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"The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start." -John Bingham I recently took a break from running, and today I went on a 2-mile run. I feel great! What a great feeling once you have completed a workout. It was nice to run, and just clear my thoughts. The color run youtube-color run I'm thinking we may do this! 

Summer fruit matching game I've been working on a learning tote for our daughter. It's filled with tons of learning activities that I have made for her. It's nice keeping her entertained while we are on the go. Today I made this fun, and simple activity to add to her tote. All I used for this activity: craft paper paint marker washi tape Enjoy~

“Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting, and autumn a mosaic of them all." -Stanley Horowitz                       Weekends go by way too fast. But the time I spend with my family is something I always cherish. This weekend I did some work in my garden. My daughter put on her little gloves and wanted to help. She's a great little helper. We made some sun tea and sat out while the sprinklers were on.  We did some fun activities with our daughter and read a few of her favorite books. The weather has been heating up, and since the fires here in Colorado, the air hasn't been clear. The other night the sun was a dark orange color, and the sky was filled with smoke.  I'm really happy to see that it's all been clearing up. The weekend was lovely. :) How was your weekend?     Youtube-Corinne Bailey  

Learn about colors in a fun creative way! We created some little color rockets.  Materials needed to create your rockets  popsicle sticks craft paper  crayons   glue pencil/pen scissors You can either draw your own rocket and cut them out, or you can use a template.  I went ahead and drew the rockets.   We also added some glitter. Color each rocket a different color and label. Now blast off and learn about the different colors.

We finally had a down pour of rain the other day here in Colorado. (Something we all wanted to see) With the rain we had some hail, and some flooding. (It wasn't too bad).  Lately I have been taking our daughter to some of the summer programs at our local library.  The other day was Dino days, so she created a dinosaur mask, and a little puppet. :) My flowers in my front flowerbed are doing great. My mini rose bush has bloomed with some lovely pink roses.  The other day we spotted a few tomatoes in our vegetable garden.  I just recently connected with family I had lost contact with for a while, and it feels nice to start over again. My husband just recently went through our kitchen and wrote "I love you" on an egg in the egg carton, and a banana on the counter. (He does the cutest things!) :) I am so thankful for each day I wake to a new day filled with love, laughter, and happiness. Life lately has been wonderful to me. ~Stephanie

We love craft time in our home. Today we made some 4th of July decorations, using just a few materials.  Materials needed: -Toilet paper roll/ paper towel roll -Glue -Glitter -Star stencil *optional -String -Craft paper -paint -crayons/markers I started off with tracing and cutting out a few stars, and then my daughter painted each star.  We used some crayons to color on some craft paper. After we applied some glue to the back side of the construction paper and covered the toilet paper rolls. We also added some glitter to each decoration. Then we glued on the stars. Simple, and very easy! Last just add some string. All done! :) We will probably hang these out in the back porch. Enjoy~ Pin for later

Since moving to Colorado, (from Arizona) some time back, I've fallen in love with this place I call home. It's beautiful, the people here seem so down to earth, and I'm in love with being out in nature. They have so many trails, and nature centers. We love taking our daughter to the park, museum, children events, and more!  Our beautiful  daughter was born here on the military post back in 2011. Colorado is where we bought our now 6 year old pug, who we love dearly. We have attended wine festivals, local farmers market, and  have experienced the lovely sounds of the symphony. (I absolutely love their Christmas performances) Lately I've been praying that all of us experiencing this heat could see some rain very soon. This heat hasn't helped with the fires, and I know all of us here are praying that we can get some moisture soon. Last year everyone came together when we had the Waldo fire, and now we as a community are coming together...