Already missing her....

I am back from my vacation in Washington, I have been home for 5 days now and I am missing my sweet granddaughter so much already!!! I hate being away from her....I had my nephew over for the last couple of days, and out of the blue, he asked me if I was a devil worshipper because I have the number 6 all over my house!! I never realized it before, but I guess I do. I love the number 6 becaue we have 6 people in our family. So, I took some pictures of the number 6 that I have around our living room. Some exciting news for me today, I won a giveaway from www.mysweetsavannah.blogspot.com, she is sooo awesome, I have met Melaine a couple of times at Farm Chicks and she is great, go check out her blog!!!

Farm Chicks Show

Table from the Blue Canoe booth, this is not a good picture, but this table is so beautiful.
My friend, JoDee, so wanted this bed, it was from Chateau Chic Antiques booth.
I got these pillows, so stinkin adorable!!!
Another shot from the Chateau Chic Anitques.

These two last pictures are from Tartes booth, she is a very talented and creative person.
This was my second year going to the Farm Chicks Show in Spokane, Washington with my friend, JoDee. Let me just say, I absolutely loved it, LOVED IT!!!! Last year, JoDee was a vendor at the show, but this year she took it off because her son is graduating. She WILL be a vendor again next year. At first when I walked in, I was a bit overwhelmed, there were so many people, it kind of was chaotic. I loved all of the booths, there are so many creative people in this world, it is just inspiring. There was a new booth this year called Blue Canoe, they are a husband and wife team from Orange County California, OMG is all I have to say about their booth. I got to see some bloggy friends and meet some new people, everyone is just so genuinely friendly and sweet.

Now, I am in Olympia, Washington visiting my daughter and my sweet granddaughter. I love being here with their little family, they are very easy to spoil, and let me tell you, they let me do that!!! I will be here for the rest of the week and head home to Colorado on Saturday. I am going to need a vacation from this vacation, I am exhausted from spending all of my husbands money!!!!!

I am GROUNDED

I have officially grounded myself off of ebay. It is addictive to me and it is getting too expensive. I have learned something about myself while shopping ebay...I hate to lose!! I never realized that I was a competitive person until someone beats me in a bid. It sucks. I seriously get ticked off. So, as you know, I love these Baby and Big Ben clocks from the 1920's. I have purchased them all off of ebay and I love every single one of them. But now, I need to stop purchasing them for a while. Mike doubts that I can do that, but I will show him!! But I won't stop any of my friends from getting me any!!!!!

Mothers day and Puerto Vallarta

I have to say, I really do think that my kids love me!!! Sometimes you wonder.....especially with teenagers. On Mothers Day, on our way to church, Bristyn told me that I really am the best mom anyone can have. It made me feel so good to hear that from her, its not like she hands out compliments daily to me!! After church, Mike, Bristyn and Brenton made me the best food I have ever had in my life. Mike googled "delicious shrimp recipes" and found one, oh.my.gosh..it was sooo good!! I didn't want any gifts, but Mike got me these flowers. Britnee and Bradley also called, which I think is the best gift!!

On to our trip to Puerto Vallarta.....LOVED IT!!! The first night we were there, we stayed at a hotel that was located on the marina, it had a wonderful view, we took a long walk and had dinner at the Fajita Banana, there is nothing like authentic Mexican food, I can eat it all day!

The second day that we were there, we took an excursion through the jungle, it was absolutely beautiful. We got to see the downtown area of Puerto Vallarta and then we headed out to the jungle. It seems like all the Mexicans kind of get upset about the fact that alot of Americans are buying the land, our tour guide kept calling one area the Beverly Hills of Puerta Vallarta, and said how it didn't belong there!!

This was one of the stops on the tour....the Tequila factory. These are agave fruits that make the tequila. The factory was in the middle of nowhere in the jungle and it was all open, no doors. I don't drink at all, and I would highly recommend going to one of these factories, it was alot of fun. By the end of the tour, most people were drunk from tasting all of the tequila.

We had lunch at a restaurant in the jungle. Mike and I both ordered chicken skewers, as we were eating, we looked down and there was a chicken walking around in the restaurant!! I seriously lost my appetite!!

This is on the beach behind our hotel. It was gorgeous. We were at the beach for only 2 hours, I got so sunburned, I seriously couldn't walk the next day. My joints were killing me, and my chins hurt so deep. Mike had to set a chair up in the shower so I could sit and shower, I was in that much pain. I was actually embarrassed to have to sit in the shower, but Mike thought it was pretty funny. I don't think that he pitied me that much!

We went to a restaurant called Pipis the last night we were there. Highly recommend it. This is the mariachi band, they were great!!! This is my sunburn, I couldn't even wear a bra home on the plane, I am sure that was attractive!

Me and My Mike!!

Spring is here....FINALLY!!

I think that I am safe to assume that Spring is finally here in Fort Collins, trust me, I do not miss the snow at all!! I was so excited for a couple of days of nice weather, so I had to plant some flowers on my front porch. Along with flowers for Spring, we have baby foxes in our neighborhood, and I want one!! They are so cute. They live along the trail in our neighborhood that I walk every morning. They are very playful and don't seem to mind all of the people who watch them. I just wish that I can get closer to them, but my walking partner has forbidden me!!!
Does anybody notice what I did??? I got bangs...I haven't had bangs for at least 8 years, and I needed a change. Not sure what I think of them yet. Some fun news...My Mike and I are going to Puerta Vallarta this Saturday for a little vacay, I can't wait!!! Trying my bathing suit on was not a pretty sight, but I can't do anything about that in 5 days!!! Cellulite and all, I will have a great time!!

WOOHOO!!!!

First of all, I know that I am the worse blogger in the world. I must not have an exciting life or am not as creative as all the people in blogland. I have a hard time coming up with things to blog about and I am not an inspiration like all of the blogs I love, but that is okay, I love having my friends and family visit me on here. So, I guess I will just keep plugging along on here.....Fun news....Bristyn FINALLY got her braces off after having them on for 2 years, 2 months, but whose counting??? I love her smile!! She is so stinkin cute! We took her to Dr Brad Goings here in Fort Collins, he was awesome. He has the best staff of workers, they are all so friendly...Bristyn got hers off and Brenton got his on (but I don't have a picture of that..opps). Bristyn loves to feel her teeth with her tongue!! Next up...my new obsession, Big Ben and Baby Ben clocks. I have looked everywhere here for these old little clocks and I can never find them. So, I started looking on e-bay for them and have won a couple of bids. I love them, they are the best little accessory.

My friend Monas house

These pictures are from Monas son, Vikram, his room....I love all the colors that she has on the walls.

This is at the top of the landing right off of the master bedroom, it is so cozy.

Upstairs hallway

Entry way, it is so welcoming!!

Part of the family room.

Eating area and kitchen.

Even her laundry room is decorated.

A sculpture in the upstaris hallway.

While we were in Vancouver, we stayed with our friends, Mona and Anoop. Mona owns her own decorating business called, Elegant Interiors by Mona. she is very talented. It seems that the decorating craze lately is having an all white house, but I love all the color that Mona uses in her home. She has exquisite taste!! She has such an eye for detail. We always feel so welcome in their home, thank you Mona for putting up with the Thompson clan again!!!

Spring Break in Olympia

The reasons that I want to move back to the Northwest!!! I miss this sweet family so much. Caralynn is nine weeks old now and she is adorable! She is smiling the cutest smile, she is also feisty like her mom!
The best looking Grandpa that I have ever seen! WE want to take her home with us!

Our fun loving Bristyn....she really does not like us right now!! First of all, we took her away from all of her friends for spring break, can you believe that? We must be the worse parents in the world, she actually thought that we would let her stay in Fort Collins by herself to hang out with all of her friends! We drove here to Olympia and it took about 18 hours in the car, she didn't talk to us for the first 12 hours (now that I think about it, that was kinda nice!!). When we were looking on the internet at homes, she started crying, she does not want to move. I am really torn about this. My family and close friendships that I have are here in the Northwest, but Bristyn is so happy in Fort Collins. She told me that we can move, but that she is staying in Colorado.