It's me, again...

Thank you so much for sticking with me!

So...with all my hard drive issues aside, things are good right now. CLEVER is going well.  The monkeys just returned from a trip to Disneyland with my mom, and Mister Christmas and I just returned from and AMAZING 5 day vacation along the Pacific Coast Highway. 

I took soooooooo many pictures on our trip, but these are just a few of my favs...

(yes, that is a real live sea lion swimming in the bay.)

This beautiful, amazing trip was was long overdue. We both needed it BADLY!!!

The monkeys had a great time with Mickey, too!!!

And when we got back, I went straight to work on our new

CLEVER ETSY SHOP!!

Here are a few items you will find in the shop...

Please stop by the shop and take a peek! More to come!!

I hope you all have a STUPENDOUS weekend!!

xo

My apologies

Well, my friends...unfortunately, my external hard drive (containing my entire iPhoto library,) is out of commission at the moment.  I dropped it the other day, and it's not working.  I am really hoping that I can retrieve all the data and the photos.  I had so much to show you. :(  I am very hopeful, but once again, I will not be blogging for a while.  Such a shame because we are taking a vacation this weekend.  I am hoping it's back up and running very soon so I can share the photos with you. 

Thank you for your patience.  XO

A sweet little baby brunch...

On Sunday, I helped host another baby shower for my sweet, precious, beautiful friend - Jenna.

She's due at the end of July with a little girl - named Luna.

What a beautiful and fitting name for her sweet little bun in the oven.

Here's a peek at our lovely morning...

Mom and big bro

The PROUD big bro

We had so much fun. 

I can't wait to meet that precious wittle one.

Love you, Jenna!!!!

In other news...I'm so excited for this weekend.

It's time for the Cherry Creek Arts Festival...

© Cherry Creek Arts Festival and © Chris Vance

This year, the festival poster features one of my favorite artists,
Chris Vance.

photo courtesy of DesMoinesregister.com

Here's a small sample of his work...

© Chris Vance 

© Chris Vance

© Chris Vance

Enjoy your week!

And have a 

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!!!!