In A Nutshell - March

March - March came in like a lion and went out like a lion.  It was pretty much all lion, all month.  At least here in Dramaville.  As work finally wound down all the other things I'd been ignoring for months  swarmed in to claim my attention.  It was exactly like that - a big swarm of everything buzzing in my ears demanding attention.

Here's what bubbled to the top...

There's a store here in L.A. called Whimsic Alley.  

For a Potterhead where could be a better place to visit on your birthday?!

Later, at home, Hagrid made her cake.

What's a celebration without Chocolate Frogs?

Plus a few besties for a Hogwarts style feast?

It was a pretty Potterific celebration!

Speaking of Magical Celebrations...

A special lil' bunny hopped on by our house and left some sweet surprises...

Winston thought it was pretty amazing!

There were plenty of treats to go around!

In the end, everyone was happy that Spring had hopped on in!

In A Nutshell - February

February - You were a bit of a blur too.  The routine was now: dog, work, dog, school stuff, dog, mom stuff, dog, sleep, repeat.

Somewhere in between all of that we put together a little thing called the Blue, Gold, and Pink Banquet.  Some of you who know Boy Scouts might be familiar with the Blue & Gold Banquet, but in our ward this year we added the Activity Day Girls in for some awards and fun - thus the Pink.  Because of my calling in Primary, I ended up deep in the middle of it all.  Our theme was "campfire".

I had the Mr. make us a "campfire" we could gather 'round for our program.

I made the awards and lanyards for our Activity Day Girls

The campfire theme travelled to our table decorations with some help from one of our Activity Day leaders.

I made these super cute and easy flag garlands.  

I loved how they brought the colors in, but kept the decorations simple.

For the cake competition my girls and I made this campfire cake.  The girls especially liked breaking the Pirouette cookies and smooshing the melted Starbursts to look like flames.

There's Lil'Sis getting her awards.

Big Sis was proud to get her awards too!

It was a fun night, but a bit of a blur in the middle of everything else we had rolling at the time. 

 I'm glad we captured a few pictures or I would never have remembered it!  

Sometimes that's just the way it is in Dramaville...

In A Nutshell - January

Well, suddenly here it is July and as per usual, blogging has been pushed to the very bottom of a very long list.  However, today I find myself a little tied down as I comfort one sad little pup after his recent "Procedure" at the vet's.  But, wait.  I seem to have forgotten that Winston's arrival in Dramaville hasn't quite made it to the blogosphere yet.  So, seeing as I have 6 months to recap, I'll just highlight the events of major importance from the last few months.

January

Oh, January.  You were such a blur.  Fascinating and exhausting.  I spent the month juggling a full but temporary job with a full but very permanent life as mother, wife, school volunteer, and church volunteer.  Life was pretty much work, school stuff, food-mom-wife stuff, work, sleep, repeat.  However, there was one very important little thing that happened about halfway through the month that changed our lives dramatically (and in Dramaville, that's saying something!)

We welcomed a little addition to our family.  No, not what you're thinking, but close...

Meet Winston

Hey, lil' guy!

Guess whose dog he is?  

That face. 

Suuuuper Win!

So, you see - things got a little hairy around here.  

But, we love it.  

That's just life in Dramaville.