Keith is such a good dad... Lilly asked for blue eggs so she got blue and Lauren got pink. Yuck.

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A Celebrity Bought One of My Dresses!

Nicole called me today to let me know that Romany Malco (the black guy in 40 Year Old Virgin, Conrad on Weeds, the doorman from Baby Mama) bought one of my dresses from her store, Morgan's Boutique.  He was shooting a movie in Grand Rapids and came over to Holly with the producer to scout filming locations.  

This is the guy:

And this is the dress:

Cute, huh?

That is my brush with celebrity. 

4th of July and Such

We went camping at Lost Lake Woods in Lincoln.  It is a private hunting/sportsman club that Keith's friend's dad is part of.  We hauled the camper up and spent the fourth of July weekend up there.  It was a lot of fun.  It is a beautiful area with lots of lakes and trails.  They really have something for everyone.  We watched their parade and fireworks on the 3rd and then headed to Tawas on the 4th to do it all over again.  Unfortunately, we did not make it to the Tawas parade because Oscoda shut down their south bound traffic during their parade.  Oh well.  It was still fun.  Here are some pictures of some of the fun that ensued. 

 

This was the group we camped with.  Keith and the girls are on the left then Harrison, Dave, Dennis, Jaimee and Kimmie is in the golf cart.  Lynne, Matt and Jack somehow escaped this photo.

Matt and his son Jack.  Keith and Matt work together at Isuzu.

Dog in the parade that really did look like a lion from a distance.

Lilly watching the parade and Jack eating some of his goodies after the parade.

We did the pony rides after the parade.  The girls each got to ride Star.  He is a 28 year old horse.  Lauren seemed a little scared but Lilly really liked it.

Lauren made Lilly sit in the driver's seat!  Before this Lauren was sitting in the driver's seat and Lilly was pushing the accelerator. 

Picnic time at Dennie and Lynne's house.

Lauren and Harrison.  (He is Dave and Kimmie's 4 1/2 year old son.)

Standing on the dock looking out over Tawas Bay to the Tawas Point Lighthouse.

Pa had to give Lilly a lift because she got so tired walking on the dock.  We did go all the way out the longest stretch of dock.

She was so tuckered out from our walk on the dock that she slept the whole time we visited Uncle Kurt, Aunt Erika, Derek and Erika's parents out at the state park.  She looks like a little froggie!

Pa got the girls some new bikes to keep at his and Grammy's house.  Lauren has a Princess bike and Lilly has a sea star bike.  I was amazed how well they did on their new big girl bikes!

I made a new style of dress for my upcoming trunk show at Morgan's Boutique.  It is also the first time I shirred anything.  The above pictures were taken before I completely finished and that is why you can still see the thread on the sides of the dress.  Lauren loves this dress and looked adorable in it.  I had a hard time getting her to take it off so I could finish it.  I will definitely be making more of these.

And Lilly could not be left out of the photographing so this is what she did to be like her sister.
I can't believe my girls are going to be 3 and 4 in a few weeks.  Kind of makes me sad especially when I look at Lauren.  She is not baby at all anymore.  They are both growing so much and saying the funniest things.  I love them more and more every single day!  Still sad to see my babies grow up.

Hot!!!

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...And We Danced The Achy Breaky Heart Polka

Yesterday we went to a birthday party for one of Keith's co-workers, Matt.  He may be better known as Keith's hunting buddy.  It was held at German Park in Ann Arbor with lots of jolly men in lederhosen and a polka band.  FYI:  If you give Lauren a decent beat, she will dance, which means mama is dancing, too.  It was a lot of fun.  I got to meet all the people we will be camping with next weekend and later again in August.  I loved them.  They are all so nice and have little boys around the girls ages. 
I was disappointed with the food.  Come on!  A German Festival consists of beer, brats and sauerkraut, naturally, but they didn't do very well with any of it.  It cost $5 for anyone over 12 to get in but then they work you over with the price of food and beer.  Plus, once you paid to get in, you could not get back in without paying $5 again.  Did I mention our hands were stamped when we paid but the stamp said, "No Re-entry."  It was like the Berlin wall of beer drinking festivals.  The perimeter was secured with 7 or 8 foot chain link fencing with barbed wire on top.
We did have a great time and of course, I took pictures of my little dumplings before and during the party.  I wish Lilly would always let me put her hair in "punky" tails.  They are also sporting so Wearing Mama Out dresses.  I made Lilly's the morning of with the cutest robot fabric.  She looks so good in green and orange and freakin' loves robots! 
Today we are just hanging around the house.  We had planned to go to the Michigan Balloon Challenge in Howell but the weather really isn't cooperating.  It rained early this morning and we haven't had anything else but a storm is about to roll in any minute.  Plus, I heard south of us is getting drilled.  Wouldn't want to pay to see balloons and a carnival and then have everything shut down due to the weather.  We'll just try again next year.
Enjoy the pictures:

Did you notice how red Lilly's hair looked in these pictures?  She looked so cute.  Everyone was in love with girls and they were so well behaved.  Matt's mom is ready to spoil them when we go camping with them because they only have grandsons.  I think they picked the right girls!