I love being surprised...

This beautiful tea pot came in the mail today. It was a special order and a surprise package from my Mother (and probably Daddy too, ha)

It is hand painted by a friend from when we lived out in Kansas. Colleen Taylor did such a beautiful job.

I have a collection of tea pots. I think this will go down as one of my favorites

Colleen even included this card.

Thank you for making my day, Mother and Daddy. Thank you, Colleen, for sharing your talents with me :-)

I don't know where the rule came from..

Who came up with the idea that it is just wrong to wear white shoes after Labor Day? Labor Day was last weekend so this weekend the girls and I headed out  in search of black pat ton leather church shoes. We found out that black pat ton is not readily available this time of year. WHY?!!!! When I told Ashley what we were looking for (not the pretty white sandals she found) and why (refer to original question) she promptly said "well that's dumb". I think I agree. The effort of this shopping trip led me to wonder why we can purchase Christmas trees in July but the fashion industry doesn't put out black pat ton shoes until after I have purchased the girls Fall/Winter footwear. We came home with black satin. Pretty but from the slash on the toe of Ashley's after one Sunday makes me think they aren't going to last long.

The girls closets have been switched from Summer to Fall/Winter. My least favorite project. The sorting, the storing, the washing, the ironing. The days have been getting cooler and we even had the air turned off for a few of them until today. It got plum hot in here. What is up with that? Doesn't the sun know that I have switched the closets!!!!!

Nap time

I usually come home from work and need a little rest before I can handle the duties of the evening. I was just waking up(don't think I had opened my eyes yet) when Ashley crawled on top of me. She squeezed me as tight as she could and kissed my face. Then settled in for her nap. I wasn't expecting this. Naps together are the best I guess :-)