Little Chefs + Yummy Ingredients = Fun in the Kitchen

This summer Sierra & I have been hosting kids cooking classes. All the kids have been doing a wonderful job chopping, mixing, slicing, dicing, stirring, whisking, baking, tasting :)! Plus they were able to take home dinner for their families to enjoy the fruit of their labor. Although, if you ask the kids I am sure they would say it was all fun & worth every bite! Sierra loved doing all of the cooking demonstrations & it was a win-win because she prepared our dinner right along with the students. :)

Light Up the Sky

Firework show at our house put on by Sierra & Friends! They did an awesome job!!! :)





This was the first 4th of July in many years that we were able to pop fireworks. In years past it has been so dry from not getting any rain. The Lord has blessed us tremendously by sending rain over the last few weeks! Things were pretty exciting around here gearing up for the big show!








I think this one looks like a heart being drawn in the sky!

What's Been Going On Around Here?!

Celebrating Birthdays! Happy Birthday Steve!





Lots of sewing projects! This one tote bag Sierra made for a friend & it serves as the gift bag too!

Swimming parties are always fun!

Lots of time spent cooking too....More to come on that!

Hope everyone is having a great summer.

Stirring Up Dust

Oh, Just To Be Near You

Is it true that some pictures are worth a thousand words!? Well, this may be one of them. Sierra sometimes takes her books out to different places & it never fails that Princess will find her way to her. This horse just loves to be close to whatever is going on. She is so sweet & loves any attention she can get. She actually stood there & dozed for a long time.

The only thing that could be better would be to be reading on horseback. Sierra would probably try it if she could. :)

Tea Anyone?

Sierra & I had the privilege of attending a very special Mother's Day Tea Party! It was set up outside & everything was so lovely. A perfect way for us to spend the day together. There were a total of 62 women of all ages. We shared a table with a dear friend of mine & her mom & we had the best time sharing stories, laughing, & sipping tea, of course.

The beautiful Walker Manor

We had lots to prepare for the night before the tea including a personal french manicure, painted toes, & hair rollers for pretty curls!

Tea of the day was a delicious Blueberry Pomegranate!

Fall Into the Words of Books

What an exciting year the girls & I have had this year with book club! I have been so impressed with the discussions that these girls have during our monthly meetings. All the girls have a way of devouring books & it excites me to know that they all share my love for reading! Here are some pictures from the year. This past week we had a balloon release to commemorate our year of "books" & to go along with our book of the month The Twenty-One Balloons. The girls thought it was a wonderful way to say good-bye.....Hopefully we can all come together again through the love of books!

My Sierra on the left.