A Snip-It

Just a wee snip-it of Ava's adorableness in ballet class... Well, all the little girlies actually! If you listen closely you can hear their little girly-giggles when they squish together in their circle.  And yes, the boots are back :)

And so here it is: Dance of the Butterflies, or so I've titled!

PS- Welcome new friend!  You've made my blog-lovin' day!

Class of 2010

Big weekend, big weekend!  Dallas, our little sis, had her high school graduation!  I haven't much to say other than I'm beamingly proud of her and it was pretty freakin' cool to see her up on that big stage accepting that grand diploma.
And even sweeter than that- she'll be attending college this fall.

The sky's the limit.

Kirsten getting her hair did just right.

Myself, assigned to the task of make up.

Direct quote from the grad gal herself "I feel like a princess!".

Flowers from her charming grad escort, Kyle.

Group shot.....of course :)

Aaand, the only pic I was able to get snagged of my hubby 'n me ;)

Strange to consider that it's been ten years now since I graduated.... yeesh!


Lotsa luv for Dall xo

Every oncoming summer, I confide in my dear friend Shelley just how envious I am of the gorgeous lilac bushes decorating her backyard.

And every year she surprises me with my very own bouquet :)

Artsy

Warning! A tad self indulgent :)

Along with my sis-in-law, I also got to play model-for-a-day.

As I mentioned in an earlier post, my sister Kirsten has been busy creating unique, beautiful hair combs and head pieces to sell in the salon she works at.

The Objective: to collect enough photos to put together a look-book artistically displaying her designs.
We managed to get a few decent photos that day, however, we only captured a few really good shots of the head pieces themselves.  Oh well!  We truly are learning as we go :)

Aaron's Hair

Just in time for summer, or maybe just inspired by his dad.... 
 Aaron's new haircut.

I thought he was looking particularly handsome this morning on his way out to school.

'Come on, MOM!! Can we go now?!!!'

Baby.Belly.2

As promised, more photo fun with my preggo sis-in-law, Kim!

Might I add, neither my sis (my partner in crime this particular day) or I are professional photogs in the slightest, and were merely having some fun with the camera.  So simply, enjoy!

 

'Til Next Time, May

This past weekend (Saturday actually) was a sight to behold, or loathed entirely rather.  Another bout of snow, or, I hate to admit-- a blizzard. This is what we laid our depressed eyes on, Sunday morning:

Eww, right?!

The good news is it took only a mere day for it all to disappear.


Among other things this weekend, I rescued a red Skittle out of Ava's left nostril, cheered for Aaron at inline, had an all day Star Wars-a-thon (Aaron was in heaven) and enjoyed a night out with the family at our friend's house.

Last night, after receiving news of a frost warning (thanks Garry!) for the first time in my greenthumb-loving life-- I covered my beloved garden with an old sheet.  I figured if my gramma was losing sleep at night over my garden, would it really be too much to kindly cover it up with a little blankey.


Of course not.

These, I call my button flowers.  I think they look like lovely little buttons- and I love them :)

Actually, as you can see from the pik, they are titled 'English Daisies'.

Also, Ava finally got her first real haircut.

For the first two years of her life we battled potential mullet formation with little trims to the hairs on the base of her neck.

The following two years, many a bang trim.

And finally, yesterday, the whole kitten-caboodle.

I'll have to ask Kirsten how many inches she thinks she may have taken off.  Her hair had nearly grown down to her cheeks! 

Today, being June the first.  I will be looking forward to a seasonably warm month with the anticipation of Dallas' high school graduation (coming this weekend!), the ending of school, the unexpected song of the ice cream truck passing by, wandering Farmer's Market and maybe a glimpse of baby goslings at the lake.

June?  Where have you been all my life.