Lean Mean Pedaling Machine

This is Matthew.

This is Matthew on wheels.
Look out world he figured out how to pedal. Now, all he wants to do is pedal... and golf, but that pretty much goes without having to be said. And as of this morning he is a proud new owner of a helmet. Last night we figured out that golf is for grass and bikes are for driveways. Way too hard to pedal on the grass. He's so worried that if he leaves his bike, sister is going to figure out how to pedal on his bike. (it's a magic bike you see) I think he finally realizes that sister can't even reach the pedals on his bike. :-)

And on to different news...
This is the end of our driveway.
So much for backing out these days.
On Thursday the backhoe came and dug out the gutters along the side of the road. The whole time they were digging, Matthew was standing at the top of our driveway with his hands on his hips, yelling "hey you diggin thing, you can't take our driveway!" It was quite humorous if you ask me. He was quite traumatized. He had to call daddy and tell on them.
Now, however, we have decided to make the best of it and play while we can. There are some big rocks left in there you know!
Well, that's it in our crazy world for today! Blessings to you on this happy Monday!

A day for the kings.....

As we all now yesterday was Father's Day... A tribute to the men in our lives. To our fathers, brothers, grandfathers, and sons. A day for them to play... in our case golf.

This was Matthew's first day out... on a real golf course. As many of you know, we are golf crazed around our house. So you can only guess the excitement that was unfolding around here.
Matthew was determined to carry his own clubs...as you can probably tell by the strain on his face. :-)

I kept trying to snap pictures.... this is the look I got as he was in the car.... "we are ready to leave mommy.", "we see you later".

So while the boys were all out golfing, the girls got to stamp. Ellie nicely napped at mimi's house, while us girls created a mess on the table.

Oh what fun we had, It's so much fun to play together.

Matthew upon his return, still wanted to golf, so he was out telling everyone else what to do. The little boss with his hands on his hips. AS you can tell... he probably gets this directing traffic from his papi who is also standing there with his hands on his hips.

I hope you all had a wonderful day together. We are truly blessed to have all these wonderful men in our lives. I thank God everyday for the wonderful examples he has provided for my children. Thank you and we love you! Blessings on your Monday.... See you tomorrow!

Projects....

We stamped last night! It's so much fun to get together and create! I love to see everyone enjoy themselves..... These are some of the projects we made. Enjoy!

Supplies: All Stampin Up : Jumbo Outline Alphabet, Dotted Background; Close to cocoa, groovy guava, mellow moss cardstock; watercolor paper; Mellow Moss watercolor crayon; stazon; close to cocoa classic ink, groovy guava double stiched ribbon, neutrals button, thread, corner rounder punch.

Supplies: Papertrey classic white cardstock; A little birdie told me (stampin up), Simple alphabet(papertrey ink) copic markers, crystal effects(stampin up)

Supplies: Tart & tangy stamp set (stampin up), summer picnic dsp (SU), whisper white cardstock, red gingham ribbon(su) nestabilities (spellbinders)

Supplies: A little birdie told me (SU), sentiment (amuse art stamps), black staz on, copic markers, crystal effects (SU).

Babes are sleeping so I've got to get things picked up a little. It's the only time I really have to do anything. Hope you are all having a great day! It's almost the weekend! YEAH!

Blessings to you all!

I have been given a gift....

well really two gifts....

There isn't a day that goes by that I don't cherish these two gifts. (there are days that I would like to give them back.... but only for a moment)

I think motherhood is one of the most amazing things, selfless, and amazing. You have these babes that God so lovingly entrusted you with, to love, to teach, to disipline. Their innocence is so sweet, everyday something new. When I look at them I can't help but think they are a little glimpse of heaven.

Matthew says to me today "mommy, when I grow up, I'm going to be a grown up right?" "Yes", I replied. "When my a grown up I'm going to cook for you all the time, we'll have lunch all day. Then after lunch we'll have marshmallows." Lunch all day sound mighty fine to me!


We broke out the 4.97 target clearance special pool this weekend. It was awesome, the kids love it. It's got a little slide, and a giraffe sprayer.....I'm jealous. My peonies decided to pop in the heat of the day, they have this sweet pure pink to them when they first bloom, then a day later they are almost white from the sun. Just when you think they can't bloom anymore they get even bigger. I love peonies....
As I looked closer...there were ladybugs all over my peonies....they were so cute!
Hope your day is full of life's little blessings!

Al's Farm

As long as I can remember the Szklany's have had gardens. From Papi Louie and Gamma Helen, to Uncle Ron, and my family. Some of my earliest memories are in the gardens when we lived in Williamson. However, when we moved to Webster, where my parents currently live there was a battle. You would think on 4 acres one could achieve a successful garden right? Well...there were animals. Animals who thought the planting was all for them. All the grapes, raspberries, apples, and fresh produce one could ever dream of. It was heaven for the animals. Until Farmer Al got serious. Tired of losing all his hard work, he set up The Fortress. A 40' x 100' garden surrounded by...yep you guessed it, an electric fence.
No messing around anymore. All the links are nice and secure.
The fence humms a little tune, a warning song for us and the kids, a song of protection for our sweet fruits, vegetables, and flowers basking in the sunlight waiting to grow.

So far so good, some of the seeds are already popping up! All in a row waiting for their growing orders. Can't wait to watch them, and reap the delicious rewards. All the hard work will finally pay off!

Blessings to you all as you go on your way!

Wow Thursday Already!

Hello there....how time flies. Ellie's not feeling very well so we've spent a lot of time cuddled on the couch. Nice, but hard to get things done. My dear sweet Ryan has been working a couple of nights this week to save a little extra dough. It's nice that it's an option, but it's hard to have him gone all day and night! We were at Mimi's and Papi's this past weekend for mimi's birthday and their anniversary. Ryan and Matthew were all cuddled up, it was so sweet. I just love this pic of ry, usually he has a weird look on his face when I take his pics, but he's just nice a relaxed here. The funny part, that you can't see, is that Matthew had his hand up to the camera so that I couldn't get his picture. What a ham!


Mimi is a lot like my grammie was. She's always willing to drop everything and play. Ellie asks to read a book, or play a game, or just sit and snuggle, and Mimi is right there waiting. We are very blessed to have such a wonderful loving family. I attribute a lot of that to my parents. They worked so hard at everything, life, love, faith, you name it. What amazing people...still in love, and still married after 39 years! Love you mimi and papi! I just adored this picture, the sweet innocence of little hands, waiting, loving, trusting, resting. Well, my little one is calling. Time for more snuggles. Hope you have a blessed day!

Happy Monday!

Everyone loves a Harley riding chick right? Especially a 2 year old... This is my dare-devil, harley riding, sweet pea.... who would have thought for such a little thing she'd have such a wild streak in her? Look out for this one baby, she's gonna be T-r-o-u-b-l-e!


How was your weekend? We were so busy, finally sunday afternoon/ evening we got a chance to just chill together as a fam. The kids love it when we're all home together. It's so nice to just play. These are the seed we planted last weekend, they started to sprout with all the beautiful weather we've had. These are cantaloupe...I've never planted cantaloupe before, but I can only imagine how a fresh, sun ripened cantaloupe would be right out of the garden! The kids have had fun watching them grow. It's fun to see their little eyes light up when what was once a seed has sprouted into a little baby plant. What a miracle!
This is my sweet foxglove I planted right behind the garage...They remind me of little lizards with all their spots!

Hope you all have a happy day! Blessings to you all, hopefully I'll have more stamping for you tomorrow, i just got some goodies today!