Forever and a day Bag..

This was such a pain fun bag to make..Ok really it was fun and easy and I like the design for the most part. Yet it will need some changes for me to be truly happy with it.

I love the weight and the shape of it but I am definitely going to change the way I attach the strap. I also think I am going to make more pockets on the inside and have a fun snap, button of some type,not exactly sure what but it will be fun!

I think now that my creativity is in full swing there may be more creating going on again.

Am I that rusty?

Or should have I just went to bed? I got the creative bug at about 10pm so I cut out a purse. Then Dale skyped me at 10:30 so I talked until close to 12 am.. So instead of going to bed I started sewing the purse. well I was on the home stretch and almost done when my bobbin thread ran out thank goodness( or I would be doing a ton more picking out) . I then looked at what I sewed and just could make since of it.I stared and stared and stared but could not figure out what looked odd. I then relised I had sewed it completely wrong . So I picked it all out and started sewing again, but this time I thought out a little more witch was a good thing because I came better way to sew it.. I think. I finally quit sewing at 2am.. I have just a little bit more to sew befor I can reveal my new purse design. I think it will be a keeper when I am done..

Shhh don't tell the big kids..

After we dropped all the older kids of for youth night at church we snuck off to DQ for a little cooling off snack... It was still 72 degrees at 7 pm... I am loveing this summer... Cuz we are actually haveing one....

This is Ben and Garret showing off there totally coolness....

Ben leaned over to whisper in my ear. He said" momma you are the best.. It's almost like daddy's here he loves Dairy queen maybe we should send him some"...

Ding dong Special delivery..

When the door bell rang I was pleasantly suprised by the most beautiful bouquet of flowers..
The note simply said I couldn't do it with out you.. Love Dale..
I am such a lucky girl.. Thank you Dale..

Surprise!!

Saturday I was invited to a surprise party for my friend Tracy...

So we all show up at the bowling ally dressed in funny costumes ready to suprise Tracy.. She shows up with our friend Rebeca camera in hand tacking pix of us. We were all a little confused thinking she must have found out. Well the joke was on us.. Tracy had set the whole thing up!!

The surprise was on us..
After we all had a good laugh we bowled our little hearts out.. Some of these girls had super amazeing bowling skills.

After we went bowling went to dinner at one of our fine dining places in Palmer, The V-hoe..

I forgot to take pix , but man was the conversations hesterical. I thought I was going to pee my pants more than once..

Thanks Tracy for haveing such a fun birthday.. Just watch out Tammi is planing revenge..

The river Bed..

Yesterday A friend took the Robbie and Garrett to a car show and Shelly was at work so that left me with Ben, Madie and Mylissa.. I thought I would be a good mommy and take them out to eat when I told them where we were going they said I would rather go to MCDOLALDS so I gave in got it to go and drove down to the river to eat our lunch..

It was really to windy to eat out side so we ate in the car..( yes Dale we ate in the car)After lunch we walked down to the river to toss rocks in to it and just enjoy the nature around us.
I tottaly wore the wrong shoes... (Yes I am in desprate need of a new polish on my toes..)Mylissa found this Awsome heart shaped rock..
We then headed back to the car to go home..

When the rest of the kids heard we went to the riverbeds with out them they were a little jealous. We will have to by some kites and go again soon.

How to throw rocks By Madeline..

Madeline , Mylissa, Ben and I went to the river flats this afternoon to skip rocks in the river.

I picked out a rock and started throwing them.. Madeline said thats not how you skip rocks. She said you need the perfect flat smooth rock. I then said well maybe I was not skipping rocks I was just throwing them.. She then with all her attitude said well thats not how you trow rocks in the river . "let me show you how it's done.


step one: you find a big rock!!

Step 2 you get into your throeing rock position!



Step 3 you let it go... And thats how it's done folks..

I will show you more pix of our adventures later..

PS stay tuned for the reveal of Lady Stiletto..

Super hero help!!!

If I was a super hero what would I look like ? What would my superhero name be?

What would my powers be? What would my super hero costume look like???

I need to be a super hero soon so let me know your ideas Asap. This will all make since later I promise..

"It's all in a quote"

I love the quote Always kiss me goodnight.. I have been wanting to put it on my wall for along time... So today I finally did it, I put it on my wall and I love how it looks.
Now I just need my husband home so he can kiss me good night..

I also did some fun sewing stuff that I will show you all later.. It's still raining here so not much else to do except create. I hope you all are haveing a great day today..

It's raining

So what dose this mean? It means a good girl flick and a cup of hot coco.. What girl flick do yo think I am watching? Well let me tell you...

I could watch this movie a thousand times and never get sick of it.. Noah and Ally make me fall in love with them over and over again. I think I love them so much because this is what I picture Dale doing for me if I ever lost my mind. I fell blessed that I have found my Noah in Dale he is truly my best friend and the one and only Love of my life.. I think that is why I am haveing such a hard time while he is gone my other half is missing. I can't wait until he is with me again then I will feel whole.

Short and Sassy

So I had my 8 week hair apointment, I told my hair stylest that I wanted bangs and shorter in the back..After she cut the bangs I hated it so did she, so I said well lets cut it shorter..
This was the end result.. Once she was done cutting and styling it She smiled and said I think you are going to like this..I do it's fun and sexy and sassy.. It's a little bit shorter than I am comfotabel with but I still love it.. Who knows maybe I will go shorter and blond next time..

So what do you all think??

Grilling and Chilling

Our neighbors and I decided to BBQ today so we put on my aprons and started up the grill.

Mike was our grill master for the evening sporting one of my Cleo dot apron, Robbie was close by for morel support.

The kids all went on a short walk around the block while the food was cooking.


When they got back they where thirsty so they put their names on their cups so there would be no mix ups.
After dinner we all chilled out
and played a little

Garrett had fun going down the rocky hill on Ben's tractor

And Ben had fun on Garrett's skate board.

Then it was time to head on in for the evening.

Dude I mean mom I am not ready yet can we have to 10 more minutes..

And that concludes our day..

A time to rember..

I found this writing in Mylissas room yesterday. I was very touched by her words, and thought it would be fitting to share this memorial day weekend.
I love and miss you baby boy ..
I hope you all have a nice memorial day weekend..

William's Baby Blanket

The deep warming memories of that tiny blanket lay silently in my head. I can't keep those winter memories that I had with the blanket out of my head.
I have the memory of holding my baby brother in my arms with the silky.soft,baby blue blanket.
It was Williams blanket, my youngest brother,he would be turning four this year but he has passed away. I rember in every picture my mother took that same blanket was attached to William. Those sweet memories with him were so precious. This blanket makes William closer and clearer, so that is why the blanket is so special to me.

Today the blanket is still the same; my second youngest brother keeps it safe with him. Ben sleeps with the blanket sometimes, and the other times it is in the linen closet hanging around the house. Every chance I get, I take the blanket and hold it in my arms and partake of those same precious memories that I have had before with the same child who once laid upon that blanket. If the blanket isn't in those previous places, then it is most likely in the wash. I dont think I would be able to fit in to the washer to hold the blanket.

I hope in the future that I can keep the blanket. If I am able to keep it, I would make sure my children would have it as babies. When they grow older, I want them to know the importance of the blanket. Maybe when I die I can be buried with the blanket, knowing the importance it was to me. All I know is that it's going to last forever. No matter where it is, it will still be in my memories.