Inspired by color....PINK

As a young child and young adult I participated in sports....raced go-karts and got REALLY dirty every Saturday night. I was pretty much what you would call a tomboy. I can very safely say I was not a girly girl and I did not like pink!
However, then I became a {blessed} mother of one of the girliest girls...Mikayla. This little angel, would wear a dress every single day and would choose pink as her favorite color any day....so the color started to grow on me.
And currently when I work in my craft room, I'm drawn to the color...PINK

Here I mixed it up with the color green....

It is so hard to believe that this was about 2 years ago already...her very first day of kindergarten....
and my favorite color combo right now....pink, blue, and yellow...love it and it definitely works for our house full of girls...
even though this young lady can be tough and spunky, she still loves the bows in her hair and dresses that spin...

and I'm so excited to be off to the Valley Forge CK convention tom {later today}....can't wait to take a class with Joe!

Please hold....

Recently I've been making more time {usually very late at night} to get some projects finished.
I'm trying to get through some older pictures that I have on the "to do" list. This was from about a year and half ago...
Mikayla was invited to a birthday party at Ozzy's play area. Alexis found the play telephone and that had her hooked. She just played and played...I think she chatted with everyone she knows that day!
great memories!

Crafts and a walk...

For a few months I really was not inspired to craft. I hardly made any cards, in fact I didn't even make a card for my husband to celebrate our anniversary last month {by the way he was VERY upset with me}...but I've been back on a roll lately...
Here was a technique I wanted to share. I had white glitter thickers, but I wanted them to have some pink...
So I sprayed them with pink...

and the layout after it was complete....

This layout was inspired by a sketch but I didn't post it in time for the challenge...

Ok, here's another "let me explain" moment...The family went for a walk one evening. It was a very humid evening and we felt just a few drops of rain. I jokingly said to Alexis that if it started to rain she would have to take her shirt off so I could wrap up the camera so it didn't get all wet. Well, it never started to rain, but Alexis was hot and wanted to take her shirt off...so we let her!

posing again....

Nature calls...

We would all love to be in better shape, but we certainly use the "I don't have time" excuse often. However, we found a night to go for a family walk....
they really were thrilled to go...

group shot...

pretty girls....

Mini Get away for 2

So 4th of July weekend we shipped the big girls off to their mother...the 2 little ones to oma and grandpa doc's house... and we were outta here...

We were invited to join some friends in Maryland for a BBQ. They have a boat docked in the marina here and they had a large cookout....
some amazing views to watch...

this amazingly huge cooker was fabricated by my hubby and my brother....it worked amazing for all the food that was prepared...I really did feel bad about the guys who slaved over this hot thing all day, but they enjoyed it and never complained....

I really should have taken more pictures, but we really just relaxed and talked...

my handsome hubby....

crazy wind blown hair...

slightly better...

views along the travels....

then we headed to my aunts home in DE....we spent some time catching up with Amy and Woody then we headed to Ocean City....Joe really enjoyed the boardwalk...

again, crazy blowing hair...

and of course we enjoyed some yummy food....Bull on the Beach anyone?

A night with the Phillies...

On our way to the game....my big girl in the back seat....
my girls in their new Phillies gear....

me and my girls....

my hubby and me....for the record...we do think it is really corny to wear the same shirt BUT we really liked the shirt and couldn't decide who would get a different shirt....so that being said we are wearing the same shirt.

Alexis had really no interest in watching the game at all...this was before the game and she was already bored...

Mikayla's favorite part was the Hot Dog vender guy and the Toothfairy....she had no idea who even won the game...it was the Phillies by the way!

mascots....

ok, so I have a pet peeve.....why does this sport make such a big deal about replacing a pitcher?...any other player is switched out during the inning switch...not the pitcher...we have to make a big group meeting..."pitcher, you're not doing a good job, head on over to the bench and we'll bring in another pitcher to take your place...thanks"

and here is Joe's uncle Neal who has been singing in the 7th inning for the last many, many years....

afterwards we enjoyed some fireworks....I set the camera up for the night action, but Joe took over the camera because I got to hold Alexis {she doesn't like the loud bang}....he did pretty good...

love this picture....Joe took this with his IPad, but I made him share it with me...we had a great time at the game and we are looking forward to the next family night at the game...

Crazy summer activities...

In our local soccer club a few of the coaches get together and hold a soccer camp for four nights. This year Mikayla participated in the camp. Most of the girls were 4th through 6th grade....but Mikayla held tough being the youngest {1st grader}
Since she was the youngest, she usually didn't get picked for the partner events...that left the younger coach volunteer to partner up with her...at least she was a good sport.
I don't know that she learned any NEW moves, but she definitely tried to keep up with the older girls and worked hard.

and she had fun!

Can't wait to watch her this Fall when she starts traveling with the U-9 team.

Ok let me explain....

This was definitely one of those great mom moments..... while we were at the soccer camp, Alexis was having a blast playing on the playground equipment. As we were sitting there we heard a scream/cry and knew it was Alexis. She went to one of the 7th graders that was sitting on the playground and was talking to her. I assumed she was just scared of a bug or spider and I yell over to the 7th grader "You can laugh at her". And then I yell to Alexis "Did you get stung?" Alexis yells "Yes" and that was it. About 20 minutes later she comes over to Joe and I and says her finger hurts and sticks it out....wouldn't you know it, she did get stung and guess which finger it was! LOL

So yes I laughed at my daughter while she was in pain from a bee sting and Yes we totally had fun with asking her to show us the finger with the boo boo on it!

Instead of saving all the school projects, we take pictures of the projects with the creator. Here is Alexis' Spring umbrella...

one of my favorites this year....love the background colors.

One of Mikayla's friends had a party at one of the local pools this summer....we all made an event of the party....

crazy Alexis...

Mikayla....

Alexis was showing us she can go underwater....very interesting....

and up she came....

our young teenager, Sam....the white stomach cracks me up....obviously she wears a one piece at her mother's house....

all the girls....

Mikayla and the birthday girl, Olivia and Alexis stole some poor kids inner tube....

some back yard fun...

Mikayla wanted to practice her field hockey moves....so Alexis decided to grab a stick....

and shin guards.... not quite sure how flip flops will work for ya though?

my tough girl striking a pose in between her dribbling practice...

ok she's tired of the sweaty shin guards...