Wordful Wednesday - Day Lily

I am LOVING my new lens!!

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New Lens...

I bought a new 50mm lens for my camera.  I love it!!

Aloha Friday #31

Therefore, I’ll ask a simple question for you to answer. Nothing that requires a lengthy response. If you’d like to participate, just post your own question on your blog and leave your comment below and link in Kailani’s blog. Don’t forget to visit the other participants! It’s a great way to make new bloggy friends!

This weeks question is:
Have you ever printed or considered printing out your blog?

While following blogs I stumbled upon this blog post over at Little Bit Funky.  I love to scrapbook, but I am very behind.  While I still plan on scrapbooking my photos, I decided that I would try out blurb and create a blog book.  I ordered my book last weekend.  I have decided I am creating one for every 6mths worth of blogging.  Which makes sense for me because I started blogging in July 2008.  I have 3 books started, but it was easiest for me to finish the last one.  Blurb was easy to use and I loved that it imported all of my info off my blog.

It arrived this afternoon by FedEx.  I LOVE it.  I now need to finish the other ones.  =D

Wordful Wednesday - 4th

The 4th of July is right around the corner....

Have you already made plans?  We were invited to a party this year. 
You can find the bracelet I made, here.

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A Gift

As you may already know, my parents take lots of photos.  I am so glad for that.  It is wonderful to be able to share those old photos with my children.  It's too funny when my son says...."look papa had hair!"  You may also remember me mentioning that my husband's family were the complete opposite.

For my wedding my mom created a signature book for us putting in old photos of Jeff & I as children.  Anyway, I had to ask Jeff's grandmother for photos of him.  When looking through photos she showed me photos from her own wedding.  There were only 10 left...the rest were destroyed in a fire.  I got an idea one Christmas for grandma.  Grandpa had passed away earlier that year and I thought grandma would love it.  My brother-in-law grabbed those old wedding photos for me and I had a friend I worked with scan them & print them for me.  He also put the photos on a floppy disk (remember those?).  I called grandma one day and asked her lots of questions about her wedding and then set out to create a wedding album for her.  I created 2 albums, one for her and one for me.

Well, she passed away less than 2yrs ago and that wedding album & her wedding pictures disappeared...  Anyway, my father-in-law has none of the photos.  For this father's day, I found that floppy disk and created an album through Shutterfly for him.

I gave him the album yesterday and he LOVED it.

Friday Photo Flashback posts at More Than Words.
Flashback Friday posts at Christopher And Tia's blog.

Sunday Citar

"Children learn to smile from their parents" - Shinichi Suzuki

(my dad & I, July 1975.  I was 20mths old)

Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there!

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Smores on a Stick

So on Wednesday I teased you with this shot and said I would tell you more today...

Every year Ian requests that I make these for his school treat to celebrate his birthday.  His birthday is in July so we send them in at the end of the school year.  Jeff & I were joking that I probably will be making these for his high school graduation.  I probably will be. 

Ian wanted to help me...but he ended up exhausted from swimming at his friend's house so I sent him to bed.

Here is how I make them.

Ingredients...
marshmallows
melting chocolate
graham crackers
sprinkles
lollipop sticks

Crush the graham crackers and add sprinkles.

Put a lollipop stick in each marshmallow.

Then dip them in chocolate and in graham crackers.

I put them on a cookie sheet and then place them in the fridge for the chocolate to set up.

I also made ones with just sprinkles....

Everyone in Ian's class got one of each.

Kim...LOL, not sure how many ww points these are. ;)  I only ate a couple on weigh in day. 

I am linking to these fabulous parties, here. 

Dear So and So... wk15

Dear Lily,
Please eat your dinner.  I am over the nightly meltdowns over your dinner.
Enough already, mommy

Dear Ian,
Stop touching my stuff!!  Just because it is not in my bedroom, does not mean it is free for you to take, use or distroy.
Get out of my junk! mommy

Dear mommy,
Clean up your junk.
Love, melanie

Dear self,
Try and not to be nervous next Thursday, you will do GREAT!  Just be yourself and do what you love.
Your best cheerleader, melanie

Dear Melanie,
I will probably be a nervous wreck.
Thanks for cheering me on, self

Dear Jeff,
Happy Father's Day!   Hope you have a wonderful day golfing.
Love, the mother of your children.

Dear Person who had their dog on their lap while driving yesterday,
While I know dogs like to stick their heads out the window...but both front paws, too?  That's bad enough, but to have your dog on your lap, too.  Can you say dangerous?  I don't really need to be following you and then run over your dog when it falls out of your window.  You are seriously missing some braincells
Sincerely, concerned citizen.





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Aloha Friday #30

Therefore, I’ll ask a simple question for you to answer. Nothing that requires a lengthy response. If you’d like to participate, just post your own question on your blog and leave your comment below and link in Kailani’s blog. Don’t forget to visit the other participants! It’s a great way to make new bloggy friends!

This weeks question is:  Do you prefer Dry or Sweet wine?

I am not typically a wine drinker, but when I have a glass I prefer a sweeter wine.  I found some good ones when I went on that wine tour a couple weeks ago.  I can't wait to take Jeff to those wineries when the kids are at my mom's this summer.

You Capture - Water

A couple days ago when I went outside to water plants Lily wanted to help.  She used her watering can and watered some of the plants...then she decided to water herself.  It was hilarious.  Yes we have buckets...but she decided that her shoe would work better...

She jumped in the puddle

And then she decided to sit in the puddle.

Go on over to I Should Be Folding Laundry to see other You Capture's for this week.

Wordful Wednesday - Smores

on a stick...

Gonna post more about these yummy treats on Saturday.

Hope everyone has a wonderful Wednesday!
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Take Me Back Tuesday & Flashback Friday

June 1992

My high school graduation...

Age 18

I still remember buying that dress.  I bought it at Express and LOVED it!  My mom let me wear her pearls.  =)

While looking at these photos last week, my husband asked me why I always look stoned...

My sister & I...

My mom & I...  (I just realized that my mom is only 2 yrs older than I am currently in this photo)

My dad & I...

My sister, my cousin & I...

Schools are winding down around here.  Ian has this full week and next week he goes 1/2 days next Mon-Wed.  Then it is finally summer vacation.

Take Me Back Tuesday posts at A Day With Two.

Way Back When-esday posts at Twinfatuation.
Friday Photo Flashback posts at More Than Words.
Flashback Friday posts at Christopher And Tia's blog.