on this first day of school...

which was a great success, by the way...

i thought i'd share with you one last installment of 

sanford summer 2010

one of my favorite things we did this summer... 

a friendly game of "pirates"

the kids were really into it... and made sure michael and i were really into it as well

sarah was pretty feisty... i called her scrappy the whole night

haaaapy haaaappy biiiirthdayy baaayybe

on this day, 33 years ago... the world got the gift of my michael

he's my favorite. remember this post? 

and today... of all days... i am sick with mono. been sick all week. maybe two... three weeks to go??

so let me add one to the list: he just wants to take care of me today.

suddenly i'm being forced to take life at a snail's pace. when this is the time of the year that i like to take life fast and furious. 

i should just enjoy it right? that's what isaiah says. last night i was in tears over the whole thing and he said "i love being sick! it means you just get to lay around and watch movies!" 

okay, i get it. still. maybe some sewing projects can still be in my near future? 

summer part 4

gray is the new orange

our house is starting to look like a completely different house! we replaced the red sofa with a black leather one and i'm about to make new pillows and curtains. i'll share more once everything's done.

summer part 3

sarah totally rocked her swim lessons this year!

she swims like a little fish! and completely loves it :) 

pillows!!

i'll share more summer fun with you next week... but for today, you need to head on over here

and check out the pillows i made!

(we have a few pillows in our shop... but we will also fill custom orders!!)

one month from today

michael and i will be on our way here:

our hotel looks like this

we've got 5th row tickets for this

and for

where we'll see two shows...

 Tracy Reese 

and

Betsey Johnson!!!!

we also got tickets for this :)

can i just say... whoa baby!!!! i absolutely can not wait!!!

fourth flava

of the whopping 22 video clips i captured of the quirky fourth of july parade in arroyo seco, this is about the best one i got...

the one i really wanted to show you (the pirate float & gypsy jazz band) only shows the backs of people's heads. but this one shows you a little taste of the parade we saw on the fourth: