Birthday (3)... Glenn.

Glenn's birthday was a nice picnic with great food.  I like the canopy.  It was a hot day and having coverage made it even better.

The chef grilling some chicken kabobs and burgers...

Arianna and Glenn were playing with water balloons, water guns, and balls. 

The cake was very good.  It was even hard to cut.  But, everyone wanted a slice so no choice ;)

Glenn about to blow the candle.

Opening presents.  He liked all his gifts.

Ann and Nathan gave one of the best presents. The gift of babysitting and to take Glenn out.  Their first outing will be to the zoo.  That is a wonderful gift to any parent.  :) (Could not decide which picture to put)

Oh, Apollo said present as well.  You are a beautiful Uromastyx.

All in all, it was a beautiful day to celebrate one year more.. Happy Birthday Glenn!

Birthday ...(2) Phoenix!

Phoenix's birthday was pretty nice.  He was happy.  He ate pizza and played outside.  He loves strawberry/vanilla cake.  Ari loves chocolate.  We bought both kinds :) We made both super happy.

He loves "Toy Story" the movies and what perfect timing for number 3 to come out.  So, he got toy story toys.  Have a super happy and wonderful year :)

A few birthdays...(1)

My mommy's birthday was a few days ago.  Daddy got her a cake and a nice bike to celebrate.  Now, we need to set up our picnic basket so we can go and have fun! Also, thank you to Gaby for sending her a nice bouquet of flowers.  Very nice surprise.  To Tiffiney, thank you for surprising her with a cake and some nice crafty stuff as well at her job.  To everyone else, thanks for your gifts and good wishes.  She is really happy.

WPP#27 Is it Baking time?

I realized that I don't bake during the summer... must likely because the weather is just not conducive.  But, I'd been starting to crave some baking... Maybe it is my oven that misses me :(

Nice finds!

I went to the thrift store and found some great finds.  One of my new obsessions are OWLS, and this one is a cutie! Arianna loves him so much that he sits him next to her and talks to him about the stuff that she is drawing :)

How about this pair?  Arianna loves the "pink" one, although it could be a bit more orange... they are little and she puts them on her castle to take naps.

This is a 1978 Tea kettle from Sears and Roebuck. It has a stamp on the bottom.  Pretty cool!

Love this truck that I found.  It was supposed to be for Mike, but Arianna likes to put all her little pet shops.  All in all it was a good day at the thrift store :)

WPP # 26 Life...

Life finds its way. That is what this little guy proves.  I bought a Tiger's eye mini tree/bush about 3 summers ago.  This year there were 2 little trees about 3 ft and 5 ft away from the original!  I could not believe it.  But, they were there saying "hello" to me.  I gave one away to someone that loves to garden a lot.  I think it will get the love that deserves, and I kept the other one even though I need to move him somewhere else with enough space :)

Our Father's Day outing!

Arianna was teaching daddy how to do some awesome drawings.  We went to Sesame Inn.

I was in the mood for sushi and Mike can eat the Thai food.  A perfect combination.

Yummy! Yummy!

This was outside about one block away.  I thought it was pretty.

Paths. Paths.

Clematis - what a beautiful flower to come to... (One of Arianna's favorite)