Watch me Whip (Watch me Nae Nae)

Happy Thursday! Hope your week is going great so far. My family reminded me that my "birthday week" is almost over and now that I am "60 and a day", I should start behaving better.  We will see...

Here are three layouts perfect for those who love to cook and enjoy having the little ones help out. Andrew and Carolina love to help me in the kitchen, especially if I am baking a cake or chocolate chip cookies. I am teaching them to lick the bowl just like their mama used to do.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a wonderful and blessed day!

Birthday

Happy birthday to me! I turn 60 years old today. Wow.... that's a bunch of years! Back in 1958 TV was black and white, the Hula Hoop was all the rage and Super Glue hit the market.  The cost of an RCA refrigerator was $118, and I was born!

I have always loved birthdays. My parents made sure that we felt super special on our birthdays and always made a big deal about them. Well, I still have that in me, and I'd say even more now that I have grandchildren. I chose unicorns and mermaids for my big 60 birthday week-long celebration. My amazing family took me to a beach resort in Daytona Beach Shores for the weekend and we had a fabulous time! Carolina loved every minute of it. She had the cutest outfits to match her "Lita" (unicorn dresses, jammies and bathing suits!)

I danced like nobody was watching barefooted in the sand twirling with my pink tutu early morning one day.

They surprised me with a fabulous dinner at the Chart House in Daytona. My parents owned a condo right across the street! I have not been there in ages. The restaurant gave me a birthday card and also printed birthday wishes on our menu with my name on it!

They allowed us to bring our own cake which, of course, was a unicorn.

I either wore a birthday crown, a princess birthday headband or my unicorn ears either in the water or all dressed up.

I even had a birthday squad! My shirt read "60 and fabulous". My niece Gaby, my sister Andi, my sister-in-law Laurel and my daughter Valerie  were soooo fun in all my "craziness".

Andrew helped me write the number 60 in the sand.

And here is one of the many layouts I will use to document this amazing birthday! 

I can't stop smiling and giving thanks to the Lord for all His goodness in my life. My son Danny is alive! I celebrate life like never before and this is why I live daily, one day at a time, just as He commands us, because tomorrow is not promised. Have a wonderful, fun and blessed day!

Coffee & Friends

Happy Thursday! Hope you are having a great week so far.  One of our favorite places for breakfast in Lafayette is La Madelaine.  They have the best pastries, croissants and omelets ever!  Here I am with Joy, Linda & Peggy.  Can you see how the three of them are not even a little bit concerned that a klutz like me can even be in the same room with this stack of tea pots and cups.  (Here's a little secret ... they're glued together!)

Here's a layout of mine from a couple of months ago celebrating coffee and friends.  What a great combination!

Thanks for visiting my blog today.  Have a wonderful and blessed day!

Butterfly

Good morning and Happy New Month!  My birthday is in one week and since it's going to be my 60th, I've decided that just one day or even one week is not enough.  No, sir.  This year I'm taking an entire birthday month!!!

This being August, it means that Summer is winding down.  Most places start school well before Labor Day and Gainesville is no exception.  This Summer our grandkids have been in plenty of structured activities.  Andrew went to three week-long "camps" at the local museum.  The first was about sharks & fish (big takeaway for him is that herring communicate by farting), then he had a week about dinosaurs (his latest passion) and then one week about butterflies.  The butterfly week was great because the museum has a large Butterfly Rainforest  Exhibit.  They hatch the butterflies indoors and then release them into the screened enclosure several times a day.  They have to keep adding butterflies to the exhibit since they only live 2-5 weeks.  It's a beautiful exhibit!

They didn't get any pictures so we're going to have to go back there one of these days and get some.  When we do, I have the perfect layout for them.

Actually, this is one of my layout kits from last month.

Well, thanks for visiting my blog today.  Have a wonderful and blessed day and don't forget my birthday MONTH!