I really shouldn't wait so long to write blogs

Where to start:

I'll start with last Saturday. What a great day. Kyle and I took our niece for a nice birthday party at a skating rink. Great idea, everybody loves to go to the skating rink... except when... half the invited population doesn't know how to skate. For some of these 8 year olds it was their first time on roller skates. So, great idea! Then to add to our beginner skaters we have this pain in the butt middle schoolers who are so cool that they are on the hockey team, which means they skate as fast as they possibly can. They zip and zoom right past these speed bumps, I mean fallen kids, on the rink. And then, don't get me started on all the weaving in and out. If you accidently find yourself in the middle of the rink, well, God help you to get out of it. I feel like I'm in European Vacation, in the round about that is impossible to get out of.

Boy, another thing about skating rink birthday parties, is the party plans do not include adults AT ALL. So, we're going to throw a birthday party from 12 - 3, but this only includes 1 slice of pizza for the children. Did I mention that you aren't allowed to bring your own food in. What a joke! Also, it cost Kyle and I $18.00 to go to a little boys birthday party. WHAT?!?! Oh, well, it was all good in the end because Zoe is learning to skate. It looked like a painful process but she's working on it. We'll be doing this again!

After our party, we got to go see Saltimbanco by Cirque du Soliel. It was a great show. I first had a passion for them in Orlando at La Numba. Great show for anyone who goes down there. Well worth the money.

THEN: My SEWING PROJECTS

So, here is the much anticipated pictures of my wonderful purse:

Outside
Inside

And then for a BONUS! I made an apron, and I am now in the process of making my skirt and another apron, because I figure if I have 5 aprons then I have one to wear every night when I cook, because like every good house wife I cook 5 times a week. J/K, you're lucky if I'm in the kitchen once a week.
and now: MEMORIAL DAY (in pictures, since I know you're tired of reading)

The Bread, which I stacked so neatly

The Meat

The Extras

Trent Enjoying his Ice Cream, and saving plenty for later

Zoe Enjoying her Ice Cream

Kyle with his Niece and Nephew

Dad, Trent and Zoe

Nana June, April (my mother-in-law) & Aunt Sandy
My flowers from the back yard. I think it was every flower they could find.