I'm a genius!

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I've been experimenting with Photoshop again, and this is what I figured out how to do tonight!!! I figured out how to create overlays. They're pretty cool, I think, they just add some fun textures to the picture. Anywho, the pictures are by Heather (plainlytaken.blogspot.com) and the digi scraps are from Summertime Designs.

Boutique Blog

I started a new blog a few weeks ago, and I finally started posting things on it! It's Cutiepatutiebowtique.blogspot.com

You wil find lots of ridiculously cute things on there, as well as a link to my Etsy store. Let me know what you think! I would love any suggestions!

Breakfast in Sedona

A few weeks ago Brian's mom was in town! She spent a few days with us and we had so much fun! Just me and Rhonda and the boys went to lunch on Friday, then spent the afternoon window shopping in downtown mesa, all the cute boutiques and antique shops. I have wanted to do that for so long and I finally found someone who would go with me.....I was so excited! And it actually wasn't unbearably hot! We had so much fun. Then we went to dinner when Brian got home at Buca Di Beppo and had an awesome dinner! The next morning we headed up to Sedona for the day to go to Slide Rock. We left super early in the morning and arrived in Sedona around 9:30am.
This is what we sat next to while enjoying our breakfast!

Okay, I know I look HORRIBLE in this picture, especially my excentuated legs, (they look HUGE) but, the rest of the family looks cute.

We had world famous french toast at the L'Auberge Resort restaurant, right next to the creek!
There was a cute little snake in the bushes by where we were sitting, and of course Logan had fun with that. (I don't think it was a bad snake...) Logan being silly in the the creek where we ate breakfast, and the snake was right behind him in this picture!
When we were done with breakfast we headed up to Slide Rock only to find the parking lot full and about a 3 hour wait to get into the park! Plus there were TONS of people there, so we decided to go up to Flagstaff..... only to find that there wasn't anything to do there either! Ha! So we stopped at Del Taco, then drove home. All in all, it was a long day in the car but we got to eat the BEST french toast ever, and that made it all worth it! Thanks Rhonda, for being so fun and loving to be around! We love you!

Pictures

A few weeks ago Heather Nuttall, (click here )took pictures of Jaxon and Logan. She is truly amazing! She captured some of the sweetest, cutest pictures of my boys. I'm so lucky to have such beautiful boys! Thanks Heather! Here are some, and there's more on heather's link (above). Enjoy! Tell me which one is your favorite..... I need to pick a few to frame, but I can't decide, so help me!

Grad School Here We Come!

It's official! After so much preparation, Brian found out today that he got accepted into the W.P. Carey School of Business where he will complete his Master's Degree! How exciting is that!! I'm so proud of him and I know he will do awesome in his classes. He starts school August 19th! Crazy huh! This means that I will have to try extra hard to be a good mom, because he'll be gone Tuesday and Thursdays until 10pm! Ya, it's okay. (That's what I'm telling myself!) Ha! No really, I know long term it will be soooo worth it. Okay, I think I'm starting to stress a little..... but that's just how I am! Anyway, wish Brian luck with this new chapter of his life!

Eyebrows

This was a conversation me and Logan had the other day:

Logan: "What awe (are) dose (those) mommy?" (pointint to my eyebrows, and smoothing them out)
Me: "They're eyebrows."
Logan: "Oooh dey (they're) nice."
Me: "Well thanks!"
Logan: "Can I have dose?"
Me: "You already have some."
Logan: "No I don't, not like yours. Yous awe nice. I like dem mommy."
Me: "Okay, well thanks Logan."

He's obsessed with my eyebrows now. Every day he tells me how nice they are and how pretty I am. What a sweet boy!

Brian's B-day

Last Sunday, okay I guess 2 Sundays ago, was Brian's birthday! He's 27 years old now! And seriously, he just gets more and more handsome! I am so lucky to have an amazing husband, and best friend. We went to the batting cages on the Saturday before, and lunch and Joe's BBQ and then shopped at Chandler Mall, and I actually got a lot of stuff! How sweet is Brian that he buys ME stuff on HIS birthday! Ya, that's just the kind of man he is! Anywho, we had so much fun and I love Brian so much!