Post full of sneaky peekies . . .

The first week of summer is officially over! And I’m whooped! Amazingly enough, I painted over 40 hours last week. I’ve never had that much time devoted to painting in a single week ever. And it was awesome! There were 2 nights that I pulled all-nighters. And then 2 days, I had a babysitter. The same sister who sit for me last year is doing it again this year. She is out of town this week BUT her boyfriend {who she has been dating for about 2 years} wanted to come over and play with the kids!!! This guy is so great with my kids so I told him to come over! So, 1 day he will be here. This is going to sound crazy, but I feel like we have people beating down our door to spend time with our kids and we let them! haha! It is because our kids are so cool – just in case you didn’t know.

I’m going to litter this post with sneaky peekies from all the art completed last week. Unfortunately, it will be a few weeks before you see them {unless you have seen them on facebook} because I’m terribly behind posting art on the blog – but I’m getting there!!!

Since it is the first of a month, I went back to other June posts to see what I was doing this same time last year and years past. I love that part of blogging!!! Since I don’t write anything on a calendar, it is fun to go back and see what the kids were doing or did that warranted me to “write” about it on the blog. A year ago, Lawson was finallyusing the potty. {That is more of a miracle than anything.} I posted that he still wasn’t talking – fortunately, I can’t shut him up now! Love that baby’s voice. Hudson and Carson gave themselves hickeys – and thought it was the funniest thing ever. And Em had her tonsils removed! What a month!

One of the biggest things it seemed that happened in June of 2010 is I finished my window treatments in my studio – I also painted a lot of furniture! I focused on Em’s room and got the ball rolling to redo her room, but that was about it. Slow month.

Now, June of 2009 was a little different – Anyone remember the show Harper’s Island?? Man, I loved that show – clearly, enough to blog about it! I also mentioned how my kids saw a bird in the Target parking lot and simultaneously, all 4 kids started singing to them like Fiona does to the blue bird in the movie Shrek. Yes, they were trying to make the bird blow up. Classy bunch I’m raising. We also went out to eat at the Aquarium- just click here to see these photos – really they are hysterical! I did my first video post – did nothing but prove how dorky I am. This was the month the “April Rose” blog came out as a hoax. Some of me thinks “that was only 3 years ago?” But then the other part thinks “that was only 3 years ago?” Either way, it seems it happened just a few months ago or forever ago! I also created a painting with nothing but an idea in my head. It was the first time that I didn’t draw anything or grid any part of it out. I just painted. It was very liberating.

I laughed while reading the June 2008 because of a “tagged” post! Remember those?? Where you would get tagged in someone else’s post and you would have to tell all this useless info about yourself. I found myself not having the time to do those, but I’m glad I did do a few – they are funny! Just read this one – you will feel like you know me better! I also did a post of my hair in one week – you do know that I take a picture of my hair daily, right? haha! I met Kijsa this month – love that girl and her art! I was introduced to fluffer-nutter sandwiches – have mercy. I got Em’s birth announcements. And I was tagged. And tagged again!

And then there is June 2007 – the month I created my corner in the blog world. June 9, 2007 to be exact. At the time, I had 2 blogs. One about the kids and this one that was suppose to be about my art. But every time I would post on this one a small story about my kids, things would just happen – positive things within my business. So, I decided to combine the 2 blogs. You can read about my favorite shows, see the inside of my house, my kids, their milestones, MY milestones, my hopes, my dreams, my funny day to day living. But, you can also read about all the imperfections in my life as well. You can read about my failures, the days that I’m mad or hurt, see my house trashed, hear about when my kids are sick, bad mommy moments …… you know, the not so fun day to day living. Most of you are mothers – some to babies and some to adults. Some of you are creative and some of you swear you can’t do anything artsy or craftsy. Some of you know about autism, kidney issues or sensory integration. I know there are different things that bring you here, but whatever the reason …. I’m so thankful for everyone of you. What an awesome 5 years!!