queen bee market - let the shopping begin

I have a great friend that I have yet to meet in person but we are in her words "blog bffs"  Mique is the genius behind 30 Handmade Days - a great resource for ideas, ideas and more ideas on anything from crafts, parties, sewing, etc.  If you haven't visited her site, you really should and tell her Denise said hi.  I'm sure you'll love her as much as I do.  

As if Mique wasn't busy enough she is now taking on more and I couldn't be more excited.  I wanted to share with you Mique's newest venture... Queen Bee Market - a hip, modern, and fresh art and gift show in the San Diego area.

Held on Saturday, May 1st, perfectly timed for the week before Mother's Day and beautiful San Diego weather (but really, when isn't it beautiful weather in San Diego?). 

Unlike any other craft fair or boutique, Queen Bee will feature vendors from all over the handmade scene. With purses, jewelry, home decor, children's items, accessories, baby products and more- you won't want to miss out. There's sure to be something for everyone.

In addition to unique products, we'll also be focusing our attention on giving back to the San Diego area. For more information, read what we're up to on our charity page.

You can also visit the the Queen Bee Market blog or check it out on Twitter and Facebook.

For those of you that are interested in selling at the market go and check out the vendor information.  What a great way to get the word out about the products you make.

I'm making plans now to get myself down to San Diego to enjoy some sun and shopping and I'd encourage you to do the same.  It would make a great girls trip!  So pass along the info.  Perhaps I'll even finally get to meet my "blog bff"   See you there Mique!

going bald for a cause

Hi, this is Nathan and Luke Baker and we are going bald.  Our mom is a little sad to see our hair go :) but it's for a good cause.  

Our cousin Talitha has cancer.  You can read about Tali here.  

We wanted to help so we decided to join with St Baldricks and have our head shaved to show support to those that have cancer and to raise money to help fight cancer.  We are each trying to raise $500.  If you can help us that would be great.  If you don't have the money right now, that's ok too.  Please just say a prayer for Tali and her family - that would be a big help too.

You can check out our websites.  For Nathan go here and for Luke go here.  You can read more about Tali and other kids fighting cancer on our site and there is also a place to make a donation.

You can forward this on to anyone you think would be interested in helping.  We hope that we can get lots of us together to help fight cancer and help lots of kids feel better.

Thank you a lot

Nathan and Luke

i'm a fan...

of my husband!

Derek is 40 today.  Wow, 40!  It doesn't seem like that long ago when I met an 18 yr old Derek at an Angels game.  "Time flies when you're having fun" seems to really apply here.

There were no big plans to mark this milestone.  We had dinner with a few friends Friday night and will have Sunday dinner tonight with some family.  It's all very simple but I hope Derek knows that the kids and I love him and wish him the best birthday ever!

Happy birthday old man!  And Derek if you are reading this do NOT publicly say on this blog in a month "happy birthday old lady"  Yes, there is such thing as a double standard and it most definitely applies here - you have been married long enough to know that :)

We love you!  Happy Birthday!

california cousins + arizona cousins in the snow = lots of cold kids

In January we headed out with our Arizona cousins for a day of fun in snow.  Not sure how well we handled the cold but we still had a great time together.

Our outfits were hodge podge vogue - thrown together with bits and pieces of borrowed snow gear. Vans and converse were worn by many instead of snow boots with very fashionable plastic sacks used to keep out the wet, cold snow. Still not sure they were a success - we had lots of wet, cold feet.

We were grateful that Derek's boss offered up her cabin for the day.  It allowed us a warm place to hang out and place to make (& eat) warm food to ward off the chill.

Big thanks to our Arizona cousins for suggesting such a great outing.

we just finished roadshows

Don't pass out...yes, I am posting to our blog.  


I have lots to share and not a bit of desire to do it but now I'm just starting to feel guilty that our life is passing us by with no record.


All I can muster tonight are these few pictures of roadshow with a very short commentary.


Megan and Emily did great in their numbers.


I was surprised by the number of youth we have in our ward.  When you see them all up there on stage you realize how many youth we have.


I'm grateful for not only a big group of youth but a big group of GREAT youth for my kids to associate with.


And finally, right blue and gold eyeshadow only works when you are on stage.