Summer Fun, Ingenious Ways to Stay Cool, and Forget Me Not

Pretty Toes II

Andrew chose the colors and the design for my pedicure. Let's all give him a hand! Reddish purple would not have been my choice, but the final result is awesome. WTG Drew!

I can't help but be a little sad, remembering the original Pretty Toes. Last year for Mother's Day Yasar got me a gift certificate for my first pedi ever. I was still pregnant then, Leila still safe and sound. At that point, I was still a week away from meeting my little angel. (sigh).

Charleston Falls 4-2-10

Surrounded By Love

(my supply shelf with pictures of my grempop as a baby, and a wedding photo
of Yasar and I, his parents, my parents, and my gremom)

Somehow the office has kind of become my space. (maybe because Yasar has his "man cave" in the garage).

(my favorite Christmas gift from this past year, my sister-in-law
Chris put together a family montage clock, and included my Leila!)

So I let my taste in art take over.

(pictures my friend Joy took of my mom, Andrew, and I in Chincoteague the summer of 2007)

And my choice of wall decoration has always been family pictures.

(gremom and grempop with their 45th anniversary cake)

To me, it's what makes a house a home.

(my working corkboard, with a Mother's Day card that Andrew and his dad made for me, Andrew holding the bass he caught, a photostrip of Andrew and my mom, and one of Yasar kissing my dearly missed quaker parakeet, Furby)

I am always reminded of the love that surrounds me.

Happy Box = Happy Boy!

The Locavore Box:
Beautiful heads of lettuce, complete with a bug! I think this is Romaine. Andrew thinks it's delicious.
These giant onion tops will make Yasar a happy man.
Spinach heads and kale.
My kid chomping into some fresh kale. He said, and I quote, "it tastes like candy!" Gives me a warm & fuzzy feelin'. :)

Karate Kid - Demo for Orange Belt

Got Some Milk For Me?