pulverized WHAT???

i know...you're gonna think im crazy.

but...

yes....my sisters wedding boquet.

it was wilted. i promise.

see.

so...

yes, i let the kids help.

now i hope im not COMPLETELY crazy, i DO have a reason for this madness...

im planing on making  beads out of these lovely  flowers...right now my house smells like a flower garden.

i'll let you know how they turn out.

if you wanna see how this is all supposed to work out in the end, click here.

and.....

what we've all been waiting for......

three very important girls....

a pretty front page appearance

mom, can i keep him?

this little guy took my by surprise this morning..i don't know why..we had a pet snail for three days

friday....

..the saga continues

 i would have been lost without

my awesome cousin and my sister who flew  in from 3000 miles away..they didn't know i had plans for them *grin*

we worked all evening

and

took a little break for this...

*photo...compliments of a very special 6 yr old


then it was time to get back to work

at around 10:30 we left the cake looking like this...

on saturday, mary took care of the final details.

 i took care of some other important business upstairs..

..

i really, really cannot thank my dear cousin enough, oh and my sister, mellon too!

they are awesome!

we had SO much fun, just hanging out, and creating.

its such a bummer that 3000 miles keep us apart...gonna have to fix that someday.

thursday was

baking day...

and fondant kneading day..

it was a good day.

one of those mysterious photos i promised you

say cheese!

if only

...they all worked this hard.

too bad

....you don't deliver veggies to my doorstep...

maybe i'd make some of these for you

 

ok. maybe not.

but you can make your own

(i know you've got extra zucchini coming out of your ears, who doesn't?)

i used this recipe.

(i did use half white sugar and half brown, myself)

super yummy!

taste test

the mystery fruit...or...is it a veggie??

Thanks to my good friend akaCINDERS we can all feel really smart today!!

click here to find out what this super delicious thingy is.

i honestly have NO IDEA

what this is!

help me out here!

my amazingly wonderful neighbor left this at our house the other night.

 it was in a bag that he left hanging on the door knob, along with some delicious looking cucumbers, yellow squash, and a few of his extremely juicy tomatoes. but i cannot, for the life of me figure out what this is.

and...

i can't ask my neighbor.

 he runs a "stealth operation"

seriously.

he's awesome.

he never delivers veggies when i can get to the door to thank him.

(or ask him what this funny looking veggie is)

i either find a bag of fresh produce hanging from our door knob,

or look out the kitchen window to see him driving off into the sunset!

i love that guy.

maybe i'll make him some zucchini muffins this morning .

when i deliver them, i'll have swallow my pride, and ask him what the mystery veggie is.

ya think?

can you guess

what we've been up to?

little sis and i will be posting some mysterious photos over the next three weeks.

if you know what we're up to...shhh, don't tell :)