Tuesday, June 26, 2012

A Day at the Beach

Our family enjoyed a day at the beach.  We tried out our new sunshade, which was nice for me because I cannot tolerated being baked by the sun for too long. And nice for the whole family, especially the girls.

I am not going to be available to post a picture on Friday so I thought I would post earlier in the week and share our fun time at the beach. I am addressing an imaginary audience here, but I'm ok with that.


Audrey

 I chuckle inside when I see this picture above.  Something about the seriousness of the boys and because all four of them are just so darn cute in their little toddler stage of life. Also, taking pictures on the beach is challenging because it is hard to see what is in the screen.  I had no idea the boys were in the shot until I got home.


A boy is playfully being thrown into the lake


And then there is this tired lady, above, who doesn't have the confidence to take off her shorts in the water.  I still am grateful for having a body that doesn't require any medications.  Our sunshade is the blue thing to the right of me.



Our little sunshade, not too good on windy days at the beach, but enough shade for my family to lay under until the sun starts to creep in and we bend our legs like a bunch of wimps.  Sunburn is serious and I did find a few spots on my back where the sunscreen did not make it.

Have a sunny day!

Friday, June 22, 2012

Soule Mama's ~ This Moment





{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Random Pictures of Life

I altered this photo and like the results.



This is the original


The temperature has heated up lately and combined with torrential storms that have unleashed a swarm of mosquitoes, we are challenged in enjoying the outdoors.  The girls were so cute running around in their dresses, and for the life of me I could not get a good picture of them with my point-and-shoot camera.  This picture below was the best I got. It looks like the tree is hugging Jamie and she is liking the love. Audrey looks like the tree is whispering something in her ear. My imagination, gotta love it!


Here are some pictures from a trip we took to Hayward, WI during Memorial Day weekend.

I love statues.  This one has a lot of movement.



Memorial Day
Girls pet a cute goat
These two animals share the same living quarters.

Feeding deer.









This huge Muskie is a big attraction in Hayward, WI.

Hi, can you see us in the mouth?

Hope you are sewing more than me. 

(Dear sewing machine, I have not abandoned you. We will resume where we left off in our love affair.)

 Enjoy!






Thursday, June 14, 2012

Soule Mama's ~This Moment



{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.




A Happy Father

Saturday, June 9, 2012

Crochet Stripy Sock Puppy

I started this puppy on Memorial Day weekend driving home from Hayward, WI.  He is made with 100% cotton.  An amigurumi pattern from Lilleliis here.

A bit about Stripy, aka Bark

He is a happy little puppy and likes summer and being outside.  When he is not outside he likes to look out the window and wait for his chance to go out.





He likes to smell the grass.


But his favorite thing to do is to sit amongst the flowers and absorb their color energy through his stripes.  So far he has absorbed so much green it made is nose turn green.



He can't understand why the girls don't like him???  He doesn't care, because he loves himself too much to let his unpopularity with the twins get him down.