Life and Times

Have you seen Marie?

Stampington has done it again…this publisher has another incredible magazine out, this time a mixed media collection celebrating Marie Antoinette. Marie hit the new stands on April 1st. I did not preorder this one because, honestly, I initially thought it might not be quite my thing. Now I’ll admit I’m wrong. In one blog after another […]

Spring, glorious spring!

It’s April 1st…did you say Jack Rabbit? Do you have any April Fool’s Day pranks up your sleeve? Now that it is April, it feels like Spring is truly in the air. Spring and Summer…my favorite seasons of all. Here in the DC area, those famous cherry blossoms are in full bloom everywhere you look. […]

Boy Scouts, Brides and Birthdays!

If you’re stopping by to see what I’ve been up to, I’ll show you with a few pictures! It was a great weekend, busy from start to finish. On Friday night the older boys had their Boy Scouts Blue and Gold banquet. A bunch of fired up boys…lots of fun. There was a little draw […]

Our {special} family day

Today was beautiful: our son was baptized and we were joined by friends and family. My brother and his wife and two boys were able to make it all the way from CA…they were passing through on to their next duty station. We couldn’t have asked for a better day, sunny skies and all. My […]

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Here are this year’s crop of Leprechauns! If you’ve been stopping by the blog for a while, you may have seen the ones the boys made last year too. Here’s hoping the luck o’ the Irish is with you all day! Have a fun one!

Signs of a great weekend

Hi friends! Last weekend we headed south to Fredericksburg, this weekend we headed north to Frederick. 🙂 We took a walking/eating tour of the historic downtown area. We didn’t plan for it to be that way, but there were some yummy stops and we were hungry. We used to come here antiquing when the kids […]

Something for everyone

Here’s a Friday round up with a little something for everyone. If you’re stopping by here and you love to create jewelry too, this one’s for you! ….. It’s been previewed on many of the blogs I like to read, and it’s finally made it’s way to my mailbox! My copy arrived of the highly anticipated Jewelry Zine […]

Treasure hunting

The weather was beautiful this weekend and we were out and about treasure hunting. We headed down south to Fredericksburg….I had visions of stopping in a few antique stores in the downtown area, and my sons were eager to visit the area Civil War battlefields (with a metal detector in tow). We made a stop at […]

All willy nilly

Do you use this word, willy nilly? Apparently Alice in Wonderland did, describing a place where things happened randomly….all willy nilly. Willy nilly sounds so silly. Today I spent some silly moments with my little guy trying to take pictures for his baptism invitation. The picture will be transformed to look like he’s floating on a […]