Life around here lately.

Making cookies for best friends.

Playing with new Webkinz bought with a little spending money. (That's Tigey the Tiger Snake.)

Building a new Indiana Jones LEGO set.

Building more LEGOS!

Making amazingly intricate LEGO worlds out of the millions of cool little pieces in their stash. (My mom bought the kids this cool set of people and it has proved to be a real winner - highly played with. Secretly, I knew it would be.)

Finishing a pretty pink skirt for a pretty little girl. (Made it with this WONDERFUL tutorial! Easy as pie and so well finished off. Love it. Will definitely make more.)

Trying on our new Ron Jon Surf Shop shirts/necklace from our loving Aunt Jamie.

Embroidering names on fabric and making little pillows after learning about Medieval tapestries in our Artistic Pursuits book. (Great job Jacob and Nicole - they had so much fun and worked so hard. With a little help from a nice long nap from Mikey we got it done in an afternoon.)



This is the stuff of days. These days are wildly exhausting, mighty frustrating at times and super crazy, but they are blessed days - happy and blessed beyond measure.

Mosaic Meme

Thanks to Melissa for doing this. It really was fun to do!

Here's how to play:
1. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.
2. Using only the first page, pick an image.
3. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd’s mosaic maker.
4. Save image to hard drive and post to blogger.
5. Copy HTML code for flickr photo credits and paste into blogger at the bottom of the post.

1. What is your first name? Celeste
2. What is your favorite food? Tex-Mex
3. What high school did you go to? Mt. Carmel High School
4. What is your favorite color? Blue
5. Who is your celebrity crush? Dennis Quaid
6. Favorite drink? Frappacino
7. Dream vacation? White sand beach
8. Favorite dessert? Chocolate cake
9. What you want to be when you grow up? Heavenly
10. What do you love most in life? Jesus
11. One Word to describe you? Busy
12. One hobby of yours? Quilting




1. Celeste Yawning, 2. Not available, 3. Bellfort Street and Mt. Carmel High School — Houston, Texas, 4. blue and white...2008, 5. Dennis Quaid, 6. 29/365, 7. White Sand Beach, White Island, Camiguin, Mindanao, Philippines, 8. Velvet Chocolate Cake with Prunes Soaked in Earl Grey Tea, 9. Heavenly, 10. Jesus from the Deesis Mosaic11. Not available12. Not available