The craftiness of us!

I haven't put anything on our blog for a while and John and I have been getting a little crafty lately, so I thought I would put up a post. John made the COOLEST wooden clock (which is currently on sale at http://www.etsy.com/). I made a patchwork skirt, an apron, and a baby sling. I'm just learning to sew and my mother-in-law has LOTS of fabric for me to practice on. So here are some of the projects I have undertook!

My patchwork skirt! I ended up wearing it for Halloween though and walking up some front steps while trick or treating with Rhett, I stepped on the botton trim of satin and tore it a little bit. I didn't finish the satin cut edge so it frayed and is rendered unfixable without replacing it with another piece of satin. Well, I guess I learned my lesson to finish or treat raw edges of satin!

This is the apron I made. I found this material and loved it. The apron turned out cute though! My only complaint is that the neck strap is a little long, so the apron hangs lower than I want it to, but that is easily fixable.

Here is the baby sling I made. My friend was raving about the one she bought, but they are a little pricey and there was a free pattern on line, so I thought I would try it out. Rate likes the hip carry on it the best but I have succeeded in getting him to sleep it it while John and I are traveling with our scrapbooking shows. I think it's more comfy than falling asleep sitting up in an Infentino carrier. Also great for nursing in public!

John's been experimenting with some wood working lately and here is a cool clock that he made that is currently in our front room. I LOVE it. He has a few more in the works but we don't have the motors or hands for them yet.

3 Years

Yesterday, John and I celebrated our three year anniversary. It's amazing how fast the times goes and how completely bonded you can become in a marriage. I use to think of myself as an individual that never really needed anyway. When I began to date John, I continued to tell myself that. But looking back now on the past five years that I have known John (and being married to him for the past three of those years), I can't imagine my life without him. The favorite part of our getting married was not having to say goodnight and travel the hour home. Three years later, my favorite part of being married it getting to say good morning! Here is to the love of my life...I LOVE SO SO MUCH!

The second part of our anniversary celebration will come next week when we head off to Disney Land! It will also be fun to see Rhett's reaction to the theme park! I will post pictures next week!

Fourth of July Parade

We've seen these trucks before, but we finally got some decent pictures of them from the Independence Day parade

Antelope Island

Three years ago, John propsed to me at Antelop Island. We go back every year and hike to the rock on Elephant head that he proposed on. We have made a tradition to take a picture of our growning family. This year, we got to add Rhett to the mix. When we got back home, we got a video of Ginger chasing a stick....quite hilarious!
(sorry this took me so long to post -- my weekly postings are really falling behind due to all the fun summer activities we have been doing, but I'm determined to catch up!)

Above is the rock that John proposed on... after several attempts, we were able to get a picture where everyone was looking.


Above is the ONE tree that is on the trail at Antelope Island. We always take a nice breather here in the shade. Below you can see that Ginger is enjoying the shade as well.

My favorite thing about Antelope Island is the ocean like (without the waves) beaches that it has.

And finally, as promised, below is the videos of Ginger. Remind anyone of training a horse?!

Evening at the Beach

The great thing about owning our scrapbooking business is that we get to travel! This past weekend took us to San Diego. Our hotel was on Ocean View Hwy, so we took a walk to the ocean front and let Rhett experience the Ocean (click on his blog to see pictures of him and the ocean). We took some family pictures. When we got home, Rhett was pretty tired out...