My kiddos woke up to this little table scene Easter morning. I baked a ham Saturday and their favorite breakfast of all is when I make them my version of egg mcmuffins.
We skipped dying eggs this year and decided to spraypaint our eggs with chalkboard paint.
As the kids get older, their Easter baskets aren't filled as high, money in eggs, etc. and we put their larger pool toys and sports equipment in the backyard for an Easter egg hunt. They never tire of that!

Then there's my youngest baby. "Mommy why are you trying to make me look like a bunny, I'm a dog."
"Why are you holding me near the pool?? You know I hate that swimming pool . . . I am not a water dog."
Taylor and I were on a mission. We found an adorable dress for both Easter and Hawaii. I hope you all had a wonderful day filled with family and fun.

Happy Easter Peeps! I picked up this box of chicks and bunnies a few months ago at a church rummage sale for $2.00. I love all of them! If you need one or two, let me know and I'll share with you.
Wishing you all a joyful Easter.

My husband, daughter and I went to the incredible "Chihuly" exhibit at the Desert Botanical Gardens. A friend recommended that we select the 4-8 pm reservation and I'm grateful that we wanted. No wonder that time frame is so popular. The weather was spectacular and it made us happy and grateful that we live in Arizona.
This tree was one of my 3 favorites of the over 100 displays.

This one reminded us of our "worm" succulent in our back yard that my husband brought us home from work a few years ago when they were clearing land for a new golf course.






This one was my favorite. They were all named except this one. I named it "Dancing Waters". I love the arch in the background that I didn't notice until I looked through my lense.
Next are the chandeliers. I'll show you a few of my favorites.

Daylight image before 7 pm.
After 7 pm image. This is why the 4-8 time slot fills up quickly.



We saw some feathered friends.


A few more of my favorite scenes.

A message to my local peeps: "Do not miss this."

I guess it's my week to see famous vehicles driving around Phoenix. Earlier this week, we saw the Weinermobile. Today, I was driving to downtown Phoenix to see our son perform in the Arizona State Championship Drumline Competition and all of a sudden the most beautiful firetruck I've ever seen passes me on my right. Of course I wasn't able to take a picture while driving on the freeway, so I borrowed a photo from their website. I'm waiting for our son to come home now. What a long day it has been, it's 12:23 am and the bus hasn't quite arrived. However . . . they won! I'm so proud of all of them. They work so hard. While I'm waiting up, I've been reading some of the wonderful stories on pinkribbontour.

I recently chaperoned our daughter's field trip to the Arizona Renaissance Festival. It was very entertaining to say the least.
This was my little group. I enjoyed spending the day with them and I tried my best to make sure that they had a taste of the entire experience.

We shopped at several of the vendors. The girls each bought a charm from this glass blower.

We each took our turn at archery. I had to show them what to do. Can't believe I even remember.



They all eventually got the hang of it. Too bad we can't do that more often. I think it would be great for hand/eye coordination.

They took a ride on the "Flying Machine".

We saw a fairy.
Check out her wings!

We went to a sword fighting show.

We went home very tired and happy at the end of a long, fun-filled day.

Oh I wish I were an Oscar Mayer Weiner . . . is what we had to sing to receive a Oscar Meyer Weiner whistle today when we visited the Weinermobile that stopped in Chandler. Do you know that the Weinermobile drivers are called "hotdoggers"??
Check out their cool license plate!


My kids were disappointed that they were not giving out or selling hotdogs! Darn, I had to buy them lunch inside at McDonalds. My son told us a joke on the way home.
This guy was walking along the beach, found a bottle, rubbed it and a genie came out. He told him he had three wishes. Of course, the guy was amazed and couldn't believe this actually happened. He said his first wish was for a Corvette. His second wish was for five million dollars. The genie told him that the money would be in the trunk of his Corvette. The guy couldn't think of his third wish. The genie told him that whenever he decided, he could just say "I wish for . . ." and it would come true. He was driving home in his new Corvette with his five mil and the Oscar Mayer Weiner jingle came on the radio. He started singing along to it . . . and that's why a weiner was driving a Corvette down the road with five mil in the trunk!

We are on our way to my father-in-law's 75th birthday celebration. He hates that number. I would too. My husband would tell us on every trip, everytime he spotted an A&W Rootbeer billboard that his father always stopped for them. When I saw this mug, I knew that I had to create one for him. I found the mug at the Dollar Tree and after looking at several stores, I found the A&W Rootbeer Barrels at Albertsons in their Brach's bins. I had fun putting it together for him.