The caravan left town on Friday morning, with our posse of 5 kids,2 cars,1 very pregnant sis, a Nana and me of course.We visited our friends The Funky Junk Sisters at their fantastic show. Everything we heard was true, everyone of the vendors were fabulous! We loved seeing LuLu and our friends at Retreat Kennedy, Shabby Scraps, Nia from Summerland and from our side of the mountain, Ann from The Nestting.


Kim of MiMi Charmante...a very sweet and talented lady (we met her at The Barnhouse, she took care of our every need at The July Barnhouse Flea Market)




We are so happy that we were able to support the TATA's....We shopped and shopped and visited old time friends,Sara and her cute hubby Yani..



They talked about there plans to start a family. She asked me if I would be a surrogate :) The answer is NO!!! If I can do it 3 times you can do it once yourself...
On Sat. night we visited Melissa her baby Judah and daughter Juliana. It was Melissa's 31st Happy Birthday! Happy "B" Melissa... Her kids are soooooo adorable!!! We love her and her beautiful family.


Well... 2 beds,3 adults 5 kids and 4 1/2 hours drive~ We need another weekend away just to rest.xoxo Celia & Glad

Simple Pleasure

This is the time of the year when we're reminded of abundance... Italian Plums is one abundance we love to have. This recipe was given to me by my mother from her mother and given to her from my Great Na Na, from Italy!



You'll love the smell~ such a simple pleasure..




5 lbs of Plums/equal parts sugar
3 oranges
1 lemon
2 cups of raisins
2 T cinnamon
1 tsp. cloves

Grind plums, oranges, lemon, add sugar and spices.
Cook on stove until thick. ( approx. 2 hrs)
Cook in oven on low heat for 2 to 3 hrs.

Then put into jars~

Enjoy!

Our First Award!!!!!!

First of all we must give a great big THANK YOU and of course a hug to twigdecor.blogspot.com We feel so blessed this year to have made so many new friends and blogger friends.... Who knew work could be soooooo fun?????


We want to pass this award along to some of our favorite blogs~ so, I will start by posting the rules to the award...

1.)Thank and post URL to the blog that gave the award

2.)Pass the award along to 6 brilliantly over the blogs (blog you love!) Alert them so they know to recieve the award.

3.)Copy and paste this quiz... Change the answers, ONE word only!!

4.)Have Fun


Quiz:

1.) Where is your cell phone? purse

2.) Your hair? cottoncandy~mom's

3.) Your mother? Authentic

4.) Your father? man-whore(he makes it ALL happen for us)

5.) Your favorite food? Spaghetti

6.) Your favorite drink? ice-tea

7.) Your dream last night? unexplainable

8.) Your dream/goal? sanity

9.) What room are you in? kitchen

10.) Your hobby? creating

11.) Your fear? (seriously, only one word on this?)bugs

12.) Where do you want to be in 6 years? married/happy

13.) Where were you last night? Home

14.) Something that you aren't? liar

15.) Muffin? Chocolate

16.) Wish list item? range rover

17.) Where did you grow up? Washington

18.) Last thing you did? yelled (sorry Charlie)

19.) What are you wearing? favorite jeans

20.) Your TV? flat screen

21.) Your pets? none:(

22.) Friends? many

23.) Your life? CRAZY

24.) Your mood? Happy

25.) Missing someone? friends

26.) Vehicle? Cadillac Escalade

27.) Something you aren't wearing? earrings

28.) Your favorite store? LuLu Lemon

29.) Favorite color? Black (or is it White)
30.) When was the last time you laughed? Today

31.) Last time you cried? Saturday

32.) Your best friend? Sister/Mother

33.) One place you go to over and over? Chaps

34.) One person who emails you regularly? singer 22

35.) Favorite place to eat? moms


The Ribboned Crown

The Paris Apartment

Present Past

Rachel Ashwell

Aurora Suzette

Lisa Souers

More Pictures~courtesy of Mike Lee