Blue Horizons

Yesterday we had the opportunity to see the new dolphin show, Blue Horizons, at Sea World and meet some beautiful animals.
Like this joey who was so soft and cute.

and this ridiculously adorable owl I wanted to take home.

Porter was more into organizing a little book with pictures of animals than actually looking at the real animals.

The show was a beautiful mix of birds, dolphins and acrobatics. Liesl loved the "red bird lady" who swung out over the crowd.



It was a really beautiful show and the kids loved it. When we heard a commercial for it on the radio today the kids both asked if they could go again.
The rest of the day was spent playing in the kids area, relaxing on a grassy hill by Rebecca of Girl's gone child and admiring the Epiphanie Bag Tracey Clark was carrying.

Play Ball

Liesl is in a sports program at her preschool that she really likes. I hope she learns a few things and is ready for soccer in the fall.

my sister's kids

My sister was down for the day yesterday, so I took some photos of her beautiful kids.

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five

a Day of the Dead birthday party

I made liesl and her friend/birthday girl dresses using Indie Tutes halter top dress pattern. I love this pattern, it is so easy, quick and cute!

a beautiful day

wax paper hearts made by her students

paper pinwheels

ready to get married

I was so lucky to be part of this beautiful wedding day

dance dance dance

My good friends are getting married this Saturday and took some dance lessons to prepare for the big day. I went along for one of the classes and took some pictures.

I am so happy they found each other and can't wait to celebrate with them.

the perfect end

This past Friday we spent the afternoon and evening at a local hotel celebrating the 6th birthday of our good friend's daughter. It was the perfect way to end the week and we all had a lovely time.

It was cold, but the kids didn't mind.

Zoo

Fun at the otter exhibit

I told her she could get her face painted for her birthday, she didn't mind that it was 2 months late.

baby shoot

Today I met my sister and her friend at the park to take some photos of their cute kids. Here are a few of my favorites.

Happy Mother's Day Weekend!

Tree Fort

My brother built an awesome tree fort for the kids in the yard. The kids are really happy with the way it turned out and I am happy that most of the wood used was recycled.

Borrego Springs

This morning after I took Porter to school I was up in the attic cutting fabric and talking to Jason. I was talking to him about what I should do today. I really needed to clean the house, but I wanted to work on my sewing project, then I got a text. My friend asked me if I wanted to hang out today and I looked out the window, saw the blue sky and wanted to drive East to take pictures. We started driving and I really didn't know where we were going to end up. We ended up going to Borrego and having a really fun time. It was windy and the kids didn't like it that much, but it was fun.

Steps

to a magical place

Switzer Canyon

Porter is on spring break, so after we took Liesl to school today, we went to Switzer Canyon. We hardly ever get the chance to hang out alone, so it was really nice one on one time. It had been a while since we went there and were surprised to find 4 swings.

Fairy and Gnome Gardens

I was inspired by this post on making a fairy garden and decided to make some with the kids. Before we got started we need some supplies so we headed over to City Farmers. We haven't been there in a while and it was nice to see all of the changes they have made.

Porter led us to the play area.

They dug through the compost looking for worms.

Lila was the only one willing to actually hold one.

Back at home they filled the pots with dirt, planted a succulent, marigold and some white clover seed in it and added a little moss and rock pathway.


Proud of her work

Porter made a gnome garden.

Looking for a fairy.