(edited) after having 3 people get the kit (rather than come for the actual class) for my Father's Day album I thought I would post the photos of the mini album here instead of including 17 photos with the directions! 
Have you made your hubby a father's day present yet? Well, if you haven't... on Saturday, June 14th (the day before Father's Day) I will be teaching this class at K2 from 1 till 3. We will be using a Basic Grey paper line along with some embellishments from Basic Grey, Creative Imaginations, Hambly transparencies, Tim Holtz (crackle paint) and Autumn Leaves journaling stamps!
...don't you find something so adorable about a baby that is a complete mess. Brody is getting to the stage where he wants to feed himself. He watched me give Riley a pudding after dinner the other night and so of course he wanted one....and the above picts were the results of that!!! So cute.
We had so much fun.... Sean and I went to Ceviche for dinner last Saturday night. We went to the roof top bar for a drink while we waited for our table. Even though the temp was 86 degrees it was very enjoyable, there was a great breeze...overlooking the Sarasota Bay. Then we were seated on the first floor and had a delicious meal! We shared salmon ceviche, a warm goat cheese, a filet with mushrooms and a duck/pear salad with candied walnuts...yummm. After dinner we drove out to the Haye Loft (the 2nd floor of Euphemia Haye) and had coffee and dessert. It was such a nice evening and I highly recommend both places!!
Hope everyone enjoys their Memorial Day weekend!
xoxo
nikki
A big bass that Sean and Riley caught the other night. Sean bought Riley a new pole and they were testing it out...I guess it worked great! I know it brings Sean great joy that Riley loves to fish as much as he does!
Sean was fishing off our dock when he caught this alligator. It was over three feet long. He tried to get it into a cooler and take it to Oscar Sherrer State Park, but it snapped the line when he was pulling it up onto the dock. Yikes! Hopefully we will never see it again.
Brody and Pop Pop
A cool antique scale.
This is the little antique store/ ice cream shop...so quaint.
One morning last week after droping Riley off at school, Dad, Brody and I drove out to Hundsader Farms. I have not been out there for a couple of years now. Each time I have been there was for the fall festival with thousands of people. It was really nice to enjoy the farm, the little antique store, the play ground and the petting zoo. We had the whole place to ourselves. Not to mention the veggies we came home with were absolutely delish.
What a blast watching Riley and Gavin "catch" (Sean and Travis would cast and hook the fish and the boys would reel them in) one fish after another. In the two hours, both boys caught 7 or 8 fish each. I am not sure if they had more fun catching fish or playing in the sand and water. I do know that they were exhausted when it was over. I was so glad that Brody was feeling better and we were able to go out to the beach and watch and take some picts!
(Archie's whole leg had to be shaved) 
(Archie curled up on our chair, letting his body rest and heal)
Two weeks ago Archie and Wiley were playing outside when I heard some "screaming" (It honestly sounded like a child screaming). I ran out there and Archie was standing there crying out in pain and pulling his back leg up. I carried him into the house and layed him down in hopes that he had just pulled a muscle... The next day he was still not putting any weight on it, so I called the vet and took him in for x-rays. They determined it was a possible ACL tear in his knee. The vet referred me to an ortho/surgical vet here in town. We had to wait almost a week to see him, when he agreed that Archie had torn his ACL and possibly his meniscus as well! We scheduled his surgery for this past Monday. I was able to pick him up yesterday and bring him home. He has a good prognosis but his healing time is 8 weeks of no running, jumping etc... (that will be a huge challenge). Dr Kirsch and his team over at Coastal Veterinary Surgery did an amazing job. I would highly recommend him for any of your ortho veterinary needs!
After a day of being cooped up inside we decided to head outside to the Venice fountains and then grab dinner to go at Luna's. The boys had so much fun playing with Daddy. They were completely exhausted by the time we got home!
