Memorial Day weekend

We had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend filled with quality family and friend time. After working on the house so much we decided Monday was a no work day and we just relaxed and enjoyed spending time with each other.

We had a great time Saturday meeting up with friends at Joe's. The group is filled with little boys which will be fun once they're all able to play with each other.


We took Noah to our community pool for his first "swim." We went later in the day so we didn't need the shade for over his floaty. Isn't he cute in his little red puppy? We weren't sure if he'd think the water was too cold, as we thought it was, but we must just be wimps because Noah just sort of floated around and was content. I'm sure the more we take him the more he'll realize he can move around in the giant bath tub.


Then it was on to having cereal for the first time. We decided to go ahead and start giving it to him since he was watching every move we made when we ate. He opened wide for the spoon...something tells me he'll be a good eater!

Monday we went for a run through the neighborhood (you can sense Noah's excitement...). Then it was burgers, watermelon, corn on the cob, rice crispy treats, chips, potato salad all topped off with some homemade vanilla ice cream.


What a great weekend.

Rainy Friday

I love when it rains here. It cools everything off and just feels like a nice change of pace. It was actually cool enough that I had to dig out some warmer clothes to wear for us all. I just love it when Noah is all soft and warm and cuddly like this. Thankfully a friend of ours had given us some clothes that had a pair of sweats that would fit Noah. I figured we wouldn't need anything like that now in AZ so all I have in his size are onesies. I hear to enjoy the cooler weather now though as in a couple of days it's back to the triple digits.

We're still painting and putting down baseboards. Once my parents left the motivation started to slow down a bit. We're seeing a glimpse of the light at the end of the tunnel so we're just trying to push through this weekend to hopefully get a big chunk done. I cannot wait to get the house all put back together, sit on the couch, pop some popcorn and watch a movie as a family knowing we're finished with it.

Fabulous Find Friday

It's almost the end of Friday and I'm just now posting. The weather was great today for Arizona, in my opinion. Nice and cool and rainy. It's about the only change in weather we get here so I'll take it.

Lots of new fabrics are coming out! So exciting! One of my favorites is Sandi Henderson's Farmers Market. They're all so cheery and refreshing. And be sure to check out Heather and Anna Maria for their new lines and pics from Quilt Market as well.

I stumbled upon this amazing cupcake blog that you should check out. So many yummy, and fairly easy recipes to follow and she shares some great tutorials to show you how to do the "fancy" stuff.

And if you're wanting to save some money (who isn't?), check out Baby CheapSkate for some great deals on children's items.

A little break won't hurt anyone...right!?!

We've been busy still painting and putting new baseboards down in our home so I haven't had much time to do anything...however, when I went to the mailbox I was so excited to see what came that I decided to take a break with my Sunkist and my new reads. Hip, Hip!

On a side note, I remember when I was younger my mom used to spread the leftover cake icing (who has that anyway?) on graham crackers and would put them in our school lunches as a special treat. I had some icing for cupcakes that I was going to make and decided to do this instead. Yum! I'll make those cupcakes a different time...

Oh, and I ordered one of Anna Maria's fabrics from her new line, Drawing Room. I can't wait to make pillow covers with it for the living room. If only I had the time.

A trip down Pickled Pear Lane

I recently began a craft blog separate from our family one and hadn't had time to share it yet. If you're up for some creative inspiration and sharing of ideas, click on this link and hop on over to Pickled Pear Lane. Can't wait to see you there!

Inspirational weekend

Over Mother's Day weekend I was so excited to go here with my mom. The studio is full of such talented and inspiring teachers I hope you all take advantage of it if you live in the Phoenix area (and say hi to the owner, Kristin, too)! It is filled with ideas and I honestly think I could spend days there just taking it all in.

A highlight of the day was that I was able to meet one of my favorite designers, Heather Bailey. If you're unfamiliar you must check her out! She is such a sweet, down-to-earth person and I'm looking forward to hopefully taking some classes from her in the future. I think Noah was excited to meet her too!

Mother's Day weekend

This is what I woke up to for Mother's Day...

We're still going strong with painting and putting down new baseboards. I think we're going to love it! Hopefully we'll be finishing it up next weekend. Noah and Bailey have been great during the entire ordeal. I think the dog is just really confused as he keeps finding his bed and food dishes in various places as we move the project around the house. He finally gave up and laid down on the canvas drop cloth.

Yes, this is dangerous. No, don't try this at home.

My mom and I were assigned the job of washing blinds.


We thought it'd be funny to take a photo while my dad was working of Lucas pointing and telling him what to do.

Nana keeping Noah happy.

What is the TV doing in the kitchen???