We are finished with Madeline's nursery. My sweet mom is so talented. She can sew anything. Stephanie, myself and my mom made everything. We had such a good time.

The bedding is so soft, I know she is going to love it.

We had this old rocker that was not being used ,Tony painted it and my mom recovered the cushions. I can not wait to sit in here and rock her.

Ok, the fish hanging on the side of the chair was a shower gift from my sister-in-law. Tony is a big fisherman. so Madeline has her own little fishing bag when she goes fishing with her dad. This was his favorite gift to her.

This was a shower gift from my other sister-in-law and Stephanie loved it. Madeline is just waiting on our little Madeline Grace to get here.

Stephanie is due on November 5th, we are so anxious to meet our new little girl.

I love all the pink . I know we are going to be in trouble, there are just so many cute things for girls.

Uri's First Birthday

Our sweet little birthday boy.

Lisa and Josh did such a good job of making this a special memory of Uri.

Uri had his own cake.

Lots of good food to eat.

The sweetest little clown came from Moody Gardens in Galveston and painted all the kids faces and she also did magic tricks.

Uri was a puppy.

I love her pink hair!

Lisa had crafts for all the kids to make.

They had a cute water play area. All the kids brought bathing suits.

Treats for everyone to take home. They thought of everything.

The table was so cute. I loved watching all the kids go up to the table and see their eyes get so big looking at all the fun stuff.

These were the best little cup cakes. The one you see with red sprinkles were red velvet cake with cream cheese icing. I could not stop eating them.

This was such a fun day watching Uri celebrate his first birthday.

Stephanie and Tony's Baby Shower

Stephanie and Tony had a wonderful baby shower. Our little Madeline Grace Jaracz is due on November 5th, 2011.
I think she looks so cute pregnant. They are both very happy.

Our sweet family gave them a baby shower. It was all beautiful. We are so blessed to have such great family and friends.My niece brought this beautiful diaper cake.

The table was beautiful. Three delicious cakes. One was strawberry, one was lemon curd and one was vanilla.

My daughter-in-law, Lisa did all the table and food you see. It was all wonderful, and looked so pretty.

Little marshmallow baby bottles.

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  Once again we are so thankful for family and friends who would take time to celebrate our little Madeline Grace with us.

We have had our little pumpkin with us for several days. We have loved every minute of it. He is such a blessing in our life.

A New Typewriter

I got the cutest typewriter this weekend. My guy and I went out to some little antique shops. I saw so many neat things. I fell in love with this little typewriter.


It actually works. Who knows, I might just sit down and type a letter today.

The only bad thing is it does not have spell check and that is a bad thing for me. Computers spoil us.

I moved a little desk into my bedroom and set up this little area, a fun new space.

Flowers from the garden, a few favorite magazines and a cozy chair , I just might be here a while.

New Chair Slip Cover

Today I am joining My Romantic Home for Show and Tell Friday and French Country Cottage for Feathered Nest Friday.
I am so happy to say I have completed a summer project. I finished a chair and ottoman cover. It is far from perfect. I had the help of Miss Mustard Seed's blog. The best thing is the cost, $20.00 for a painters cloth from Lowes.


This is my first attempt at making a chair cover and there are many imperfections, but I really like the way it turned out.

The best thing is your can just take it off and throw it in the washing machine.

On any given day you can find me here looking at one of my favorite books,

"Romantic Praire Style".

Crape Myrtles

I am joining Fishtail Cottage for Cottage Flora Thursday and Tootsie Time for Flaunt Your Flowers Friday.

It is hard to believe it is Thursday already. The weather in East Texas has been so nice for the last couple of days. We have actually had rain and cloud cover to give us a break from the hundred degree days we have been having.

I have the most beautiful crape myrtles. This pink one is outside my kitchen window and it is so pretty. I have not seen one like it. The blooms go from light pink to darker pink.

This is a smaller one, but it puts on a beautiful show.

I love that each tree is a little different.

This purple one is a dwarf, it is loaded with blooms.We have moved it several times just because it did not do very good where it was planted. Now it loves where it is. I move plants and trees like I move furniture.

The white crape myrtle limbs get so heavy with blooms they just fall over and the tree looks like an umbrella.

This one is pale pink.

I live in The Crape Myrtle City, We have so many beautiful trees growing around town.