Saturday, July 31, 2010

Yard Work, yuck!

Over memorial day, my dad was able to come and visit for the weekend. While he was here he was gracious enough to tame the untamable "forest" that was our yard. If you know my dad, you know this type of thing is right up his ally. He was able to recruit my awesome bro in law, Darren to help. Half way through the first day Darren was know as "Pedro, the gardener". After many grueling days, and a lot of sore muscle, we are not the "white trash neighbors" anymore. We are now the proud owners of rose bushes instead of morning glory, grass instead of weeds, and unobstructed views. Thanks dad and Darren for working so hard! Xoxox

All ready to start
Pedro doing what he does best...

Dad pulling weeds, while "Pedro" takes a break

Bye, bye weeds, hello dirt.

The "tamed forest". I love our backyard now!

Sunday, July 25, 2010

Craft Craziness

My mom and sisters are unbelievable creative and crafty. We have done a few craft fairs in the past, my stuff usually blahs out. My super cute hair dresser Kelly is also super crafty and we always have fun chatting about our new projects. She informed me that she would be unable to take her booth at the Mormon Miracle Pageant this year and told me to call and see if I could take her spot. I call the lady and was told that there is a huge waiting list and she would have to get back to me. After what seemed like an eternity I finally got the good news that a booth was available for me. I quickly called my sisters and started sewing! After many long nights, frustration, late night walmart runs, and cratfers madness my projects were finally complete. With my mom's help we were able to make a bunch of baby shoe and headband set; onesies, car seat cabanas, burpers and many other things. Our booth ended up being super cute. It was a lot of work but it payed off eventually. I must say thanks to my husband for ignoring the credit card statements, attitude adjustments, and many night of needless frustration. Overall it ended up being a wonderful experience. Hopefully we have learned and will be able to do it again next year.




This is after the "crafting was cleaned up"



Car seat Cabana and Model Madie in her onesie and bow


The creations (this was taken just barely because i realized I didn't have any photos to look back at and see what I had done. This will have to do).