For my birthday my husband bought me a new camera and for Mother's Day this year the kids and him got me a telephoto lens.  I wanted this so when I go to my granddaughter's hockey or soccer games I can take some great close ups...I played with it first....below are pictures from inside the house of the bunny and finch in my yard...my cats Ms Cali Cat and Silly Salem....the flowers in my daughter's yard...I got lots of wonderful background pictures for my art....

Every year on my granddaughter's birthday I do her a paper bag journal.  This year was her 13th birthday and I have taken some of the pictures of her journal of the year here for you to see...the bag book was so full that my hubby had to do the Cinch for binding it was so full.  I love doing a yearly journal for her with pictures of her life during the year.  She is avid in hockey (all boys' team) and soccer player and an amazing artist. Sound like I am proud? I could burst with pride...

I did a chunky page swap these are some of the ones I did...so much fun.

Here are some pictures of the cupcakes my daughter and granddaughter did in their cake decorating course. I gave Kelly and Nicole the course for Kelly's birthday.  They had so much fun and such a knack for doing this that they are going to carry on with more courses....

here are some pictures of their cupcakes...

I gave my daughter a cake decorating course for her birthday and also added my granddaughter on too as part of Kelly's gift..they had so much fun and are planning on going further with it...