at anthropologie.. oh wait.. or just goodwill if i must..

i want to arrange flowers and have cocktails and have a tea party just so ican wear the big hats!! i want to have flowers spilling from everything and talk and giggle as girls should..

will you come to my party in the clouds?

we can invite, Jo Amy and Meg if you wish.. not beth.. she is much too shy ;)

or a vampire or two if we must,, ,for seductions sake :)

come join me please?

Abby & Grady weekend

well we had an excellent weekend with Abby and Grady.. i was worried about havng a 2 year old around our little apartment with a semi-viscious cat, but things went way better than expected. he was such a good little boy, and there was not a problem i nthe world..
Jonnie and i stalked up on bananas, yogurt, fishies, and other such toddler goodies.. it was as if we were seeing a glimpse into the future of little ones..
PLUS, i love abby.. i really like being around her.. so the weekend went without a hitch!!! hurrayyyyyyy!

(*isnt he the cutest little blondie?)

mellow yellow i think not

although in my defense of being to chicken to wear big bold hairpieces.. i should say, i tried to wear BOLD colors today in honor of being a friday!! polka dots and a YELLOW sweater.. very gypsy chic no? PHEW! i must admit that is color overload.. but what the hell? right ;)
*****please note that i took this picture as quickly as i could IN MY CUBE with coworkers sauntering by at any moment HAHAH..

PSST:.. i have more reasons to be happy today.. we might make an offer on a house.. ill send you an email

Be BOLD!

i am totally loving this Etsy shop, wish i could pull it off, all i can do it a feather head band thus far.. i need you hear to push me to look artsy :)


http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5649119&order=§ion_id=&page=1

claire hannah.. and hannah .. ;)

ok , so j and i babysat this past sunday.. and although here Claire looks cute and innocent, two minutes later she crawled over to where Kenton was playing with dump trucks in the dirt, grabbed a FULL handful of dirt and BOOM in the mouth it goes. perhaps it would have been a cute pic of her dirty face, but i was in mom mode and proptly took her inside for a clean up..
KIDS.. you have to watch them at ALL seconds. Claire is a cutey though, she is not as boisterous as Kenton-but she has those little girl eyes that say " will you give me whatever i ask for -Auntie?"
Kenton on the other hand charms me when he says :"hello auunteee hannnnerah.".and plants dirty kisses that feel like old strawberry jam on my cheek...


hehehe strawberry short -kisses.

best part, we can leave the kids with Leah, go home.. and relax at the end of the day! perfect.

better?

national Laurie Week!! ;)

oh....but it does get better......

My LIttle Laurie

doesnt get much better than that..

Just think....this could have been us if you picked up those fancy dresses at goodwill!!!!

We could be this amazing in photo :)

Horses!

mother's day spending some quality time with the horses next door!! this was K's first time ever feeding a horse, so it was a BIG step ;) he wasnt shy at all, in fact at one point he yelled "tractor" at the horse SOO loud i was worried the horse was going to kick the rails in fright or something.. THANKFULLY .. nothing like that occurred.. and we had him holding out dandelions at full tilt! ;)

mothers day and WHAT a mother.. "iron-mom"

leah... mom above all moms ;)

I had to send you this picture because in the middle of touring around Machu Picchu, we saw this other tourist that TOTALLY needs fashion help and I made Kip take a picture of him just so I could send it to you! I knew that if you and I saw him, we would probably be cruel and complain about the clashing of this and that, and especially the fleshy flesh. Ish!!! I think he thought he was hot stuff!

We kept the Lollipopper pics clean just for you :) and the rest of the people sitting in the plaza.

Look at what I'm reading! Can't put it down..even in the middle of a pack of dogs! Actually, it was a bit distracting as the black dog kept humping this other male brown dog because apparently it was sexually frustrated, or sexually confused and personally doesn't like 'little women'.

The Kuriscaks

I am thinking of you guys always! This picture was taken in Calama, Chile in the early morn trying to find a place to stay. Let's just say I was excited to say hello to the Kuriscaks for a moment :)