Dinos!

My nephews and sister invited me to the natural history museum with them. The boys had a lot of fun looking at dinosaurs, comparing their feet to dinos feet, coloring, panning for gold, appearing in an old western movie, and ending up in the jail.

My favorite was the mammoth! thanks for inviting me sky!

art museum

My work had free admission to the art museum so i took my favorite lil artist. my mom! she loved it, especially the miniature replicas of rooms. ;)

10 things or pics

on my iphone that make me laugh:

From left to right:

1. skinny margarita night with my sister :) we are nutters
2. this gem of a doughnut brought all the way from Oregon by my sister JUST for me. haha the story behind it is hilarious and still cracks me up thinking about it.
3. giant marshmallows the size of my fist and bailey telling me she fit two in her mouth. yes folks, im still trying to process that one myself.
4. waking up to tillie. this picture just explains itself. how can you not laugh?
5. grown men in pools stealing every single noodle from the kids just so he could stay floating.
6. watching my mom walk around oooing and awing at miniature replicas of rooms from different eras. really?
7. autocorrect on iphones and the awkward moments it produces.
8. my nephew walking up to me flexing and telling me to feel his muscles. for real
9. my love for harry potter and the fact my coworkers make fun of me and buy me silly bands harry potter themed. love.
10. the conversations my cousins and i have at family functions. hahaha

Jakes party

My nephew Jake turned 5!! where has the time gone?! For his birthday my brother made him an angry birds inspired cake that actually worked! (I am starting to think my family=the jack of all trades family) Jake had a big party with lots of friends and was quite thrilled about his cake! Wish i could have been there! Happy Birthday Jake boy!! To see the video of my brothers cake in action click here.

July 4th

My friends and I were lucky enough to stay at the four seasons for the weekend of July 4th. The resort was absolutely gorgeous and even though we were only 45 minutes away from our homes, we still felt like we were on vacation. We were out in the desert and got to spend some nice relaxing time getting tan(burnt) by the pool. We were also lucky enough to be high up in the Scottsdale mountains to see four firework shows going on at once. What a fun staycation! :)

difficult duvet

After i had upgraded my bed from a double to a queen, I needed a new duvet cover. I spent a lot of time searching online and could not find the perfect one in the colors i liked. The comforter I did like was at urban outfitters and they only had two color options and neither i fancied. a few months later i discovered a tutorial on a blog that showed how they made the exact comforter i wanted by themselves. bada-bing thats it, i just had to go buy fabric and sew my own comforter. well turns out, that was a lot easier said than done since i dont know how to sew. it took two attempts, two fails, and a close call with needles flying at my eyeballs for me to become hopeless. My fantastic mom came to the rescue, found the perfect ruffles in the exact color i wanted and actually sewed the entire thing for me. I am not sure how i talked her into that (i think she felt sorry for me ;) ). It turned out just fantastic and i love it. Thanks for all your help mom! i now have more ideas in my head for her to make me things! muah-hah-ha!