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Lucas had his first soccer practice this week.

There was plenty of:

Kicking~

Resting~

Crying~

Waiting~

Picking (and eating) ~

And of course last week, Optimus Prime and Batman

brought home all kinds of delicious chocolate

for Josh and I to enjoy after they go to bed.

Check out this fabulous giveaway from

sTuck in the Coop.

Honestly, I hope you don't win ...

or if you do you give your winning gift certificate to me! :)

This is It

If you are a Michael Jackson fan at all,

let me encourage you to go see the film, This is It.

Josh and I went to see it last night on my birthday date

and it was really interesting and entertaining.

Soccer Season

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Our Little Lance Armstrong~

So Zachary has had a busy weekend! He's been doing a great job on his "no-training-wheels" bike lessons.

(Josh has had a lot of exercise this weekend too!)

Daddy's hand steadying the bike~

A pep talk~

Pay no attention to little brother who just like to tootle around on his big wheel chewing gum and singing Love Shack ~

And in the end....success!

Shop featured~

Yeah~ I'm so excited to be featured by Giveaway Today tomorrow! I am giving away a $40 gift certificate to my shop during this ONE DAY ONLY contest, so hop on over there for your chance to win (and be sure and tell your friends)!!!!

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One of the joys of living in The Woodlands, is all the critters we get to experience.

We've had raccoons, every bug you can possibly imagine, a possum (dead; trapped in the fence), snakes and mosquitos the size of trucks.

Our newest find:

This dear little widow was found on the back of Lucas' tricycle in the garage.

Yikes!

And please remember.... do not stand up on the back of a tricycle.

ok kids~

the swine flu has come and gone.

the ear infection has come and stayed.

i've been working on lots of new things for the shop for a big feature

coming up October 13.

More later...

New treasury~

http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=79473

Awkwardfamilyphotos.com

Check it out, but be sure and use the potty before you do, lest you laugh too hard.

It is a site to view funny family photos and letters/emails, and some of them are hysterical!

I'm thinking of submitting this little doosie taken on our honeymoon 10 yrs ago.

What are your awkward photos/stories?

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Breakfast Suits

"Mommy, Why are you wearing your breakfast suit?"

That's what Lucas asked me a few nights ago when I had put my nightgown on early in the evening. He's accustomed to only seeing me in my "breakfast suit" early in the morning when I slump into the kitchen and toss a granola bar and some fruit his way.

I'll spare you the horror show that is me in said nightgown and move on to this cute little picture:

This is Zachary and Lucas at Grammy and Paw-Paw's house making cookies. Not sure what Lucas is adding to that cookie dough, but those may or may not be chocolate chips. Just saying.

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We are as proud as can be of our big 1st grader!!!!!

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We found a fantastic candy store near the house!

Before:

After:

Before:

After:

On another note:

Tomorrow is the season premier of Project Runway!!!!!!!!

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Guess who lost his 1st tooth????

Guess who is almost completely potty trained?????

Guess who got a haircut and didn't even cry????

Yes. Josh. But also Lucas!

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Guess who got some new bling????

Courtesy of Lucas.

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For all of you cookie dough addicts....

Yes, those are cupcakes iced with cookie dough!

If you prefer the raw cookie dough to the baked cookies, then this recipe may be for you.

You can find the recipe here (one of my fav. food blogs!)

I made cupcakes instead of brownies, and WOW, were they delicious!

Refrigerate the iced cupcakes/brownies to let the dough stiffen a little.

Cancun Photos

We had such a fabulous time!

What our room looked like:

There were Iguanas everywhere:

Josh at front of resort:

5 Course steak dinner:

One of the 4 pools:

There was a large reef off the beach...a great place to snorkel:

View from our balcony:

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Sharing my good news....

I am honored to announce that I was chosen as the July 19 guest designer for Digital Delights! I am already brainstorming on what exactly I want to make with the adorable images that Wendy sent my way this morning! Thanks to Wendy and the Design Team for this privilege!

I finished a new card tonight that is in honor of my sister, Jennifer.

I am entering it in a card contest at a local paper/scrapbook store called That Absolutely Fabulous Paper Emporium (on Hwy 2920 in Spring, TX)

Public voting on all the entries is July 28-Aug 8. If you happen to live in Spring, I would love for you to hop into the store and take a look (and would love your vote as well! )

I am also entering this card in 2 online challenges:

Pileitonchallenge.blogspot.com : 3 different embellishments (in this case: ribbon, mini frame, and beads)

PaperTakeWeekly.blogspot.com: Favorite things (in this case~ my new favorite digital stamp)

The stamp is "Innocence 004" purchased here.

I have hand beaded the center of the flowers as well as the circles on the little girl's dress.

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