Our Day....

Today was the first day of school for Cameron. He is officially a 2L (second year law student) now. I made him take a picture this morning- of course Peachie wanted to be in the picture too- oh how much has changed since last year. Then Aleksa and I spent the day organizing mom and dad's closet, cleaning the house and painting a stool/night stand for our bedroom. For our family home evening treat tonight we had zucchini cupcakes with caramel frosting- they were divine. Here is the link if any of you have more zucchini than you know what to do with-- http://www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/Zucchini-Cupcakes.

Aleksa was so tired after eating her lunch that she just fell asleep in her high chair. Poor little thing- she has been sick and teething these past couple of days- it's been rough on her and mom and dad.

Here are some pictures of the stool that I painted today- it turned out pretty good I think. The pictures do not show the red right. I have another stool just like this that I will paint to match and use as bed side tables for Cam and I.

I need an opinion...

Those of you that know me know that I have been hauling around this stool and promising Cam that I would refinish it for about a year and a half. I even moved it to Arkansas. Well the day has finally come. I am in the process of refinishing it. I need opinions on the fabric I should use to cover to top with. If you can't tell, the fabric on the right is a zebra print- the sample is really small. The fabric will cover a pad on the top and I will paint the wood black.

Summer in Review

Well we are finally back home- it still feels weird. I have a ton of pictures to post from all of our activities since Daddy came home from Russia. We went to the Zoo, did a baby contest, went to a Parade, to the lake, read Breaking Dawn in a marathon, and back to Arkansas! Before we left on vacation our vacuum broke and we had to buy a new one when we got home. After a boring day of vacuum shopping we are now the proud owners of a used Oreck- can I say that I now have three loves in my life, Cam, Aleksandra and my oreck. It is featherlight and cleans like a dream- I probably have vacuumed our house three times a day everyday since we bought it despite being sick. I have been sick for awhile now, but finally seem to be on the mend- thank goodness- laying on the couch all day sounds way more fun than it actually was! Needless to say we have hand sanitizer everywhere you look, fully stocked hand soap and everything in our house has been clean, swept, mopped, sterilized and repeated. So no worries, thanks family for your love and prayers.

We met my best friend from high school Keira and her husband Jason- it was so fun to catch up and also talk about old times.

Best Friends.
Aleksa is "too cool" at the parade with daddy.

Aunt Tori helped Aleksa run and get candy.

Aleksa at the Zoo, looking at the brown bears... brown bear brown bear what do you see?
It was so hot at the Zoo.
Brook was nice enough to share her ice cream with Aleksa.

Aleksa wanted to try and measure up too. She stood there for a really long time so that we could get a lot of pictures.



Aleksa wanted to see the animals so bad that she was leaning out of her stroller and looking under the fence.
I love her expression in this picture.
Cam was excited that it said welcome in Russian at the Zoo.
Petting the alligator skull.

Aleksa modelled this diaper in the baby contest- she didn't win- but she was nice enough to give us an encore that night.
Brook, Lindsey and I went to a Breaking Dawn party we even made t-shirts. Brook's shirt said who needs heaven when you can have Edward. Mine said I'm betting on Alice.

Happy Anniversary!

Today Cameron and I have been married 4 years! I cannot believe it- it has flown by so fast. We have a big day planned that ends with as many hours of Olympics NBC will show us- what can I say we LOVE the Olympics. Stay tuned for the pics from this fabulous day!