lemonade stand…

is there anything quite cuter than a hot summer day with children’s happiness screaming “Lemonade for Sale!!??” I love my friends and I love their children! I love making memories! I love making really sweet memories that I hope to heck these children will remember when they’re 20! I remember when I was a little … Read more

free!!! summertime!

it’s here… SUMMER!!! I don’t know if I have ever longed for summer so much as I did this year! The feeling of carefree is a beautiful thing! When I took these sprinkler pics I think my heart may have smiled as much as our girl’s faces were… This is life… we’re letting it shine! … Read more

the Bunny came!!!

I love Easter! I love the simplicity of it! I love the pastels the eggs and gosh I LOVE that bunny! I love how there is not much pressure with Easter… no need to remember this and that and this gift and that gift… just a simple Egg Hunt… some pretty dresses… a basket… some … Read more

this and that…

ok… let me just warn you… this is a crazy long post.. making up for lost time… have not been here in months! Let me just say… this has been maybe the busiest 3 months EVER! We have been enjoying the fun of kindergarden cuteness! preschool charm and all that goes with our little girls … Read more

camping…

for spingbreak we took a little road trip with our dear friends out to the countryside for a little camping fun… even though the first night we got rained out… we didn’t give up… we stood strong and headed back for more! Do things ever happen to you when at the moment… seem frustrating… but … Read more

a Butterfly Party!!!

what a fun day! turning six was a blast! a Butterfly Party!  I really love putting together parties! Kids parties… one of the pleasures of having kids! I love it! remember my birthday parties when I was a kid! the way my parents would make me feel extra special! the children would sing! games! cake! … Read more

six!!!!!!

our little baby girl turned six! March 3! does anyone else get that heavy lump in their throat the night before your children turn the next age… that feeling like… I just want to sit by their bed and watch them grow before I blink feeling! in the morning they always seem taller…older…wiser! they tear … Read more

a little this and that…

nice and slow baking days make me pretty happy! the house smells amazing and there is always plenty of coffee… Whenever we make Swedish cinnamon buns I am always reminded of this one morning…  this may be a bit much… but oh well I must confess… I loooove to walk around the little village that … Read more

strawberry fields… forever

this was quite a day… I woke with an urge for farming! do you ever get that…? just wake and feel like digging in the dirt! stepping on rotten strawberries! swatting off flies! I love it! So me and my littlest hopped in the car and headed east! I wish my oldest could have come … Read more

as simple as fresh OJ…

sometimes there are days where I just want to be home… I just want to watch my babies grow… that’s it! I swear they grow while they are sleeping… each night I watch them sleep and wonder… how did they get so big… how can I slow things down… the only way to really slow … Read more