Ohhh the strawberries!!!

It's been a heck of a long while since my last update. We have been soooo busy its not even funny. So tonight I thought that I should update a bit. We go to Apple Jacks Orchard every year for our annual Pumpkin Picking. Its a grand place and we have made a tremendous amount of memories there but one thing that we have missed out on time and time again is the annual strawberry picking. We always seem to miss it by a few days, but this year, oh this year we hit the mother load!!!! It was decided on a whim at about 1 am in the morning that I would wake at the crack of dawn to take two of my three kids to go pick strawberries. And I am glad that I did! What a wonderful few hours we spent at the orchard picking! I have posted a few pics of our day and I have to say that I cant wait until next year!!!!! What a grand time we had!

And she turns 4......

Ohhhhh what a day that it was. Our little princess turned 4 on April 10th. We had her party at her dance studio and invited all of her princess friends. It was a great turnout and although the time just flew by it will be remembered forever.

We hired Emmas hairdresser to come to her party and do all the girls hair and makeup for them. Emma of course was up first and she loved being doted on. Tammy and Crystal took great care of our girl and dolled her right up for her party. I can't say that I have ever had the pleasure of having my hair and nails done at the same time. Anything for our little girl!!!!I made a comment to everyone that this is as pageant as we get. She could have been in a pageant. Just gorgeous!!! I ordered her outfit from Hong Kong on Ebay and added the flowers to it that I made. i also made the headband for her which was oh so easy to make. I'm the type of girl that sees something for sale and say to myself " i can make that", so I did and she loves it.Now this picture I think I will frame for her room. I LOVE it. She kept giving herself kisses and I fell in love all over again.I can't believe that she is 4 now. It seems like yesterday I was giving birth to her. Time just flies and I have so many cherished memories of her. I love her so so much and I will forever enjoy planning her perfect birthday parties with her daddy. We love you to the moon and back Emma! Happy Birthday Sweet Baby Girl.

Brown Thumb?....I think not!!!!

Mimi was a gem and sent me these Chinese Forget-Me-Nots in my basket from a swap we participated in and I had to plant them! I just didnt know where to start cause lets face it, I cant keep a houseplant alive for the life of me. On a recent outing to Walmart we were strolling along and I said to myself "HEY!!" Thats exactly what I need to get these babies growin. Little did I know that it would be so easy when I turned the box over to read the directions. For $6.00 i couldnt go wrong.....right???? So with that I came home and I think read the directions another hundred times and decided that I would start them the next morning while everyone was still in bed. It was the first thing that I thought of when I woke so I bolted downstairs, started the coffee pot and let the dog out. I read the directions oh another 20 times and took a deep breath and started. Let me just say that this was SOOOOOOOOOO easy. I used every little seed that there was planting 3 in each pod. I put the cover on and said a little prayer for the seedlings to grow strong. I checked the next day, nuthin, day after that, nuthin. It went on like this for about 5 days and just when I thought that I should just give up on my "Green Thumb"...........

Look what I woke to on like day 6!!!!!!! There budding!!!!!! They are sooooo tiny and cute, and I am just a giddy girl!!! I actually did it!!!!! Today I checked and there are even more budding! Starting tomorrow they will be placed outside in some Sunshine and then I will bring them in at night so they dont get to cold in our cool Minnesota evenings. I loved doing this and I will definatly post updates on how they are doing. I actually think I can do this now!!!!!!

Miss Rheas Easter Basket Swap

This was one of the sweetest and most fun swaps that I have participated in! I had a great time making a few baskets for my swap partners Mimi and Kelly. I have been so busy this weekend that I havent found the time to snap a few pics of Mimi's basket she made me so i snagged my basket pics from her blog. Hope you dont mind Mimi. Now on to some pics of my sweet baskets........

Here is my basket from Kelly..........Such lovely colors and filled with goodies!!!!!!Emma helped herself to my egg gum, it is the first time she has had gum in her almost 4 years on this earth and I have to say she LOVES gum!!!!!!

Thank you soooooo much ladies! My baskets are beautiful and I will treasure them forever.....p.s. Mimi, i have another post comming soon to show you that the Forget me Nots that you sent are starting to bud!!!!! I am sooooo thrilled about that because I do not have a green thumb and I picked up a little kit and planted them right away!!!!!!

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OHHHHHH GOODIE!!!!!

I am just a giddy happy girl over here in good ol minnesota! i have joined a few swaps recently and I received this wonderful goodie sweet cake from Debi at life in my studio. Isnt this the sweetest little cake! She went above and beond anything that I could have expected. So pretty and pink and filled with such wonderful treasures. Enjoy the pics and Debi, THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!! Gorgeous eggs and a beautiful vintage jewel

Filled jam packed with such wonderful beautiful treasures

I am in LOVE with the Easter banner that she made. I will be hanging it in Emmas room

See the perdy pink earings? Emma has claimed them for herself but I think she will share with her mama. After Debi receives her Bunny Box I will post pictures of what I made her. I will treasure my box forever Debi! Thank you so much! And Happy Easter.

P.s- i have pics to add to my stiching along, but i have been so so busy I havent hada chance, just know i am still stiching along :)

I am Stiching Along

I signed up for Amys Stiching along group and I have to say that I am having a blast so far and I can't stop! It's soooooo much fun!!!! I finished up my first two squares and I have to say that I love it! And I love coffee so what better way to start out than with a nice cup of joe and a little love. If you click on the badge to the right of my blog you can get on over there and join in the fun. I promise you will not be dissapointed!

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A Request From My Mom.......

About a week ago I got a call from my mom in Colorado. She had a special request that she was hoping I could help her with. You see she is a dental assistant at a childrens dental office and they have some silly contests here and there around the holidays. This year for Easter they needed to come up with an Easter Bonnet that they have to wear and then the kids will be voting on them for their favorites. It's been a rough couple of weeks for my mom so she asked me to make her one. I of course told her yes! Immediatly an idea ran through my head and I set out to find a straw hat. I headed down to the local antique shop and found one for $8.00 bucks! Can't beat that price!!!! I bought it home and as you can see from the photos, cut,trimmed,glued and went to town on this baby. I still have a few things to add but my gluegun pooped out tonight and brought my work to a halt. I will be returning it to Walmart asap because it was practically brand new. Kinda peeved over that but oh well. I put a few last things on it tonight and had my almost 16 year old son model it for me since Emma and her daddy were at a birthday party today. He is such a sport and I think it's a great way to get back at him for all the not so nice things that he throws my way from time to time. TEEEEHEEEEEEE!!!!!!! So enjoy some pics and have a good laugh.
Here I cut the hat and lined it with blue gingham fabric

Added pretty lace over the fabric and started to embilish with flowers and ribbon
The back of the hat lined in some pretty fabric with vintage ribbon

Nick modeling the hat. You can really see how big it is!!! I think she will win for sure!!!!

And here is the front in all its Glory!! Nick has a priceless look on his face now dosent he????

I plan to add some pretty ribbon around the egss once I replace my gluegun and add a few more pretties to it. I added some big bows to the bottom also. All in all the only thing that I paid for was the hat! Talk abouta great deal and now she has a treasure to display on Easter!!!!!!!