A Blessed Couple of Days! Look What Came!!

The past couple of days we have been home relaxing well after much time spent mowing and weeding a flower garden then peeling my clothes off from the heat wave we are finally getting, yeah. But it's very humid and sticking. The girls and I decided to play with water color paints and we had a blast. Here I am playing with color. I will post a pic when it's all done.

Here is Olivia helping me plant some flowers, she took a class at her school and she won award for it. Bare foot and everything, thanks Olivia for all your help. She is even wearing green, she matching the outdoors, not planned. she is a cutie. There was a very small flower garden here when we moved in this has taken alot of weeding and figuring out what is in there which wasn't much, love the plants behind Olivia's head, beautiful.

Even the kitties want to come out to play!!

LOOK WHAT CAME IN THE MAIL TODAY I WON OVER AT:

THE OLDE COUNTRY CUPBOARD'S CHRISTMAS IN JULY BLOG, THANKS SANDY FOR PICKING ME!! I TRULY JUMPED FOR JOY WHEN IT CAME, I LOVE CHRISTMAS AND THIS STARTS MY DECORATING, MY HUSBAND WILL LOVE THAT.

SO JUMP ON OVER TO SANDY'S BLOG AND BE INSPIRED YOU WON'T REGRET IT!

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Love the Santa and the Crow, this window will match one I have hanging already. The tarts smell Divine. Happy Holidays (shh only a few months early)

again thanks Sandy, love your blog...

Flower Garden

This is what I am up to this morning, my sister-in-law Caren came over with this beauty, she has tons on your property. We dug a hole and planted it this morning, between two huge trees. I have decided to make a flower garden there it's going to be cute, there are three old tree stumps and Lee and I are going to work them into the garden. Yesterday we went to the plant store and I got 20 flowers they had a deal 1.00 each. They won't bloom this year but next summer beauty will appear.

Lee has been busy finishing up the living room walls, next is painting the kitchen. So much to do when you buy a home, we've been here for a year. And our summer is just now coming, we've had so much rain. Our trees here in the east coast some are already changing color not good. So no vegie garden this year that's ok we are fixing and garden for next spring.

After digging up the lawn for the garden today, I need to finish mowing the lawn. I am excited for the sunshine today and for most of the week will be nice. Praise God. Our girls went to the lake for the first time this summer.

Lazy Days of summer

the new kitten has settled in quite well.

tigger our big boy enjoys our backyard

flowers blooming in a small garden that was already here when we moved in, I am thinking of making it much bigger next year.

enjoy these pics, I am scanning and taking pics of some projects I have done, hope to have them posted this week.

Rainy day pics of family time.

Yummy, fresh hot banana bread, hot cup of tea and playing scrabble with emilee! Now that's a family day at home....

what a cutie! emilee 13 years old

emilee and I are playing scrabble, sometimes emie takes a while to play so I decided to do some stitching while I waited. I got like two done. yeah...

Ok, I hate pictures of me, but I had to show you that I was stitching up a storm. I have about three more others done, I need to take a pic to show you.

family fun day at home. It's been raining here for weeks and not much to do but stay in and with teens you have to be creative and play a game or two with them. These pics are from the beginning of July. It's finially sunny here for a change but very cold for this time of the year.

Kidz Camp 08

Here is Jody our Pastor's wife enjoying camp....

Here is the worship hall at Singing Hills Lodge were Olivia is this week.

Here is Olivia at camp last year, she loves to go and be with all the kidz, Olivia is at Kidz Camp this week and we miss her very much, I know I will have new pictures to show you soon. I have been busy this week babysitting two cuties, in the pic below there they are, what a cute family. The girls are so fun, they love chasing our new kitten around, they keep me on my toes.

Chatting with U

girls coloring their hair!!!!

trouble

what a cutie!!!!! that's good yummm

olivia at santa's village with friends...

emilee showing off her birthday gifts, she loves those sneakers.

not much here for news, things have been kind of quiet since the 4th, we have had so much rain, I am thinking of building my own ark in the back yard incase it doesn't stop. We have had two sunny days, which I about killed myself mowing the yards, with a push mower. so I thought I would share some everyday pics with you of our life around bittersweet street.

more 4th of July parade

here are some more pictures of the parade, the pink birds drove my husband crazy, for some reason they are everywhere up here? Don't know why?

Happy 4th of July

Family have to love them....

Here is the Baker family enjoying the Lancaster Parade this morning to start the celebration of the 4th of July. We live in Whitefield our town doesn't do a parade on the 4th so we drove a town over to Lancaster where we lived for 5 years before settling in Whitefield.

Lancaster movie theater, someone I don't know who just shot a movie there a few weeks ago.

Birds of a Feather Artist store, love the old buildings in Lancaster, NH.

Here is Emilee the birthday girl, yesterday was her 13th birthday, we also celebrate her day through the 4th. lucky girl

Sunday Evening

Wow can't believe it's Sunday evening already, what a weekend let's start with today. We woke up had morning coffee, breakfast and running around getting ready to go to church. After church came home for a light lunch, nap time, I went visiting a friend for awhile enjoyed coffee and sitting on her country porch visiting. Boy I wish I had a porch like that, put that on my dream list for this home. Came home and we took our youngest out to eat thinking it would be cheaper because we were one less. Not it was almost 40.00 and we both got water that is suppose to be free. Going out to eat it's not in our budget anymore.
This weekend was filled with many do list projects, Lee worked on the living room walls, finally cut the tall grass in our garden that I have not had time to plant yet, not much time to do so either, but with my mother sick and being gone this spring when I should have been home to prepare the garden. oh well that's ok, I am going to plant some tomato plants and a few more little things and that mostly it for this summer. unless I can read up on gardening some more. Don't get me wrong, I grew up on a farm and worked in a garden all my life, but making a garden for the first time by yourself is alot of work, which I love but time got away from me.
God will supply our needs and tomatoes!! I am just happy to finally have a home to call ours and it's alot of hard work, but I do love the feeling afterwards.
In the morning I have to take my mother in law down to get surgery and will be gone all day. Thats fine since it's going to rain anyway, so I think I will take some stitchery with me to keep be busy while I wait for her.
Blessings
peggy lee

Around the House/ Birthday art

Here a few pics of around our house, we are in the process of redoing the living room walls, the only walls that wasn't done (besides our bedroom) that wasn't finished when we bought this house a year ago. It's been a slow process with work, kids and of course bills. (van breaking down two days after Christmas) ok got that off my chest. So now onto the colors, that has been a battle in it self, oh man the color choices a person has CRAZY, we have chosen I think (pine needle green, dark cranberry, almond oil tan color)

The last pic is of some yard sale finds from a while ago.

SNEAK PEAK AT MY BIRTHDAY ART I DID FOR MYSELF. (oops left the caps on)

To see more pics of birthday art (39yrs and holding) hop on over to http://pegbaker.blogspot.com for a closer look. I had so much fun playing in my studio and getting messy, this wall art is to hang in my studio for inspiration. enjoy

peggy lee

Sneak Peak

This is Lee's Father's Day Gift I made for him for more details and more pictures. Hop on over to my other blog http://pegbaker.blogspot.com called creative scraps. Enjoy

peggy lee

Around the House

sasha wanting to go get that crow across the street.

Love this pink flower my sister-in-law gave me for just because gift. Thanks Caren

This old storm window my dear friend bought it for my birthday about 10 years ago in Kanas City on one of her yard sale trips. I love it to death, placed a wreath I bought and added tiny pine cones. It's a great conversation piece because everyone who visits me ask, "Why do you have a old window on you wall?" I sometimes just say I love it!! It's me!!

Here are some buttercups from my backyard, they are everywhere out there, I know they are a weed but God made the most beautiful weeds I think.... this yellow Begonia I found yesterday at my local food store, I have never seen a yellow one, always red, pink, white. So I had to have it.

summer beauty.....

Prim Finds

my Emilee all dress up for church...

A few weekends ago I went over to visit my sister-in-law and on the way saw a great yardsale, I got these old top jars for 2.00

And can you believe it this 6 foot tree with lights for a 1.00, Emilee thought I was crazy, but we have a big house now and I love Christmas and decorating every room is a dream of mine with a tree.

Also I got this melon green cabinet for 2.00 don't know what I am going to do with it but it was a great find. Love yard sales.

We are getting ready for re due on the living room walls, I have ripped off all the wallpaper, now we are either going to Spackle or put up new drywall.? Not sure Lee and I keep going back and forth.

But we have decided on a color (pine needle green) love it. I will show pictures soon of our process. or us pulling our hair out. wait and see.

peggy lee