Cincinnati

My uncle Tim lives mostly in India right now and recently he was home (in Cincinnati) so he decided it would be a good idea to invite the WHOLE family (my dad's side) to his house! Some of us stayed at his new condo and some of us stayed in hotels but everyone but 2 from the family were there! I think Tim was rethinking his great idea after we were all there:) But it was so great to see everyone - for me anyway! I miss seeing everyone and was so happy for the time we had together.

Although, everyone was there I only got pictures of the kids pretty much:)




Here they are all lined up at Uncle Tim's bar in the kitchen eating - bet this is the first time a line of kids has sat here to eat! You should have SEEN the floor after these guys ate here (especially Jake!). I made sure to clean the floor after them because I'm sure Uncle Tim wasn't used to "kid" messes:)

Here's some pictures of Grammy with her angels and her bum arm! And then some pictures of the boys!

We went to the Cincinnati Zoo one day and the kids had a great time! Evan, Rachel and Jillian are sitting on a crocidile statue! Jakey was sleeping!

Rachel really liked the gorillas - here she's standing by a statue and the other ones shows her with the Silverback in the background!














Here Jakey is helping mommy feed the Lorikeets!

My favorite part of the trip was being able to see everyone...especially my cousin Brian because we totally crack each other up:) It makes me feel good that someone else thinks I'm funny! HeeHee! I missed seeing Joey and Matt - too bad they couldn't make it, I thought of them often. I did have an old fashioned in honor of Joey though:) Oh and that reminds me...we ran out of whiskey at least once! We Wisconsinites DO love our old fashioneds!

I miss you all and can't wait to see you all again! Love, Mindy

Lil' Badger!

Jake's favorite passtime....eating! I had his hair buzzed off for the summer! He looks so much older! This is the shortest his hair has EVER been!




















Rachel being goofy!



















Jake is sporting his Badger gear! He's already a Badger fan...well, at least he's being forced to be a Badger fan! Plus he looks good in red!


How about those big cheeks! Just think, those cheeks are at their normal size!!
Oops, Jake's mad about something! Lil' Mr. Attitude!
























Rachel poses by the flowers that she helped plant! She's such a great little helper!




More of the little Badger fan! Jake loves to be outside!
























Rachel smiles for the camera!


















We will be going to Cincinnati for the 4th of July weekend to spend time with the whole Huiting family and we are so looking forward to it!!!!

Father's day

It's been a nice Father's day. We went to some friends house for a BBQ and John twisted his ankle playing street hockey! It stinks getting old!

Here are some new pictures of Rachel and Jacob. Jake had become a ham for the camera as you can see!

Here's a picture of Rachel at a Princess birthday party!

Rachel at the Princess birthday party...down by the lake!
Jacob the ham:) I absolutely LOVE this picture!


More hammy pictures of Jake:)
I'm off now to add more jewelry to my store! Hope you all had a nice Father's day!!

Pictures of the kids.....

Here's some recent pictures of the kids!

The first ones are from Jake's FIRST birthday!

These are some great ones I got of them together playing in the grass!!!

YART SALE!

So a bunch of etsy shops are getting together for a "YART" sale, that's a
take on the "yard" sale, but only with art!

You can check out

http://yagottayart.blogspot.com/

for a list of participating shops!

Or you can search the word "yart" in etsy!

Here are a few things that I am including in my yart sale!

My famous custom birthstone necklace....

My chunky carved jade necklace....

My amazonite and copper pearl necklace with oxidized sterling silver chain....

I have other items included as well! I'm also offering FREE shipping on everything during this sale! Sale goes from June 11 to the first day of summer, June 20!

Saturday!

Ok, a more positive post today! I've gotten some new czech glass flower beads and I love them! I ordered some brass chain, etc. to make some new necklaces with these flower beads! I have made a necklace and some earrings with them and oxidized sterling silver! They are in my shop

http://www.jemsjewels.etsy.com/

check them out!

It's something different for me so I'm excited!

I finished a custom birthstone necklace today that I'll send out on Monday - turned out so great!

On the family front - we are all doing well! Jacob turned one last week and he's starting to walk....eeekkk!!! Such a sweetheart! Here's some pictures of Rachel and Jake!

My first day!

OK, so this is my first attempt at a blog. I really have no time to do this, but what the heck! I make handmade jewelry that I sell on etsy
www.JeMSjewel.etsy.com
so stop by and take a look!
I will post more later when I have more time and when I can figure this whole thing out a little better!