Wowza! I’m exhausted from watching the World Series game last night and it is pouring rain outside right now. You can barely see anything but the rain at times. But despite my exhaustion and the crappy weather, I am really happy to have a new week of crafting ahead of me. I completed all of my errands this morning so that I could focus on work for the rest of the day until pick-up. The only thing is that I will have to fight the pull of my cozy blanket my mom gave me and the fantastic books I have to read. This would have been a great day to take off from work and curl up with all that goodness. Oh, I almost forgot, the picture above is of a banana nut bread I made with almond flour last week. It’s all gone and I am thinking I might have to make another real soon!!
I had a fun time at my in-laws yesterday and even had time to continue coloring one of the coloring pages I have been meaning to complete. Halloween is fast approaching and due to our delay in costume hunting (I usually buy their costumes in September), Apollo had to settle with the slim pickings at Party City. Before I began to guilt myself, I reminded myself that my mom made many of our costumes and we didn’t have the luxury of buying a costume every year. So once in perspective, I was able to relax.
I’ve been using my diffusor in my craft room for a few weeks and today I chose Eucalyptus. It’s supposed to help with concentration. Well, I can’t wait to hear my boys reaction when they come home, they are going to think someone is sick. They associate the scent with Vicks vapor rub!! Haha!!
Have a fantastic day!
Belinda
Hello and happy first day of October! It sure is cloudy outside my window. Rain is in the forecast for this afternoon so I ran out and took a picture of one of my giant Dahlias. Isn’t it so pretty? I love how this one looks like it has lighting inside. I am definitely going to use this photo of the flower for inspiration when I color up a dahlia image.
Hello Everyone! Wow, it’s been a long while since I have written a Happy Monday post. I didn’t plan on stopping my blogging but I had decided to take the summer and enjoy my family so I think crafting and blogging took a back seat.
This next set of photos are of our visit to Pearl Harbor, a sneaky date night Leao and I had, beach time, and taking photos on the property of the house we rented. They had amazing trees, flowers, and even a mini putting green! The boys got a lesson from our family on how to make a yummy Hawaiian dessert. I had one of the yummy finished products.
I took so many pictures while we drove around of the mountains and trees so I had to include at least one in this grouping. We had a family bowling night and I have to say I am pretty convinced that my Hawaiian family is in a league because they sort of wiped the floor with us! Beach time and books were a priority, of course, being the book nerd. The last two photos are of a few of us out for sunrise photos.
Each day we made dinner together and on one night our Hawaiian peeps made us some traditional Hawaiian food. It was so much fun to try the dishes and hear stories about some of them. I decided that I wanted to pack more educational activities into this trip since past trips we spent a lot of time on the beach. So we took a trip to Iolani Palace. It was extraordinary and I was glad to be able to take my boys to see this place and learn about the history of how the US. overthrew and took control of this country. It’s not talked about when you hear about Hawaii. Most often you only hear or read about Pearl Harbor but these magnificent islands were self-governed prior to that tragedy. So I included a few photos inside and outside of the palace. 
This last grouping is beach scenes, Pearl Harbor, family hanging out at the house, visiting Hanauma Bay and cousins hanging out at the pool.