12of12 | april

01. i was up early enough to exercise before i left at 6:30am. let's just say it was pretty early.
02. little bits of snow still hanging on from the weekend storms.
03. early morning violin--6:45am
04. my last glimpse of the girls as they make their way to school.
05. i'm constantly picking these up throughout the house--and i am not keen on them being the marker of choice.
06. watched my nieces. megan was so excited to get in the car and see her cousins that she scarcely stopped talking all the way home.
07. my friend jenica made me a custom essential oil mix. this is her colorful stash.
08. spent the afternoon with jenica, chatted, organized, and let the girls play.
09. megan & tess filling eggs for their egg hunt at school.
10. this photo was an accident. grabbed my photo to take a picture of something else and as i walked out of my studio i snapped it. actually love the way it turned out.
11. i love seeing the first signs of spring.
12. the sun wasn't out much, but it did show it's face as it left for the night. couldn't help go out and enjoy it. tess was standing above me when i took this making faces at me.

my day started early, was full, but quite enjoyable. i hope it was another enjoyable day for you as well. don't forget to share your link--i'm eager to see your spring. :)

monday bullets

-Mondays just seem like a bullet point kind of day. It's the day I look at the whole of my week and add to my ever increasing to do list.
-My lists are no longer made with paper and pen, well occasionally they are, but for the most part I use 2Do. A favorite app that helps me stay organized.
-I'm finally completely done with my Woman's Conference talk. The guts of the message has been done for about a month actually, but there were a few things that didn't feel right that I kept coming back to. Yesterday evening I was finally able to figure it out. Feels good to have the final draft in my hands.
-I hear it's suppose to be cold, maybe even snow this week/weekend. Can't tell you how disappointed I am by that news.
-My two nieces, Olivia and Ashley, slept over Friday night. We met up with Robyn at the mall to hand over Olivia so they could spend the afternoon together celebrating their birthdays. Adam and I were left with Megan and Ashely which seemed like a manageable group, but had the ability to remind us how easy we have it now that we're at the tail end of little kids. It was an enjoyable outing even though they had the ability to walk in front of every person in a hurray and their attempts to play hide and seek were thwarted by their giggles.


-Here they are shopping with us at the boutique Lucille Elaine. Adam took this photo while I was trying on a dress. The two of them were trying their best to behave because there was a table full of cookies and cupcakes tempting them. I wish I had had one myself, Adam said the cupcakes were day changing.
-A really great show started last night on the history channel called, America the Story Of Us. It's all about America's beginnings. From what I have seen it's not only really well made, but it's a great reminder that our country beat the odds because of the determination of the people. I think it's a 12 hour mini series so start recording it now.