Ready, Set, Wait 4 Me!

Fun in the Sun:

Thank you Grandma Tree, for letting us get a day together hiking----

and dinner out, and a movie!

And Happy 14 Years Baby!

First day hiking together since last year this time!

And the desert in is full bloom!

The prickly pears at No Thoroughfare Canyon are amazing this weekend!

We saw hundreds of tadpoles!

And several Collard Lizards....their colors are so amazing!

Ryan captured the shot of this old Juniper tree growing right in the middle of a boulder.

We enjoyed Heritage Days at Cross Orchards Farm.....

and the fun blue grass music...

and dancing..

Old time workshop...

Petting the goats...

Learning about making soap...

and butter!

..very serious business, butter making!

And the garden is GROWING!

Nice job, Baby! I can't take any credit for this lovely garden, but I enjoy eating the veggies!

This tostada was made with fresh picked lettuce from our garden...

And summertime agrees with Bubba! He LOVES to be outside!

Well, it's summer, and it's already flying by like a whirlwind.

I feel like our whole life is like that actually, and summer is definitely no exception.

I'm behind on posting all kinds of fun activities, but will try to at least share some birthday party pictures.

K-Rae decided on a Lalaloopsy themed party.

If you don't have any idea what that is, let me educate you on Lalaloopsy a little bit.

The official Lalaloopsy website says:

"Lalaloopsy are rag dolls that magically come to life from the fabric used to make them.

They live in a colorful silly world! Sew Magical! Sew Cute!"

There are over 50 of these little themed dolls. K-Rae dressed up like "Pix E. Flutters."

The girls did some fun crafts with flowers and buttons;

it just wouldn't be a Lalaloopsy party without buttons!

Lil' Miss Mae dressed up as her own invented Lalaloopsy, which she named:

"Feed B. Feeder," (pronounced "Phoebe Feeder").

Not only did she dress-up as Feed B. Feeder, but she had me help her create an actual Feed B. Feeder rag doll. This turned into an all day project last week.

Lil' Miss Mae came up with the name "Feed B. Feeder" because

the doll was created from a dress made out of a feed sack that my Great-Grandma,

(so her Great-Great-Grandma) used to wear,

and probably had hand sewn herself back in the Depression Era.

Anyhow, we created,

and sewed, and stuffed

and laughed a lot...

Lil' Miss Mae stayed right by me for every stitch! She enjoyed her one-on-one Mama time, and I enjoyed my Chloe time, which doesn't happen often!

We were able to pull off this project because K-Rae was at "Camp W" with her aunt and uncle in Denver, and Bubba got locked behind the baby gate and entertained by Dadda!