Four Seasons Market at FireWheel Town Center

A new Market came to our 'outdoor' mall.

The plan is to have it every Saturday.

I signed up to be a vendor and

took part in the very first one this past weekend.

Lots of fun.

success.

laughs.

learning.

I'm excited about this new opportunity to get my items in front of people :)

Take a dum dum and grab a business card.

used the trunk case my mom gave me.

sister modeling the apron

kenzie came to visit mama

'aunt' jess gave her money and took her to

get juice and french fries at sonic.

Great day:)

Texas State Fair-Day 1.Part 2.

Fletcher's Corny Dog. A must.

My favorite float of the parade.

she loved it. And waved at everyone.

She loves to vroom vroom.

Playing in the midway.

She won this dog, and a bouncy ball.

The dog is actually pretty good quality

for a fair prize.

Funnel Cake. YUM.

It was a great day at the fair

We all had lots of fun!

Texas State Fair- On my birthday.

Day 1.Part 1.

There were already plans to go to the fair

with my parents, sister and sister's fiance Michael.

But on my birthday, I made a last minute decision

about what I'd like to do for the day....

I wanted to go to the fair, I couldn't wait another moment.

It was the perfect day to go.

Overcast, barely a crowd.

I enjoyed it so much!

And because of the lack of crowds

Kenzie was able to walk around some.

On days like the second day we went,

it's just SO overly crowded.  She'd probably get trampled on.

Snuggled in ready to go.

First time I tried pigtails with Kenzie's teeny amount of hair.

Rode the skyway across the fair and back.

Big Tex and my favorites.

The craft tent. This is usually PACKED.

I should have gotten a picture the second day we were there.

I know the vendors probably didn't like it,

but I was finally able to actually look and enjoy.

Pig Races.

Checkin out the animals.

We're Back... Wishing we weren't quite yet.

I've been an awful blogger.

I've been slacking on my reading

of everyone's blogs.

And have been meaning to finish off my trip to Kansas

and my 2 trips to the Texas State Fair.

I got a call from David one day about 2 weeks ago

asking if I'd like to go to Hawaii.

Umm. Did he really need to ask?!!

He was headed to Oahu for about a 4-5 days of work,

but thought he'd take Kenzie and I along and extend the trip a few days.

I spent several days getting an itinarary together, packing, etc.

And then we were off.

It was so AMAZING.

I can't describe the beauty.

So obviously, I have tons to share from this trip.

And way way overdue things to share.

But with the time change and the overnight flight

where I pretty much got about 30 minutes of sleep...maybe.

I'm exhausted.

Plus I need to go through my thousands of pictures

to find my favorites to share with you guys.

Be back soon :)

Polaroid Instant Camera

a birthday present from my hubby.

I had been dying to have one.
I had a slightly older style in mind,
but I love this one.. flash or no flash option,
& two distance choices.

I must say... I very much adore having it.

If you're looking to own one,

the rather easy and inexpensive part

is the camera itself (for a vintage one)

Just do a search on etsy or ebay.

The investment is in the film. yikes.

But I'd say it's totally worth it.

I have to constantly remind myself

to use the film wisely, select my pictures carefully.

Definitely a top fave birthday present of all 26 years of my life.

Kansas-Craft Fair

We flew in to Wichita

and sweet Megan picked us up at the airport

We grabbed lunch at chipotle

and headed out to Carolyn's (a family friend of Megan's)

She has a beautiful house

with a lake, tons of land and

a bunkhouse where we slept.

We got up early the next morning

and headed out to the big Craft Show

in Hillsboro, Kansas.

We met up with Jess and her lovely sister Ann
and shopped the craft fair

and surrounding fun places Megan knew about
Then went out to 2 barn sales

Janey was a super happy baby
and also enjoyed the barn.

We were all in heaven
and probably never would have left.

But, cooking and having a wonderful
 dinner with Jess, her sister and mom,
was calling us back to Megan's.

The drive back was beautiful.

What a fun day of shopping with all the girls.
So much better than shopping with husbands,
that ask why we need one of those...
or what we're gonna do with that. ;)

Cooking with all of the women and Megan's daughters
in the kitchen was more than I can explain.
Dinner was delicious.
And chatting with the girls fed some part of me
that I didn't know had been empty.

Paradise-Anna Grace

Did you see this little girl perform on Ellen?
Amazing, beautiful, talented.
Inspiring.
Brought me to tears.

Watch.
You'll be glad you did.