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Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Monday, July 12, 2010

I know I am a little behind (as usual) in posting about our July 4th weekend, but it has been crazy hectic around here. I find myself asking the question "whatever happened to those lazy days of summer" more and more.

Anyway our weekend consisted of me participating in the Woodstock Market and Show. This is an event I do the first weekend of every month from March-December. Although this is the first year I have done the July 4th holiday. Last year I was a vendor in what is supposed to be a big show on the Square in Marietta. Granted there were a lot of people there but they were either there for the parade in the morning or the fireworks that evening. So I decided to try the show in Woodstock this year. Unfortunately both shows were a bit of a dissappointment on the sales side. I think it has to do with the holiday itself. There is just so much else going on from parades to cook-outs to fireworks that I don't think anyone is thinking about shopping. I probably won't do another show on the 4th going forward.

I had alot of fun being there anyway. We had 80 vendors, which always makes the atomsphere a lot more vibrant. There was karoke and lots of creative ways folks showed their red, white and blue spirit.

This little guy was so cute. He did his best Michael Jackson impression

This guy was hilarious. He sang an old country song about being humble. The ladies in the crowd kept going up and putting dollar bills in his pockets.

Sometimes you see things you least expect to.

We celebrate on July 3rd by going to the house that my daughter's in-laws own in the heart of one of the little cities here locally. Their backyard backs right up to where the city sets off their fireworks. So we all gather in the backyard for a big cookout and then watch the fireworks. We eat lots of food and play games until the fireworks start. It's a great time for everyone, but I think the kids have the most fun.

There was more inside the house..............

Setting up the fireworks. That's the in-law's garden.

Two cutie pies showing their American spirit.

Friends and...............

Family galore.

We used garland in new ways.

and

Compared our fancy footwear.

A great time was had by all. This "little" event keeps growing every year and I can't wait to see who will be there next year. Hope y'all had as much fun on the 4th as we did.

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Milk and Cookie Birthday Party for Princess K

Princess K turned 2 on June 20th. Since we spent the week before her birthday at the beach her party was postponed for a week. Her Mom did a great job with planning a fun party around her theme of milk and cookies inspired by the book "If You Give A Mouse A Cookie".

She decorated with cookies in jars scattered through out the house.

She used pink, brown and white as the color scheme.

Pink is Princess K's favorite color which inspired the cake and her dress.

The fun activity for the girls was to decorate their own cookies. The cookies and a small box of either chocolate or strawberry milk was supposed to go in their gift bags, however the girls all ate their cookies.

The cookie decorating table before the girls got started.

The bags the cookies were supposed to go in.

She served pizza. This is the biggest pizza I have ever seen!

Princess K and Queen B in their reversible party dresses. The girls picked out the fabric on a recent trip to the fabric store. I had them cut out before we went to the beach but for some reason I was still working on them at the last minute.