We wonder, with so many miraclulous testimonies around us, how we could escape God.  But somehow we do.  We live in an art gallery of divine creativity and yet are content to gaze only at the carpet.  {Max Lucado}

God must have created little ones to inspire us to dream.  What a gift to work and live amongst the most precious and beautiful art imaginable.   

  Thank you to all the people in

in the world who are

always ten percent kinder

than they need to be.

Helen Exley

If you’ve been following me along for a bit I’m sure you already know my ridiculously talented friend KATE BOGOT.

(remember her MARVELOUS MONSTER BASH?)  

She has done it AGAIN!! 

Check out her GUMBALL PARTY PHOTOGRAPHS!

Kate’s details & colors just scream CHILDHOOD MAGIC!! 

Isn’t this every EIGHT YEAR OLD girl’s dream-come-true?  

I can just imagine how her daughter Izzy will recall this amazing time in her life.       

HAPPY HAPPY Birthday dear sweet Izzy!

I hope you year is filled with everything that makes you SMILE!

xoxoxoxoxoxo

single

day

my children remind me how much goodness and love God put inside each and every one of us.  

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There is in each of us so much goodness that if we could see its glow, it would light the world. 

 Sam Friend

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P I C K   A   P I C N I C

1.  Pancake Picnic

2.  P B & J Picnic

3.  Painting Picnic

4.  Pretend Picnic

5.  Puppet Picnic

6.  Pizza Picnic

7.  Picnic Party

[Pretend Picnic]

[Painting Picnic]

1.  Puppet Picnic   2.  Picnic Post Its   3.  Pinic Game (via Mailbox Magazine)  4.  Pancake Picnic OJ

[Pizza Picnic & Pancake Picnic] 

So long SUMMERTIME!

As of today we officially have a high schooler, a kindergartener, a preschooler and an at homer! 

xoxoxoxoxox

Hidden away in the middle of nowhere (Coloma, Michigan) is a magical little farm called  Jolly Orchards.  

Where else can you ride an old timey Ferris wheel in the middle of a corn field?  

This picture makes me smile.

I loved my view from the top

 a giggling little girl by my side

  and cool breeze on my cheeks.

God’s gifts come in all sorts of packages. 

I sure enjoyed this one.      

Our Favorites From the Menu:

Grass Stir Fry

Dirt & Flower Stew

Chocolate Weed Cake

Clover & Diasy Cupcakes

I absolutely adore this mudpie kitchen from Rhythm of The Home (found via Crafty Crow!) 

If I enjoyed inside-REAL cooking half this much, I’d be serving gourmet style meals every night for sure!  

Enjoy your last weeks of summer cooking and fun!

xoxoxoxoxoxo

 Cotton Candy

Sticky Smiles

Crazy Colors

&

Kiddie Rides

The fair is my favorite summertime thing.