our duties and a vintage schwinn

we're heading to Salt Lake to deliver some artwork to a client.
i'm feeling so blessed that my husband can use his talents to earn money for our family.
so blessed that their are people out there who have the means & desire to buy artwork even in this economy.
so blessed that God has given him this talent.
and that i might be able to talk hubby into stopping by Anthro and Urban Outfitters while we're in SLC, hehe.

We've had church lock-up duty this week.  It's where hubs is in charge of making sure the church is locked up every night before we go to bed...

"Maybe I am not meant for these duties.
 Cooking duty.
Dead guy duty.
Maybe it's time for me to get a better duty!"








We actually have really thought having lock-up duty was the bees knees because we don't have a great place near our home for the kiddos to ride bikes so we've taken them down to the church parking lot to ride bikes for an hour or so each night.  It's been one of the highlights of their summer so far, which shows how lame our summer has been, haha.

the barbie bike is too small now so she inherited the awesome orange vintage schwinn 

you go girl, ride that schwinny goodness for all it's worth

I guess I was inspired by the kids athleticism...or I was too lazy to drive to the gym...but I also got a couple of bike rides in this week...rode long enough and far enough to make not only my legs hurt but also some unspeakable places...
anyway, this is my "i'll cut you" look.  I was mad at the photographer for reasons unknown and this is what he gets in return.  nice.
linking up with Jeannett for Instafriday!

free money for pretty dresses. who wants it? me? nah!

I went shopping last night and bought myself a pretty new shirt and, like a nerd, I paid money for it...
I mean, really, who wants to spend money for stuff?

Shabby Apple is offering you guys a chance to win a $50 gift card so you can buy anything ya want from their online store!
I really wish I could win this awesome giveaway from Shabby Apple.
I mean, it's Shabby Apple, guys.  Hello!!
beautiful vintage inspired dresses,
awesome modest swimwear,
purple ballet flats (swoon)
but freakity freak freak...i'm the only one who can't enter. bah!
i guess i'll have to keep paying money for my clothes like a nerd.

So, Imma gonna go cry myself to sleep- YOU (don't be a nerd!) go enter this giveaway, mmkay?

Tea Time dress from Shabby Apple

2300 and 38 Inches dress from Shabby Apple. I don't name 'em, I just like 'em ;)

Tinsel Town Skirt from Shabby Apple

Zany flats by Shabby Apple....I didn't realize until now how many beautiful shoes they have. go check it out!

Alice dress from Shabby Apple

Heart of Me dress from Shabby Apple

Streetcar Skirt from Shabby Apple

I took a little poll over on my facebook & twitter to see if y'all prefer
rafflecopter or just commenting to enter giveaways..
it was about split 50/50.
so i'm going with a good ol fashion comment to enter.

MANDATORY FOR ENTERING:

Leave a comment letting me know that you Follow Shabby Apple on facebook

Want some more chances to win? (and who wouldn't, right?!)

For each additional entry please leave a separate comment for each things that you do. Please make sure all entries are valid, no one likes a cheater-face!

1.  Visit Shabby Apple's website and pick your favorite item.  Leave a seperate comment to let me know your fave!

2. Be a follower of Sugar Blossom Boutique blog via google friend connect and leave me a comment telling me that you are!

3. "Like" Sugar Blossom Boutique on facebook & leave a seperate comment.

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5. Pin the first photo on this blog post and let me know you did by leaving a comment!

6. Tweet, Facebook or Blog about this giveaway--make sure to include the URL to this blog post. If you Tweet, Facebook AND blog about this giveaway you can earn three entries!  In the comments below let me know you did so, seperate comment for each entry.   You can Tweet, or Facebook about this giveaway daily for more entries, just let me know that you did!

Want an idea for an easy tweet? Feel free to copy & paste:
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That's a total of 9 ways to enter today, and remember,  you can add entries daily by Tweeting or Posting about this giveaway on Facebook. Giveaway ends in two weeks. Winner announced on the blog on Wednesday, August 1st 2012 and chosen by Random.org. US Residents only please :)
Good Luck!

you're dying because of what??

we were driving home after a funeral this weekend,
and apparently Ingrid had drank a LOT of water at the luncheon thingy after the funeral.
she had to PEE SO BAD
she was in the back seat doing a potty dance...
"i'm gonna die, i'm gonna die!"
she kept shouting because she had to pee so bad.
"i'm going to die from PEE-ness!!!"

really? you're going to die from PENIS?
jeremy and I were busting out laughing the whole way home...

i LOVE these cray cray kids!

672 worms later...

cousins came over and we baked some fun patriotic cherry pies from scratch.

by "from scratch" i mean, we literally climbed the cherry tree,

picked the cherries

(got all the worms out of the cherries...eww.)

and made the pie crust.

I don't know how much more "from scratch" you can get

unless you raised your own chickens and used their eggs.

(which some of my friends do...ok, now i feel like a cheater using store-bought eggs ;)

this entire process took about 4 hours, which is entirely way too long for baking a pie

but entirely not enough time to visit with my cute nieces!

my girls each made their own little baby pie, they loved rolling out the dough and cutting out the stars!

I think this picture says it all...

we didn't get a chance to do our hair, but we made pies and that was way more fun!
hope have a fun, memory-making kind of day :)
linking up with jeannett for instafriday!

love fresh raspberries

OK, this belongs on fail blog or lame book or something like that...
it actually came from my very own facebook feed
from my very own ummm... someone related to me...
be sure to read the 1st comment...

who knew loving raspberries could raise up such hellish fury?
this is what i think about sometimes as i pick raspberries...
i feel bad for the guy whose wife calls him a disgusting fat puke
(yes, that was his wife that said that *forehead slap*)

but back to the subject at hand:
raspberries!

aren't they the best??!!
once, when i was about 10, i was walking home from school and i walked past a bush with beautiful red ripe raspberries and somewhere deep in my subconscious "must have raspberry bush when i grow up" became part of my bucket list.

i love picking raspberries off of our bush that started out small and now takes over a 50 square foot area.   Picking raspberries is like a treasure hunt.  A sunny, delicious treasure hunt.  It makes me feel like a kid again :)

i love to put my fresh raspberries on top of a yummy brownie with a scoop of ice cream.
and if that makes me a disgusting fat puke i'm okay with it.
have a beautiful, delicious, non-disgusting day mmmmkay?

Red, White & Chambray

we had to go to this pretty place to "help" daddy with some scenery photos for a painting he's working on.
as soon as we got there, i had one kid dancing around about to pee her pants, another kid peeing on a rock, and another child peeing in her pants (nope, i'm not naming names...but she's kinda little and her name rhymes with bofeeya) all in all, a grand time.
we're off to a parade today then maybe we'll head back up the canyon for some more family togetherness, that is, if the parents don't go crazy first!

chambray rompers: old navy, ross

chambray shirt: old navy

red shirt: downeast

tan shorts: thrifted

red sandals: kohls 

linking up with Lindsey for what i wore wednesday

have an awesome, safe, dry panties type of 4th of July, mmmkay?