A Much Better Week

This has been a much better week- Madi is feeling good and happy again, Pierson is doing awesome riding his bike and loving it, happy kids, happy Mom.

Kathryn, my very fabulous-amazingly-talented-friend, who I don't know how I ever lived without, helped me make this...
...I absolutely love it and it looks so cute in Madi's room. And it cost me less than $2, thanks to Kathryn's help and "extra stuff". Nice.

And Ryan brought these home for me...
...so beautiful, so sweet, and the best part, FREE. He won them in a drawing. Way to go Babe.

Parade of Homes

Saturday Ryan and I headed out to hit a few of the parade homes. The homes were interesting and fun to see -lots of fun ideas, most of which we are too late for. But we had the most fun riding in this...
Our friend/realtor/comedian, Jeremy Larkin, invited us to go cruisin' in the shuttle, AKA the REO Speedwagon! We joined Jeremy and his wife Megan, and friends Allison and Vasu, along with a few of their friends, and my good friend Katie Melo. There were 10 of us on board, plus a wee babe, and we had a great time. Complimentary entertainment the whole time, courtesy of Jeremy's comedy show. It was great! I think I had more fun in the shuttle than in any of the homes.Jeremy, the shuttle pilot/entertainer

Vasu, the trusty co-pilot


This was one of my fav ideas and something I want to do, (when we can afford our backyard.) Jeremy here is giving you an idea of the fun the kids could have with this. So not just a trampoline in the ground, but sand underneath and a slide that gets you down there. What a great idea this was. OK so you do have to be careful and monitor, no jumping while in the sand. But I thought it was brilliant - first of all because you can get underneath the tramp to keep it clean, and second, awesome hideaway for the kids, sand pile included. The best idea I came away with!

We are looking forward to the shuttle next year, especially with the planned upgrades! Thanks guys, it was fun! I wanted to get a group photo, but it didn't happen. Next year....

Our View

Over the last few months I have realized that one of my favorite things about our new house is our view! I love that I have so many windows on the back side of my house- I can be doing dishes, in the middle of dinner, cleaning up the playroom, or in my bedroom and I have this great view!



We see such gorgeous sunsets! I love it! (I have also realized that I suddenly have this thing about taking pictures of the sunsets too!)

Mother's Circus Animal Cookies

A couple weeks ago my sister heard that Mother's Cookies was going out of business, I just couldn't believe it. Mother's, they have been around forever! Everyone loves those pink and white animal cookies, such a classic kid treat! So on my last trip to Harmons I asked and got confirmation from the manager that they are going out of business, and that the cookies that were on the shelf were the last they were going to have. So I decided there was only one thing I could do, buy some. Then eat them, and of course take pictures to remember them by.






Now I'm just wishing I would have grabbed a bag of the regular ones. The Holiday ones are fun, but just not the same. I just love those pink and white cookies. So sad. Glad the kids enjoyed them one last time.