Hurricane Joann's

Hurricane Joanne managed to destroy my bedroom while I was preparing for a craft show.

It took some extensive cleaning

Finally, clean at last! Poor Matt, I think he may have shed a tear to have his room back in working order. He can now lay in bed without waking up tangled in yarn.

But, out of this mess ....

Came these fun creations!!!!!

Some of my favorite Hats

Lil' Apron

Favorite Little Miss Priss Scarf!

My favorite little shoes!

Oh... and look at this precious baby boy in my Blueberry Fields cocoon and hat! I love it!

I have loved making and learning all these new things! It reminds me of this quote I heard recently:)!

"The desire to create is one of the deepest yearnings of the human soul. No matter our talents, education, backgrounds, or abilities, we each have an inherent wish to create something that did not exist before. Everyone can create. You don’t need money, position, or influence in order to create something of substance or beauty." (President Dieter F. Uchtdorf)

Love you all!!!

Heaven or Galveston?!!!

Matt and I spent a long weekend in Galveston. It was pretty close to heaven! Beach, naps, shopping, and noooooo kids!!!!!

This was a few yards in front of our hotel.

Stewart Beach = Boogie Boarding and Tanning. I didn't get much of a tan with SPF 30. No oil for me this time. I'm getting smarter and wiser with age :)! Although, my natural whiteness did blind many of the local residents. I would like to start a new trend - White legs are in!!!

Thank you Hurricane Ike for making my hair look nothing less than fabulous in the above picture.

Actually I love resembling a troll.

Thanks mom and dad for watching the sweetest dramas while we were in heaven. Love you!

First Grader!

Happy First Day of School!

This girl was feeling very big with her own desk and her first spelling test on Friday!

I love how her backpack is half her size.

TEN YEARS!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for loving me just the way I am!

No one could love me like you do!!!!

Happy 10 Years

I love you Matt!

Unhappy Feet!

You may be thinking... Wow look at those cute shoes, and then you notice the scabby knee that made it's way into this pic! Or maybe you didn't even notice the shoes because you are totally distracted by this gross knee picture. I solemnly swear that I will never post another picture of me with a scabby knee again. But this is worth sharing!

So, I was totally enthralled in my favorite show on Wednesday night. Every time the commercials would come on I would hurriedly start picking up my house. You know the drill: toys, kitchen, clothes, and really anything on the floor. When I say hurriedly, I mean I was jogging around my house putting things away during the commercial breaks. Heaven forbid me miss part of my show. Did I not think about the DVR. Hello... I can rewind.

Well, in all of my picking up I missed my shoes laying pretty much in the middle of the hall. I heard the music to my show start up and I started jogging faster so that I wouldn't miss anything. That's when it happened. I crashed and burned. Yes this 31 one year old fell on her face. I would be lying if I said it didn't hurt. I'm too big to fall like that. Only little children fall like that.

Anyway, Ella was my only witness. Thank goodness! Matt would have never let me hear the end of that one! Ella just gave me this weird look and walked away.

Every time I think about it I laugh. The scab is there to remind me that it really happened. There have been a few people ask me what happened to my knee. I wish I could tell them that I was playing really hard with my kids (you know, being a good mom wrestling and tickling) when I managed to get this crazy rug burn. But... all I can tell them is that I tripped over my shoes trying to get back to the couch to watch my favorite show.

So, don't forget to put your shoes away!

Happy Feet!

I was happy to oblige when Gracie asked to have her toe nails painted pink. There might be some princess in her after all!

Alivia wanted polka dots! She loves being all prettied up!

Alivia asked me about 50 times over a 20 minute period if her nails were dry! After a lot of "NO, not yet." Finally, dry at last! She was relieved to once again have use of her fingers. She said, "Mom, now I can pick my nose again!" I'm hoping over time we can put those fingers to use doing something a little more productive!

Just Cuz

Cousins Cousins Cousins!!!!!

Brock Grace and Brynn... and their goggles!

Brock and Brynn came to Texas for 10 days! We loved every minute with them! Grandma T and Papa J did some serious spoiling! Now, I am doing a lot of unspoiling. We love you Papa and Grandma. Thank you for creating lots of fun moments for these cousins! Fun moments came in the form of...

Sleep Overs

Bowling

Swimming

Six Flags

Movies

More Swimming

Pokemon

Go Carts

Did I say swimming?!!!

Boating

Games
Oh, and lizard hunting for hours and hours!

We love you Brock and Brynn ....

just cuz!