randoms from the month of May

Congrats to Bella! She got first place in her class spelling bee. She left that morning telling me she was going to come home with a trophy and she did. I think that's the secret in action.


This is the card Adam made for his mom for mother's day. It's little bits and pieces of email forwards she has sent him over the years. I thought it was endearing.


The lilacs have been out for a couple of weeks now and it's been a good couple of weeks. I love lilacs.


Tess took a few friends bowling for her birthday last Friday.


Saturday Adam and I spent a good amount of time looking for music. Always a good pass time for us. (photo by tess)


I took these 3 to get a Slurpee and as it turns out the machines were broken UGH! Surprisingly they did quite well with the news, but I had a feeling they wouldn't let me leave without getting them something. Here is Megan negotiating what else they could get as I take the picture. Shouldn't they have a sign from the street that says "machines down"?


Before we went to the cemetery we celebrated Tess and my niece Estee's birthdays. Don't those cupcakes look delicious? Let me tell you they were. My SIL Amy could go into business.


We went to Liberty park Memorial Day with our good friends who's daughter was having a birthday. It was a low key day walking around (the weather couldn't have been more perfect) talking while the kids played in the water attractions, and going on a few shady rides. Still can't believe we went on those old rides...I was less than certain we weren't going to fall to our death.

photo mischellany

Megan and I play a lot of "go fish". How in the world is she beating me? I rarely win...maybe that's why she wants to play so much.


Adam was out of town several weeks ago and I took the girls to see The Lightening Thief. Sadly I was bored, perhaps you need to read the book so it doesn't feel so choppy. They really liked it.


Seeing the goggles at the edge of the pool just made me happy.




Something about this photograph I just love.


Earlier in the week I may have looked at this photo and said "It's been far too long since I've pulled out the paints", but today after a conversation with Adam and Jill about 10,000 hours I'm thinking, "I have a lot of hours ahead of me to get where I want to be." Luckily today it doesn't feel intimidating. Why can't that feeling last?


I've been helping out in Tess' classroom with junior achievement the last three weeks. Even though they're a great class, I'm still so impressed with teachers...it's a tough job.


Made these tags to go on the party favors for Bella's birthday party. I have a thing for butterflies right now.

flashback friday

I've decided since most of my photos from my film days are stored in boxes and rarely visited, if ever, that I needed to occasionally put them on my blog so in the years to come they will be remember with all the digital photos because let's face it, those photos will never get scrapbooked and I don't want to see them get lost in the past.


[Bella and Tess spring 2004]

I don't remember a lot about this day, but I do remember Tess wanting pig tails and after the struggle I went through to do them for her I knew it was something I had document (Poor Tess has always had to fight her hair growth. I've never ever cut her bangs...they just don't grow.)

This makes me unbelievably happy to see. I'm actually really looking forward to searching through my boxes and finding treasures from the past so i hope you don't mind me sharing them. What do you do with all your old photos?

We just finished it.

I am thrilled about the mantle project I (and Adam) have been working on.

I previously wanted the photos to be sitting on the mantel as I posted earlier, but after further scrutiny of the room I realized (with Adams help) the photos really needed to be higher to give the room something vertical...everything seems to be the same height. So we hung them on the wall above the mantel between the lights. I may add a little something if I can find what I am looking for, but for now this is it.

I absolutely love it. I can't stop staring at it. Literally I sit on the couch just to look at the photos. Its makes me very happy.

so I am curious...what in your house makes you happy?