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I have finally decided what to do with this huge, blank canvas I bought at the Gold Mine a while ago. For inspiration, I turned to etsy. It's amazing the range of artists on this site. Some were incredible, and others showed how anyone can open a store on etsy. But that is part of the beauty of it, right? 

ps: the design I've chosen for my canvas isn't that similar to what is shown here, now I need to get off the couch and actually paint it!

This is beautiful. A standard, simple and somewhat dated party decoration turned gorgeous decor. And look at the little guy in that couple's arms!

 Love the bow headpiece and the fiery red! Another retro, mad men-ish love.

My favorite love of the day - Wyatt's first drawing! I gave him a blue crayola, which he snatched with his LEFT hand, and he drew this masterpiece. I am so proud!

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Gorgeous!

I know I am a little late to the game, but I am newly obsessed with the show Mad Men. I am catching up via DVD, and normally I don't like to start in on something after-the-fact (if I wasn't there at the inception, I'm embarrassed to be left behind! - lame), but the set design and costumes drew me in. Those set designers have my dream job.

Just a little 60's inspiration from an old House Beautiful.

Don Draper's office on Mad Men.

If I could find this book I would be in heaven. "vacation-land homes"? What a term.

Fall is Here!

We hiked to the Roundhouse a while back. I was huffing and puffing too hard to take many pictures, but it was beautiful. Here we are on the deck, check out the paraglider (way) behind us.

Peanut had to wear his Hawaiian shirt as much as possible before Labor Day.

         Here he is our tree in our backyard. Don't worry, Jon is holding on from behind. Wyatt's latest "thing" is that he has learned how to say his favorite food, strawberries, so every time he wants to eat he asks for "sawbeez".

Sleep

We need new sheets. Our fitted sheet ripped in the wash. I can't believe that happened, it must have really been rip-roaring in the machine that day. Anyway, I stumbled upon this amazing bedding from cb2. The best part? They are called the "Theo" bedding. What could be better than pretty bedding named after the family poodle?

love.

Cumin

It all started with cumin. The spice. Peanut has discovered the little cabinet nook where I (used to) keep my spices. As we were getting ready for another blockbuster family camping trip at Redfish, Wyatt appeared in the bathroom doorway where I was getting ready holding the little red plastic top to the large bottle of cumin. First instinct is to find where this extremely smelly spice has been poured all over the floor, assuming it is on the wood floor, which comprises 90% of our house. Of course, the cumin has found its way onto the rug in Peanut's room. Let's just say that stuff burns your nose in large quantities. Luckily we were on our way out of town for the night....

Just when I thought we had encountered the worst of the day. Peanut decided he didn't want to be on the boat, he didn't want to be camping, eating, playing, sitting there, basically doing anything. The poor kid was a wreck. We somehow managed a really fun hour at the Redfish Lake Lodge for some bluegrass music and dinner, but it was quickly followed by a meltdown on the boat that lasted, well until we left the next morning. We were up with him 5 (FIVE) times in one night, and he slept in my armpit. That was the only way he was going to have it. No happy pack-and-play night for him. Of course he is blissfully happy today, but I am ready for bed and not going camping again until next summer. Unless I sleep in my own tent.

Also, Wyatt was baptized last weekend at church. This is one of the few pictures we have and it was taken in the Crying Room. Yes, that was another day of my 1-year-old-is-acting-like-a-two-year-old. He sure can be a little pistol.

Camping

We camped at the absolutely gorgeous Redfish Lake on Sunday night. They have live bluegrass music on the lawn in front of the lodge, and afterward we boated over to our secluded camping spot under the towering Sawtooth Mountains. The weather was sometimes violent, mostly beautiful - and we had a great time.

Can you spot Wyatt clapping to the not-so-great opening singer? He was the only guy in the crowd clapping, trust me. He is a big clapper.

Peanut LOVES sticking his head out to the side of the boat and getting some air. If he's not doing that he's crying because he hates wearing his life jacket.