September & October...so far

 Seems like I have been taking a lot of pictures for others lately and not my family.  But I know that a family update is needed.  Austin is still playing football and LOVING it.  He is one good lineman.   These first few pictures are of the Homecoming parade that Ashley marched in.  It was so funny; they just marched around the neighborhood that the school was in and called it a night.  Gotta love a small town!

 Here are the little girls in their "bat caves" (laundry baskets with blankets and pillows), don't ask I have no idea where that came from, during Conference.  Everyone really paid attention and it was a wonderful Conference!

 These 2 pictures were taken the night that my flash came in the mail.  If you know my house you know that the family room is the darkest room in the house.  These were in the evening after scouts and I was pretty happy with myself!  (you will have to ignore that laundry basket in the back, we were having a laundry party)

And I had to add a HUGE thank you to all those that kept my sweet Bear in their prayers, and came to give her blessings this past week.  She had a health scare, we thought that she had appendicitis, and it took a few days once they figured out what was going on for her to even begin to feel better.  I am happy to report that the sweet girl actually ate breakfast this morning and hopefully will continue on the road to recovery (Which I wish would move faster, I hate watching her in pain).

Football and Fall

 I have to apologize that these are not that great and most will be re-taken this afternoon.  But they were sweet for the most part :)

I have pretty eyes!

New 4 Monkey

 My friend and neighbor gave me this table and chair set on Saturday.  Little did I know that fixing it up would require 2 trips to each Lowe's and Hobby Lobby,  6 cans of spray paint and a huge lesson in patience. 

 This is the original color that I painted them "raspberry", however since I failed to prime first the wood repelled the paint. grrrr....

 When I went from primer and paint I found that they were out of "raspberry" and had to settle with watermelon, only to learn that for some reason it still wasn't gonna take the paint well. 

 So I have decided that I will not cause myself any more grief (or cans of spray paint) and just call it "rustic".

 About 2 months ago a friend of ours gave us a big girl bed for Monkey.  I wanted to make sure that she was good at sleeping in it before I took down the crib.  I added her table and then the kitchen that she got for her birthday.

"Ahhh!  My Room?  Thanks Mommy!"

Ashley has informed me that this is the ultimate little girls room!

Bags, Bags and More Bags! - Flight suit bags

 I have been really busy lately with loads  of orders and thought that I would share a few of the bags that I finished in the last week.  This top bag is my new favorite,  I am in total LOVE with it!

 I really enjoy making these and giving these ladies a piece of their hubby that they can take with them no matter where he, or she may be. 

The more I make the more I really tweak and have fun with them.

Please feel free to contact me if you are interested.

A Good Cause.

 Katie has been begging me to cut her hair for a while now so that she can donate it to be made into wigs for cancer patients.  I am so proud of her choice to do this.  After warning her about how short it would be she said to do it that she was tired of waiting.  She LOVED it last night and this morning, till she looked in the mirror.  It was so much shorter than she thought and she was afraid of what the kiddos at school would think. I talked her into going and when she got back she was so happy that all the kiddos and teachers told her how great it looked.

So in the great talent of not so great before pics; this was Katie last night

 And this is her after pics that I took this afternoon.  I am so glad that she is happy now.

Back to School!

 Last Wednesday the kiddos started back to school.

Ashley started 7th grade.

 Katie started 2nd grade.

 Austin started 4th grade.

 They had a lot of fun posing for pictures and haven't given me too much grief for having to wake up earlier now :)

 Had to show you all the bumper sticker they slapped on the kids back.

 And they are off!  Walking to the bus stop.  Notice the tree branches lining the street?  We are still waiting for the city to pick them up from the last 2 storms.

Natalie stood waving and then would ask me, "I go too?"

Look Who's 10!

 Before we came back from ABQ we had Austin's birthday party.  He really loved getting to celebrate with all the family!

 Uncle Doug and Aunt Lydia gave him this card and it is his favorite! 

 Grandpa and Jaxon deep in thought.

 Ashley and Austin hung out with the Maxwell's grandkids quite a bit while they were there and we invited them to join in the fun.  Ashley and Lexi have known each other since they were 2 but it has been years since they had seen each other.

Monkey and Reagan had a blast together!

Thanks to all our family that helped us celebrate!

What We Did When it Was 113 Outside (LOADS of Pics)

 Well today it was 113 out!  I could not believe it!  So we stayed inside, watched movies and I did some sewing!  2 new sets of jammies for Monkey.

 After the first 2 pics she had to dance :)  Sorry the pics are so dark, I took them at 8:00 and it was still 111 out!

 This is the point that she did not want to pose any more.

 I made this robe from a towel that I got from Wally-World.

 At about 8:30 Lewis decided it was now or never for mowing the lawn, and Natters played in the water table.

 She loved watching Lewis, and she figured out that she could pour the water in her diaper and it was cool.  Silly girl!  Hopefully tomorrow will be cooler!!!