kids are so fun!!!

I looked out side in time to see that my kids got creative on how to share a tricycle!!!!

new experiance!!!

so I have been Helping my brothers girlfriend with making aprons for her work. We made this one yesterday and it was fairly easy...we had a pattern that ended up being so simple and east to make. I loved it!
This one I had to make my own pattern and make it by trial and error and it took forever. I made two of this style before we bought a pattern. But I would have to say that it took me out of my comfort zone. I learned so my much more by doing this one and it got so much more confident with my sewing and by the time I got to the patterned apron I didn't think twice about the parts that would normally intimidate me!!!

Thanks Jen for letting me help you it has been super fun and thanks for trusting me!

Easter Morning...

For Easter at our house it is tradition that the Easter bunny hides the Easter baskets. On Easter Morning we all have to go on a search to find our basket. If we see some one Else's we don't tell...shh....we just go back to the hunt!

Here is Ella Finding her basket...they found Brandon's really quick; you will see that in the pictures...

Easter morning Ella came out of my closet with this jelly bean...I guess the Easter bunny dropped it with out noticing...good thing Ella is to young to put 2 and 2 together!!!

I just realized all the fabric that I ironed and laid out so that I can sew it is all over my desk in this picture!!!

yes Brandon is wearing a night gown....but he wanted to because Nemo was on it...

Easter fun

WE had a Easter Egg hunt at our house this yr. It was so fun. we had invited Risa, Chris, Jen, Jim, Matt and Jennifer and their families over. However with Jim being as sick as he was it ended up with just Matt and I families.

there were 3 kids and 76 eggs to find!
Brandon loved it and Uncle Matt help him find Eggs!

My kids were slow at first But Amira was a pro.

here is Amira and her mom Jen.

Ella had Her daddy Helping her Gather eggs. She was so funny she just kinda took her time and walked around slowly.

Amira knew What to do and was Fast!

Ella in the End only got about 16 Eggs...but she was content.

Brandon was faster than Ella but would even pick up his toys while hunting for the Eggs. He had a couple of cars in his basket at the End!

You see Ella just watching every one hunt!!

They missed that egg right there on the pole in the middle of the picture!

Carnival time!!!

The carnival came to Yuba city. Ella saw it and BEGGED to go. so here are some of the pictures of the kids ( big and samll) on the rides!

Isnt Daddy so cute in the pink elephant???

it was a small carnival and I couldnt find my sd card so that is all the internal memory would let me take...but the kids had fun!!!

lost SD card...

I am so frustrated...Brandon my cute son took the SD card out of the computer and well I can't find it! So there went all the pictures of Utah on it! I am sad...it had pictures of there first time playing in the snow...Family and friends and the fun things we did on it!

The dress is done!!!

OK, so I have to still put a hook and eye on the back...but I finish it! It is the first dress I have ever made all by my self. I would have to mention that I notice every flaw and What I consider a mistake. I added the purple bias piping it wasn't in the instructions...and the was interesting figuring out how to make that all fit in. But I did it...and next dress I will know how to fix the mistakes that I cant on this one...for lack of goofing up to bad to be able too!!!

But there it is now to finish all the other quilt tops so I can have them ready to tie over the weekend.... here I go!

the Next day I did a craft day...

So by Thursday I wanted a break. I got up and took off with my cousin Sarah to pick out some cute paper. We were prettying up composition note books and pens. I had been wanting to learn the pens FOREVER. So this Was my chance!

Here are some of the things we did...

this is how you make the Pensfirst you tape both sides of the paper,

then you wrap it tightly over the pen overlapping the tap.

you next heat the tape up with an embossing gun you then quickly roll it into a tray of clear TINY beads.

isn't that book cute!!!

here is that hot mama Ronda...half the woman she use to be!

mess table but loads of fun...we (Sarah) busted out the cricket...

the one above I did at home after I got back with Risa!
here are the books and Matching pens we made...let me know if you guys wanna get together to make them some time!!!!





Thanks Ronda and Sarah for a fun time and teaching me a new craft...I miss you guys!!!

the funeral...

I would have to say that that was the most Different...(that is the nice way to say it!) funeral I have gone to. I was use to us going in and talking about nice thing and memories a few songs and maybe a chance to say good bye till we meet again kind of things.

NOPE!!! Not this one. every one just socialized with each other and ate. They would run into her sons ( my hubby and Tyler) and ask them how they were but...that was it. It was in the gym at the church with tables set up. there was a table with pictures on it ( the body wasn't ready yet).

I felt so out of my element there. But my Husband and her son thought it was great....and that is what she would have wanted...but part of me wondered if they were afraid of getting up to talk! Let just say that neither one of them are super out going! The thought of getting up to talk was scary to them both...so there you go. We ended up talking every thing down ourselves because the ward was not really there to help...nor did they sound like they wanted too. I felt like that ward dropped the ball on a missionary experience with half of the people who were there and I was disappointed. But one lone visiting teach stepped up and did what she could and worked her tail off and I was way impressed with her! She really went above and beyond!!!

By this time it was about 6:30 that night and Ella informed us that she was going home with Tyler to play with there daughter Peri. Can I say that was a weird feeling for me. She doesn't often leave me and when she does it is with people I feel are as close or are my family. Now I know it is Josh's brother but we haven't spent a whole lot of time together and it was just weird. Not to mention I wasn't For sure that they wanted to take her. So we stuck around the area and went for a drive so that we would be close when it was time to pick her up.

We found ourselves in a familiar place...and decided to drop by where we use to live in Sandy. we ran into one of the Burnett kids ( Candice) and chatted for a few hours. Then Tara came over for a few Min's while I hugged their new baby for a few Min's and then it was time to go.

that was the end of the LONGEST day ever...but I feel that the funeral lacked that one thing that people go to funerals for....letting go and I think that my hubby and brother in law didn't get to just have a good cry!!!!!