Griffin & The Girls.

We enjoyed a fabulous day at the pool yesterday ... the sun was shining, the birds were singing and the kids were splashing.

Griffin enjoyed playing with friends from preschool, he had a blast!


Griffin with Megan and Anna ... they played together for hours.


Here they are playing follow the leader.


After playing so hard ... it was time for a rest so they decided to sun themselves on the side of the pool.

Enjoy your Friday!

Thursday Challenge.

I have a challenge for you this morning ...

Go to your refrigerator, open the door, take a picture exactly as your refrigerator looks right now. Don't move anything around. Post your picture and share what's in there.

Here's mine ...



Top Shelf:
Two gallons of milk and two gallons of brewed iced tea

Second Shelf:
Country Crock, Griffin's juice boxes, sugar free pudding, leftover pasta shells, baked beans that I picked up from Walmart so we can BBQ later this week

Deli Drawer:
Lots of cold cuts, cheeses and alot of cheese sticks. Mike worked at a plant and they sent a whole case of cheese sticks home with him.

Third Shelf:
Grapes, leftover chicken casserole, cut up apples, leftover steamed broccoli, and leftover shrimp pasta sauce

Fourth Shelf:
Lettuce, Leftover taco fixings (we had that for dinner last night), leftover yellow rice, and our bread. I've been keeping the bread in the refrigerator lately because it tends to mold easily during the summer months.

Drawers:
Where I keep our onions, potatos and water bottles

Shelving to the side:
Condiments, our creams, a 3rd (yes 3rd! gallon of milk), Diet Pepsi, Diet Sierra Mist and Apple Juice that Griffin will not drink.

That's it folks ... are you up for the challenge?

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

The past couple of weeks at Mommy & Me Griffin has been working on a sweet surprise for Daddy for Father's Day ...


The first week they created these cute little pictures using their fingerprints.

Yesterday they painted frames to put the little pictures in.

And on Sunday Griffin will be able to proudly share his handmade gift with Daddy.

He's so excited!

Handmade gifts are just the BEST!!

Happy Birthday Momma.

June 16, 1933 - September 7, 1976

Today is my Momma's birthday ...

It didn't dawn on me that it was her birthday until I visited my sister-in-law Bonnie's Blog. Thanks for the reminder Bonnie!

My Momma (Syble) died far too young. She was able to celebrate 43 birthdays ... I wish she were still here today to celebrate her 76th birthday with us.

I miss her so much.

Sweet Paper Flowers.

Sometimes in life God surprises us with a gift that is unexpected ...

One day last week I was sitting at my scrapbook table and a new line of paper piecings just "came" to me. I sat there and created my new Teddy Bear Scallops Paper Piecing line.

{You can see mini pictures of them just below my header above}

It was if they were meant to be!

Today I am so, so happy to be able to share with you my newest venture ... my Sweet Paper Flowers Blog!

You can see some of my newest items including my brand new Teddy Bear Scallops and some of my most popular paper flowers!

I plan to add more to my Sweet Paper Flowers as time allows.

Today if you have a moment, won't you please stop by to see what I have available?

Just CLICK HERE to go there!

Happy Day ...

I'm A Celebrity ...

Did my blog title get your attention?

LOL ... no silly ... I'm not the celebrity ... but I am watching this show on NBC called "I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here". I can't believe I'm admitting to watching this show ... but hey, a girl has to have something to blog about right?


This is probably one of the silliest show I've ever seen. It's one of those things that SO bad I just can't turn it off.

Let's start with a list of the "celebrities":

Heidi & Spencer from The Hills

Janice Dickinson the "first supermodel"

Lou Diamond Phillips one of the only REAL celebrities in my book

John Salley former NBA star

Daniel Baldwin of the "Baldwin" acting family

Stephen Baldwin another of the "Baldwin" brother

Patti Blogojevich former first lady of Illinois, Ron's wife

Holly Montag of The Hills, Heidi's NICE sister

Sanjaya formerly on American Idol

Torrie Wilson from the WWE Wrestling (I think)

Frangela a duo stand up comedy team

The celebrities are in the Costa Rican jungle for three weeks. They have challenges such as eating bugs and looking for stars in snake/alligator/varmint infested waters. They are doing this all in the name of charity.

It's so crazy!!

It's one of those shows that I watch by myself because Mike doesn't like it.

Will anyone else admit to watching it?

Finally ... A Haircut!

Griffin has avoided getting a "real" haircut for a couple of months.

The last time we trimmed his bangs and around his ears was Easter Sunday.


He was beginning to look a little bit like Shaggy ... so Sunday night Mike whipped out the clippers to give him a trim.


Well ... we decided to go all out and give him a new, fresh summer 'do!

He has very thick, straight hair. I always like when he has longer hair ... but I tell you ... with this new haircut ... I'm thinking shorter is better!

The BEST Cake Ever!

I haven't been the best blogger lately ... seems like I've had less time to blog, visit other blogs and even leave comments. I miss it.

So, today ... I'm back to blogging. A "real" post, if you will.

Oops ... after loading all of my pictures I realized I did them small instead of large.

The other day our friends Carol, Hannah and Sam came over.

The kids decided to make a cake ... and Griffin declared it "The Best Cake EVER".

It was definitely good!


Carol and Sam ...


Hannah, Griffin and Sam mixing up the cake


It was time to ice the cake. The boys quickly tired of that and decided to clean their butter knives.


Then they had to add some sprinkles ...


A little icing on the nose ...


What's a cake without candles?


And finally ... we got to eat the BEST CAKE EVER!

Cute ... Cute ... Cuteness!

I actually do have some things to blog about ... but I wanted to share just a few more of my new Teddy Bear Scallops With Paper Flowers with you.

These can all be found at my Ebay Store and all you have to do is CLICK HERE to go there!


I love all things Americana and the red, white and blue. This sweet American Flag Teddy Bear Scallop is my new favorite!!


It's watermelon time ya'll ... loving that the summer is here and it's time to enjoy this delectable, sweet treat!


Okay ... so most of you know fall is my absolute favorite time of year. Even though it's summer I *had* to make an Autumn Pumpkin Teddy Bear Scallop.

Please pop on over to MY EBAY STORE to see these and many, many more cute items!!

New Missy Made It! Paper Piecings.

Good Morning ...

Look what's new at Missy Made It!

If you see something you like ... you can find them in my Ebay Store!

For All You Locals ... A Yard Sale!

Do you enjoy yard sales, garage sales, tag sales, treasure sales?

Well ... if you live locally we are having a HUGE multi-family YARD SALE this coming weekend!

Housewares, Furniture, Children's Stuff, Clothing, Toys & More ... we really have alot of stuff to offer!

When:
Saturday, June 6th

Where:
Goochland Recreation Center

Location:
The white building on Route 522 between Sandy Hook & Goochland

Hours:
8:00 am - ??

If you have any questions please feel to email me at mgmh@aol.com.

Suffolk County Fly-In

This past weekend Mike volunteered as the Aircraft Parking Chair at the Suffolk Country Festival of Flight Fly-In.

Griffin and I drove over on Sunday for a few hours to spend some time with Daddy.

I took only a few pictures ... I decided to put my camera away and enjoy myself.


Mike and Griffin checking out the airplanes


This is a picture of one of our favorite airplanes


Griffin LOVES these little remote control model airplanes. He said ... Daddy can fly the big airplanes and I can fly the little airplanes. LOL ... such a sweet boy.

It was fun ... can't wait until next year.

Friendly Fun.

We love spending time with our friends Heidi, Ryan and Evan.

Since they have moved away we do not get to see them nearly enough. We are so happy they were able to come for a visit last week.

We went to the Children's Museum (my camera died so no pictures from there), went to the YMCA for a delightful swim and then we went to a park that Griffin and I had never been to before.

Heidi and I watched chick flicks after the boys went to bed ... Marley & Me and Bride Wars were very good.


My little water boy enjoying the pool ...


Ryan and Evan catching a ride on their Mommy Mobile ...


Griffin at the park ...


The park we went to have some wonderful hiking trails. Here we see the boys taking a little break ...


Well ... looky there ... it's me and Griffin!


They met a sweet little furry friend along the trail ...


Taking a rest along one of the many bridges along the trail ...


And finally back to the playground for more fun!!

We love our friends ... can't wait to see them again.

Just Checking In.

Good Morning ...

Just taking a moment to check in.

I will be back tomorrow with a real blog.

We had alot of fun with our friends over the weekend and we went to visit Mike at the fly-in.

I'll share all of that and more beginning tomorrow.

Happy Day ...