this sweet little bundle made her appearance into the world yesterday! she is truly a beautiful gift! the moment i saw her sweet little face i was overcome with joy! i can not explain how full my heart is right now! full of love for our daughter (who is our baby, now has her own baby) and jim, for bringing/giving us the chance to truly be apart of this little girl's life.and of course full of love for our new granddaughter. what a wonderful gift for all of us. my cup runneth over.......more later. i have to get ready and get going to the hospital! have a nice day! i know i will!! :)

yesterday, while this little guy did this, i went into michael's in omaha just for something to do. normally, i don't just go for the sake of going, i usually have errands to do and specific things to get but, not today! high gas prices or not! i guess maybe it was meant to be because i found lots of goodies on sale for 40% off or more. i had seen this silk arrangement when i was there to use my gift certificate after christmas but, i didn't want to pay full price and use up most of the g.c. so i'm glad i waited cause it was 50% off! goes just perfect with our new paint color in our bedroom.

little mary englebreit garden flags were 6.99. loved this one, it's so springy. i love m.e.!

these pink fabric boxes are perfect for my scraproom to store goodies in,again they were 40% off!

and these little pink french chic boxes....

well, that trip cheered me up! :) lol! have a nice day! it's going to be in the high 50's today!

did you watch "oprah" yesterday? i did and it was so moving. first she had simon cowell on and his new discovery,leona lewis,she is a fantastic singer,her voice is beautiful. check her out here:http://www.youtube.com/user/leonalewis. then oprah announced that simon was going to pay off this young couple from minnesota's mortgage to help them out since their little girl was diagnosed with cancer last month. the couple hasn't been able to work because they want to be with their daughter while she is going thru treatment.wonderful, just when i was feeling like this world is crazy at times and sad, this gave me a lift! loved it! ;) just reaffirms that we need to focus on the good even when there are so many terrible things going on. :)

HAPPY SAINT PATRICK'S DAY!!!!!!!! I don't decorate for st.patty's,even tho iam part irish. i don't know why i don't......i do however decorate a little for easter. it's coming so fast this year,it seems.
i had these sticks so i painted them white and put the nest in between the branches. i love my vintage looking rabbit and chick. aren't they cute?

love this little bunny guy....

AND,i love this place and wish i was back there! hard to believe we have been home a week already. the weather here is cool,43 degrees,kind of rain,mixed with snow at times. could be worse i know,but,still.....ahhhhhhhh,hawaii.....

i just want to share with you what these two sweet friends of jill did for her yesterday! it was an over the top, wonderful baby shower! i just can't get over it! l-r,celia,jill and cheryl. a long table full of wonderful gifts for the baby....

a long table full of yummy food for the guests! celia and cheryl out did themselves. besides the great gift of a baby shower, they also showered jill with great gifts, and so did all the wonderful people that came! this little one won't need anything after yesterday! :)

l-r,jim's grandma and mom and jill.

jill and jim's cousin,ann.what a sweet girl she is!

jill's aunt terri and grandma and jill. we were so happy they made the trip for this fun event! thanks so much terri and mom! we love you! it meant alot that you were here. we missed our sweet blayne tho....

mom,terri &i.......

all in all it was another wonderful day!

i did a few creative things yesterday, no biggie but, i did this canvas for my kitchen wall. thought it would look better with 3 things instead of two....not so sure now......

this old frame i used at christmas time and thought i should use it for a "new/old" bulletin board. i went to the store and got some foam core board and used material i had to wrap it. easy-peasy,gotta love that!
it now matches the other bulletin board i re-did awhile back.

we got this cool lamp in hawaii, made out of coconuts! i saw this and just had to have it.

the flowers in hawaii are gorgeous! can you see the butterfly? anyway, i couldn't get over how fragrant the air was in hawaii. i thought for sure it would smell like smoke because of the volcano erupting but, it didn't. we took an open trolley to the pier and you just got this heavenly scent of flowers along the way!

the hibiscus blooms were huge!

gotta run,lots of errands to do! have a nice day!

catching up after being on vacation for a week has been a bit overwhelming! you know how it is, laundry,cleaning, getting groceries and trying to catch up on some sleep! needless to say, it's so worth it! what a wonderful week! so relaxing and beautiful. more later.