creativity

I love to be creative!  It doesn't matter if I'm using paper, paint, wood, stamps, or fabric, I love to see what I can come up with.  I wanted to share a few of the latest things I've created.

These are coasters.

I made this frame for my friend who had just had a baby girl.  She loved it!

dewey beach

Last month we spent a week at the beach with our good friends Peter and Sarah and their kids. We stayed in a little beach house that was about a 2 minute walk to the beach. Everyday we would get up eat breakfast and head to the beach. We had so much fun!! Here are a few of the highlights in pictures.

The sunrise the first day we were there.

Our first time on the Boardwalk. There were so many cute little shops and lots of yummy food. French fries, carmel popcorn, and soft serve ice cream cones which ended up being our favorite. I think we went back 3 or 4 times while we were there for ice cream!! The benches were really cool because you could move the top back and forth if you wanted to look at the beach or watch the people on the boardwalk. There were some very interesting people to watch!

Every day the boys would build a sandcastle, but they weren't just orindary sandcastles. They had tunnels through them that you could roll a golf ball through. It was fun to see what the little boys would imagine and watch the big boys make it. They came up with some pretty amazing sandcastles.

This last one turned out to be Jeff's favorite. One guy stopped on his way walking past and said it was the best sandcastle on the beach!!

Jeff and Cameron relaxing after a hard days work.

The last day I was sitting on the sand and they decided to build the castle around me. They built the sand around me so I had a chair and then did tunnels that went around and underneath me. I had sand everywhere on me by the time they were finished but the little boys thought it was great fun!!


We were able to take Sadie with us and she had such a great time too!

Peter had a balloon rocket launcher that he would shoot balloons in the air and the kids would chase them. Sadie decided to join in on the fun, which is weird because she never chases anything outside. She wore herself out pretty quick!

This is our new favorite picture of Sadie.

Tiffany and Laney at the beach. We were watching Sadie run around and wear herself out and Jeff took this picture.

Going to the beach!

We didn't want to leave! It was a much needed vacation and great to get away from everything! Good friends, Good food, Good scenery, Good times, Great FUN!

Come visit and we'll take you there!

birthday cake

Sunday was my birthday and I decided to make my own cake. I know it sounds strange but let me explain. Almost a year ago my friend Sarah showed me how to do some cake decorating and she let me borrow a cake pan she had so I could practice. That pan has sat on top of my fridge for a year and I decided it was time I should use it and what a better excuse than my birthday. I tried to make it look like Sadie but I think the frosting turned out too dark. Oh well, it was fun and I think it turned out pretty good for my first try! Happy Birthday to me!

podickory point

We spent the 4th of July with some of our friends at a small beach on the Chesapeake Bay called Podickory Point. It was so much fun!! We relaxed on the beach and Jeff built sand castles with their 3 year old boy. (I wish I would have gotten pictures.) I could have sat on the beach all night. I love squishing the sand through my toes!! Then we had a BBQ with really yummy food and when it got dark we watched fireworks all across the horizon. It was definitely a 4th of July we won't forget.

This is the view we had across the Chesapeake Bay. We were able to see the fireworks from every city all across the horizon. Oh and the sunset was gorgeous too!

a dog's life

Sometimes I wish I was a dog! Does anyone agree? Sleep, eat, sleep, sleep some more and get spoiled rotten!! We love our Sadie!!

lego fun

We love to go on adventures with our friends Peter and Sarah and their kids. The latest was a trip to see a Master Lego Builder build an 8 foot Yoda from legos. All the boys, little and big, were really excited. They each got to build a brick from smaller legos and then take it to the Lego Builder where he put it on the big Yoda.

This is a picture looking down on the fun. We only got to see the bottom half of Yoda being built. He did the top half the next day.

Cameron and Cody in front of the miniature Yoda. It is amazing to me that they can take small rectangular bricks and build this!! Jeff and Cameron building their lego bricks.

Peter and Cody building their bricks.

After they helped build Yoda, we went to the Lego Store. The boys could have stayed there all day! I have never seen so many people and legos in my life! Jeff bought the Star Wars X-Wing Fighter and put it together as soon as we got home.

a beautiful day

The first Saturday in February was an unusually beautiful day. We're talking like 60+ degrees in the middle of winter. Anyway, we had a friend visiting from Utah and he wanted to go to D.C. to see some of the sights. We walked around and had a picnic lunch by the Washington Monument. We had a great time and I'm so glad it was warm outside! We love to take interesting pictures and I love how they turned out!

A cool buiding on one of the corners in D.C.

This is part of the architecture on the building. I think it looks so cool!

The ground at the World War II Memorial.

At the World War II Memorial

This was also taken at the World War II Memorial.