Vintage Wedding Refashioned Frock GIVEAWAY!!!!

When I saw this dress, I wished I could get married again and be skinny again just to wear it! Thankfully though I am already married to a wonderful man, so I will just tell my friends they should get married and wear this dress.
Vintage Wedding Refashioned Frock GIVEAWAY!!!!
As always I am amazed by her craftsmanship, and I love her style. I talked to my friend the other day and told her she needs to see this dress, since she just got engaged and wants a simple yet beautiful, inexpensive dress. She looooved the dress, and that says a lot because she works in NY, buying clothing for fashion stores or something. I think this dress would fit her style to a T. So I am posting about this dress for her I would love to be able to get it for her.

Catch up, photos of our spring!

When it finally got warm enough to go out in the wagon we did so a lot. But as you can see after being in a cave all winter it seemed bright out.
We spend lots of time in the car!
Matt and Ruthie catching a snooze together, yet the littlest one is wide awake and jumping on the couch next to them, you can see her hand.
We go for walk-abouts often, this time I think we were up Pine Creek.
It was cold and windy!
Ruthie is growing up so much, she loves being outdoors, and at the cricks and mountains, she likes to catch bugs and frogs or collect rocks. She is awesome, I love this about her.
While Lizzie on the other hand is still young to appreciate the outdoors fully, so she turns her attention to Grandpa! And she definitely has all of his attention, having him wrapped tightly around her finger.
Here are the girlies in their Easter dresses!
Photo shoot in the yard, and Rosebud showed up to play!

Be careful, she scratches!

Then Matt was convinced our Silver Maple tree was rotten inside and dangerous! I had to watch them cut my beloved tree down.

We got help from our friends Steve, Daniel, and Matt's brother TJ. They were an extraordinary help. Thanks guys!
It rained off and on and got windy for a while, but they got it down without breaking anything. What a blessing!
And sure enough, it was really rotten inside, I guess Matt knew what he was doing!

Before the batteries died I got a cute picture of a girly in a blue dress picking Blue Bells! How beautiful. Now you are almost caught up to life with the Jolley's! Maybe I will try posting again before too long.

The Butterfly Tea Party

We had a little party with our friends. We had a storm that made it hard for them to even make it up to us but we were grateful for them making the trek.


Here is the pre-party face.

Awaiting guests to arrive Ruthie read a book to Elizabeth.
Mommy got a little carried away with decorations, but it is winter then and I love doing creative things. So I made name cards, and decorated with butterflies.
It was perfect because Lizzie had just received a gift of a tea party picnic set with butterflies on it, so we used those.
I made it look fun for the kids but Matt hated it because he had to duck to go into the dining room.
Lizzie is trying her hardest to blow up the balloons!
And again too much time in the winter to sit and create things. But they turned out beautiful, and tasted pretty good too! Butterfly cupcakes and of course a carrot cake with cream cheese frosting for those of us who like what it tastes like more than how it looks.
Happy Birthday to you...Happy Birthday to Elizabeth...
Such a doll!
Yummy! Say cheese, silly face.

She got lots of fun gifts too. Mostly we were just excited to have our friends come over and hang out. But thanks for the gifts too.
We all had lots of fun, and then our guests had to drive back over the icy pass with kids on a sugar rush.

I tried to keep the other kids out of the pictures on here since I didn't know if they would appreciate me putting their pictures on the internet, but truly there were other kids and they were very cute too. I got some nice pictures of them.

Happy Belated 2nd Birthday Lizzie Jean!!!

So I am a little bit late in posting pictures from Lizzie's Two Year Birthday back in February!
Here is her with the fish tank from grandma and grandpa, we have gone through many fish already. But it is a fun thing to have.

Packages arrived in the mail from aunt Jenny, uncle Eric, and Jacob and Brennen.
She got a cool butterfly bingo game, and Ruthie got in on the excitement too with some stickers and tattoos.
Lizzie got a frog blanket too, that both girls wanted to have wrapped around them. She looks adorable in her leggings!
Mommy made a fleece cat for her, that she loved for about two days :)
Just look at that smile, so fake. She is still learning to give a soft smile on command!
For now I just love this one.

She got lots of new thrift store furniture for the calico critters they have.
And finally, she gets to see what mom and Ruthie have been working so hard on.
I, with some help from Ruthie, refinished a log style doll house from the thrift store.
It was an awesome find, they gave me a great deal and it turned out beautiful, I kinda wish I could live there.


Mommy had to play with it and get it set up the way she likes it. But they have their own creative minds and it doesn't stay the way I like it long.
Happy late birthday my sweet little girl. I love you lots!