B&K Mom

Happy Tuesday everyone! BIG berry-picking party today with up to 10 families!!!! Can't wait. Blueberries and salmonberries abound right now. I'll be taking some of those home....mmmmmmmmmm! Have a good day.

Great NL article today! Jody, I'm so proud of you for making a LO without a ribbon...lol! GREAT LO. Thanks for the encouragement to try something outside the usual.

I'm actually working on a scrapbook LO! It's been MONTHS! Got lots of vacation pics to scrap. Feels pretty cool to be scrapping again.

3 days in a row of picking salmonberries (cloudberries) on the tundra. This is the biggest haul our family has every had of these luscious fruit. As a result of bending at the waist to pick these little beauties, I have exceptionally sore hamstrings! Well worth it though. Jam, scones, cobbler, muffins....mmmmmmmm.

Great day today with DH, DDs and MIL. We took a gorgeous drive to a lake. We were the only ones there. Picnic, skipping stones, laughing A LOT. Great day!

MIL comes tomorrow. House is shaping up...S-L-O-W-L-Y! I guess we only have the living/dining room, kitchen peninsula (aka the biggest junk pile!), and my side of our room (where she's staying this next week). That's not bad, right? 8-O

MIL coming in 4 days! So many great vacation pics to scrap...but no time. Need to C-L-E-A-N.....a lot!!!! bummer

As of today I am the Mom of two 11 yo girls! Where does the time go? What blessings they are to me!

OMGoodness! Sarah, the color palate of this month's SG CLUB is unbelievably GORGEOUS! Love the feel of the whole thing. Can't wait to use it! Fantastic CLUB!!!!

How did I get through an entire Thursday without peeking in the Boutique? Gotta fix that problem. See you in the aisles!

DH's Father's Day gift arrived today. What's that old slogan?? "Everyday should be Father's Day!" Isn't that how it goes?? LOL!

DH just surprised me with an early anniversary present...a beautiful new Sony Handycam HD dig video camera. We can't get the TAPES for our old one - lol! We'll have it for our vacation next month!! WOO HOO!!

Preparing for our girls' VERY FIRST SLEEPOVER at our place tomorrow night. Oh how fun!!! Just our 2 and two others, but still should be fun!

Just saw the FIRST leaves on a willow today. We have been green-less since late August. Can I just say "I LOVE GREEN!!!"

We had a lovely day yesterday...50 degrees and sunny. We haven't seen SNOW since Friday!! It's gorgeous again today too! I think summer might really be here!!! YIPPEE! Time to move the plants outside soon.

Lovin' the coupon for the Boutique! Just recently bought PSE 11 and can now easily load Styles!! I haven't bought any in a VERY LONG TIME. Guess who's going on a Style-binge!!!!

LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!!! I will be the mom of 6th graders soon. How did THAT happen??

I just got PSE11 installed as well. It's a long awaited upgrade from PSE8! So very excited. It looks fantastic. Perfect? No. But Layer Masks and ease of loading Styles alone make it worth it! So EXCITING!

Praying for Oklahoma!

My DH just said the magic words, "You need a new computer by the end of the summer." My response, "Yes Dear!"

Anyone else have trouble with NL this a.m.? Didn't get one....hmmmmmm.

I love, Love, LOVE the textures in the new SS Club Syndee made for us! Gonna love playin' with it!

I love, Love, LOVE the textures in the new SS Club Syndee made for us! Gonna love playin' with it!

I love, Love, LOVE the textures in the new SS Club Syndee made for us! Gonna love playin' with it!'

Just spent $146.64 filling up our Ford Expedition with 23.8 gallons of gas! UGH! glad we can't drive very far at this time of year.