I have sad news to report: Our little hummingbird babies didn't make it. We'd been documenting their growth by taking pictures nearly everyday. This picture was taken about 2 weeks ago, the day before they were hummingbirds no longer. We don't have the heart to tell the children. I don't know what happened. Chris wonders…

 I finally broke out my silhouette last night to make some invitations for Kate's upcoming birthday. She wants a small party, only inviting about 3-5 girls, which is great. Not sure exactly what we are going to do but I think it will involve lots of pink balloons and girly things. Kate's been pukey this…

 I laid out all the squares last night for the new baby quilt. I am behind on this (don't tell my sister that I lost  misplaced the fabric for 3 solid days!) I've never tried this pattern before but have fallen head over heels for it and think it's going to be perfect for the occasion.…

 I blame Barbara Walters. She totally guilted me into it. I was on the fence about staying up until 3:00 to watch it all LIVE. And then she goes on and on about this once in a lifetime moment…and I caved. She is Babs afterall. Besides it was already 1:30. I went to bed at…

The trip to San Francisco only lasted a few days but we knew for sure that we wanted to drive down the PCH through Carmel & Big Sur on our way home. Though a comedy of not-so-hilarious events (read: lots of traffic & accidents) we finally made it to Carmel around 2. We drove down…

It's been a whole week since we got back (it's all a bit of a blur) BUT we did have a wonderful weekend last week up in Berkeley/San Francisco for my birthday. We stayed with our good friends (Hello, Anchetas!) and did some really fun things. I was mostly excited to hit the Muir Woods,…

First off, I have to say that I loved hearing all the places you'd go in your Shabby Apple dress (especially my brother who said he'd wear it to Dodger Stadium!) There were anniversarys, birthdays, round the world trips! I read all of them! Thank you for taking the time to enter. It was so…

         I told you it was going to be a good one!  Shabby Apple, creator of amazing women's dresses, has generously offered to give away one of their stunning pieces to a lucky reader (YOU ARE SO LUCKY!!)  I was supposed to choose one for you, but they are all so gorgeous,…

 Look what happened late this afternoon! One of the hummingbird eggs hatched! I only realized after I just uploaded them that the focus in on the nest and not the birds….oh well. The Mama has been very close by, naturally, but we'll try to get some better pic's of the chickadees tomorrow. I have been busy planning…

The Floola Hoop from Morgan Moore on Vimeo. She wants a "floola hoop" for her birthday next month. She's already practicing. "It's fun, it's healthy, it's good exercise. The kids will just love it. and we put a little sand inside to make the experience more pleasant." Before you know it, she'll be doing this: