Machine in Action

Did this little outfit for Tate tonight! Turned out cute, love it!!
I downloaded the design from Urbanthreads.com, changed the colors and the wording, used PE-Design to input a true-Type font from off my computer and pressed "start". So easy!

Memorable Memorial Day

Another Holiday!
We had a great day up at the cabin with our friends Tara and Bryce and their darling little girl, Elle. We headed up after church on Sunday and bbqed some tri-tip, did a little fishing(well, the boys did), and hung out on our own little sandy spot of the shore.
We ended the night with a little Arrested Development (we are all about electricity when we're roughing it!) .
The next morning we were delighted to see that we were going to get some serious sun, and we were actually hot sitting in it! The boys did some 4wheeling while we hung out with the kids.
Such a fun weekend!

Busy May!

In our family we make boys by the wagon load!

Last week, I went in to work a couple of days, had a birthday, and took a shopping trip to Anchorage for furniture. Jeremy got me a Brother 750D embroidery machine for my birthday along with a couple cases of embroidery thread, some gingher curved handle scissors and all kinds of extra accessories. I was so excited! I've been wanting one for a long time so that I can do custom gifts- towels, onesies, and names/monograms on quilts etc.
It has been ridiculous gorgeous here every day for weeks now. Perfect sunny, beautiful weather! Maybe we won't move afterall (we've been threatening to since last summer's horrible trick)
Sooo excited for this weekend, we are going to my parent's cabin tomorrow after church and staying the night to 4wheel all day Monday. Have a great Memorial Day everyone and don't forget to remember the brave who make this the land of the free.

Mother's Day

Momma to be and me

Before the race

Someone get me something other than flats!

The only reason people run: The Tshirt

How sad that all of my posts lately are Holidays? I will get better at this! I guess maybe I am wasting too much time on facebook, or digital scrapbooking or sewing.. or sometimes I even take care of my kids. Hmm.
I just got back from Portland and ran my 12k around Lake Oswego, I LOVED it!! It was one of the best days of 2009 yet! The weather was great, the run was challenging but amazingly gorgeous and the town of Lake Oswego is my dream place! I'm sure the fact that all the houses were 1.5 million plus had something to do with it! The homes were beautiful and had so much craftsman character. Just looking at the architecture was enough to keep me entertained throughout my run. I ran it faster than I thought I would although not fast ( I am slow). I ran an average of an 11 minute mile-- (Finished the 7.5 miles in 84 minutes).
My sisters and my mom enjoyed Mother's Day weekend together and had a blast! Pedicures, shopping, eating, Japanese gardens, shopping, eating.
In other news, Jack is GOING POTTY ON THE POTTY CHAIR!! Many thanks to Debbie for letting me borrow her potty training book and also many thanks to Red Vines for providing the perfect bribe. The poop thing is still hit and miss but at least there's hits! No pullups for a week and a half...yessss!
Tate is 11 months and still not crawling, I think one of these days he's just going to stand up and walk away. I am not pushing him though, limited mobility is not a bad thing! Haha, I am such a mean mom I know!!
We're still plugging away with the house, everything is going good so far! Hope to meet with the bank soon and get this show on the road!