Keeping My Head Above Water

Things seem to get busy in phases; I will have next to nothing to do for a while and then, BAM! I get hit all at once. Things have been non-stop since Feb. I am really looking forward to June, it is my month off! I won't be babysitting, I won't have any responsibilities for the summer yet and I am looking forward to buying the girls a little plastic pool and myself a lawn chair and kicking it outside before it gets into the 110-120's. Come July and August it will be traveling and back to school. I need my schedule and for some reason I can't get on one right now and it is killing me! I am nervous for my Pre-School Musical Theatre on Tuesday because I haven't done one in almost a year. I am excited though, I just hope that people actually show up! I feel like I am struggling to keep my head above water and there is really no reason for it to feel like that. Hopefully, I will get to feeling better soon, I have had a migraine for the last two days. Yuck!

I look like Abby!

Cat with her pigtails.

Pauly Perrette with her pigtails.

Catherine needed her hair done the other day and Brady offered to do it. He did two pigtails and Cat came running up to me and said, "I look like Abby!' I thought she was talking about her cousin and just blew her off a little bit. "NO" "Like dark-haired Abby", she said. I had no idea what she was talking about until it dawned on me she was talking about Abby from NCIS played by Pauly Perrette who usually has pigtails. She was so happy we decided to take a picture! Do you see the resemblance?

Our First Strawberry

The gorgeous bounty

Wait for it....

Delicious!

Pictures of Curtains!

Over-all effect

Looking up

Close up of the fabric and trim

A little perspective on how big these really are. They make our huge entertainment center look like a little ant

The dining room curtains

The decorative wall. The color is off a little from the flash, but it looked worse without it.

A close up of the dining room fabric, which I personally think is really beautiful. It took me about a week to get these all knocked out. The living room ones took the longest just because it took forever to get the fabric laid out and straight so that I could cut it; sewing it only took about an hour per curtain once it was cut. I had to sew creatively because the store in Phoenix had 30 yards and I had to order 10 yards from Tucson, so I had to piece them together so that I could get the most long pieces without seams. It was a little tricky, but I figured it out and I love them!

Easter 09

Sarah cracking herself up with her bedhead and goofy antics.

Cat and Sarah in their Easter aprons from Grammy and Grampy.

The all-famous chocolate Easter bunny.

Sarah in all of her Easter cuteness!

Striking a pose!

A picture of myself I was willing to put up.

The girls and I in our Easter attire.

Catherine and I

Sarah dying her Easter eggs

Catherine dying eggs

The finished product. Aren't they just so colorful to look at?

Our family picture

Cat in her Easter dress

Sarah hunting eggs in the living room

Cat hunting eggs. We had a great time dying eggs, hunting them and looking pretty on Easter.

Family Reunion

We had a really good time during the 09 Frownfelter Family Reunion. It was the first time in 5 years that all of us have been together as a family. The kids all had a good time playing together and so did all of us adults.

We had a blast at Turf Paradise horse racing track! The kids all loved seeing the horses and the guys really got into picking out the winning horses.

Cat and Grampy; doesn't she look adorable in her derby hat?!

Sarah wearing Auntie Staci's bug glasses.

We also celebrated Auntie Suzi's Birthday while everyone was together.

The 4 of us girls.

Me realizing in my haste to get the cake cooled and glazed that I hadn't put any ganache in the middle and that the cake was just falling apart. Go me...