A Letter to Grandma in a Bottle

Mothers Day Blessings.  Since I will be moving out of state to start up my homestead hobby farm projects.( A lifelong dream of mine) I decided that I wanted to get the kids together for a fun day at the beach.They are all adults and have life of their own, with careers, college, friends etc.  We usually get together once a month, but once I move it will be once every 3 months.  I will go through some seperation anxiety for sure.   At the beach we held a little memorial for my mother who died 11 years ago. It was her favorite beach that we went to.  We all shared memories of her and laughed as we released her to sea ( yes, we've been holding on for 11 years) my oldest daughter wrote her a letter on the day she died.She was 15 then. Now she is a mother of two and a Soldier in the Army.  Her wish was to throw it into the sea.  My mothers day blessings were to have all my three children  together and my two grandchildren with my sister and stay the entire day laughing as the ocean roared nearby.   I love days like this and my hubby promises a trip once every three months. With the hobby farm, we will be lucky to get away that often. Our lazy  day at the beach was anything but lazy. We laughed, shared stories, ate and of course went treasure hunting.  My biggest treasure was the memory we made together this day. 

Autumn is Digging in

The Fam-Bam. clowning as they always do

Childhood memory quilt

<p>Our son, youngest of 5 children, graduates this June. He is our younest of 3 boys, 2 girls. All our children have been active in team sports, scouting. I was always the team mom and girlscout leader, soccer,baseball and marching band driver while my husband was a amazing coach. I have been saving our sons team t-shirts since his very first t ball team at the age of 5. Soccer, many more years of baseball, swim teams, waterpolo teams and police explorer programs. There are a whole lot of memories and love put into this quilt. I hope he knows how much joy he has brought to us and how proud of him we ate. Next up for him is college. Hes going to be a firefighter and is already signed up to play on thd waterpolo team.

Paint something purple.

One old dresser, a old picture frame get new life for my craft room. I've had these two items for many years, have always wanted to paint them. Nervous and indecisive, I looked to nature for inspiration. So, from this........purple iris color combination and this old dresser and big old frame.  To this vibrant and fun combination. The frame will have a chicken wire backing and little clips to atratch various pictures, articles, clippings,works of inspiration for my craft room.
This was a fun project.

I love. Spring,

<p>Easter egg hunts<br>
Sweet baby boys

I love spring, for many reasons.

I love purple irisis so much that I decided that I want to paint my craft room these two colors.

Happy Spring

Today we took the boys out to show some  of the country that we live near, we drove up through Emmett, which is a beautiful little town, mostly farms. Then through Caldwell, we then took them to D & B farm supply store. And spring showed its cute little face. Happy Spring. These little babies made me smile

Barn sale finds

Today, Local friend Kim took me out to some great haunts. We went to a early hot yoga class, then to a lite brunch in a wnderful cafe that was decorated Victorian style. Then we hut antique shops, and a very special farm house sale. The farm house was basically set up as a antique store. Everything was color schemes. The sale is held twice a year, for only three days. Today was the last day until fall. I scored two perfect vintage luggage pieces and two Awsome tablecloths. I Did use a lot of willpower and not buy the antique windows,doors, or fencing. We also hit up a few incredible other spots, but that farmhouse sale was things that dreams were made of. Hope to come back in the fall. I just LOVE IDAHO.