Peach Festival

Yesterday morning we took Owyn to a peach festival. 

How cute does that sound?

Last weekend at work I heard a woman tell her kids they were going to a peach festival and my ears perked up like a little doggy. Peach festival? (I just like saying it). I did a little research and just had to take my two favorite boys. 

Owyn had the time of his life. We road the hay ride, pet little baby goats, road little tricycles, got bit my a horse, picked peaches, at huge hot dogs and soaked in the sun. It was perfect. 

Grilled Chicken Sammies and a Little TS3

This weekend has been everything a weekend should be. 

I worked a short day on Friday, I went in for a tour and was done. 

I had an awesome tour group. One that us gallerina's dream of. The group group was well behaved and a mixture of classes and grades. Which mean, I got enjoy the awesomeness of the question asking of the first graders AND the answers to the question I ask from the 3rd graders. On top of that, there were more than one teacher in the group to keep the kids in check (one of whom wasn't so bad looking, which def. encouraged me to give a great tour and be extra cheery).

I got to spend the rest of the day with my beloved Owyn. 

He has been super rad this week. It's a phase. At this point in his life I've realized that kids go through phases. Kinda like how women go through phases. PMS-ing to normal ( or somewhat at least) and back to PMS-ing. Sometimes Owyn goes through phases where I want to pull my hair out. Every single little thing pisses the kid off during these phases. It's like walking on egg shells or living with someone who's bipolar. Seriously.  But the time between is pure bliss. He is sweet and wants to love on me and is ridiculously silly. That's what I am loving right now. <3

Friday evening Owyn and I went to the Home Depot to pick out some flowers to plant in our yard. It took us over an hour to pick some out. Whenever someone would ask me if I was okay or had any questions Id just have to explain to them, "I'm just extremely indecisive". We then went home to the Papa bird and fired up the grill. All in all, Id say it was a pretty good day. 

 

 Summer makes me crave Shirley Temples. Yummm...

sammies, corn and cole slaw

 grilled chicken sammie with tomato and mushroom

 oh, those faces

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A little off topic..

We've been watching a lot of Toy Story 3. Don't you love that movie? 

I have surprisingly not grown tired of it yet. I always notice new funny things. 

My favorite two lines are:

"Sweet Potata??? Who do you think you're talking to?? I have over 30 accessories and I deserve more respect!!" 

- Mrs. Potato Head 

and 

"Authority should come from the consent of the govern, not from the threat of force!" 

- Barbie 

Dave's favorite line (judging by his chuckles) is between Barbie and Ken:

Ken- " I "

Barbie- " love"

Ken- " you." " Okay, okay, now you go.."

Barbie- " I "

Ken- " love "

Barbie- " you "

Ken- " you see, it's different everytime!"

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Hope your weekend is swell!

Happenings

Still a little red.. 

 

 Spending all of my free time treasure hinting for my new project...

 Letting Owyn eat cookies before his sammy. And letting him have my own. (At Sweet Cakes. Yumm.. Everytime I indulge in a Turkey Delight I think of my sister.. )

 And letting my child eat like this in public.

Day Date with Owyn

The day after graduation I decided that I really needed a day off. So, naturally, I called in from work and spent the entire day with my babe. I took him to the library and then to the Phx Children's Museum. Owyn was so happy. When we pulled up he was sleeping so I got him in his stroller and got some lunch. When he woke up to children running around like crazy animals his eyes lit up and he jumped right into the craziness. Man, I wish he woke up like that from every nap! There's nothing I love more than seeing Owyn happy.

Graduation Celeration

I am so happy both of my parents were able to make it out to my graduation. 

You know, my awesome sister graduated with her Masters from Vanderbilt the day after I graduated, so I am lucky I got to see both of my parents. 

I had a small grad party at our house afterward and it was better than I could have asked for. A lot of my friends and family weren't able to come but we had such a good time with the really good friends that could make it. We laughed all night. 

 

Hey, Guess What? I'm a College Graduate!

There's so much I want to say and so much I want to tell you. 

But, I am leaving you with a few photos and I will be back soon!
{I have just begun the first season of Mad Men, can you blame me?}

{gold not hold}

Mother's Day Weekend

I had such a great Mother's Day weekend. 

I got breakfast in bed, got to sleep in and take naps.

On Sunday Dave took me to Tucson for a Fleet Foxes concert.

We had such a fun time. Like super duper fun. We stayed in a hotel room a few doors down from some friends that we love and met up with other local friends for some fun. We walked around the city, had delicious sangria and spent spent the entire Monday under the sun by the pool. I got really burnt. I'm more burned than I have ever been. I felt so sick last night I went to bed at 8 and woke up every hour on the hour in tears. BUT, we still had a blast! 

I am so sad because I took some special Mother's Day pictures with Owyn before we left and then realized that I left my memory card at home and all those pictures were gone. So I didn't have my camera during our trip either. So here are some phone pics. 

We had the best seats in the house. We had balcony seats smack dab in the middle of the stage.

 

After this weekend I realized that I owe a lot to Dave.

He does so much for us around here and I still take out all of my stress or anger out on him. It sucks. I feel so crappy. You know this guy tracks down my phone and plugs it into the charger every night?? It's true. 

I need to do something really special for him. Feel free to leave me ideas.

Loving your child...

means showing them how to make a straw out of a Redvine.

Life Lately

So, guess what?

I'm done with school!

Heck yeah! I can't even explain how good it feels. 

Today I went out all by myself after Dave came home from work and went to Gap and Barnes and Noble. I got to walk around slowly, take my time deciding what I wanted, use a small fitting room, went around aisles that weren't stroller friendly, drove with the windows down and inappropriate music on (Big Boi) oh and the best part, I had nothing to stress about! No exam to study for, paper to write or articles to read. It was liberating.  It took me back to when I was 19. No worries in the world. 

Is this how life is going to be now? Awesome? 

I can breathe and it feels oh so good, my friends.

I have so much to update you on. And I will. Soon. 

But for now, I must enjoy my peace. 

And so, I leave you with my favorite Owyn pictures from the week. 

Just because he's the raddest thing on earth.

 Just wearing dad's vans and walking his dog around in a bowl.

it's a bowl-hat

 He really wanted to bring his lawn chair in.

 Taken a load off. I love how tense he is trying to relax. Check out his spread toes and mini water bottle. Psh.

Jamin' with the pops. 

Weekend Activities

This weekend I worked and did homework, 

re-arranged a couple shelves, 

bought new wall flowers (my favorite sent at Bath and Body, the Aromatherapy Orange Ginger Energize)

my house smells like a serene spa. mmm... i love it. 

watched Owyn and daddy mow the lawn, 

and bought Owyn some new shades. and some frozen chocolate covered bananas. hence the choco-goatee.