Ashley's 6th Birthday

My girlfriend Helen, alias: "Party Girl" had a Birthday Party for her daughters 6th Birthday this past Saturday and she did a Fantastic job!

The Theme was Carnival...and that cake is Awesome!

Helen with her hubby, Matt.

Ashley with a friend waiting for the cake!

The Birthday Girl!

Dawn suggested it, so blame her....

I was fighting with our weed-eater and Dawn told me to stop whining and go take some pictures...She had a good idea and I'm going to bore you with a few (36) of the photos I took...I also want you to know the mosquito's were swarming and every place I did not spray with repellent was attacked...So these photos were itchy and painful...Enjoy!

If you remember I took photos of this caterpillar last October. They like a vine we have growing on the yard fence. I do not remember their names, lol, and it's late and I don't want to go search either. So just enjoy the caterpillar photos.

Do you see that little pest...it's a mosquito!! He has millions of relatives buzzing around and I'm not to fond of them either :o)

Julie getting a drink out of the water tank. See her tail swishing, the mosquito's are driving her crazy too...

A white butterfly.

Rudbeckia or Brown-eyed Susan.

Clasping Venus's Looking Glass.

Itty bitty spider on flower.

Queen Anne's lace

Gentian Family (Possibly Texas Star)

Orb Spider on Texas star bloom.

Hey, there's Jake! Such a pretty boy!

Hairstreak butterflies.

What's outside my Front door....Ahhh I love it!

Bzzzz....

Pipevine Swallowtail amongst the wildflowers.

Since it was afternoon the butterflies were warmed up and fluttering non-stop, not easy to get a good photo.

I think the bees were drunk on pollen!

It's bad enough Michael sticks his tongue out and ruins a good photo, now Jake is doing it too, sigh!

Oak amongst the wildflowers...it's just unbelievably beautiful!

BeeBalm

Further back from the Oak and still drenched in wildflowers. Yes this is what I see everyday at the moment, it never ceases to amaze me!

And even further back from the Oak and a sea of wildflowers!

Spring is definitely here with Summer not too far behind. We've already had a few days in the 90's, not sure I'm ready yet, ugh!

Another bee buzzing around.

Ekkk a wasp...Ouch!

A solitary bloom...one of my favorites from the day!

Symmetry...isn't it cool?

fuzzy Caterpillar...
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and that's it folks...I hope I didn't bore you?

I used my Macro lens and my 28 - 105 mm lenses just in case you were wondering...

Love...

Michael and Grammy at Corpus Christi Botanical Gardens...

I thought my Mother needed some love and decided to do this layout. Michael won't talk to her on the phone and I know she misses him...But then he won't talk to anyone on the phone so don't take it to heart Mom.

Credit:
Grandparents 101 kit by Dawn Inskip @ PickleberryPop.com or Catscrap.com

He made my day!

Michael told me it was my Birthday and he would do anything I asked...I just asked for no whining or complaining and he was the perfect angel today. Thank you Michael for making my birthday so special, I love you!

Happy Birthday to Us!

There's no one else on Earth I'd rather share my Birthday with...Mine is today and my Mother in Law, Criste's, Birthday is tomorrow!!

Happy Happy Birthday!

It's My Birthday and this is what we did...

Michael and Fred heading out in the Kayaks...

Michael's in the lead...

When we got to where the creek opens up Michael decided he was going to fish from a sand bar....He pretty much played in the water and gave up on fishing, sigh!

There are two small rapids where we have to get out and pull the Kayaks...Fred hates it but Michael and I don't mind...nice to cool off and get your feet wet...

Michael waiting on Daddy...

Michael taking photos to kill time...aren't I gorgeous :o) ha ha ha ho ho ho...When I'm Kayaking I'm not there for fashion as you can tell.

It's us...

I had a good time, wish I'd left the boys at home and I might have been able to fish a bit more...Fred and Michael were both griping as they weren't catching anything or getting bites...I told them the fish were there they just had to be patient...and then I caught a catfish and then Fred and Michael wanted to go home, lol...

Jen Maddocks designs...

I received a kit today and was just tickled...It's by Jen Maddocks and is called Beetles Bugs & Butterflies and can be found here at her store.

I went back to October 2009 for some of my favorite butterfly photos and I love what I came up with! Thank you Jen, beautiful kit.

Credits:

Beetles Bugs & Butterflies kit designed by Jen Maddocks @ http://jencropable.com/jmdesigns_shop/

Template is from Cottage arts and was a freebie.

Foto wordart designed by Anna Aspnes @ DesignerDigitals.com

Date stamp designed by Liz @ scrappingwithliz.com

Peacock Butterfly October 27 2009

Credits:
Beetles Bugs & Butterflies kit designed by Jen Maddocks @ http://jencropable.com/jmdesigns_shop/

I'm loving how these digi layouts turned out and I had a blast playing with all the digi goodies :o) I did adjust the Hue and Saturation on some of the papers to help blend in the colors...But that is what is fun about doing digital layouts you can play around until you get what you like! Hope y'all have a GREAT weekend!