Hotel California!

 

As of the first 24 days in August we have had company for 15 of those days and another 6 more days of company scheduled efore end of the month.....hence this time of year we are:

 For the most part it is wonderful.....we enjoy the city with our visitors.....

 But we eat way too much.....

 

 

 

 And drink way too much....

 We get to share our favorite places more....

 

We get to laugh more and play more....

 But that To Do List gets enorm!  I am in need of some Alibis!

It's all good tho!

Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place (Such a lovely place)
Such a lovely face
They livin' it up at the Hotel California
What a nice surprise (what a nice surprise)
Bring your alibis

Honoring....

We honored many things this week......

 

....the end of summer for the boys with a last day in the water at Coronado.....

 

 .... a group of sailors traveling out to protect us....

 ....  finishing up special projects.....Dylan put the final touches on his Best Friends project...

Painting his hand impression and Rocky's paw impressions.....

 And placing the masterpiece....

 Making use of many craft supplies I have had around the house....



 

 

 And making a little step stool with a pop of color for little visitors that come over and need a little help reaching things....

 And remember this product of nature boys gardening effort? It grew even larger and then....

....it was harvested and is providing birds with yummy seeds.....

...honoring rocks collected to make a tic tac toe game with mommy!

 Honoring a long summer of hard work by Kristen and Brian on their yard by enjoying a BBQ to enjoy the fruits of their efforts....

 Honoring the right for debates to help us decide a good potential candidate (along with The Addie's brilliant insights)....

And honoring 2 friends that left me this week.....you will always be in my heart and I will always honor you, what you taught me and the precious times we had.

Ending Summer Early is for the Birds....and speaking of birds.....

This is how my little grands feel the last day of school and I can relate.....

 

 

Although we have had a really fun summer with them, we are sad to see it come to an end so we squeezed in some last minute fun.....

 Brody spent the week at Skater Camp.....he is a skater boy....said see ya later boy....

 So Dylan spent the week with us (hooray!).....we did some favorite things....

 fishing....fishing....

 ....and more fishing.....

We also had projects....the birdbath out front needed a make over.....so Dylan was meticulous in placing new stones in the area....

 And decided to make a special stone inspired by this little guy....his best friend at GiGi and Gramps....

Dylan is at such a great age and works great independently, reads instructions, is patient and precise....

 He also has a vision of what his end product will be....

 He spaced out the little words so well....

 And wanted his handprint and Rocky's paw print so we went for it!

He wants to do one final step for the big reveal at the bird bath....so until that....speaking of birds.... they are infiltrating the house.....love this pillow on the couch depicting the 4 of us all out of our cages and having fun....that's the goal when the little grands are here....

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

I wanted an old birdcage for a succulent garden by the birdbath....someone oh so special gave me this vintage bird cage.....

 But I couldn't bear to use it outside and wanted it inside.....so I found this one at a thrift store that will become the succulent garden....

 

And on our motorhome trip Dylan and I stopped for supplies and he spotted this bag of flour with a blue bird on it!  Of course I had to repurpose it!

 And this little book found me at a garage sale!

 

So we united them in the precious little cage for a needed pop of color.....

 

 

So I am sad my little birds have to go back to their cages for a few months.....

But I am going to spring them out as often as I can!!!