Oh what a day with Jimmy and our furry friends...

Up early and off with the furry kids for bagels and a road trip! Our furry kids are 3 American Cocker Spaniels. We tell them we are going on a field trip and they get all excited. After the bagel and soda stop we head to the coast.

I was determined to have the kids go to a beach, see the ocean and get their furry paws cooled off in the water. It wasn't the easiest thing to find a beach the boys could play on. On Hwy 1 we found a beach access area with only a couple people so we stopped. This is the place for us and off to the beach we go. The boys names are from oldest to youngest is Toby (the Brut), Cory (little tuff stuff) and JoJo (social butterfly) they had the time of their lives.

We leashed them up and walked to the beach. Once we were away from the Hwy and people we unleashed the boys and off they ran. Toby and Cory ran to the water until a wave came at them scared them a little. They got their feet wet and ran along the shore with their ears flappin and big smiles on their faces. JoJo was a little different he wasn't so excited to see the waves coming towards him. He stood back and watched his brothers and Dad. He didn't need to get any closer to the water but he loved the beach! This was a first for the boys and their smilers were really waggin and their tongues were hangin.

After hangin awhile at the beach it was time to head out and find some munchies...lunch for the humans and snacks for the boys. We stopped in Capitola and enjoyed lunch in a Deli/Bakery what a business it was booming. Good food and great company with my sweetie. We finish lunch and back in the car to head home. As you can see by the pictures they had a good time! The first picture is Cory doing a little sunbathing. The 2nd pic is of all 3 boys Cory in the front, JoJo on the left and Toby on the right.

Back at the house after a kool field trip with the family it's time to do some designing. Jewelry time working on soldering some hoops for some kool 3-D earrings. I am working to finalize my hoops so I can get them out on my website at http//twyla.artfire.com. I have a lot of new jewelry to get on my site and will be working on it the next couple of days. Make sure to drop by and see my new designs and let me know what you think.

I had a fabulous Saturday with Jimmy (my honey), Toby, Cory and JoJo I am off to rest for another big day tomorrow. Come back and see what all the talk is about...

OMG it's been over a month since I have blogged!

Where in the heck does time go...
I enjoyed lunch today with my daughter and my Mom. In the course of our meal Kristy, my daughter tells me she looks at my blog all the time and there hasn't been any news lately. Oh, she is so right I am trying to get back on track. So here I am writing again to my friends and anyone else reading.

The most exciting news I have to share is the Bead Trends Magazine May Issue is out in print and I am the Designer Highlight Lynda Geidl (a.k.a. Twyla of Twyla's Designs). Now's the time to buy Bead Trends to see my beautiful designs. There are 10 pages displaying 6 different pieces of jewelry. They have done a fabulous job of photographing my designs and I am very pleased with the published article and photos. When you are near a Barnes and Noble, Michael's or other book or craft stores look for Bead Trends.

I have requested the files to post on my website but that will probably take a few weeks to have the files sent to me. As soon as I receive them I will blog to share the news so anyone can go to my website to see my publication.

I am off the computer for the evening and will be busy tomorrow. Come back and check my blog I have a BIG day tomorrow and I will share it tomorrow evening hopefully with a picture!