Tom and Lucy's Art Shoppe

I received an e-mail from Tom & Lucy's Art Shoppe inviting me to join them in selling my Baby Bumpkins creations in their upcoming Holiday Art and Gift Boutique. Baby Bumpkins will have it's own booth and we will be selling all of our adorable baby and kid clothing, we will also be taking orders and giving away some free items! I have teamed up with Ruby Wagon and we will also be making and selling adorable, unique Children's Hat's and Tutu's, they are absolutely irresistible! Along with our children's items we will have some unique scrabble tile necklaces and must have glass pendants! You'll have to see it to believe it!

Baby Bumpkins will be among 30 or so other fabulous vendors! It will be an AMAZING showcase of talented Utah Artists! Please come check it out and support, you won't be disappointed!

DATES and TIMES of the ART SHOPPE:
Friday, November 21, 2008 9:30-7:00
Saturday, November 22, 2008 9:30-5:00
Location: 1889 N 1700 E Lehi, UT 84043 brand new beautiful home centrally located between Lehi, Highland, American Fork.

For Directions and Map , and for other Vendor info please visit Tom and Lucy's blog: http://www.tomandlucysartshoppe.blogspot.com/

Fall is Fun!

Today I realized for the first time in many years, that FALL IS FUN! In the past 'many' years I've seen fall as a nice change in temperature but otherwise kind of a bummer because summer is over. I DO love the first snow fall, all of the happenings of the season and the winter sports...but still, summer is over and here comes the unrelenting doom and gloom. Thanks to my adorable nieces and the little neighbor girl, today I re-learned that fall is so much fun! Olivia has also taught me that everything can be exciting and worth doing, even the chores. Here are some pics from our fun day raking and playing in the leaves.

Face Paint

Olivia had another fun day with Avery and Mistie...and everyone else, while I was at work today. If I knew it was going to be a partay I would've chose the party over work any day! (That's probably why no one told me :) Anyways Mistie was generous enough to brave two 1-year-olds and not only that but fight crowds at a Halloween Carnival/Petting Zoo with them too! Amazing. They met up with Lynly and Rylee and Katie and Jack for a fun-filled day at Thanksgiving Point. The kids got their faces painted, tattoos, animal balloons, horse rides, carriage rides, did a little craft and ate lunch too. They had a blast. I am thankful to Mistie for taking such good care of my little Cling-on Spider Monkey of a child and introducing her to her first clown! Thanks also to Lynly and Katie for helping keep track of all the children and making sure the mother-less one stayed among the pack!

Aren't they all SO cute? Avery, Livi, Ry, and Jack all of them 1 and within 4 months of age! (Lucky Jack)

Lunch Time

Scary Clowns and Tattoos...what's better than that??

Awesome Blogger Alert!

I just have to give a giant shout-out to our good Pals Dan and Jenny. Although they've been put through the junkmill with all of their crazy adventures in the past couple, they are two of the coolest, cleverist, most optimistical people I know. :o) They view everything as a good time and a grand adventure as long as they're together as a family with their two beautiful girls. I am posting this bizarre paragraph to give a high-ho to Dan's spontaneity, incredibly quick-witted and sporadically profound writing skillz. His weekly posts crack me up to the core, I always find myself laughing from the inside/out. You might stumble on me trying to "sell" his posts by making others read with me what he's wrote, well...written. He's so clever, the read is worth 10x's it's length! Check them out for a good dose of awesomeness!
T-Dan and Jenny Workman: http://www.4workmans.blogspot.com/
Thunder's newest blog: http://adeficitofattention.blogspot.com/

Ready for another adventure with you two...something like our night at skullcrack, torrential downpour, the unbelievably close call to lighting strike, village inn grub at 4am in our mud stiff clothes, the usual. Good Times.

Our lil' Fighter Girl

I've been getting more and more excited as Olivia is growing up, excited about putting her in lessons of sorts and watching her perform her acquired skills. Olivia has always been known to JAM out and DANCE around whenever and wherever there are tunes on. She immediately zones out and only pays attention to the music and her dancing abilities. So we've decided Dance lessons are a given. What else? Soccer? OK, soccer is something I wish I would have had a go with...something about my brain telling me my legs are getting tangled and twisted up when I try to run and kick a ball at the same time, if there is any way to avoid this then it's worth the lessons. Also, Soccer chicks always have such GREAT legs, and good endurance. Soccer...Check. Next on my list, and on the top of Johnny's, Martial Arts. Our lil' fighter girl, can't wait. It is pretty cute when you see little tykes in their tiny Gi's doing kicks and karate chops. Our good friend Barton bought the cutest little toddler GI for Livi when she was a Baby and it making it's debut today! Thanks Barton :)

Wearing Dad's Thai Shorts

Don't want her to grow up, but can't wait either!

Favorite NEW Accessory

Gotta LOVE these Fabric Covered button Ponytail Holders, and Earrings! Check out my Etsy site for more info :) http://www.babybumpkins.etsy.com/ ! Remember to check my BabyBumpkins blog as well for items that aren't listed on Etsy :) www.babybumpkins.blogspot.com. Also, "Thank You" to everyone who has supported Baby Bumpkins and has added our Link Button to your Blog! :)

Victory

Johnny WON his Fight on Friday at the Mackay Events Center! His fight was very FIRST and even though the Throwdown people were completely disorganized, Johnny got a Victory!! Triangle Choke in the first round :) We're so proud of your hard work and your mad skillz Johnny!
I was too wrapped up in the fight to remember to take pics of Johnny in action, but take it from me he looked GOOD, real good!

Business Cards

Some great business cards I came across in one of my daily google searches, so clever!

Personal Trainer

Hacker, Entrepreneur, and all a round Mischief Maker: The picks can be easily removed from the card and are actually functional as lock picks

Debt Recovery Agent: This is the last client that didn't pay up (broken thumb x-ray)

Lawn Care: Everybody loves a freebie! A few seeds demonstrating how lush can make your lawn greener.
Headhunter: Get rid of the evidence that you ever met the head hunter. Edible.

Divorce Lawyer: Perforated.
Marriage Counselor: scotch tape.

Thanks Melissa!

My pal Melissa made me the CuTEst Sales Log Book for Baby Bumpkins! Melissa has an Etsy Shop BellaMaeDesigns where she does the cutest designs or custom illustrations. She makes journals, sketchbooks, cards, frames, you name it. She's so crafty and I LOVE her style of art! She's also got an Etsy Shop called BreastCancerSucks that has adorable, light-hearted breast cancer gifts for loved ones! She's a fantastic stay at home mom/artist to the max! Check her out! Thanks Liss I LOVE my book! :)

Coolest Playground

Last Weekend Johnny and I stopped at this awesome playground by our house to eat our lunch. Is this not the COOLEST elementary school playground EVER? I had to post because I secretly want to go back and play longer.

They have THIS thing....it's soo cool.

But, PLEASE somebody explain this death slide to me? Is this thing for REAL? I dunno, But I like it.

How cute are these two teetering?!

She's a Rock Climber already, I knew it.

We opted for the safer slide here!

Throwdown II

Johnny is fighting once again in the Throwdown II MMA fights at the Mackay Events Center Sept. 26th! This is Johnny's 3rd professional MMA fight. If you all remember back in April he was Fighting in the Throwdown I fight and just before Johnny's match his opponents' drug test results came back positive, so the other fighter had to forfeit. What a bummer that was. All that training, starving, and mental preparedness to go without fighting...lame. So needless to say we're stoked to have him back in the octagon with a fight this time around. He REALLY enjoys this MMA fighting so I say...Hoorah, carry on! If you want to know more about the fights click HERE for more info and a vid! If anyone needs a ticket we have a limited supply, e-mail me and I will save you one! Remember to wear your Johnny Miller T's, for those of you who bought them! Later ;)

"ROAAR" a day at the Zoo.

We went to the ZOO this past weekend with our friends Jess, Paul and Cohen. Olivia ESPECIALLY loved it this time and was saying "ROAAR" everywhere we went. It was awesome to have Johnny come with us, we LOVE when he's got spare time! We had such a blast and oh, man what a nice day it was. :) Here are some of my Faves of the day: Olivia Waving to the penguins (she loved them)
Paul and Cohen, Olivia and Cohen

Why stand in line to see the white alligator when there is a whole pile of them right outside??
Adorable Cohen
Love the Giraffes
Sleepy Tiger
Olivia Pointed and said "look" at everything! Monkey In Charge
Can't believe summer is just about over, it's days like these that I miss in the dead of winter!