Mother's Day

Yesterday was a gorgeous day! It was also fantastic from start to finish! :) It was just a great Sunday! We went to church in the morning, then we came home and I cleaned while my hubs roto-tilled. Then we visited his mom for a few and went to my mom's for bbq and play time. After we got home we had a fire (and s'mores!) got baths, then put the girls to bed.

 Here is some photographic evidence of our spectacular Family Sunday:

Eeq woke up with her hair like this. Note the tired eyes. :)

I have *no* idea why blogger insists on turning some of my photos sideways. Since they weren't originally I don't know how to turn them back.

Pop Pop made up this cane for Little Missy to walk with. He was using one to walk with because he had a surgery, and she wanted one, so he cut one off for her so that she could have her stick. Of course she loves it!

My parent's new puppy, Bodhi! Isn't he sweet?

This is how to walk in the woods. Someone carrying you and a nice drink to get you by.

Huey Lewis:

Little did we know- he's a farm dog! He ran straight for the pond at my mom's house and jumped in! Normally it takes days of staring at it to decide to get in it, but not Huey!

Part of the property is a swamp. Mud is a byproduct. 

Isn't it beautiful and peaceful? Well, when it's not hunting season, that is.

Cuddlebug Eeq loves her daddy.

Cuddlebug Eeq loves her Mommy.

"You want me to do WHAT, Daddy?!" My hubs was trying to encourage her to walk straight through the mud, because she had rain boots. However, she walked too slow and her boots got stuck and now i fear she will never trust us again. 

Swampy swamp.

Daddy play

Trust me. The pond is the lesser evil in the pond/swamp debate. The dogs got a forced pond dunking because they weren't riding home in our car covered in black swamp gunk.

You know it's a good day on the farm when your feet look like this. Let's just pretend they aren't my feet, though since the nail polish is looking heinous and they are huge. 

Bonfire! Woot!

A future contestant for Chubby Bunnies, is my guess. :) Look at those marshmallow-filled cheeks.

Tired baby. :)

All in all it was a great day! We had to physically carry Huey to the car because he loved his first taste of farm life. He was trying to get my mom to adopt him, but no dice. :)

Love in Him,

Taiya

Projects!

I've actually been working on some stuff! To the detriment of my working out, but whatever. I can't do it all! 

I pieced together a layer cake that my mom gave me for Christmas. It's not done. I need to get fabric for a couple of borders! It's too small in it's current state. I was going to do some fun offset squares thing, but decided to just do this because I really want to practice my quilting. And.. I was lazy. :) I love these colors, though, and I think it goes nicely with our couch and bookshelves!

This is a baby quilt that I pieced and was going to hand quilt for a friend whose baby is now 2, but never did it. So a friend of mine (whose mom owns a quilt shop) took it for me and got it machine quilted and finished the binding for me! :) I love how bright and happy this is for a baby quilt!

This is a purse, kind of. :) I am going to quilt it, but I was too tired by the time I sewed the whole purse, flipped it, and realized that I put the batting in the wrong spot, so it was on the outside. So I un-sewed(that's what my mom and I call it. We even call the little tool an un-sewer, just for fun)  the whole purse and tried again. I can't wait to get at the quilting, but today I need to exercise for a while! 

Love in Him,

Taiya

Friday afternoon we took a somewhat impromptu trip a town north of here: Holland. We don't usually go there, but we love it! Tons of beautiful shops, beautifully clean city, and all around wonderful. :) 

We decided to go there because we had run out of Balsamic Vinegar which we buy from Fustini's. So good! We ended up with Tuscan Herb Olive Oil this trip, too, and a second jar of balsamic to ship to my older bro. ;)

On our way up we spotted *numerous yard sales, but didn't stop (Which *was making me cry inside!), until we saw a sale that my husband thought had a double stroller. We have been looking for one and they happened to have a sit n stand, barely used! Perfect! The girls absolutely love it. Eeq can see everything from the front, and Little Missy loves hopping on and off the back. :) The zoo is going to be awesome this year!

Spring is here! It's a little chilly (and I have *no idea why it won't put my photos the right way), but it's sunshine-y and beautiful!

The tulips are out in various stages of growth. Some were still closed and green, some partially open, some a little more open, and some at the end. :)

This is our favorite kid's store! They have fantastic stuff, not expensive at all. 

This is mommy's dream store. Mixers in *all colors! I mean all. Don't believe me? Just look at the next photo. I heard angels singing when I spotted this section!

 Tea pots!

These are a brand called Viking and they are professional mixers. Mama wants! Only $550. :)

Sprinkles, decorating, yum!

We call her strawberry and I loved this little hair clip. She? Did not find it that fantastic. Which I also found incredibly adorable!

Chicken Pesto Pizza with some barley hops something or other on the crust that was great! Made it a little crunchy in a different way, and definitely added a good flavor.

Appetizer:

We had a great afternoon! It was a very relaxing family time, and it's a plus that the kids were completely wore out afterwards!

Love in Him,

Taiya