I Made it Mondays....

I'm in love with Japanese import fabric...

It is so hip...

It is such good quality...
But...

It is sooo expensive...

What can one make
if one only buys
 one yard?

One cute little skirt
for
 One cute little girl.

Happy Independence day America...

I love the fourth, especially with the fam...

 We had a festive barbeque at my sister Spring's house.

Then braved the rain at the school parking lot

because no fourth is complete without 

...FIREWORKS...

regardless of the weather conditions

(or the fire codes)

Uncle Nate on the grill...

Snow cones...

playing croquette with cousins...

Hope you had a boom-tastic fourth...

Celebrate Red, White and Blue...

How stinkin' cute

are all of these ideas from pinterest!!!

(man that thing is a major time suck...)

Sooo making one of 'em....

Miss Sibley turns 11

I simply can not believe that this little lady is 11...
ELEVEN!  

It seems like just yesterday
that she was a chunky monkey buddah baby, 

making that infant swing of hers work hard for the money!  

Only one more year of elementary school
 then it's on to the big leagues...saints preserve us.  

Sibley is fabulously opinionated and dramatic in every way
...with a kind, sweet soul. 

We gave her a (GASP) "family" party this year. 

Her cake was from a box, in a not so cute pyrex baking dish  

 and yet...
she still thought it was all pretty great...

Love that girl...

The King of Pop...

Every channel I turned it to tonight 

was talking about the anniversary of
Michael Jackson's death.

It's pretty sad...

 I know a lot of people 

don't have great things to say

 about Michael Jackson.

He was a very controversial
and odd fellow,

 but there really is no denying

 his music.

Pretty sure
 most of you
 could sing along with 

most of his records.

They're that memorable...

Smith was "The King of Pop" for Halloween a few years ago...
He looked Awesome!!!!

I read that
Michael Jackson
 has made the biggest impact on music
 than any other artist
 in the history of music.
 Now there is something to be said about that...

I Made it Monday...

I made this festive little 

red, white and blue

banner

for Miss Liberties 

upcoming independence celebration...

After making lots of these banners,

I figured out that

 bias tape

works wonders

 for keeping 

all the little flags and pom poms

neat and tidy.

It's a good thing....

Couldn't love you s'more...

The kids had been begging to make smores

FOREVER!

 I think the preparations 

were a bit more than they bargained for. 

We had to scrounge high and low

 for wire hangers to use as marshmallow roasting sticks

 (no woods around these parts) 

Then...

 had to exterminate a house of bees.

 They had found a cozy place to reside beneath the grate of the pit. 

It was a windy night so we had a bit more smoke than fire,

 but smores were made...

 and our mission accomplished!  

Our hair smelled of campfire for days...

 even after a good scrubbing...

p.s. for those of you who have teenagers...

Does this above picture (of my teenager) look familiar to you?

Do you feel the cell phone

 is an appendage that at times is in need of amputation???