Our Weekly Excitement

 My brand new band will have our first (two) EVER concerts over Memorial Weekend---we've been together for nine weeks now, and quite frankly sound pretty good for being newly formed!! 

 This gorgeous arrangement was a gift from my neighbor for me to enjoy...a centerpiece from his daughter's wedding (there's a lemon in the arrangement:D)

Little Ms. Angel's very own fondue recipe creation...you would not believe how good this is!  And the recipe seems very unique!  I'm going to find a kids' recipe competition for her so we can submit this...thinking maybe even Taste of Home Magazine (you know, since I'm a former employee and all:D..or does that disqualify us? :D)

And here's a quote from the master chef in the making: "we need more white wine, what I didn't use in the fondue, Daddy drank;)"

 Pretty Paws!

Ok, this may require some explaining...though it was overcast, it is NOT raining.  However, Little Fairy Girl took it upon herself to grab the hose and SOAK her daddy...then proceeded to run into the house giggling.  Next thing you know, both girls come downstairs, VERY well-prepared for certain retaliation!

Oh, and notice the new Nikes they are both sporting?  All of their young lives, they've both pretty much refused to wear tennis shoes...especially after moving to the land of perpetual sandals!  In fact, I'm embarrassed to say that they have JUST learned to tie their own shoes over the last couple of months (at ages 6.5 and 8) due to literally having nothing to practice on!  They finally learned our of sheer survival, because they both have roller skates now, and got tired of waiting on mommy and daddy to tie their skates:)  Anyway, the Nike agreement came about because they decided that they wanted to start jogging with Daddy...and well, flipflops and jogging---not a good combo...further, they both stated, and I quote: "these are the most COMFORTABLE shoes I've ever had!"