I have been in the crafting mood this past week. I think it all started with our enrichment super saturday. I made the neatest blanket all silky on one side and then soft/silky furry on the other. I just love the textures. I also made this beautiful Christ themed picture frame. Then this past week I completed 4 scrapbook pages and made 2 more silky blankets for Christmas gifts. I also squeezed in tidying the house from top to bottom, cleaning out the flower bed and hosing off the back deck and furniture. Brigham just turned 9 months so I know I'm not 'nesting', guess its reverse spring fever as the weather cooled down a bit lately. This is my first time just blogging something random, but I wanted to share pics of my fun blankets--first time using the sewing machine, too!
This one is mine. It's hard to tell here but its a soft cream fur and I love the fun patterned fabric. Its fun to cuddle up with--a teddy bear for grown-ups :)
Although it'll be tough to part with I made this dark brown and floral one for my Grandma.
And this 'Hello Kitty' white fur and oh so silky print is for Elaine. I wanted to surprise her, but had her pick out the fabric at the store she liked. Then I went back later that night to get it. Normally, she is out cold by 8pm at night. Of course, thursday when I was downstairs pinning it together at 9:30pm she comes down for a drink. She never does that and she'd been in bed silent for over an hour! I was so disappointed she caught a glimpse as I wanted it to be a huge suprise on Christmas. Although, she hasn't said anything about it since, so maybe she thought it was all a dream--agh!
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Friday, October 26, 2007
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Camping
One of the highlights of fall break last week was going on the ward campout. And yes I went and slept in a tent and stayed the whole night! (Kirt was telling his Dad about our excursion and he was laughing and didn't believe I went). I guess I can't blame him as I've had issues with camping in the past. But, really it was a great time. I was a bit nervous about the idea of camping in the desert. (Although where else could you camp in October and really only need a sweatshirt and jeans after the sun went down.) But, no scorpions or rattlesnakes attacked. We did hear coyotes howling in the distance, which sounded so cool; I say that in retrospect as at the time I didn't know how distant they really were. So, I woke Kirt to walk me to the bathroom in the middle of the night. Hey, I'm working up to this camping stuff :)




Train Park
The kids were starting to get a bit antsy after a couple of days of Fall Break. So, I was so excited when Erin called to invite us to check out the Train Park in Scottsdale with her. We had a good time. . .and more importantly it helped the kids expend some of that extra energy that'd been building up.
(for some reason pictures from this adventure are not loading---stay tuned)
(for some reason pictures from this adventure are not loading---stay tuned)
Monday, October 8, 2007
Ahoy Mateys!

Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Autumn?
The last couple of mornings Dallin has asked what day it is and then tells me how many left until Halloween. Which amazes me that it's around the corner. I just can't get into fall yet, when its still 95 degrees out. I saw some scarecrows outside of Michaels today which reminded me that I have one and some fun fall decorations. I've just been waiting for the "chill in the air" before setting them out. It has though gotten too cold to swim (as the pool heats to the nightime low), yet not cool enough to hot tub yet. Guess, we'll just ignore that part of our yard for a bit. I'd post a picture of the kids in the leaves, but yah. . .
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