The weekend...

This past week Zach was away with his grandparents in Payson. How lucky he has been this summer. His first week of summer was spent in Colorado with my parents, then he came back and spent his second week in Prescott with Shawn's parents. He was home for two weeks, and left again to Payson with his other grandparents. Now we get him home for this week and he will leave again for church camp on July 5th and be gone for another week. What a busy kid he has been this summer.

Morgan and I always have fun on the weekends playing with Daddy. Morgan gets so excited when Shawn gets home...too bad he doesn't like pictures, so here is one of my little Princess and me.
I have been teaching Morgan to blow kisses, we were in the store the other day and Shawn told her that he loved her and she looked at him a blew him a kiss for the first time. Here she is blowing you a kiss too.

On Sunday a dear friend of mine came over for breakfast. Chersti and I taught first grade together last year in Winslow, AZ. She and her husband lived in the same area as Shawn and I so we were able to carpool to work everyday. Now Chersti has received a new job in Tennessee so she is headed out East. Her husband will be shortly behind her as he gets to retire in January. I will miss you Chersti, but now we have a new place to travel and visit to.

More of Morgan posing for the camera while riding her pink horse from Grandma. This was one of Morgan's Christmas gifts from my mom and Morgan is finally interested in playing with it.

Show us a room Monday...Today's pick is The Loft

This week I have decided to show our loft. We have quite a big loft and it is a place that we enjoy being. Half of our loft is decorated with a sports theme. My husband is a BIG hockey fan. He loves the Coyotes, but is from Detroit, so his LOVES the Red Wings too. We both LOVE football, I am a Denver fan and Shawn is a Cardinals fan. I enjoy basketball, The Suns, but Shawn does not and we both enjoy watching the D-backs.

Shawn's pride and joy, well one of them, is his BIG tv. He LOVES to play video games with Zach and his uncle and we LOVE watching movies up here.

The other part of our loft is dedicated to the play area for Miss Morgan and also my scrapbooking area. I have SO much stuff for scrapbooking that I decided to put it under my table out here so it is near me...but did not want all the totes visible, so I put a flip flop table cloth on the table and that also helps not to get the table dirty from glue and markers when I am working.

I have my two degree's displayed here. I received my Bachelor's degree in Elementary Education in May 2005 and then I went on to get my Master's degree in Curriculum and Instruction in September of 2006. I truly enjoyed my 3 years of teaching and hope that one day I will go back...not until Morgan is older though.

More of the play area.

More hockey pictures.

The last part of the loft is our two HUGE Love Sacs. When we moved a few years ago we had a really big loft in that house too, so we decided to buy a couple of Love Sacs. At the time I was excited about it, now that we have moved twice since we bought them, they are becoming a BIG pain, but they are VERY comfortable to lay in.

Tasty Treat Tuesday

Today I have decided to share a recipe for all the mommy's who make their little ones food. It is called Pasta Risotto.

1/2 cup orzo or other small pasta shapes
1 small carrot, peeled and diced
1 small zucchini, diced
1/2 cup chopped broccoli florets
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
1/4 cup grated cheddar cheese

Put the pasta in a saucepan together with the carrot, cover generously with boiling water, and cook for 5 minutes. Add the zucchini and the broccoli and continue to cook for about 7 minutes. Melt the butter in a saucepan, stir in the drained pasta and vegetables, and toss with the butter and cheddar cheese until the cheese has melted.

This is suitable for freezing.

Some old pictures from this month. I have been a slacker when it comes to posting pictures. This is my family on my birthday. We celebrated my birthday at my parents house by the pool.


Zach swimming like a fish. He LOVES the pool.

Morgan taking a nap after swimming. She looks so long in this picture.

My cake! See I told you I have a thing for flip flop. (See my 6 uninteresting things post)

This is Morgan at her very first dentist appointment. I know she is a little young to have anything done, but we want her to start getting used to the chair and the noises of the dentist, so when Zach and I had our appointments they check out Miss Morgans two teeth as well.

Sitting in the chair all by herself. What a big girl!

This past Friday we spent the day with my friend Tara and her kids. The boys were playing nerf war in the house. This is Skylar and Zach showing off there weapons. Before this war all the boys were out in the pool swimming like fish. I think there was 6 boys all together!

Tara and I with Miss Morgan. For those of you who do not know, Tara was my high school dance teacher. I am so thankful that we have stayed in touch and built a great friendship. Thank you Tara for having us over Friday! Zach had so much fun!

Okay last photo...I promise. I took Morgan to the doctor last Wednesday and we found out she had a double ear infection. Poor girl had a fever for the rest of the week, well because of the fever I kept giving her cool baths and putting a wash cloth on her head to help the fever go down. This is the crazy bed head she developed every time she woke up from her nap after having the wash cloth on her head.

Now that I have basically caught up on June, July will hit. Hopefully I can stay more on top of these pictures.

6 uninteresting things about me...

I was tagged from Corie to post 6 uninteresting things about me...don't laugh! :)

1. I LOVE flip flops and anything with flip flops on it. I have at least 50 pairs of flip flops in my closet. When I was a teacher I decorated my classroom in flip flops. One day I had tennis shoes on and one of my first graders came up to me and said, "Mrs. Shero, where are your toes today?" Too cute! You can steal my heart away with flip flops.

2. I have an addiction to Coach purses and Tiffany's jewelry. I am not sure exactly why I have these addictions, I just do. I change my purse out according to the season. Weird...I know. With the jewelry, I have to have the matching bracelet and necklace with whatever I buy. I have not been to Tiffany's in a very LONG time though.

3. I LOVE the feel and smell of clean sheets. If it wasn't such a pain I would probably wash my sheets everyday, just to have that feeling when I crawl into bed.

4. I LOVE to paint. Even though it takes FOREVER to do. I enjoy coming up with some creative and painting it on a wall. I even bought myself and overhead projector so that I could paint murals on walls.

5. Scrapbooking and card making are my favorite hobby. I have done wedding invitations for some friends and I am currently in the process of making Morgan's first birthday invitations. I make my own Christmas cards and I usually have to start after Halloween in order to have them done and sent out on time.

6. Lastly, I am beginning to enjoy the art of cooking. I have found that being a stay at home mommy I have time to find new recipes and try them out. I enjoy making meals for my family, although some nights we just have sandwiches.

The following people have been tagged by me to do this as well on your blog!
1. Catina
2. Paige
3. Jen Chang
4. Brenda Lee
5. Jenn Morgan
6. Tara

Swimming for Father's Day

We celebrated Father's Day on Saturday at my parents house. We hung out by the pool, had a few drinks, and end the night with some ice cream and laughs.


Everyone was playing basketball in the pool. Well trying....

Grandma was feeding Morgan while we were all playing. Morgan could not join us in the pool this weekend because she has a double ear infection and still had somewhat of a fever on Saturday.

Here is Shawn mixin' up some yummy margarita's for my dad.

Havin' fun!

Happy Father's Day to the 2 best daddy's ever. Shawn you are a great father to our kids and they will grow to love you more and more. Dad, thank you for always being there for Mel and I and supporting us in our choices through out or lives. I love you both!

Show us a room Monday...Today's pick is the master bedroom and bathroom

This week for "Show us a room Monday" I have chosen the Master Bedroom and Bathroom. I am a big fan of cherry wood furniture. I think it looks elegant and makes a bedroom feel a bit more relaxing. Our bedroom and bathroom is done in pinks, reds, and shades of brown. Tulips are my favorite flower and that is one of the accents I added in our bathroom.

This is one of my favorite pictures in our house. It is from our wedding. I am the queen of flip flops and that is what I wore on my wedding day. Our photographer captured the greatest picture and I have it framed next to our invitation.

The one thing I LOVE most about our room are all the pictures of our family. On each side of the bed is a picture of our kids and in the middle is a picture of Shawn and I from our wedding.

As you can see I love greenery. I have it in almost every room of the house.

More tulips to add to the decor and of course more pictures of the kids.

The best part of our room is the feeling I get after a long day when I am finally ready to crawl into bed. Good Night!