Coloring Eggs For Easter With Nathan

Today we thought we would color eggs with Nathan as we won't see him until Easter Sunday. We bought a dye kit.....ever notice how many kits are out there? My lordy....which one do you pick. I know I didn't want a kit that entailed more than the usual vinegar, water and add egg. I found a kit that even had little vinyl cups to put your dye and eggs into. I'll be saving those for tubby toys. We filled the cups and Nathan started dunking his eggs. He wanted to keep pulling them out and checking on them. Look at his cute little face and big "CHEESE" smile!

Here he is checking his eggs. He was really doing a good job being patient!

Grandpa would come and help him when it was time to pull the eggs out and see if there was enough color on them. Nathan would tell him if he liked it or not. Back into the water was more fun.

Here he is putting the eggs onto the little paper holder uppers (What do you call them?). He wanted them there so they could dry so he could decorate them.

Here is the first egg he decorated with the face stickers.

Here are all the eggs he dyed and put stickers on. He had a blast and I'm sure glad we had the time with him to do it. Now.....who's coming over for egg salad sandwiches this week?

MIA

I've been away from my blog for a few days now. Down with a horrendous cold. Missed two days of work and been in a fog at home.
Hopefully I'll be feeling better soon and can continue keeping you up on my wonderful life (although with this cold it hasn't been so wonderful).

One Of My Hobbies

Hobbies....what would I do without them? I have quite a few hobbies......scrapbooking, card making, stained glass, sewing and making jewelry. Making jewelry started when I couldn't find a necklace to match an outfit I had. I went to our local bead store and OMG!! I could not believe the beautiful stones and beads she had there! So....added that hobby to my list.
Below is a necklace I made from a stone I picked out of a pile of rocks at a store in Copper Harbor.
There was no drill hole so I just took a piece of wire and wrapped the stone. I just wanted a simple piece and I love it.
This piece came about because I needed a white necklace. I couldn't find a natural stone in white so I went with the acrylic beads. Wasn't crazy about it but it's growing on me.

Again, I just wanted a simple black piece. I've gotten a lot of comments on this piece and have made some for friends.

This was my second try at making a necklace. I loved the stones.

This was the necklace that started it all. I love red and finding red stones/beads was actually kind of hard. I did find the beads, made the necklace and wore it to the event.

Most of my pieces are very simple.

Today I am wearing a chunky orange piece I just made. I loved the focal bead and had to really hunt for beads and stones to match. I love orange too. Such a vibrant color. I'll post a picture of it soon.
It's starting to snow here today. What a disappointment after all the beautiful weather we had this week. I should have known the snow gods were not done with us yet.

Men's hockey league game tonight. Wolverines against the Portage Lake Pioneers. Hope the Wolves smoke 'em!

Happy Birthday to Dallas

Today is my youngest son's birthday. He turns 23 today!! This picture is of him and his son last Father's Day.
These two boys love to have fun. They love being sassy as the picture below shows.

Here they are being sassy and making faces.

I'm not sure what my boy has planned for today but hopefully he'll be able to make it over for a birthday dinner, cake and ice cream.

I miss the days of planning birthdays and having family over to celebrate. We always had fun at our get togethers. We had some great birthday parties!!

I hope you have a great day, Dallas. Your Mom loves you with all her heart.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Ar ye a wearin' yer green today? Hope everyone has a fun St. Patty's Day today. Enjoy your green beer.

A Good Day

Today was a good day. The ice show is over and my headache that lingered for a full week is gone. I feel more like myself today.

I'm definately missing my grandson. He is such a joy to have around. Don't get me wrong....he can be a sassy boy but.....I have more patience as Grandma than I did as Mom. Besides, when he puts his arms around me and gives me a hug and a kiss I forget all the not so good stuff and just enjoy the moment. I would still do the same for my kids. All they need to do is put their arms around me and I'm butter. I'm so lucky that my kids are still affectionate to me. I guess it all depends on where we are. I'm sure my daughter would be mortified if I asked for a hug and kiss while shopping

I Am Totally In Love

This little guy has stolen my heart!! My grandson.....can't even explain to you how much I love this little boy and how much he has his Grandma and Grandpa Pepper wrapped around his little finger.

Happy Couple

Don't they look so happy?!!! This is Michael with his girlfriend, Brooke. She is an orthopedic surgeon resident (Michael, correct me if I'm wrong) at a hospital in St. Louis. We haven't officially met yet but she makes my son happy and that makes Mama happy. Just look at the big smile on his face!
She looks like she's easy to talk to and she is a dog lover so.....she'll fit right in.

Her dog, Romulus got in this picture with them. Isn't he gorgeous.....the dog. But the guy is good looking too.

Hopefully we'll get the chance to meet Brooke soon. I think she will like our little town.