Friday, March 19, 2010

Fun in the Sun and a new book!

Praise the Lord for beautiful days filled with sunshine!  God knew that we needed seasons to give us a change.  Can you imagine years and years of only one season?  I can't.  I love every season, and just about the time I am getting tired of one, we get a new one!  This week I've been especially loving our Spring weather!

Not only has the weather been great, but Daddy had a day off of work, so to the park we went!  Selah almost started hyperventilating when she looked out her car window and realized where we were.  She is such a ham!  She wasted no time whooshing down the slide.


Those sweet cheeks and  innocent eyes melt my heart every time she looks at me.


Any day when Daddy is home is a good day, especially this year when there haven't been nearly enough!

Sophie was super excited to see a sweet friend from school at the park.  I didn't get too many pictures of her because I couldn't keep up with them.



Sophie was very excited to show off her new found skill of sliding down the pole.

And of course the swing set is a must, but Daddy pushes her higher than mommy would.  I guess that is what makes Daddy's so fun=)

Selah wants to swing in the big girl swing, but  as soon as shes up, she wants to get down!

Too cool for school, obviously.

A little hair raising ride with Big sissy.  Selah is the one who probably needs the helmet.  But whiplash is the most likely injury in one of these little cars.  And if your kids have one, you know what I mean.  Stop-Go-Stop-Go...

It helps to have a BIG TALL Daddy when you're playing basket ball!

Selah was apparently confident in her own skills!  Good form.
All in all, a very fun filled day!



On another note...

 
This is what I'm reading right now.  I love a good book.  This one is proving to be an easy read, but I haven't gotten too far into it.  So far so good!


Stay tuned for more sewing conquests!

Monday, March 15, 2010

Sew Fun!

I love cute ruffle shorts with mongrammed or applique tshirts.  I really wanted to get the girls a few of these matching outfits, but the best price I could find was about $30 per outfit... So I decided that I could do it myself for a lot less!


For about $24, I bought supplies (from Hancock) to make 8 pairs of shorts/bloomers for the girls.  That comes out to be about $3 each pair.  Here's my first attempt.  I used Becky for the shorts and Frannie Baby for the bloomers. 




Hopefully I'll have a cute picture of my precious cuties in these soon!

I am sewing with Jennifer in a few days, so hopefully we'll have lots of cute new clothes to post soon.  Projects are so much more fun when you have a friend to do them with!

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Craftsman Cottage Dream House

Trey and I are toying with the idea of building a house one day, so I've been looking at house plans online lately.  Here are a few of my faves.  We're also looking for ways to build an "expandable" house or to plain just build for less.  First things first, we have to sell our little townhome.  I have no idea if we'll be able to do this in the forseeable future, but it sure is fun to think about...  On another note, we'll be taking Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University this semester in our small group, haha.  I can just see Dave laughing at us now.  I am assuming that we're going to get a drop kick in the gut when it comes to our finances, but hopefully not.  I always love learning new things, so I am looking forward to it.... I think.

this house plan can be found at http://www.dongardner.com/



this house plan can be found at http://www.dreamhomesource.com/

Friday, January 8, 2010

Christmas Day - Celebration 4, 5 and 6!

I lied.  We did 6 Christmases.  I forgot to count the one that occurs at MY OWN HOUSE.  Sad, right?
Well before I take my break from blogging and internet, I'd better hurry up and post the Christmas pics!

Christmas morning before the girls came downstairs!

The present opening begins.  I really have VERY few pictures of this.





Selah tries to learn to use her Sit N Spin=)


After we were done, we got ready and headed to my parents' house for #5.
(I told you I didn't take many pictures)


Luke and Sophie got some super cool gifts!


Selah and Reese got the same little cute tea set.


Reese showed all her toys to PopPop.








Selah already snagged some of Sophie's toys.  She loves wearing princess crowns=)


Selah has been blowing lots of kisses lately=)


Elaine and her baby girl.


HaHa, told you I'd show you Elaine's "evil eye."  All in good fun Elaine.  All in good fun!
She was trying to get Reese to kiss her on the cheek and Reese wouldn't cooperate.





In the background is My AWESOME lamp that my parents made.  They are good!
Daddy trying to help a little girl pull her tights up.


Sophie sporting her Santa Apron that Yaya made last year!


Onto Christmas #6 at Nana and Pop's!  Didn't take great pictures here, but we'll hit the highlights=)
The girls got a fab dual screen portable dvd player.  This should make any future car trips a breeze!








Back at home, the girls dug back into the new toys!




Whew.