Busy Sewing!

I've been buy sewing the last two days coming up with sample aprons for our Super Saturday in October! I was sooo excited to make one that I bought fabric to make 3. I could have made lots more, but what do I need them for?? And I wanted to make sure that I could make them before I spent tooo much money buying fabric! It's been fun and the aprons are VERY easy to make. Here's my samples! I messed up on the red one, but decided to make the best of it and make it a child size apron!! And it looks SO cute...so I guess I didn't mess up I just improvised on what I had!!

(Remember to click the pics to make them bigger)

This is another one that I made me for work!! Can't wait to wear it!! You can't see it from the pics but it has a cute little ruffle at the bottom!!

And last but not least....making his modeling debut...Spencer wanted to model an apron as well...Caylie concocted it to a dress and I think it's absolutely adorable. I might have to figure out how to make a dress like it!!

BLACKMAIL???

This is how I found Caylie and Jaren one night last week when I got home from work!

BBQ's and Water

This last Monday we went to the splash park and had bbq'd hot dogs and fresh picked corn on the cob. Mom, Dad, Kari, Aaron and girls came along with us! We ate a lot later than we had planned so the kids didn't have much time to play in the water before it turned off, but they had a good time. The girls said it was too cold outside so they didn't venture out there and get soked like the boys did!!Spencer playin in the waterJaren

Family Dinner and August Birthdays!

Family Dinner was at mom and dad's this month and we had a pizza party. YUMMY!! The girls made cupcakes for the kids to decorate for dessert. We celebrated Eli's birthday and had a great time. We got a pic of all the kids except IVY who refused to get int he picture!!

Out with the old...

In with the New!!

After being a dog owner for over a year now we decided that we were NOT a dog family. We sadly put her up on craigslist and found her a great home. She's going back to her previous environment with no kids...I'm sure she'll love it there!! We were sad to see her go but feel like she went to a great home! Part of getting rid of the dog Shule said that Sariah could get a kitten of her own. Our friends down in Eugene just happened to have a litter of 5 kittens that she volunteered to bring up for us, so she could choose one to have as her own. Well instead of one kitten we ended up with two. Shule couldn't resist leaving one of them behind. And she is the sweetest little kitten ever!! So introducing McQueen(Queenie, the gray one) and Mater.

Mcqueen has become Spencer's cat and Mater is Sariah's. Sariah doesn't like that they get up twice a night and wake them up, they have decided that the cats are staying in their room. She's getting a little taste of motherhood. :)

Sore Ankles!

But well worth it. We went skating tonight to celebrate a friends birthday!! I really hadn't planned on skating, but since everyone else was getting in on the action I thought I'd give it a try, (it had afterall been 14+ years since I've been in a skating rink) But it was a success. I didn't fall once and we had a good time. Sorry for the pic quality...But you get the idea!! Spencer even sported little tiny skates, which he loved. He was a natural. Joseph and Jaren had their first time out on the rink too. They weren't sure about going, but had fun and eventually got the hang of it. Thanks Dan and Shaye for a fun time and Happy Birthday Brooklinn!! We love you!

Campin' Time

We did a spur of the moment camping trip this week. We left Monday and stayed until Wednesday. Shule had to work so I talked Dad and Mom into coming with us also. We had a fun time. Dad of course had to work during the day too so it was mom and I with the kids during the day. We took walks in the woods, picked blackberries, went and swam in the river. We spent the evenings playing bocce ball, star gazing and making smores!! Swimming in the river...the area we were at the water was shallow enough that the kids were able to walk to the other side of the river with no problem!!! Spencer had fun swimming across the rocks and trying to catch the little fish that were swimming around!

Yummy smores!!

Checking out the tent the first night there, and Spencer and I enjoying a little nap while we were waiting for Kari and her girls to come and hang out for awhile!! Spencer fell asleep during dinner on the first night, I moved him to the chair and he slept for a good hour! The last night there the zipper on the tent broke and I remembered we had clothes pins. Instead of packing up and going home we made due with clothes pinning it shut. the con, the tent had a water in it when we woke up Wed morning. A nice rainstorm decided to greet us Tuesday evening so we all piled in the tent and watched Paul Blart Mall Cop...cute film btw. The tent and one of our airbeds stayed behind in the garbage cans, one less thing to carry home!!

I already miss camping. I want to go again!!!