Fantastic days - summer is here!!! (and swatches from Spoonflower!)

 I got a yard of stretch knit plus a swatch sampler from Spoonflower last week. It's been a long time since I got a real piece of fabric from there, and their quality plus my pattern skills have probably both improved :)

This helicopter fabric is part of the Baby Boy collection over at Spoonflower.
(The fabric ended up with this lady over here)

The swatches were proofs for two different collections. One featuring gumball machines and one with birds in bold colors.

And also swatches to proof random contest designs. Since I started using Spoonflower's own color sampler, most every color has turned out exactly how I want it. Yay!

What's more terrific than swatches from Spoonflower is the fact that SUMMER IS TOTALLY HERE!!



Sharing the feeling... 

football with dad

My favorite... summer evenings... the light when the sun is below the houses around us, so we can't see it, but it gives everything a warm glow...

Sun is setting and kids are cuddling up in towels after splashing all day...

and this pool is where I wish I spent all day :)

Have actually used it a few times already = supersummerperfectness!!

 

and after the day is done and kids are in bed, this is my new favorite place to relax. (after all the picking up & dishes & bottles & pj's & prayers & sweeping etc. you know.)
My mother in law found the red chair (TULLSTA chair from IKEA) at the Goodwill outlet for $15! Score~! The other stuff I had/moved from other rooms, so I finally got the cozy seating area in the kitchen, like I wanted.

















I am loving the season, even if it's so busy. Our 4th of July was the greatest ever. We took the kids to a huge park (Alderbrook Park, 10 from where we live) where they had train rides, pedal boats, horse rides, bounce castles, clown and magician, food to feed fish, pirate boat for climbing ETC in the most beautiful park with huge lawns, nice walkways, lush trees and a pretty lake.
Kids loved it, and we did too.
In the evening the girls stayed with grandma while we took the boys to Vancouver Fort to watch the annual firework show. The weather has been so great - just around 80 - since the beginning of July, so everything was ideal.

I'm really gonna enjoy this while it lasts - after this lousy spring following last year's fiasco!! SUN! YAY!!