Heather Bailey has a new fabric collection Pop Garden & Bijoux. It is a beautiful "splashy and colorful" floral collection. Fresh flowers in three playful palettes to keep your projects lively and your sewing spirits high. Check out her newly designed blog as well. http://www.heatherbailey.typepad.com/ I can't wait to get some of her fabric and make something amazing!

The Hubs and I went to a really fun outdoor concert last night for Family Home Evening. It was a group from Philadelphia .....similar to "The four Tops" and they played all the great Mow town hits from the 60's and early 70's. There were tons and tons of families there....sitting on lawn chairs or on blankets just enjoying the music. Lots of people went down to the front where the entertainers were performing and danced with their kids...it was really a lot of fun to get out and enjoy the evening.

On of the cutest members of the audience was our "surrogate" grandchild.... Carson! He is just a little nugget of pudge. He loved the music and wanted to run all over the grass area and be right up front where all the action was.
There is just something special about live music that brings people together like nothing else. The last song of the night was a great oldie song "Love Train" ...and pretty soon everyone gathered into a train connecting one person to another...it was huge! People of every different race, men, women, children, mentally challenged people, old and young people, people in all different shapes and sizes.... all connected to each other with smiles on every face.....It was magical and beautiful...and I got choked up....and thought to myself....If this could only happen to everyone everywhere.....peace, acceptance, joy and happiness amongst all people. :)

Looking for something other than french fries, baked potato or mashed potatoes to go along with your dinner tonight? These are to die for!! Yam fries...sweet and delectable! I am telling you there was not one left on the plate last night at our Father's Day dinner! I chose to make mine the shape of regular french fries instead of wedges and they turned out fabulous. The only thing I would like try is....... to make them a little bit crispy next time. Also I forgot to add the paprika and they were still unbelievable. Try them out and let me know what you think! Scrumpshalumpshish!!!!!!! (mine and Tiff's favorite word)