just tara

not looking forward to tonight or tomorrow

it just brings me back to last year on the 4th of july when michael was burned.

and my brain can't even go there. i am not looking forward to listening to our

neighborhood blasting off fireworks all night long. it's going to make me crazy.

i just don't even want to deal with it. i wish there were somewhere i could go

to escape the noise of it all. and i know piper won't like the noise either. i just

want to focus on the good and be thankful that i even have my husband here

with me, because on the 4th and 5th of july last year, i honestly didn't know if

he was going to live.

her out-takes

this girl gives the most hilarous, bratty, goofy faces that i have ever seen, well

next to ava that is LOL!

this one is so HER, cracks mE UP!

click to make bigger, so you can see her expressioN!

.Cocoa Daisy July layouts

whead on over to COCOA DAISY  to purchase this fabulous travel kit, picked out by THE Famous Ali Edwards. and a stamp set made personally by HER>! it's an awesome kit, even if you don't use it for travel photos! here are my manylayouts done using the kit....i couldn't stop using it!!!

CLICK ON EACH LAYOUT TO SEE THE FULL LAYOUT--TYPEPAD IS CUTTING THEM OFF AGAIN! I AM SO SICK OF TYPEPAD, DO YOU HEAR ME TYPEPAD????????

i have some kit left still and plan to use it when we get back from our trip

to upper MI!!!

thanks for reading!

on a whim.

my husband asked if i wanted to take the kids to the barn park and do a photo

shoot while we were there. the kids said YES. so off we went. I am sad to say,

i didn't get ONE SINGLE SHOT with daddy in them! what is wrong with me?! i

guess because when i thought of it, the cameras were in the car and we were

already playing "castle" where ava was a princess, savannah was a queen, and

daddy and i were the evil ones chasing them. and i thought it would be cute to

get a pic. of them playing, BUT the cameras were not there>>>oh well. we got

some cute shots anyway!

that wraps up my favorite ones! i need to do a little blog post of the outtakes

of savannah. she was hilarious with her faces LOL!~

happy monday! we are off to the zoo!!!!!! it's only going to be in the 70's today.

thank goodness! it's been so HOT latelY!

fun at DQ

who do you know that can take 40 photos in the parking lot of DQ? me. me. me.

yup, apparently i have that skill. ha. even though my family (except ava) was like, "ENOUGH ALREADY". that's why they are mostly of ava. she loved the attention. she wanted to go to a park after and do a photo shoot HA>and yes i realize the first one has a greenish tint to it. it's cause of the roof of the car and her green shirt reflecting..weird!

well i will spare showing you the dorky one of me and michael, that i held my arm out and snapped of us together. TOTAL DORKS>

isn't it sad?

that my 8 and 7 (almost) year old daughters cannot take their dolls for a walk in the stroller without being made fun of by other kids (who are ages 6-9 themselves).....pathetic reallY! that those other kids on our block think they are so cool because their parents never watch them and they can get away with riding bikes in the street, riding on the pegs on the backs of bikes, without helmets on, riding motorized scooters in the street (at age 4-5 they were doing this) and just being plain ol' nasty to my girls because they do the little girl things they SHOULD BE DOING! and they are so innocent and naive, like i want them to be......and plus don't they look CUTE playing dolls? even piper was in on the action (NOT) HA HA>i am not quite sure why i didn't get a photo of them pushing the strollers with the diaper bags on their arms. i didn't want to embarrass them too much after the mean kids were teasing them. the cool thing was they didn't care, they kept walking by them anyway, and saying, "mom, they just think they are too cool and they really wish they could play with the dolls"......too CUTE!

morgan is 9!!

our neighbor and close friend morgan turned 9 yesterday.

so for her special day, we went to an indoor jumping play place.

the to DQ, but i forgot my camera for those places. we then came home

got all ready to go to the pool, walked there and it was closed, due to the

lightening that had happened that morning. then we decided to just go to a

park>>>busy crazy tiring day!

SOMEONE WAS CRABBY--daddy walked and met us at the park with piper....and ava was just soaking up his attention.

here she is on my lap, now pouting to me..

well this typepad is really messed up right now. i can't get the photos to post in the order i want. and i have ALOT more to share, but's it's so SLOW> i may just change back to my OLD OLD account and use blogger again.....this is RIDICULOUS!!!!!!!

and if you haven't checked out the new CREATIVE CAFE blog, go do it NOW! it rocks!!!!  CREATIVE CAFE BLOG HERE

summer popsicles

i really try to make summer fun.

do all the things i remember as a child.

but it's so hard because we live in the burbs and i grew

up in the country. they can catch fireflies and that's about it.

they can't catch frogs, salamanders, snakes and all the things

that i did as a child. swim in a frog pond or ride a horse up to the river

to swim. they can barely find a stick or a rock for a project if they need it . ha.

but we do try to do the beach, the pool, hang out in the front or back yard.

have some popsicles, catch some fireflies, do smore's, hang with friends.

go to parks. read lots of books. just make it a fun summer they will remember.

some photos from last night. one of my goals is to try to get more photos

with michael in them. i really need some new ones with me in them too....but

will work on that in time.

daddy trying to steal a lick of ava's popsicle...her pretending to be mad. ha.

and one of just him.....love this guy.

popsicles with the neighbor boy.

reflecting

on this past year since my little one is turning 7 in july and i just cannot even believe it. going over her past year since she turned 6.

1. totally into spiderman!

2. love playing doctor with stuffed animals

3. loves to draw.

4. told you she loved spiderman

5. her  thanksgiving turkey on the way to Thanksgiving dinner, passed out!

6. for christmas her first american girl doll, Julie

7. you are loud and joyful . you love rootbeer, painting and your sister.

8. you love horses, salads, sweatpants, painting, playing outside, webkinz, your dog, daddy's girl , and the computer.

9. love to pretend you are Hannah Montana, love your nintendo ds, love to stay home from school and "play sick" so you can be with mom, love helping me cook, love playing "catch" with your new glove, and playing at the park.

10.love to make crabby faces at my camera. love littlest pet shop toys, love short hair, playing house with savannah.

11. love to look for ants,bugs, and fireflies. love to be outside. love to do the monkey bars at the playground.

12. you love crazy socks, crocs, going to the pool. you are daddy's girl big time lately. you are sweet, funny, and truly an amazing girl.

she has changed so so much this past  year. really growing up too FAST. i just want to freeze her right here, right now. i know her birthday is a month away, but i just had to go back and reminisce to see how much she has changed. 

MORE from the barn...

seriously this is my fave place to take photos.

well there are tons more, but i won't bore you, these are my top FAVES!

have a happy weekend!