Beautiful

My mom makes sugar flowers for cakes (she did both my wedding cake and my 30th birthday party cake) and my aunt paints, so while we were visiting the Biltmore Estate on vacation, they kept asking me to take pictures of different flowers so they could paint them/make out of sugar. Some of them are so beautiful, I wanted to share them here.

Catching up on things...

Life has been very busy at Spiderwick House. Firstly and most importantly, we've been dealing with a very sick puppy. About 6 weeks ago, Rocky started vomiting and lost his appetite. Several trips to the vet have resulted in lots of different medications. Two weeks ago the vet thought we might need to start ruling out food allergies. We switched to a venison and potato food and a chicken, oatmeal and rice food, and he really started to rebound. He didn't throw up for a week and he seemed to be back to his overly energetic self. Last weekend, after feeding him a bite of hamburger, he immediately got sick again. So, we're pretty sure we're dealing with a beef allergy. So now, as if I wasn't obssessed enough with reading food labels for myself, now I'm reading labels for the dog. Being a mom is wonderful. The only good thing about all this is that Rocky did lose the little bit of extra weight he was carrying, and now he looks nice and fit. If only I could do the same...

And of course, he's still ending up in awkward sleeping positions:

We've also become gardeners, sort of. Hubby is attempting to grow strawberries in deck planter in our backyard. Don't know if it's actually going to work, but we do have flowers on two plants - that's a good sign right?

We are also in the midst of a slight bathroom remodel. With the help of hubby I've repainted the walls, and painted all the oak trim white. I've got one last coat to put on some of the trim, then it will be all done. I can't wait. I'll post a few pictures when it's all done.

And lastly, here are a few pics from my vacation to Asheville that I took with my mom and two aunts. It was a lot of fun.