Toad's Treasures Lifestyle Family Blog by Emily Ashby

{Cute Fabric}
I'm a sucker for cute fabric. I always thought the only fabric available was what I found at Joann's or Hancock's. Boy was I wrong!

Designer fabric is SO great! My 1st love was {of course} Amy Butler, but then with the help of Tanya, an awesome fabric co-op, Etsy, and blog browsing--my eyes have been opened to a whole new world.

{Mod Kitchen}
I just came across this line by Helen Dardik and I likie! Maybe its because I've been making oven mitts & kitchen dish drying towels, but I think its great. There are more colors and design options, but here's taste...

What do you think?

{Cow business}
If you are a regular visitor to my blog, then you already know about the sweet calf that passed away a week or so ago. Well, since then we've got another addition hanging out in my parents front pasture...{and no, its not Ethan!}

How sweet is this little guy?!

Ethan can't get enough of him.

I've even been dodging cow pies to give this little calf some mommy lovin'! He was given to our friend Dave from a local dairy. Why? Well, you may see that his front legs aren't quite right...

They aren't sure what is wrong with him, but he has some problems walking because his front hooves curl under. He's being bottle fed, and in the mean time we were all hoping that this mama cow {who just lost her calf} would be willing to adopt! I guess time will tell.

{Fun}
And when he's not loving that calf, Ethan found other way to fill his time...

And when I wasn't watching him love that calf {or shoot that gun} I was reading this book. And like Stephanie Meyer {the chick who wrote the Twilight series} I couldn't put it down. I got it Thursday night and by Saturday at 1AM it was finished. {That's a record for me! i'm usually a slow, distracted reader.}

Do you know which book it is?;)

{The NW}

A newcomer came to Oregon and it was pouring down rain. She got up the next day and it was still raining. It also rained the day after that and the day after that.

She went out to lunch and saw a young kid, and out of despair asked, "Hey, kid, does it ever stop raining around here?"

The kid replied, "How should I know? I'm only 4."

{Quick! To the Coast!}

Needless to say, when the sun comes out in Oregon so do the people! When I heard that it was going to be in the 60's at the coast I couldn't stop myself from packing up the boys. And 57 miles later...

We spent last night listening and watching the waves crash on the shore as we went to bed, and woke up to play in the sand.

Yeah, I'm not so great with the timer...

{Candy Store} On our way out of town I had to stop at the only candy store I can ever remember going to.

This is the stuff that melts in your mouth...

I'm not typically a big fan of salt water taffy...but this stuff is soft, chewy, and oh so yummy.
If you get lucky, you might even get to watch them make the taffy!

But even if you don't like taffy, there's always a white chocolate sand dollar...

or a sweet orange stick to satisfy that sweet tooth.

{I had to admit I loved that Ethan picked this for his treat. I used to LOVE those tasty sticks!}

And then we were on our way back to grandma and grandpa's house.

{Lazy Afternoon}
You can pretty much bet that every ball field in the Willamette Valley had a game playing on it today. This was not a day to be spent indoors. No way.

Dad spent his day out in the shed and working in the yard. The neighbor came to till up the garden with his tractor & then the two of them discussed whatever it is men like these guys talk about. Your guess is as good as mine.;) {And yes, it really was 70+ degrees out there!}

The kids just played around and had a good time...