July 4th

I hope all of your 4th of July celebrations were fun! We had a wonderful time celebrating with friends this year and managed to see both sets of grandparents as well. We are so blessed to live in the good 'ole US of A!

Fashion Show

This weekend was for the girls! I took Ellie to her first fashion show starring none other than Grandma! We had fun watching Grandma walk the catwalk! Ellie was excited to see Grandma each time since Ellie herself loves to come out with many outfits in an hour as well. Being unbiased as I am, Mom truly looked like she was having the most fun and looked great in her outfits!

After to show we went to see Grandma "backstage." Ellie ran to Grandma who was changing from her fancy dress and planted a huge kiss on her cheek. She then leaned back and stared at Grandma's lipstick. I think it made quite an impression because that night before bed I still had lipstick on seemed very observant of all that make-up stuff. I think I can handle waiting a long time for that!
Mom always has looked great in red!

I told you she was having fun!

Her look was dramatic here!

Comfortable and cool!

Mom's enjoying every minute!

It truly was fun to see Mom all dressed up!

Treat Fleet Cars

"Eyes" Cars (as Luke likes to say!)

Tail Lights

I thought I would share the cars I did for Luke's birthday. I call them my "Treat Fleet Cars" because there were so many treats of cars. They were super yummy and easy to make.

Here's how to make them:

Two boxes of Swiss Cake Rolls

Or-o Mini's

Gummy Bears

Yogurt covered Raisins

Red Hots

Chocolate Frosting

Use one cake roll. Separate the or-o mini's and add frosting to the inside. Attach wheels. Use one side of an or-o for the steering wheel and just press into the cake roll. Add frosting to the bottom of the bear and seat behind the wheel. Cut the raisins in half and add frosting to the front and back of the cake roll. Gently press the halves of the raisins into the cake roll in the front. On the back add the red hots. You now have one Treat Fleet Car. Makes 24 cars (if you don't eat one in the process!)

Happy Birthday Luke!

Here's a few pictures from a very grand party for Luke. He's now a big 0-4! Luke loved seeing his friends, racing like the real cars, the water balloons and oh, the cupcakes and Treat Fleet Cars were a hit. Happy Birthday Luke!

We're following the pace car before the big race.

Ellie is racing right along with them.

Grandpa gives her a little help!

Ready, Set, Throw!

The kids loved the swiss cake roll cars!

This was a few days before at our local HD store. They had a real race car in front and the two men found out Luke was having a birthday party with race cars as its theme so they showed him the cars and even started the engine just for him. When we left he said, "Mommy, I want to race one of those cars." Then thinking about it longer he said, "A RED one!" Here's to my little racer, Dream Big!

Happy Mother's Day!

I hope everyone had a Happy Mother's Day! This was actually the day before Mother's Day but I wanted to share one of my best presents ever for Mother's Day. I love getting to sleep in and that would be getting to sleep past 7:30, combined with breakfast, it's the perfect combo. So, on Saturday Eric made breakfast with the kids and brought me breakfast in bed! It was complete with my favorite eggs, hash browns, toast and jam and fresh picked strawberries from our garden.

Everyone helped out with Ellie picking the strawberries and getting bread for toast.

Luke directed Ellie in toasting and also cracked (or I hear poked and smashed my be a better description) the eggs.

Then Daniel helped Daddy cut Mommy some flowers and arrange them into a bouquet! When all was done I was sweetly awaken by three cheery voices and Eric's handsome face!

I loved, loved, loved every bit and Eric even took pictures for me to see the "process." What a gem of a family I have and I feel so blessed! I hope you all had a wonderful Mother's Day!