Oct
31
2008
The boys were excited to wake up today and put on their costumes for the character parade at school. I finished both of their costumes up last night and I’m pretty happy with how they turned out. Perrin’s was pretty simple, he wanted to be Duke from G.I. Joe. We’ve been on a G.I. Joe […]
Oct
30
2008
We’ve been gearing up for Halloween. The boys carved their pumpkins on Monday and I’ve been working on Owen’s Halloween costume. He wants to be a cat this year, so we found a pattern that will work and I’m hoping I don’t mess it up! I usually use Simplicity patterns but I couldn’t find a […]
Oct
28
2008
A few weeks ago, Ms Jenn posted this with a link to dailyrelish. I thought this would be a fun way to keep me taking pictures each week. For the idea of Crap Shoot Tuesday just click here. This is my contribution for this week: Don took this one night when I went to the […]
Oct
28
2008
Having fun with some PS actions and checking to see if my Mom stops by! 😆
Oct
27
2008
Several years ago, I forget exactly how many – but I don’t think we had kids yet, Don told me he wanted a handmade stocking for Christmas. His Mom had made cute little handmade stockings for each of her eight kids, which she would hang in the entry way each year when they were all […]
Oct
22
2008
We went to a nursery that sells native plants on Saturday because Don wanted to check some of them out for our yard. We walked away with some Dwarf Coyote Brush that is being planted on the hill in the front. While we were there I decided to take some close up shots of the […]
Oct
20
2008
Today is the Dirty Dozen Alumni Gallery Challenge! Every 20th we have a new fun challenge for the Dirty Dozen Alumni to participate in, and this month I was excited to be asked by Jami to be the host! It was a lot of fun coming up with a challenge for October. I thought it […]
Oct
15
2008
Short update today! The house is all painted and looks lovely! They finished painting the red door today and it is very fun! Irrigation systems have been going in for the front and back, so we’re getting ready for grass soon! It will be so nice to look outside and see green instead of brown […]
Oct
10
2008
It was a slower week around here, with most of it going to prep for pouring the cement at the bottom of the drive way to make a parking spot for Don. So I’ve only got three pictures to share for this week. They poured the mole curb at the top. This will help keep […]
Oct
06
2008
We’re hoping to add a furry baby to our family this year as a Christmas surprise for the boys. (psst! family, don’t spill the beans to the boys! 😉 ) With that in mind, I’ve been going thru all the stamping/paper crafting stuff that I’m not using anymore so that I can sell it to […]