Elle Is For Living!

Attack of a hummingbird....almost!

In tomorrow's video, you will see this little guy pop in on the left hand side of the screen and then see me and quickly back peddle out again. The sound of his wings seemed really loud to me but they didn't pick up on camera.

For best viewing, click on the first picture and scroll watching the little guy at the left hand side of the screen.

Sunday Chat: Be There

Sunday Chat: Accepting Change

My boys

By request, here is an outfit of the day of both of my boys for our Date Night.

TGIF! Going out for Date Night

It has been a crazy busy couple of weeks at work (can you tell by my accidentally posting two videos on the same day…..twice! Oops)

It is not only Friday but we are in town for the weekend - woohoo! Mark and I are going out for a date night dinner.

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Even though we were in the high 80’s today, it will be in the low 60’s tonight and we are sitting on the patio so I am taking this sweater. Yes, I crocheted it J

I really love the pattern for the collar (sorry it is sitting funny) as well as the detail around the waist. I have actually crocheted this in several different colors. (Sorry, I couldn’t find the pattern offhand to be able to reference it)

I hope that everyone has a wonderfully relaxing weekend.

♥ Elle

Sunday Chat: Forgiveness

Sunday Chat: Contentment

More pictures of Olivia's vacation in Hawaii

Three of my favorite girls (Olivia on left, my sister Leanne in the middle and my oldest niece Amanda on the right)

Sisters reconnecting and finding out they still are best friends

Mother and daughter - gee, can you see the resemblance? :-)

A family vacation wouldn't be complete without pedicures

An amazing girl...

who is ready to show the world all she has to give!

Love you Liv!!!

Elle's Life March

Here are a few snippets of my month that I didn't share in my March Favorites video.

Our centerpiece for this month was St. Patrick's Day. I love that Mark does these for our dining room table and I think he does a wonderful job!

I was blessed to be able to get together with my snowbird girlfriend again while she is here in Phoenix. Her time always goes far too quickly for my liking. This time we met for Thai. Definitely not the best Pad Thai I ever had but the company more than made up for it!

On one of our trips, I had this most amazing seafood stuffed avocado. Yum! I get hungry just thinking about it.

As you can see, our allergies are still going strong but, everything being in bloom is so pretty that we can't complain.

This is the knitting project that I started when Mark and I were first dating that I committed to finishing this year. It is a sweater for me but apparently I was a lot smaller back then lol! It is actually a very stretch lace pattern. As my eyesight has deteriorated, this black lace pattern has become a nightmare for me to work on.

I figured it was time that I pull it back out if I am going to finish it this year. Any knitters out there know that when you put a project aside for a long time, it is a horrible thing to have to pull it out and figure where you left off (on the sweater and in the pattern). I can say that like most things in life, this was much easier than I dreaded. I have finished the front (needs the neckline) the back and 80% of the sleeves.

Work is 'challenging' with a new boss and lots of pressure but, I still realize how blessed I am and life is fantastically good. I hope yours is as well.