Pumpkin Carving

Meet Rebecca, Luke and Faith... these are my adorable nieces and nephew. They are the most creative kids you'll ever meet. They can draw, craft, sew, tell great stories, and they carve a mean pumpkin!!!

Good job guys! Thanks for staying at my house last weekend! I can't wait for next time. Love, Aunt Laurie!

Baby Alert!

"Oh yes, you shaped me first inside, then out; you formed me in my mother's womb. I thank you, High God--you're breathtaking! Body and soul, I am marvelously made! I worship in adoration--what a creation! You know me inside and out, you know every bone in my body; You know exactly how I was made, bit by bit, how I was sculpted from nothing into something. Like an open book, you watched me grow from conception to birth; all the stages of my life were spread out before you, The days of my life all prepared before I'd even lived one day.

Your thoughts--how rare, how beautiful!" ---The Message

We can't wait to meet you baby Kaden!

Last Saturday we had a baby shower for my niece Bree who is due in just a few weeks! The shower was at my sister-in-law Debbie's house and was co-masterminded by Debbie and my niece Kelly. They did a fantastic job putting it all together... Shown above from left to right: Liz, Chelsea, Bree, Kelly, Kira...

Everything looked so beautiful...

and the food was great...

the people were even more great and beautiful...

(Left to right: Bree's friend Liz, her sister Kira, her mom Ronda, friend Kelly)

(friends Alice and Sheryl)

(my daughter Chelsea , and Bree)

(Kelly, Me, Chelsea)

(this is Shawna: Bree's cousin, Debbie's daughter, my niece, Ronda's niece, Kelly's sister etc...)

(this is Bree's Grandma Carolyn, this picture is not from the baby shower she must have been

hiding from my camera, but there is no escaping, if you don't know her than you have to meet her... She loves all of us so much and is so good to us. She spoiled Bree with bag after bag of the cutest clothes, blankets, little accessories... Baby Kaden is set for a long time!)

(Sidney and Noel... are they the cutest???)

(this is Kira, Bree's sister)

(Kelly and Chelsea)

(we had a few unruly guests and Debbie had to (ahem) take them under her wings or was it the other way around???)

It was a magical, beautiful day...

Off to College

Chelsea is off to college. She is at the University of Oregon and is having a great time! This is such a big milestone not only for her but for Gary and I as her parents. I have reflected often these past several weeks on Chelsea, motherhood, letting go, youth etc. etc. There are so many mixed emotions that go with seeing your first born leave home. It seems like she was just going off to her first day of first grade, then I blinked and she was headed off to college. Chelsea has grown into a very beautiful, competent young woman. It is with great anticipation that we will be watching her over the next few years... Go Chelsea!!!

Dad and Chelsea in her dorm room

Mom and Chelsea. I just finished having my first (and only) melt down. Every mother is entitled to at least one. I sucked it up and stayed strong the rest of the time!

Chelsea in her new home for the next year...

So have a great time Chelsea, eat healthy, don't stay up too late, study hard, get good grades, and don't do anything I wouldn't do... Do any of you have words of wisdom for Chelsea???

Barn House was Great!!!

The Barn House Sale was fantastic! Debbie and I had such a great time with all of the vendors and everyone who showed up for the sale. The first few hours were fast and furious it was a buying frenzy out there!!! Thanks to all of you wonderful people who visited Worthy Goods, you are great!!!







These are just a few pictures I was able to take before my camera battery died. If you want to see more then go to the blog of my good friend little byrd and check it out!

Mark your calendar for October 18th. Barn House will be having their season finale, 'Gothic Harvest' in collaboration with Queen of Tarte . They are both incredibly talented and it's going to be Out of this World Fabulous!!!