Trick-or-treat!

Just look what I found!! A pretty little mermaid  getting ready to go trick-or-treating.

...along with her sweet little sister. Aren't they both so precious and don't they make
beautiful little mermaids? :)

My son also donned a costume ...lol!

Hubby and I went to our son and daughter-in-laws place and trick-or-treated with them and the girls
 last Saturday evening. We had a lot of fun, although just as we were starting it began raining so we
 had to break out the umbrellas.

The above photo is an apartment building that we walked past.

Two little mermaids getting ready to head out for treats.

 {yes I got the photos in the wrong order...sorry}

Grandpa and Grandma all ready for a fun evening with the pretty little mermaids. ♥

This was my costume! HA HA! We did look for ears on the spur of the moment, but didn't find any.
 Annika wanted me to say "meow" at every place we went so I tried to oblige her. HA! They are only
young once and we are making memories. I found out when I became a grandparent that I will do
things for my grands that I have never done before! :) Fun, fun times that will pass all too soon
 and they will be 16 before we know it. I am treasuring these days and holding them close to my
heart.

Pure randomness and Etsy sale

This post is just pure randomness {is that a word??} , but some pretty images that I wanted to share.

I love this little ironstone dish above holding my stickers .

In my studio you will find, buttons, buttons and more buttons.

I have been working on book bundles and I am having a great time making them. 

A left over Easter photo...see , I told you...random!! ha!

Speaking of random...

L.O.V.E. these malt balls that I  picked up at the Harry and David
store when I was in PA visiting my sister. They were giving out free samples and they reeled
me in...hook, line and sinker! :)

I also found these fun opera glasses in PA that are marked PARIS.

up close and personal...

Speaking of PA...my car is finally done and ready to be picked up. We had to have the transmission
 rebuilt.  This car is to transfer over to be hubby's work vehicle when we get a newer one, but we
don't want to do that until late this fall or even next year. We want to drive his little 1995 Ford Ranger
until she breathes her last. We are on a mission to see just how long that will be. :)

I would rather drive an older vehicle and have no car payments , than have a new one with car
 payments. Yep...I have learned a little in my years of growing up...lol. It isn't all about how other
people perceive us or about having the latest and greatest so we will keep plugging along on our
Michigan dirt road and count our blessings!  God is good!

{I am running a sale in my Etsy store. Just enter 
spring25 
at checkout to get your 25 % discount. Lots of 
goodies in the store right now.}

Better late than never!

Since I was in the hospital over Easter weekend it put my moms Easter dinner plans
on hold and we had it this past weekend instead. I wore my pj's almost all week long,
but I actually got dressed to go out to my parents house. I have been doing really well
and I am itching to get out and go antiquing.

We also had an Easter egg hunt for our grands at our house afterwards.
{well four of them anyways...the others couldn't be there} I had white
baskets for all of them to use, but Annika found a colored one that I
guess she liked better! :)

{left to right: Keira, Annika, Kanaan and Ainsley}

{I have been told over and over that Keira is the spitting image of me when
I was young}

We  followed the kids outside with their Easter baskets in hand and were getting
ready for the egg hunt when I noticed that Ainsley{littlest grand} was sound
asleep in her mommy's arms. I so wanted her to be a part of it, but didn't think
that was going to happen when all of a sudden her mommy stood her on
 the ground and she was instantly awake and ready to go!  I am amazed
that she was not grumpy because I would have been had it been me! rofl.

I would say that Kanaan has a full basket already!

Annika with a full basket as well...almost time to head inside.

Keira and Ainsley on the hunt.

You talking to me Uncle Jason??

Daddy helping Kanaan find some more eggs.
{if you look close you can see my reflection in the window}

Keira and Ainsley... Keira was so sweet. A couple times she picked up some
eggs and gave them to Ainsley.  Although Ainsley was awake I think
she was still kinda in a trance. :) I got more photos of her then anyone else
because she was the slowest mover. ha!

This one is mine! :)

All the loot has been found and they are ready to go in the house and open all their eggs.
Kids are sooooo fun!! Love watching them get a thrill out of each and every egg and
 what they find inside.   Later that evening my boys and husband went to a movie
 while my DIL's  and grands stayed back at our house with me. The kids played hide
 the eggs all evening long!!  Who knew that a few plastic eggs could keep little
 ones entertained for hours! More precious memories...:)

Eggs, eggs and more eggs...

The grands just can't wait for the Easter egg

hunt each year and I so enjoy doing it for them.

I think we put out over 100 eggs this year!

Allysha, Annika and Jon waiting to *take off*.

Annika found one!

Jon too! {wow my bush needs help...hope it lives}

Allysha and Annika taking off around the house

We put them here...

We put them there...

We even put one in a tulip!

Hmm...do I have enough yet?

Little Joshua found out there is candy inside

the eggs so he is taking a break! lol.

{his older brother did the very same thing last year}

Annika's basket is full.

Allysha blowing bubbles...

When they came in the house to check out the goodies

inside their eggs I also gave them each a Easter bag with

more goodies and bubbles were included.

See the little ice cream cones in the right hand corner

of their bags? Those are the bubbles. Too cute!

Another Easter has come and gone and with it

more precious family memories were made.

Happy Monday everyone!

I am doing laundry today, cleaning and trying to get

my house put back together. I forget just how much of

a little monkey Joshua is and I had to put a lot of

my things up high so he couln't reach them. :)

Then he climbed on the chairs...lol.

Blessings~

Eggs Anyone?

We had so much fun having an Easter egg hunt

for the grandchildren after church today.

We only had three that could attend ,

but it was definitely a day to remember!

I sent dh and the rest of the guys outside

to distribute the eggs. We ended up with

37 eggs per child! That is a lot of eggs

to find places for.

We had to stop our sweeties in their tracks for pictures

before they came bounding out the door to find the eggs.

There were eggs in the bushes...

on the outlet...

among the chives...

and on the ground.

Annika did so good at picking her eggs up and

putting them in her basket.

Jon, on the other hand kept taking

breaks to eat what was inside his eggs! LOL

I found some more!

Once again, Jonathan sitting down eating

the chocolate...too cute~

All done gathering eggs and headed into the house

to open them and collect the goodies.

This is the first Easter egg hunt we have had for

years. We had one when Allysha was younger

and she was the only grandchild, but somehow

it never worked out since then.

It was a lot of fun

watching the grands get so excited over finding

the eggs. We will definitely be doing it again

next year and we hope that Keira can

be here to join in the fun because we

sure missed her today!

{I didn't get hardly any pictures of Allysha because

she took off around the other side of the house

and I didn't know where she was! }

I hope you had a wonderful Easter day !