UP North

Posted on July 28, 2008

we are home!!! what a blessing vacation is! the sunsets were glorious. I have several at diff times—but just wanted to share this one. love it!

We had a great time visiting the A family and it was so great to see the girls!
The beach was beautiful and the weather was great. The shops in downtown traverse city were very fun….we picked up our very own cherry pitter, too. Spent one afternoon picking cherries–that was fun—g had a blast!

a fun shot of jia. j took us sailing one day—she was GREAT!!! we knew nothing about it—but she did a fabulous job teaching us…..i’ll share some pics soon….

going on vacation….

Posted on July 19, 2008

monday!!! can’t wait…..

gracen’s prayer tonight

Posted on July 17, 2008

i was tucking sweet g into bed and said a little prayer and then said, “Gracen’s turn”–so this was her prayer:

“akdjfahfowejfijwoj……’mommy’s bed’…..jfadfeoiahgenioadafdao……’gymnastics’…..adhajdhfasdfjafhasdfjafj…..’auntie val’…….aldjfakdjfafj…..’and jia’…………alkdjfakdjfadfja……..’chicago monkey’…………..adfadjfasjdfkajdfakj…………’mommy’s bed’………………..adfjasdjfasdfjasdjkfadfjhfafajdfjadfjdkfjaskdfjasdkfjasdkfjsdkfj…………..’AMEN.”
for those wondering what ‘chicago monkey’ is–it’s a sweet monkey puppet I brought home for her from my chicago trip a few weekends ago. it’s worked our way into our bedtime routine…..

gosh i love that girl………

busy designing…

Posted on July 16, 2008

first, this is my friend’s sweet baby girl…..aren’t her eyes gorgeous???!!!!
talked myself into buying another petti………this time a white one!!! had to take gracen out to play with it the other evening—hmmmm…a toddler and a white petti……what was i thinking???
got a new cmas collection up on the site!
check it out–under HOLIDAY!

sunday……

Posted on July 13, 2008

one of the boats when i was in chicago….i used my textures and Phaunt’s bw old ttv action—it’s GREAT! BTW: have you checked out Phaunt’s Forum??? It’s a GREAT forum!! Check it out….

a few more from the other day……. her little ‘wink’ makes me laugh…

monday

Posted on July 7, 2008

Win some Vintage Frames!

Posted on July 2, 2008

Chance to WIN some of my new Vintage FRAMES!!!!!
Jodi of mcp actions is having a contest over on her blog! Go check it out–leave a comment AND subscribe to this blog (if you’re not already) for a chance to WIN!!!!!

couple more chicago, splash park & gymnastics

Posted on July 2, 2008

And for a good laugh—this is pretty much what gracen does at gymnastics:

To keep her from running: The Somersault Marathon:

girls weekend in chicago.

Posted on July 1, 2008

what a blast! this weekend was great!!! a girls weekend in Chicago—with a dozen dslr’s….so fun!
Growing up outside of Chicago–I can’t believe I had never seen ‘The Bean” before….it’s pretty cool!!! love how it reflected the city and it made for some fun shots…..
amber, toni, kristi, farrah & me

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