A little nervous about Elizabeth’s graduation next week. But I’m keeping it together.
Lots of texting tonight with Mom. That always helps.
and one or 2 of these.
The perfect margarita. Made by my husband.
He knows me.
I know what we are going to eat next Saturday. And that is more than I knew earlier today. Baby Steps
And I am actually getting really excited-especially to see all of our family!
Happy Thursday!
I meant to post these a couple weeks ago.
It always amazes me how quickly the blossoms come and go.
They are so beautiful.
Too bad I forgot to take photos of the tree with an actual person standing in front of it.
They are really pretty anyway 
Happy Wednesday!
2 hours at this awards ceremony tonight.
For this kid. We are so proud of her. And I am feeling kind of old.
Saturday night.
Cooking burgers on the grill in the rain.
And Pudge sleeping on my stairs-which is what I am going to do right now.
Happy Tuesday!
On Sunday, Bryan and I made a maze for Mr. Squeakers, Bryan’s new hamster.
Oh look…it’s a REAL smile from Bryan instead of the ones that he usually gives me.
Mr. Squeakers didn’t have much trouble making it through the maze. But he wasn’t really interested in his treat at the end. He was having fun, so he learned how to climb over the walls. Cheater.
He is cute though.
Even William enjoyed watching him.
Happy Monday!
The lilacs are blooming!
We have been drinking margaritas!
And taking photos!
Finally got around to getting copies of the boys’ birth certificates. So William can get his driver’s permit. Um…Yeah…
This kid finally started working on invitations for graduation-you can tell how thrilled she is. Hoping to get them out on Saturday…
And I finally finally got all of my scrapbook stuff out of the living room (mostly) and back up to the studio now that it is warm enough to work up there. Actually it is now TOO HOT to work up there, so my hubby put the A/C in so that we can sleep.
Also-the de-cluttering for graduation has begun. May God help me make it through the rest of this month…
Happy Friday!
I didn’t do much on Sunday morning. I woke up at 6:30 and laid around in bed reading and journaling. Then I got yelled at for coming downstairs.
Then I got my breakfast in bed.
Made by this guy. {which caused a giant commotion and much anger by one-seven.}
That’s when Bryan went outside and mowed the backyard.
Good boy.
I took some more photos of the crabapple tree before the blooms were gone.
I love this tree during this time of the year-the rest of the year it’s kind of ugly.
The purple lilacs hadn’t quite started to bloom yet.
This kid wouldn’t say happy mother’s day.
Brat.
This one finally calmed down about the scrambled eggs.
Ralph was just excited that there was lots of laying around in bed on Sunday. He loves snuggling.
Woot! Season 3 of the Big Bang Theory from Elizabeth! I am almost caught up to my Mom and sisters 
Best. Mother’s. Day. Present. Ever.
Wait-I was wrong. Handmade cards from Elizabeth are the best present ever.
Along with snuggling on the bed with my puppy.
and perfect ribeye.
Made by this guy. Who makes it all worth while.
This is one of the many messages that showed up on the Fridge on Sunday. This is one of the nicer ones.
These are the flowers that I bought myself on Friday at Walmart.
{Love fresh flowers}
I can’t wait for zinnias.
Happy Thursday!
For NSD, I read through a lot of challenges, but I only participated in a handful of them.
Challenge #1: Sewing Area-Before
Challenge #1: Sewing Area-After
I found these awesome floral storage containers at Walmart clearanced for $3.40 each, so I bought 5-perfect for brightening up the studio.
Challenge #1: Sewing Area-After
I don’t think this one was a challenge-the layout itself was based on a layout that May Flaum did for Camp Scrap last summer. This is one of the layouts that will go in Elizabeth’s graduation album.
I think this was a Studio Calico challenge-to use orange and turquoise (I think the challenge also used lime green, but I didn’t have any lime green). This layout will also go in the graduation album.
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This layout was originally supposed to be Stacy Julian’s challenge to scrapbook someone you love using 10 products, 10 techniques, and 10 of something else that is escaping me right now. But I got bored with that (too many requirements) and I ran across the text on the top photo that I had downloaded from Claudine Hellmuth’s text challenge that says, “I’m afraid he needs a lot of help.” Enough said. Perfect for this guys and his layout.
Have a great Wednesday!
