Life

Well, life has been pretty interesting for me lately. Jason and I moved! We made it, but not without hard times. When we first got here, we had problems with Uhaul. They were jerks over at the store. Then we moved into this little bedroom in someone's house. Which is fine besides the fact that we found out that we had thousands of little tiny roommates with us--yes--fleas. HOW AWFUL! We got rid of them, but not until after we got tons of little tiny bits all over us. We are itching like crazy. Then on top of everything, during the move, Jason lost his wedding ring. We are so sad about that!

On a good note though...I made it onto two creative teams in the past couple of weeks. I am working on Alma Townsend's personal creative team and 2BScrapped's site creative team. I am so excited. It is going to be so much fun working with all these talented ladies creations!

A Place to Live

Well, we finally found a place to live for the next two month--or until our house is finished. We are going to be moving into a family's house in the area we are moving to. I think that it is going to be fun because it is going to force me to make some friends out in Portland. I hope that it will be a good experience.

So tomorrow, we are going to be getting our Uhaul and we are going to be packing up. Then on Saturday...we are out of Rexburg! On to the beginning of our life!

Neices and Nephew

Well, I finally got to meet my neices and nephew. They are so cute! I had so much fun with them. I think that they had fun with Jason and me too. Jason one day was saying "boo" to Rowen and scaring her, and her mom came in an asked if Jason was silly. So the rest of the trip she would just randomly say "Uncle Jason is silly; he said boo". It was so cute. Then she started to say "Boo...I scared you." It was super cute!












The first night we were in Utah, I met Mike, Jason's brother, and his family. His girls were really shy the first night, but then they became very talkative. They got to the point that they were specifically requesting to sit next to me and Jason at meals. One meal we went to was at McDonalds and the girls got little toy animals. They just played with those for hours. Amanda loves giraffes and that is what she got. So she was excited.

Lindsey is so cute! Talk about a girl that knows fashion! She picks out her clothes and shoes. Her outfits are so cute! I wish that I had the same fashion sense that she has.

Elliott was just plain old cute! He would just sit and smile. He has such a cute face. I just love sitting there and playing with him. He still doesn't crawl, so he just rolls around to get things. It is so cute.














I am going to miss the family. I had so much fun getting to know them (FINALLY)!

One Year!

Well, Saturday was Jason and my anniversary! I can't believe that it has been a year already.

We spent most of the day with the Bills family. It was so much fun finally meeting all of the in-laws! I have such cute neices and nephews! I got to meet everyone by Saturday afternoon. We went to the Spagetti factory at about 5:30, but no one really ate because Jason and I already had dinner plans some where else, Sue and Julie just ate, and all that was left was Jess and Jared. So we had this pretty big group and only 2 people eating. I felt bad for our waitress.

Grandma Sue and Elliott

This is Rowen chewing her straw.

At 7:00, Jason and I split off from the rest of the group. Jason suprised me by taking me to my favorite resturant, Chef Tom's (aka Franchesco's) . He had a table set up towards the back with candles and a rose. The lights were really dim too. They had most of the back area empty so we were alone most of the time. Can you believe--I had a romantic anniversary dinner??? It was so sweet of Jason.

After dinner, we went to Salt Lake and saw the new Joseph Smith movie. It was so good! After the movie, we went out and walked around the temple. It was a great anniversary! I am so proud of Jason for being romantic!
So sad that this picture is blurry! We had some other couple take it. Oh well!

A couple more sewing project...

This is the duffel bag I made. It is actually VERY difficult to do this (just when you put in the sides).













This is my blessing dress! It is alot prettier in real life.

This is my curtain. I think that the pattern is super cute! I made it reversible, so the other side is green.

Another House

Well, we are now seriously looking at another house. It is a condo about 3 miles away from Jason's work. We haven't got to see many pictures of it, but tomorrow our realtor is going to go take more pictures and send them to us. But you can go to www.stonewaycondos.com and see what we have been able to see about them. If you see how much it is, we are lucky because those were just raised and we are going to get last weeks prices, about $10,000 less. So we will see how much we like the inside tomorrow when we get more pictures.

House Hunting

Well, I guess you have all heard by now...we did not get the house. The people that made the other offer paid a lot more and can move in sooner. However, we are still looking and have found a few that we like. So we are having our realtor go take more pictures and then we will decide what to do. I will let you all know when we put another offer on a house!

House we made an offer on!

So, we made an offer on a house this morning! The seller has until tomorrow at 5 pm western time to respond. I am super excited. It is only 1.5 miles away from Jason's work. It is 1244 square feet. 2 bedrooms and 2 bathroom. Here are some pictures of it.





Front













Kitchen













HUGE Front Room















Entry Stairs














Front Room and Kitchen











I will let you know as soon as we know what is going on with the house. We do know that there is another couple that is interested in it and should also be making an offer, so we will see what will happen.

Children's Clothing Projects

I made these booties in my children's clothing class. Super cute!















This is a bib that I made with a finger towel and then embroidered the picture on it. This was a way fun project.















Here is a little baby outfit that I also made. It is a way cute fabric. It is a bunch of forest animals and says forest friends on it.

Darlyn's Quilt

Here is the quilt that Darlyn made for me. Isn't it beautiful?

The green pillows (even the inside form) are some that I made for the Home Decor class. The great big one is my favorite!