looking for a little escape?

Why not start summer vacation off right...

By taking a day for yourself :)

Join us at the June Faithbooking Crop for a fun day of scrapbooking as you receive inspiration and encouragement to help you make your albums even more meaningful through journaling. The crop is FREE and will take place from 9:00 am-3:00 pm at Hosanna! on Saturday, June 11, 2011. There will be prizes and snacks along with HOURS of uninterrupted time to work on your albums.

If you'd like to reserve a spot, just let me know by comment here, on Facebook, or via email (acvega at frontiernet dot net) anytime before the crop.

straight out of the camera [sunday]

A shot from our day at the pool yesterday:

It was a gorgeous day for it, warm enough for even ME to get in this time. Hope you had a great weekend!

snapshots from memorial day

We'd been waiting so long for a real summer-like day.

We got more than we bargained for on Memorial Day.

Cousins, hotdogs, sunshine, and a cold dip in the pool.

Praying our soggy-rainy-ick spell passes so we can have many more of these (minus the COLD dip)!!

basement remodel :: week 5

If interested, you can view the entire progression by clicking HERE.

Vinyl flooring was installed in the laundry room:

The bathroom tile and vanity are now in place as well:

The windows are all boxed in now and the rail is starting to go up:

Most of the doors and lighting are in place as well:

Been spending LOTS of time at my sister's place again taking care of laundry. Loads of it. I'd have to say that has been the only real inconvenience of the entire project. The noise and dust really haven't even been issues. Our bathroom sconces arrived earlier than expected this week and we're nearing the end of trim work. Can you believe how quickly this is coming together??? Me neither.

Can't wait to see what happens next week! Until next time...

5 Fun Things Friday

1. The new line of "Mocktails" by Crystal Light.

I had the Margarita flavor tonight with my taco salad and thought it was DELICIOUS. (Found a $1.00 coupon for it at Cub Foods this week as well!)

2. Remember when I shared the whole "desserts in jars" thing? Well I found something this week that topped even that:

Dinner in a jar. Click HERE for details.

3.These LOVELY ruffled bath towels:

Click HERE for details (and to check out all of the beeeeautiful colors).

4. Birds - my thing for birds started around THIS TIME last year. I really want to find a way to incorporate some of these goodies into our home:

These 3D wall sticks from Urban Outfitters. Along with this over-the-door hook:

And this handcrafted mirror:

LOVE.

5. I really, really want to make this to impress the children:

Click HERE for details.

Happy Friday!!!

if you give a kid a box

Always a hit with the little ones :) The tween and I were going through some old blog posts and had a good laugh over THIS ONE. It inspired me to capture the munchkins (i.e. my niece & nephew) with their box - er, um... house.

Oh, the little things :)) Remember to enjoy life before it passes you by.

Baby A Milestone | Minnesota Infant Portrait Session

Met this lovely mom and daughter by way of a Minnesota connection.

They were only in town for a short time and wouldn't you know it, the weather refused to cooperate.

With a last-minute change in location, the session was on :)

This sweet, Dora-loving 9-month old was full of smiles. (In the images above, she was doing her best NOT to make eye contact with me... but ultimately could not resist ;)

Here are a few more images from our afternoon session:

And the friend who made it all happen:

Thanks again, Jamie & Teressa, for being so flexible. Hope you enjoyed your visit!