226.365-229.365: these days

 226.365 daily photo.
Madeline showing off her lady bug she made from the molding putty she got at the dollar store.

 227.365 daily photo.
I can't wait for the Fall weather to really settle in so I can spend more time outside in these.

 228.365 daily photo. My little Picasso. James has really been into coloring lately. He'll sit for a good length of time carefully coloring something. His choice from the dollar store, some paint.

229.365 daily photo. Focusing in on the clean and folded. My laundry pile never seems to end.

203.365-207.365: Some Yum-mys

 203.365 daily photo. Our friends the Wrights invited us over for a seafood feast to celebrate a birthday. Now if this isn't a feast I don't know what is. I love Gabriel's pretty eyes.

 204.365 daily photo. It's home haircut time. Isn't he handsome?

 205.365 daily photo. My Chocolate Paradise Panini with peanut butter, Nutella and marshmallows on King's Hawaiian bread. It was SO Yummy!

 206.365 daily photo. Madeline at a school mate's birthday party. Yes they dumped buckets of water on each other, so much fun!

207.365 daily photo. 3D anyone? They were watching an underwater sea life scene of a puffer fish, can't you tell Madeline is pretending to be one?

190.365-202.365: Playing Catch Up Again

202.365 daily photo. I saw this idea on Pinterest and wanted to try it with our rings.

201.365 daily photo. I also saw this idea on Pinterest of displaying special dates (your hubby & yours, wedding, and kids births). I want to print it with an art image from work, so this is my first proof.

200.365 daily photo. Wow I made it to 200! A new wallpaper went up at my office's gallery reception area. This is a vintage Vogue magazine cover.

199.365 daily photo. First day of school! We have a 2nd grader! Here she is in her new classroom.

198.365 daily photo. I have a negative mode on my camera and I thought it was so cool you could see how bright the colors of Madeline's new school stuff was.

197.365 daily photo. Madeline taking a water break while cheering at a football scrimmage. 

196.365 daily photo. Football is BIG here in Texas. So fun!

195.365 daily photo. Our friend, Chandra, opened her own Wellness and Yoga center here in town. We went to her grand opening to congratulate her.

194.365 daily photo. Back to school night, first day of school is so close! She's posing with her new lunch and school bag.

193.365 daily photo. School supplies for Madeline's class. Love all the vivid colors.

192.365 daily photos. What Jimmy-James does while at his sissy's cheer practice.

191.365 daily photo. Cousins visiting again. :) This is Nate & Kelly's daughter, Ashlyn. Isn't she just a doll!?

190.365 daily photo. At the Texas capitol building with cousin, Tanner.

184.365-189.365: last 6 days

 184.365 daily photo. Penny Lane, such a lady when she sleeps. LOL

185.365 daily photo. Madeline's holds her first slumber party!

186.365 daily photo. This boy loves to play in my laundry basket.

187.365 daily photo. You  know how some people age well in their face, but you can tell they are aging by their hands. Well I was curious if my hands are making me look old! LOL

188.365 daily photos. We've had a lot of financial burdens this year. I'm praying that things start looking up and we stop getting unexpected bills. But I worry about 2 things, our laptop and my car giving out. One more year, that's all I ask of both of them!

189.365 daily photo. Madeline had dental work today :( 4 cavities needing to be fixed (3 fillings and 1 crown) and one baby tooth extracted. It was a rough morning at the dentist. She's been napping all afternoon.

181.365-183.365: we like the heat (insert sarcasm)

181.365 daily photo. We have a record breaking temps week, triple digits. I can handle the 90's but triple digits! So what does James do, stand right under a hot hand blow dryer!  He liked what it was doing to his hair. I think it's funny how you can see my reflection in the knob.

 182.365 daily photo. Four 4's in a row - do I win a prize!?  So I've had my Sentra for 14 years this month! 150,000+ miles and still going strong. (knock on wood)

183.365 daily photo. So what do we do in record breaking temps....why we start cheer practice this week and do it outside! :) Practice was at 6pm but it was still about 102 out. One of the local high school cheerleaders working with Madeline's squad. Madeline in the middle, good form baby girl.

173.365-177.365: dog gone hot

 173.365 daily photo. It has been so dog-gone hot lately. We haven't gotten a break this summer here in Central Texas, we're even in a drought mode. So I can understand why Penny Lane likes to lay on the cool kitchen floor.

 174.365 daily photo. This is how Jimmy-James likes to cool off...sitting on his gator at the pool.

 175.365 daily photo. I setup a login on our laptop for Madeline. With her own Hannah desktop background even. She has a an email account she can use to email her best friend Mia as well as family. And then her and James like to play interactive games of PBS kids.

 176.365 daily photo. Finally caught an underwater smile. :)

177.365 daily photo. Wouldn't it be nice to have a comfy pillow double our size to snooze and take naps on?

157.365-160.365: randomness

 157.365 daily photo. We were dog sitting. Penny Lane with her bestie Starla.

 158.365 daily photo. Self portrait, me and my new summer hair do.

 159.365 daily photo. I love how the color and texture of my new purse came out in the photo. Purse and wallet, $9.10 from Kohl's. I'm a great shopper.

160.365 daily photo. Don't I have a beautiful ohana?

152.365-156.365: color

 152.365 daily photo. A lovely dessert our neighbor brought to our BBQ on the 3rd.

 153.365 daily photo. I saw these cute plates at Target, they were only 99 cents each. I loved the sayings on these two.

 153.365 daily photo. What can change from your piggy bank buy? $10 in change (dimes and nickles) can get you these pool floats from Target for $8.99.

 155.365 daily photo. I love these series of carnival images hanging at my work's lobby. I worked on these, they are called Merrymaking I-IV by M. Drake.

156.365 daily photo. A handsome side profile if I do say so.

150.365-151.365: snorkel babes

 150.365 daily photo. I love this shot for a couple of reasons. Growing up my dad did scuba and snorkeling as a hobby. We also had a salt water reef aquarium that he took great pride in. So it made me love underwater sealife and snorkeling. Stephen loves to snorkel too, and we've done some great snorkeling in Hawaii and Fiji. For Easter the kids got their first masks with a snorkel. The kids are practicing and getting great at it! I love the colors in this shot. I love the reflections above her. And I love the pattern the water and sun make on her skin.

151.365 daily photo. This photo just melts my heart. Sometimes they get in these giddy moods and are so lovey dovey with each other. This was one of those moments. They were trying to tag each other with kisses.

132.365-147.365: playing catch up

132.365 daily photo. Sorry I've been MIA. We hosted a family reunion. So as I play catch up you will probably notice most of my pics are of family. Here is Madeline with our good friend's son, James.

 133.365 daily photo. 6 of our nephews and 2 nieces with our kids and dog in our backyard.

 134.365 daily photo. Celebrating some Spence family birthdays!

135.365 daily photo. Had to give our niece something Texan for her birthday to bring back home.

 136.365 daily photo. Family...after river tubing.

 137.365 daily photo. Madeline with our nephew William from Oregon.

 138.365 daily photo. Lucky shot, nephew Wyatt landing in the water.

 139.365 daily photo. Celebrating Fathers. Family BBQ at the Salt Lick.

 140.365 daily photo. Nephews underwater.

141.365 daily photo. Madeline with her cousin Ella at Wahoo's!

 142.365 daily photo. Taking in the Blue Hole in Wimberley.

 143.365 daily photo. The bats taking off from Congress bridge in Austin.

 144.365 daily photo. Nephews coming out of the Black Knight at Schlitterbahn.

 145.365 daily photo. The most handsome boy in the world. :)

 146.365 daily photo. Had to lock some of them up during the family reunion. :)

147.365 daily photo. At the famous Oasis on Lake Travis.