Happy Summer!!

Happy Summer!

I don't know about you but my kids sure are glad school is out and 2 months of freedom are ahead.  I haven't decided if I am excited about that or not.  I will let you know when I post about "Happy Fall."

My plans this summer:  Work, but not too hard.  Lay out by my parents' pool.  Visit dear friends.  Celebrate Father's Day, Momma's 48th birthday, the fourth, and every other day.   Attend lots of Cookouts.  Make some blueberry, strawberry, and peach preserves.  Bake a lot.  Take Faith Anne to Bark at the Park to see the Brave's game.  Go to our little farmers' market downtown and see a few "Flicks on the Bricks" on Friday evenings.

And somewhere in between all that, I will be trying to assure that my sweet angelic teenagers stay out of trouble!

What are your plans for the next few months?

Wishing you a SPLENDID SUMMER~

~M and Faith Anne~

Rain Rain, Went Away!

After nearly an entire week of this....

And yes, even more of this....

Faith Anne and I looked out of our kitchen window today...

and found the most AMAZING THING....

THE SUN!!!!
(and on Sunday...how appropriate)

We rejoiced! And went outside! And enjoyed...

Our Flowers...at least the ones we haven't killed yet!

And we basked in the sun! And Faith Anne posed for this picture...



I think the sign suits her well...don't you?

And as we were going inside we saw the most amazing sunshine rays...

and we noticed something in the upper right hand corner...so we zoomed in...and

saw the most beautiful spider web...

Don't you agree that it is a beautiful spider web?

Then we came in a took a nap.

What did you do today?

Wishing you a Sunny Sunday!~

~M and Faith Anne~

Market on Main

Faith Anne and I made it to the downtown Market this morning...

Even if we were 45 minutes later than we had planned to be.

At the end, we ended up with treats for Faith Anne
and little jars of homemade corncob jelly, honeysuckle jelly, fig preserves and peach jam for me.

See...

Not to shabby for our first market and $11 eh?

Wishing you fresh doggy & people treats!

~M and Faith Anne~

By the way...

For another perspective of the market...

Click here for pictures my friend Lindsey took a few weeks ago.
she is an AWESOME photographer...
www.lindentreephotography.blogspot.com is her photography website.
Not to mention has a very cute family...remember these kids that I mentioned in this post...
She is the lucky mommy!!!

Flicks on the Bricks

In case, you haven't already figured it out,
I live in
"Small Town America."

I LOVE IT, for many reasons, but mostly because of the people and quaintness of cute little towns.

Read on for a small example of this...

The Chamber and Downtown Development Association are hosting

"Flicks on the Bricks" (hence the title of the post :)).

Every Friday night in August, they will show a movie outside in the fountain area, right smack in the middle of
"super cute downtown."

(And did I mention...it is completely free?!?)

Friday August 7th: Madagascar 2
Friday August 14th: Fly Me to the Moon
Friday August 21st: Game Plan
Friday August 28th: High School Musical 3

They have done this before, but Faith Anne and I have always had other plans.

Tonight we had nothing to do so I packed up a quilt, snacks for both of us, and lucky for all of you...a camera!

We had a delightful time and Faith Anne was soooo well behaved!!

(She even let me take my co-worker's son to get an ice cream cone while she stayed with his mom...and yes she might have gotten an ice cream too :))

(That is another reason to love "Small Town America!" You never know when you will run into a friend!)

I think we will head back next week.


There was the $1 popcorn with sodas for 50 cents provided by the Amazing Surgermeyer's Sweet Shop and Ice Cream Parlor. Come on people...does it get any better than that?!?!?

Faith Anne and I enjoying the show...

The view of the fun...See all the people?!?!

Thanks to the Chamber and Downtown Development Association for making this happen!

Super Cute!
Tons of Fun!
And it didn't cost me a dime!

(well, except the ice cream cone for a sweet little boy and Faith Anne's half scoop)

Off to bed...getting up early in the morning for the
"Market on Main"
(another reason my sweet downtown is super cute!)

Check back late afternoon on Saturday for pics from the market!

And whether big city or small town

I am
Wishing you love for the place you live-
~M~