Life’s Little Moments

It seems like life goes by way to quickly.
I am always busy with my day job and
then once home from that with my stamping
job (which I love), but time just flies by.
Yesterday I took the afternoon off from
both jobs.  Instead I picked up daughter
and her two sons and we went
strawberry picking.  The boys love to
pick the raspberries in our backyard so
I thought they would like this too.
They love the cherry jam my daughter
has been making and she wanted to try
her hand at strawberry jam.
She takes after my mom — she's becoming
a regular "Becky Homecky".

Here are some of the fun pictures from
our afternoon together.
Me with Boys
An awful picture of me but again life is too
short so I am trying to enjoy the moments
with all of the grand kids.
I am explaining to the boys what they
are looking for.
Boys
They are trying to decide if the berry is ripe.
Bubba with Berries
Shawn with Berries
I think they got the hang of it.
Berries
Look at those fabulous berries.
I think someone didn't want to set his
box down.  The boys were excited to
each get their own box of berries.
They started cleaning their own boxes
as soon as we got back to their house.
They were making smoothies from some
of the berries — yum.
Katie's Jam
My daughter made her first batch of
Strawberry Freezer Jam as soon as I left.

What a great afternoon.
Tomorrow it will be back to stamping again.

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Moroccan Night – Let’s Celebrate

I love when I can "reuse" a
card layout.  This short fold
layout is one of my favorites.
I used the Moroccan Nights Designer Paper
for my color scheme and the
Moroccan Nights stamp set
for the images —
another great masculine card.

Lanterns
The card base is Emerald Envy and
I added layers of Early Espresso.
I put a piece of the Emerald Envy
Ruched Ribbon across the
designer paper and did a cheater
bow — tuck the piece of ribbon
under the one across the center
and tie a knot — sweet & simple.

I stamped all three lanterns
with Emerald Envy and stamped
Let's Celebrate with Early Espresso.

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Father’s Day 2016

What a wonderful Father's Day
weekend we had.
Our daughter and son
 and their families planned
a surprise birthday/Father's Day
for my husband Tony.
We all went out for lunch
Saturday and back to our house
for a little guitar playing and singing.
We practice in the air conditioned
house but around 5:00 headed outside
for a campfire and Tony played the
new guitar that Katie & Scott
gave him.
Tony Guitar
Phillip & Jenny and kids stayed
overnight with us so grandpa
helped them put together a puzzle
and played trouble with them before
they headed back to Minnesota
Tony & Kids
Then we packed up and headed to
my sister's to have dinner with
my dad & mom and brother
and sister-in-law.

I hope you all had a fabulous day.

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