Ok, I haven't been blogging but I have a perfectly good excuse. Our best friend's daughter went into the hospital to have her baby. We were at the hospital from 2:00 in the afternoon until 1:00 a.m. the next morning (she had been there since midnight the night before). We went home as I had to get up and go to work. The doctors decided that after 24 hours of hard labor she wasn't having that baby unless it was by C-section. And perfect little Ashlyn Nicole was born at 2:10 a.m. We went up to visit the next night and I got to hold her for about 40 minutes while she slept. She is beautiful! So here is the photo my husband took while I held her. I think we are going to have a very fun summer with this new little one.

Oh my aching muscles. We laid sod yesterday in the front yard. I am so excited to get that done. Our lawn is shaping up! The rose bushes now have their own area and mulch is coming next. I hope to get some weeds pulled and maybe move a few things around in the back flower bed today. A friend let me dig up one of her columbine plants last night and I scored a bunch of seeds too. I can't wait to plant. They are beautiful. It's so nice to have a three day weekend. Once the garden projects are done it's back to the bead room. My best friend is coming in August for "Bead Camp" and everything has to be in order by then. This year I think we are going to play with soldered pendents. Laural is an art teacher and she thinks it would be fun to do with her kids. I think they would have a blast.