get these...

hours of entertainment..the kids LOVED them...
(thank you Grandma Mary Jo and Geoff!)

Memorial Day and my baby....

Thank you to everyone who has/is serving this country.. and thank you to all the police officers and firefighters who hold down the fort everyday for us..

On a different note we are about to hit the pool for the rest of this beautiful day off and I was thinking this is the first day of summer... and my baby graduated kindergarten... wow..

(got a new zoom lens..got to figure that out too..these are really blurry)

what is going on....

I joined..

and

in the same week....
I have to go figure all this out now....

Mayziness..

that is what I am calling the first two weeks in May.. due to all the craziness that occured..
My baby sis had her baby!
Bennett... he is seriously so adorable..

when was he born you ask??
oh only on LUKES BDAY!  May 5th!
craziness..

My baby turned 8!
craziness
He is so handsome and such a loving boy...

a couple days later I turned 35..  :( 
craziness ..I am trying to embrace it..

and it was Mothers Day..
so relaxing...Luke made me this card..

and Hailie picked me this flower...

 love being a mommy...

Happy Mothers Day..

making me happy today..such an amazing mothers day present..
Also there is a ton of craziness that happened this week :)
I will post about it :)

bonita

sixty never looked so good..

 nic even flew in for the festivities

and luke almost caught a lizard..

did you know a lizards tail detaches from its body if you pull it and still moves after?

totally freaked me out

aunt bonitas birthday kicks off the birthday craziness of May...

have a happy easter weekend

the kids did a great job on the easter eggs this year..and isnt that chic my mom bought them in NY cute :)

nothing like a milkshake and french fries with my little girl to cheer mommy up..

feeling sorry for myself today

what is my problem??

I have a shredded cheese addiction..

I couldn't get my refrigerator cheese/meat drawer closed..
it frustrated me so I started pulling everything out..these were all stuffed in there..and this picture is just of the ones that were EXPIRED and MOLDY!.. I felt too ashamed to post all of them..
every time I go to the grocery store I never remember what I have so I just buy new and then get home and push the old stuff to the back and throw the new stuff in to use for recipes..
My name is Cara and I have a shredded cheese addiction.. I need help..

Hailiegirl pillows

had some fabric laying around...
hailies bed was looking naked..
40% off coupon to Hobbylobby for the pillowforms..

these are truly hailies pillows..

I finished the first one with the white roses and I had a cute idea for the pink pillow until she tells me she was having a tutu pillow in her mind to make..

a tutu pillow it is... LOVE her little mind..

still here...

been working on some projects...

I will be sharing them soon..

also I added a follow me link now after getting some requests :)

How frickin cute is my pregnant sister by the way..



making me happy today...

my new authentic bowery lane bicycle crate...

straight from NYC (thanks mike!) I like the way my fabric looks in mine..
You might like yours on the back of one of their amazing bikes.. check out their site

jcrew diy bracelet tutorial...

hailie and I were browsing crewcuts online for some new spring clothes for her and she spotted this bracelet..she said it was cute and she wanted me to buy it for her... $14.95..hmmm..it just screamed to me a diy though...
so here you go...30 minutes later and $0 dollars she had her bracelet...

I found an old plastic dress up bracelet of hers..and found some fabric scraps that I thought were cute together....

I cut about an inch strip all along the salvaged edge of the yard of fabric I had...

 then just put a dot of hot glue in the inside of the bracelet and started to wrap the bracelet...

There are a million flower tutorials out there, I ended up using the one from Dana at MADE.. it was a no sew one and I just did it without the dowl rod...

 hailie was super  happy with it...

 and mommy might steal it from her occasionally too!

peep these brownie covered oreos

I used the springtime oreos..
and found the recipe over at the picky palate

melts my heart..

wow no idea where the last couple of days have gone.. I do have some things to show you that I have been working on over the next couple of days though..

luke..

melts my heart looking back at old photos..

tomorrow I will post the sweet note he left for me out of nowhere.. I cried..

starbucks?

walked into starbucks this morning and was greeted by these...

I was a good girl though..

just got my green tea frappachino..which probably is the equivelant of all of those tasty treats though.. lol..oh well..

they changed their cups too..



82...

nonie finally got to eat her cupcake....

(I froze it)

the claw game..
you know the one..always sucks my kids in and then they never win anything..
not this time..not this claw game..hailie beat it..
my little girl put her dollar in..as I was explaining to her one chance and no fits when she doesn't win..
she nods her head yes as her little hands start moving the claw.."mommy I want the monkey or the giraffe, they are the cutest"..
and then she hits the button and would you believe after I dont know how many times watching her loose and throw a fit..that claw picks up the monkey AND the giraffe and dumps them in the slide thingy..
she takes her animals and jumps up and down and laughs and screams with such happiness...
crazy I tell ya..

aren't they so creepy....I mean cute...

a favorite in our house....

settled...

kids are tucked in..
the last box unpacked..
and a fresh batch of homemade chocolate chip cookies...
it's starting to feel like home..

we had the party all planned out..and then the snow got in the way :(

two dozen cup cakes.... sitting waiting to be eaten.... 

yummy cupcakes are from Top It Cupcakes..

if you live in AZ ..go check them out on Gilbert and Warner...