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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Paisley's Fancy Tea Party!



It was so much fun preparing for Paisley's party this year.
She wanted a "fancy tea pawtee" so we went all out with what we had.
If you're going to own a bunch of tea cups you may as well make good use of them!  


We used the white banners left over from this party. 
Basically just computer paper cut into triangles and stapled onto ribbon.



All the flowers came from my Mother's backyard!
We placed them in small assorted jars down the center of the table. 

Luke making the chocolate covered strawberries.
He was very good at it once I got him started!
He's so precise.  Just like his Daddy. 

Pinwheels from Paper Polaroid. 

  Grammy made the delicious cupcakes. 
Thank you so much Grammy!  They are the BEST and made with such love!
xoxoxo.





Our sweet Mother's, Annie and Naomi, whom our girls are named after. 



The dresses were a gift from our neighbor Ms. Sandy. 
She came over the night before the party with them in hand, (and matching headbands).
It was an unexpected and lovely surprise.

Paisley and I made name cards for each guest with old buttons and lace. 


Two of my nieces came over to paint the little girl's fingernails.
It was so sweet. Thank you Sami and Kylie for making them feel so special!








delighted. 

We sang "God is great" before we ate.
The sound of all those precious little voices was heavenly. 

Luke and Tyler were excited to help serve and did a wonderful job. 
Luke was all set. He dressed himself and had his apron on, freshly sharpened pencil 
and tablet in hand! 

My nephew wore this adorable hand-sewn suit that he had previously worn as a ring bearer. 

































the party favors.

sleeping beauty tuckered out! 



“Today you are You, that is truer than true. 

There is no one alive who is Youer than You.”

~Dr. Suess~

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Happy 4th Birthday Paisley!

happy birthday to our Paisley girl!!
our lover-of-life girl.
our daring girl.
our tell-it-how-it-is girl.
our deeply-loving girl.
our laugh-out-loud girl.
our feisty girl.
our singer-of-songs-in-the-night girl.
our dress-up-fancy girl.
our keep-up-with-guys girl.
our imaginary-play girl.
our life-wouldn't-be-the-same-without-you girl.

"There is a garden in her eyes, 
where roses and white lilies flow." 
~Thomas Campion~

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Paisley-girl 10 months

I see my Paisley-girl all over again in Capri!! 
These pictures are of Paisley when she was exactly Capri's age!
xoxoxoxoxo. 








"Sisters are different flowers from the same garden."
 ~Author Unknown

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

these are the days

(picture on the dress I found at Costco, it's for Paisley)! 

Hello out there! 
Our life is FULL of LIFE right now!
 I'll get my blogging groove back someday, I think!
Bur for now, here are some of the highlights 
from the last few weeks: 

THRIFTING FINDS

DARLING CAPRI,
10 MONTHS.

SATURDAY MORNING SLOWDOWN, 
Tyler reading a lego magazine and taking as long as he wants to eat his raisin bran!
My kitchen is coming together one piece at a time, I'll show ya'll once it's ALL DONE!  
i looooooove it!! 

sweet man in the garden

Date night seeing Rend Collective!! 

Miss Kae, our friend and babysitter, 
Sunday school teacher and Disney movie provider! 
She loves our girls so good!  
(how stinkin' cute is Capri in this picture? TOTALLY her personality....and Paisley's too)!!  

FAVORITE Country Living cover EVER! 
speaking of thrifty & chic: 

OUR YARD SALE EXTRAVAGANZA WILL BE 
ON FRIDAY MAY 3RD, 1-7 pm
ONE DAY ONLY!! 
we are in full on purge mode 
so come prepared to find some goodies!

 She's starting to get around, backing herself into corners and under the table for now....it's just a matter of time until I can't leave her in one spot! Oh, they just grow up so fast, 
sweetie baby that is almost 1!!  

My inspiration picture for Paisley's 4th birthday party!
"Fancy Tea Party" it will be!  Cannot wait!


As we all know, this stuff is just fluff. 
What really matters are the things happening in our heart and soul
and I hope that as you are enjoying your life, (or just getting by), you are finding greater depths and heights.  Each morning I see the Spring blossoms becoming more full and I want to be just like them.  Grow and Bloom with each passing day, seeing LIFE come from death and beauty surfacing from the inside out.  
Here's to living a well-lived life!

“As long as we live, our self-absorption and our insecurity will walk together, holding hands and swinging them back and forth like two little girls on their way to a pretend playground they can never find. Human nature dictates that most often we will be as insecure as we are self-absorbed. The best possible way to keep from getting sucked into the superficial narcissistic mentality that money, possessions, and sensuality can satisfy and secure us is to deliberately give ourselves to something much greater...[Christ] showed us that giving, rather than getting, is the means to receiving...to find yourself, your true self, you must lose yourself in something larger.”