It's that time of year...

The monkeys went back to school today so I will be back to my regular blogging schedule...

...YIPPEE!!!

There's lots to share with you! Stay tuned, my friends!

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!!!!