Pumpkin Chase

We had a leader scavenger hunt at church in costume. I was the karate kid as a shower and Keri was a UPS man. Good times. The shower won second place in the costume contest. It was bested by a tornado! They clearly spent a lot more time than I did and she deserved to win!

Nelle & Lizzy-from Luke

"Awww! Lukey you shouldn't have!" This is what I squealed when I got my gift card to Nelle&Lizzy to pick out my mothers ring. It arrived a while back & I keep forgetting to blog about it. I love my ring I where it every day. It was a move of the grandest husbandry on my man's part. I was so surprised. It took me forever to decide what I wanted & commit. The packaging is so fantastic when you get it you just want to stare at it. It couldn't possibley look as adorable on your finger as it does in that tiny box of lavendar witht the little flower bud...no, wait...it does look as adorable on my finger!!! Yeah! Well here's some pics, although they don't do it justice. I'm sure it's too fuzzy to see "Trip" & "Joss" engraved on the individual rings. (I can't figure out how to do real close up shots on my little point & shoot cam. Any suggestions?)

Inspiration all Around

Well I'm addicted. I've found myself lately using words that I often tease April for saying 10 times a day: "on this blog I read..." So now I can no longer poke at her, for there is a log in my own eye!

Aaahhh, back to the inspiring. Well, there has been this air of creativity floating all about me for a few weeks now. I have most recently become fascinated with pinwheels. Jossi calls them "round & rounds" because they go round &...well you know the rest. So this has become the theme for her birthday bash coming up on Saturday. Yeah! We will have pinwheel cupcake toppers, a home made cake from scratch (pictures to follow) made by your truly, complete with fresh marshmallow fondant! I have found pinwheels to be particularly mesmerising as of late. If you get a puff of wind in the sweltering summer heat & your pinwheel begins to turn, it's bright colors whirling into one...you can get lost in a stare. I can relate to Joss on so many levels when I get down on the floor & take in her view. It's just taking that time to get down there that is the challenge. I am very excited about her 2nd birthday party & to see how all my fun little details turn out. Stay tuned to find out yourself! (Actually I'd better see you all there to find out in person!). Pic of hand made pinwheels is from Twirlie Whirlies Etsy shop, romantic pinwheel shot from Dana & Jeremy Photography

Every day life #1

Some times you just want to post a few pics of every day life. So I'll just call them Everyday life & # them from now on.

This made me nervous but Trip seemed to love it!Little Corn eater
Pushing babies with mommie
My little blue bell boy
This is Trip's blue steel pose with peas on top

Joss caught taking off her make up

Weekend Fun

Caden's 2nd birthday party. (thank you Monica for these beautiful pics!)



Joss waving at her Lolly (Kelli)
On the steps (in the wonderful shade)
Joss in Trip's floatie
Luke & I before Brittany & Matt's wedding Sunday night.

So this weekend was packed! Just the way I like it-makes for good naps on Mondays. We headed to Austin & Kelly's on Friday night for fajitas & a baby fix. Baby Cade is too precious-already growing & changing. I got to swaddle him up & get him put down for the night. (I can't locate my camera at the moment so I'm missing out on good pics. Ugh.) Then we had Caden Wardlaw's birthday party on Saturday morning. We had such a good time visiting with old friends. Monica Higgins was there with her camera (and precious baby Luke) capturing all the best moments. Check out her blog or facebook to see more of her incredible photos. Saturday afternoon we had a swim day with my family. Joss was quite the fish in her new suit with the built in floaties. Then she got over it & decided to go nude for the rest of the time. Crazy girl! Sunday night was Brittany Stull & Matt Vinson's wedding. It was beautiful, an intimate setting & great food. All around a good weekend. Oh except little Trip who's skin is awful right now. Poor itchy little guy.