Arts-Beaches-Crafts WEEKEND

 In two days....a wonderful group a gals will be here!  We will be crafting, relaxing, indulging and just plain getting spoiled!

This idea of spending some great time with other fabulous women, crafting, bonding and just relaxing has been a dream of mine for a long time.  With the attempt of this locally at The House in Salmon Creek, and then a major road going through shortly after, that dream was put on hold.  While the dream has still always been floating around in my mind, now was just not the time.

And then I was invited to attend Craft Weekend and all my dreams came to life again.  So after attending this weekend in Kansas with my adventurous friend Traci, who willing went with me and never once told me I was completely crazy, we couldn't wait to share this awesome idea with our local friends and family!  On our way home from Kansas we were talking about the possibilities and fun we could have!  So it was decided we would try this concept out and since we live so close to the coast with amazing beach homes,  this is where we would host our first Arts, Beaches, Crafts Weekend.

So after weeks of planning and with some convincing of our friends to leave their families for just a tiny amount of time to join us.....we are just about ready to leave and embark on a fabulous weekend!  So stay tuned for lots of updates and pictures from the weekend! 

Wonderful porch to enjoy some coffee wrapped in a blanket!

space soon to be transformed into craft central!

Lauren

Poor Lauren has not got much time in blog land lately...so I thought I would share some pics of her.  She is really taking a liking to books lately and her reading is improving so much.  She has started spelling tests and has weekly ones.  She does really well at them, even when I forget that there are spelling test until the night before. 

She is a Daddy's girl for sure.  Mom can do no right when he is around....

she loves clothes and almost always wears a dress....

Ty's 4th and final birthday party

We celebrated with our local friends at a great little pool that is perfect and close by.  I didn't get any pool pictures but we all had a great time swimming and they have a slide that is so fun and Ty insists I go with him so I think i went on it about 50 times.  I love his giggle as we down it. 

Just a plain ol home make cake with crushed oreo's on it. 

Lauren and Cali celebrating

And of course more trucks...can you ever have enough???

My favorite sticker ever!

This sticker is on my Dad's old beer refrigerator in his shop!  Best sticker ever!  I am often accused of being a Hoarder.  Or as Tommy likes to say, You are one pile short of an episode of hoarders.  You just never know what you are going to need!  And maybe the guys from Pickers will show up at my house someday!

Continued Birthday week for Ty!

We also celebrated Ty's birthday at Grandma and Grandpa's house with aunt Diana also.  Ty requested steak and corn for dinner...that is his normal request, ever night!

Ty asked Grandma if he could put his face in the cake...and of course she said yes!

I am not sure why he requested this....but it was funny!

Grandma and Aunt Diana...you can only imagine the spoiling that goes on with these two around!

Failure???

So I might already be a failure at this blog stuff.  There is so much I want to do and learn for it.  I got a brand new Mac and am so excited about it.  But after some failed attempts at trying to figure some stuff out on my own on it, I resolved myself to taking a few classes so I won't continue to be frustrated.  Also....not like there isn't a million other things going on around here lately!  And yes I bring most of them on myself. 

So last weekend we celebrated Mr.Ty's 4th Birthday in Boise with my family.  We had a spectacular time and the kids have a great time playing with all their cousins.  We celebrated at Tyler & Ashley's House on Sunday and the kids all had so much fun playing.

Ty and his birthday cupcake.  He was all smiles!

Tanner...what a sweetie!

Carter....finger licking good frosting!

They are their own gang....watch out the bandanas came out later!

Can we ever get a normal picture???

I told everyone to hold up their fingers with their age....Tyler was very confused.

Lauren spent the day and night with her cousin Kennedy!  They wanted to play American Girls together and just hang out.  Well....Lauren didnt want to come home!  The first night Katie did facials for the girls...only some big brother ate the cucumbers so they had to improvise and use apples.....hilarious....

Doesn't she look like a hug bug!!!!  I love it!

The next day they went to church and then came home for what Lauren discribed as THE BEST DAY EVER!  The got play in the ditch and dig holes to China....well duh that is the best day ever!

Their hole they dug....and I love the irrigating boots!!!

They got all they way to their knees toward China!  

Then our drive home on Monday morning...a bit of snow, one sleepy boy and one spoiled girl in the back with the whole seat to herself!

Say Hello To My Little Friend!!!

Best Valentine's Day Present EVER!!!!!  I have been dreaming, dropping hints, saving my pennies, selling things on craigslit....all to hopfully have one of these some day!  Well the waiting is over.  Tommy surprised me with one!!!  I can't wait to get home and play tonight!  I am going to need a college course to run it I am thinking....but I am sure it will all be worth it.  Now maybe someday my blog can be all neat-o looking! 

Happy Valentine's Day to Everyone!!!!