Table for Eight

Zu eating her first homemade cotton candy--a little pillow of heaven. The last 7 days have been some of the most fun days. And it's not that we went on a big vacation or anything; it was just a week filled with those daily things that make life feel SO WORTH it. --It began with our family attending a fundraiser at church where they auctioned off baked goods and services, and we won some awesome things: weekly drum lessons for Jr. for a month; an incredible chocolate ganache bundt cake that was SO good; a care package for Elder Meehan; and a lot of other baked goods. We also auctioned off some items: lawn mowing, made-to-order toddler bubble skirts, and 6 weeks of bread. It was a great night and they raised a lot of money, so that felt good. (PS: I got to be the auctioneer, a job I think I might enjoy in real life.) Here are some of the family pix from that night. The kids had my phone, so I am not fully sure what was happening in these. Papaya and Bam. Papaya, Ba...

Reasons I am SO Glad It's May 1. April felt like one LONG month. 2. Mother's Day is in May and we are grateful for a lot of amazing moms/women in our lives (our moms, birthmoms, grandparents ...). 3. It's our Aunt Beth's bday. (And she is a RAD Aunt.) 4. It's getting warmer--and we have had one LONG winter. Holy crap it has been a lotta colder days in a row. For a lotta months in a row. BRING THE HEAT. 5. Cinco de Mayo is in May(o)! Hope you are having a great May, too! XOXO, Dawn PS: This week's photos are a collage of my current mania wth sewing and trying to be like Eve on Alaska's Last Frontier, our awesome neighbors, and Elder Meehan's week in the mission field. Our neighbors built this incredible Mini-Library. Cool, right? (PS: it's a company! You can register your library with them--or even buy the library via them.) I am making my own vanilla. (Like I said, my current obsession with Alaska's Last Frontier ha...