Par For the Course

Papa treated all of us girls to lunch at the golf course today...

The food was good, but the company was better.

Bite Me

Lily has got to have the most sensitive skin ever because this is what happens when she gets mosquito bites.

Four bites on the right arm...

Fourteen bites on the left arm...

One on the forehead and one right between the eyes...

Poor thing.

How those darn mosquitoes love my sweet girl! 

Read To Me

I loved turning the corner this morning to find a sweet surprise...

It's moments like these that warm my heart.

To Grandmother's House We Go

Hi Ho!  Hi Ho!

It's off to Grandma's house we go...

To put our feet in the pool...

And our hands in the fountain...

Hi Ho!  Hi Ho!  Hi Ho!  Hi Ho!

A Long Time Coming

Today my little girls were allowed to let their inner country girl run free.

They ran around on a five acre lot picking tomatoes and then threw them at the nearest victim.

They climbed into the waterless pond picking up chunks of dirt and broke them apart in their tiny hands

They hiked up their frilly tutu dresses and climbed atop a tractor...

Alongside my tiny country gals, were their not so small cousin...

The "ranch" the girls ran free on wasn't just any ranch, it was my brother's house.
This was my first time seeing it.
I'm glad I got the opportunity to do so because capturing moments like this are so important...

Even if these moments surface over the discovery of dead snakes...

and lawn mower rides...

Because we all know time simply goes by too fast to be mad.
As is evidenced by my nearly grown nephew...

My brother and I haven't had moments like these for a while.

Often times, after feelings have been hurt, we don't know what to say to our loved ones.

Sometimes letting go of the past and moving forward is the best option.

Maybe it's our only option.

Today I believe we took our first step forward.

However small this step may have been, at least it seemed to be a step in the right direction.

Back Again

Yes, it's true.
We are back in California again.
The only thing that is different is that my girls are bigger...

And I am sure they are also the tiniest bit sassier as well.

Halloween House

It is not even October and our house is already full of all things Fall and Halloween...

I am proud of my decision to go a little to the crafty side this year.
I took this ordinary apothecary jar and added some candy corn, stickers and ribbon and got this as an end result...

 With some help from Martha Stewart, we transformed our kitchen entry into mini pumpkin patch...

I am by far most proud of my mantle.
Every bit of that Halloween Banner is mine.
I printed out and cut each letter, found the background paper, assembled with ribbons and so on and am beyond happy with the final piece...

Here is another plain vase I took and transformed it into something that will carry over into Thanksgiving as well...

 The girls wanted the tiniest bit of spooky and they got it with this Haunted House ornament tree...

 Our mini trick or treater greeters by the door...

Yay for Fall!
Now hurry up and get here already!