it's already midweek wednesday...

Started the new job last saturday...quite overwhelming..to say the least...i work again this saturday during the day..then sunday i have a 12 hour shift...i'm already stressin over it...
BEFORE I GET INTO MY MIDWEEK STUFF...HEAD ON OVER TO SWEET VIVIAN'S HOUSE AND SIGN UP FOR THE TWO..YES I SAID TWO....HALLOWEEN SWAPS SHE HAS GOIN ON!

now on to BUSINESS!!!
we did have a bit of fun at a local church...we...

...got tickets...for the carnival!!!



LET'S RIDE!!!!!











all that RIDING needs a sweet retreat...kevin snuck off while the babies were whizzing and whirling about...and got...

FUNNEL CAKES!!!





...need a closeup?



after consuming all kinds of eats and sweets...it was time to go home...

and we left the fun silhouetted against the sky...



...got a bit overwhelmed cleaning up after supper...kids were ready for bed...and asked Miss Maddy to watch her brother for a minute...lol

well here is what we found when we checked in on her watching him.....



SOMEONE SAVE ME!!!!!



...maybe THAT'S WHY when we went to the post office to mail off a package...he climbed into the empty box we had at our feet...SOMEONE SEND ME SOMEPLACE!!!





...ANYPLACE!!!!


...rummage finds for this week...(well the bigger one...) found this sweet cabinet for the bathroom...going to put on a new coat of white paint...



...also got a new magazine rack...

here is my welcoming committee..as i go into the studio...



HELLO FRIENDS!!!! COME ON IN AND PLAY!!!

so play i did this week...finished up a few page commitments!!

for patti...and her woodland birdie book...

front of page (her's are back to back)



and back of page...



and for martha...(she has a pink christmas book)
left side of spread..



and the right side...



My little brother, Ron and his sweet wife, Lara...called they were going to have an ADDITION!!!

funny thing is, right after i GASPED!!! he broke in and said it was over 25 feet long...



and hence the SEA DRAGON was born! (way difficult birth, eh?) poor lara!

and as a beachy after thought...while i was in seattle visiting them...back in may...i gathered beach goodies for maddy and xander...well i snuck a few for myself to use in this display for our beachy bedroom!



ahhhh...what a nice way to drift off to dreamland...on the beach.......waves crashing....

hugz til next time!!!

MAXX has become...

quite the little garage sale guy! And he remembers his please's!



He puts his pennies in his pocket and away we go...

My kids weren't much into rummages...(not even maddy...!!) Maxx loves them...he has a way to charm the ladies running the sales too...how can you RESIST!

yes...he does...

...WINDOWS!

windows on the front of the house needed cleaning and david crawled out on the roof...then he discovered that all the glazing should be redone as well...and thinking that in wisconsin that winter may come at any moment...(lol) might as well do that too...while the weather is good...









...TODAY IS THURSDAY...!!

MORNING, GLORI-OUS FRIENDS!


!

Maxx got to go watch daddy play baseball...



... but i wanna go play OUT THERE!!!


...I GOTTA A BAT AND ALL!!!


...so they got to run the bases...


...and daddy gave him a batting lesson...(good thing they are both lefties..lol so is maddy!)


last saturday we went out the flea market in a neighboring town of mukwonago...



this fleamarket happens 4 times a summer/fall...such a wonderful one as it's shaded with trees....so even in the hottest of days...it's pleasant!



in our continuing search for car goodies for maxx's room...we found this car grill




going to mount it above the side of his bed and we got two round picture frames from the dollar store that will become headlights with his pictures in!

found some sweet clover with big giant purple blooms...





my good find was this sweet red garden cart for $5.00, that will look great in my new kitchen!!! (filled with poppies of course!)





...just got word that maxx is out HELPING fix the car...guess I should go down to see what's going on..., eh?




...he a real hands on kid!

hugz til next time!!!

already thursday...

entering a QUIET ZONE...





...shhhh...you can almost see the sweet little fairies sprinkling these crystal dew drops?...

WOW! It has already been more than a WEEK since my last post..!!! So much to do...

BIG NEWS...

MADDY LEARNED HOW TO RIDE HER TWO WHEELER BIKE!!!







They went camping and her cousin, Ethan, taught her!!! She is so proud! (can you tell?)

Maxx had to take his bike out for a ride too!

He has this motor mouth thing that makes his engine GO!!!



...and of course he has to pack his trunk for emergencies...

BASEBALL MITT....BALL....FIRE ENGINE....MICKEY MOUSE!!! what more does a guy need?



...and sirr maxx has become quite the cookie baker! (or helper.._



He knows where to hang up his mitt...when he's done too!



but then again...could be because he KNOWS WHATS COMING NEXT!!!



He is such a little fun guy!!! We needed some Maxx pics for his wall...(below the license plates...(thanks darlins that have sent us plates!!! he loves getting a package of them...funny thing happened today though...we got some license plates in our mail box...that were misdirected mail! Maxx saw the plates thru the package and started jumping and squealing..."my race car plates!!!!" Should have seen the look when we had to tell him they werent' for him... :(

I did get some cute shots of him though for the pictures...









I framed them up as a suprize for mommy when she came home from work...



Well...we had our rummage (day one) today...another coming tomorrow...it's AMAZING what people want...hee hee...

I'M EXHAUSTED!!!!!!!!!!!

hugz til next time!!