parade princesses

our neighborhood had a children's 4th of july parade this morning. we decorated the jeep for the girls so they could ride through the neighborhood waving flags. needless to say they got to our house and ditched the jeep only to walk. i was informed by the girls that some of the neighbors had been giving candy out as the parade walked by...oh, i'm sorry my bad. next year i'll do better.

fit for a king or queen - art camp

lela got the opportunity to go to art camp at the vintage flea in downtown newnan. for four hours, she got to draw, paint and be creative. she drew and painted a princess self portrait and a castle, made a silhouette of herself and to top everything off a crown to wear upon her head. she was all smiles when i picked her up. she seemed to have a good time. i can't wait to frame her drawings. i've already got a couple spots ready and waiting for them. they are so cute!

happy birthday to me

i so can't believe that july is already here not to mention that i turned 38 years old today. wow! the big 40 is definitely fast approaching and somedays i feel like it more than others. i love birthdays because its the one day of the year that you and you alone get the opportunity to feel appreciated and loved - honored for just being yourself. now granted this is something we should do everyday for others, but birthdays i think are meant to remind us that we are special and there is no one else like us.




kevin and the girls gave me a super special card that they had recorded "i love you" on it. it brought tears to my eyes and made me smile. talk about priceless. i love it!!

my dear mother took me and lacey to a wonderful lunch at the city cafe. (lela had gone to art camp for the day, so i was minus one less child.) i had never been here before so it was nice getting to try something new. we all seemed to have a good time sitting outside on the patio as the ceiling fans spun around creating a nice breeze. my absolute favorite part of this place - the dessert counter. yes, i'm all about the dessert plain and simple. after lunch we walked up to the counter to pick something out. (lela's art camp was just for a few hours and i had to get back.) i walked up to the counter and had such a hard time deciding that i ended up getting a dozen thumbprint cookies to go. they are probably one of my all time favorite cookies in the entire world with their yummy frosting right in the middle. scrumptious.

kevin ended up spending the day at the hospital. his grandmother is very ill and his mother had had surgery scheduled. so, we were on the phone back and forth the majority of the day.

i received numerous phone calls and FB messages through out the day which ultimately makes for a "happy birthday!"

sweet smells of a bakery

this morning i picked my very first zucchini from our garden. do you wanna know what i did with it? i baked a honey zucchini bread. yum! that sweet smell of cinnamon coming from my oven was so intoxciating. i was giddy with excitement waiting for the bread to finish. in fact this is first time i've ever done anything with zucchini, but somwhow i have a funny feeling it won't be the last.

gymdogs...in the making

this is what i pretty much deal with on a daily basis. lela doing cartwheels. she has now progressed to doing one handed cartwheels at the moment. not to be out done lacey has now gotten in on the fun. i feel as if i'm living in a gym. watch out gymdogs, here comes the daniell sisters.

our very first crop

here is a picture of our very first crop from the garden....two squash and one green pepper:


i guess you gotta start somewhere, uh? it's so exciting because we have squash, zucchini, green peppers, cherry tomatoes and tomatoes growing right in our very own backyard. i'm really enjoying myself and have even started thinking about next year's garden. who would have thunk it, me and a vegetable garden?

advice from lacey

this is absolutely priceless....

kevin, lela and lacey were on their way to dunkin' donuts this morning when lacey starts shelling out advice to lela. lacey had with her a "new" fleece baby blanket. lela was rubbing her hands on it and said to lacey, "i want one of these." lacey's reply, "if you pitch a fit about being cold mommy will get you one!" excuse me? i couldn't help but laugh. and i'm so sure the entire the time she is telling lela this she has her little mischievous grin going on. oh what a mess! she is too funny!