Playing catch up

Okay so I know that I haven't done a blog in like forever, but I have been really busy. I still don't have my 7 on 7 off schedule yet, they are changing every ones schedules and they are having a hard time pleasing everyone. I am part time though so I do get insurance now which makes me happy.

I am still working for my grandpa selling furniture, it is a great little side business that doesn't take up to much time. In fact I have to go in tomorrow and take some more pictures because we got some new stuff in.


Bo just turned 14 yesterday on the 21st. We had a little family party and he opened gifts and we had cake and ice cream, I am taking him shopping tomorrow for his present. He wanted to go shopping so I said that is what I would give him for his birthday present. He also went to Wahooz, which is a go cart/laser tag/game room place and he took one of his friends with him. My mom and I took him, it was a lot of fun.


I haven't done much sewing lately, I have so many projects to finish though that I really should do some of them. I do have a bunch of pictures to post of projects I have finished recently, but the pictures wouldn't load and since the pictures are the majority of the post I will try again later.


My family and I are going to my grandpa's cabin this weekend. It is spring break so we are all leaving on Thursday to go up there and go 4-wheeling and steel head fishing, and stuff like that. My grandpa and his girlfriend are going to so it should be a fun time. I will take my camera and post pictures when I get back.


Oh my mom, Shandi, and I went to the elementary school carnival on the 13th of March and had a blast. We sat and played bingo, and won a bunch of stuff. I won several dinner gift certificates, my mom won some aspen trees from a local nursery, we won some bowling passes, cookie dough (which is really good), and a few other things. It was a really fun night.


I have been talking to Casey (a guy I use to date) recently, he just joined the National Guard and this past week was his last week at boot camp, now he has 6 weeks of special training. He is coming to visit me in May. And I think he is going to meet Bo, mom and I down in California when we go to Disneyland. I really excited to get to see him again. We dated about a year and a half ago almost two years, and have talked to each other almost everyday since we broke up. We've gone and visited each other, and texted each other while we were at work when there is a lull. So it was kind said we could do all that for the past 6 weeks, I did get to talk to him 3 times though when he had passes.


Here are just some pictures that I have taken recently.





This is a picture shandi and I took while we were in the car. I had gotten a soft serve ice cream cone from McDonalds and Tage wanted a bite, and this is what he looked like when he was finished sharing.
This is what the Easter bunny looks like at our house, a smirk and a little bit of camo.

As most of you know, I change my hair ALL the time, whether it be the style, color, cut. This is my latest look, I went dark and I have an A line cut where it is longer in the front and shorter in the back I love it, and it is super easy to style which makes it nice.



This is Tage fishing at the school carnival, he won a ball at this game. I think he really enjoyed it, he only played a couple of games because the rest he wasn't big enough for but it was fun.

So as we are walking down the hall at the carnival there are all these little kids, with balloons, and Tage kept pointing and saying balloon, balloon, balloon, so I went and bought him one, which was a fantastic idea because it kept him busy while we played bingo, as you can see he is totally content on just chewing on the string.

Projects...

So I have been working on a few projects lately and since I have 6 days off I hope to finish a few more. I have taken some pictures of some of them and when I finish the others I will post them too. I have been doing well, this past Saturday two of my friends got married to each other, in the Boise Temple, and I was one of their photographers. They asked me and I recruited a friend that does it professionally to help me out. I will post some of the pictures I took later, their wedding was absolutely gorgeous! Her dress was amazing. I also knew the bride that came out before them and the bride and groom that came out after them. It was a crazy day. Other than that I have just been working a lot.

These are the burp rags I have been working on, I put them in packs of 4 and give them away.

The edges are frayed like a rag quilt, they turn out really cute and are super easy to make, I can make two out of a 1/2 yard of fabric.

This is one block from a new quilt I am working on, It is going to be black,white,and hot pink, obviously. All the corners are going to be pink and the other pieces with alternate between being black with white, or white with black.

This is one of the baby quilts that I just finished, it has frogs on it.

This is a close up of the frogs.

The back is a green strip this is a picture of the front and the back.

Just an Update

So nothing to exciting has been going on. I found out today that I will have a full time job with in the next two weeks. I have just been working on call, but my boss told me today that I will have a 7 on 7 off schedule which I really like that kind of schedule. My old roommate had a baby on the 18th, she had a little girl and they named her Brinley Rose, I guess she has a lot of hair but I haven't seen picutres yet. My family and I went to my Grandma's this weekend to help her with some stuff. She taught my sister how to quilt, well she helped her start her first quilt and I started another one. Yeah I know I should finish the three I have started. Tage lately has been a funny kid, when you try to take his picture he squints his eyes because he knows the camera is going to flash. Here are some pictures of him trying to not get the flash in his eyes.

This last picture is just Tage playing in my boots, there were sitting in the living room and he wanted to try them on.

Finally a picture...

So I know that when I first got back off my mission I talked about a crayon roll that I made at an enrichment day (super saturday) with my mom and sister and I never posted a picture and now I have one. If anyone is interested in the pattern let me know. I thought that it was a pretty cool thing to have in a purse or church bag for little kiddos.

You can put whatever material you want this one has dinosaurs and mine has crayons on it and it takes such little fabric.

Back at work

So I went back to work on Thursday only expecting to work Thurs, and Fri, but I worked today also and I work tomorrow which is fantastic because I could use the money. I am not only drawing blood, but I am also a sitter. I sit with people that are at risk to fall, or people that are not mentally stable. I sat today and yesterday with a girl that is "a cutter" so I just had to make sure that she didn't get anything to hurt herself with. But I am so glad to be back to work a feel productive again. I am however getting in some good reading, when I sit that is about all I can do. I read a book and a half between yesterday and today.

I thought that I would tell you about a CD that I discovered on my mission that is a fabulous one for either Sunday listening, or everyday listening. Some people only listen to church music on Sunday so that is why I say it is good because us as missionaries could listen to it. Its called
Joseph: A Nashville Tribute to the Prophet: it is the testimony and spiritual witness of some of Nashville’s finest and most successful musicians about the life and mission of Joseph Smith Jr. It is an album dedicated to those who experienced the humble beginning and subsequent rising of a restored religion.

I really enjoy it, and I hope that you all get to listen to it too. It is really a good CD. Well all is well here and I hope all is well with your families. Love Ya

Maeve...

For those of you who didn't know that I was a nanny last year in New York, I was. The little girls name is Maeve and I just got some new pictures of her from her mom. She is over a year old, I can't believe it she was only 3 months old when I started as her nanny. Her are the pictures, aren't they so cute!

Over due Update...

I have been getting worse and worse at updating my blog. I haven't had a whole lot to talk about since I haven't done a whole lot, with me being on crutches and all. I had surgery on my knee 5 weeks ago, and I have one more week on crutches and then I can go back to walking, driving and working. I am more than ready, I love my job and I miss not being able to go to work. I start back to work on the 5th, and hopefully will have a full time shift here pretty soon.

While I have been cooped up in the house, I bought a car so I could have something to drive back and forth to work. It is a 2003 Chevy Malibu, it is a tanish champagne color. It drives nice I guess at least that is what my dad tells me I still haven't got to drive it yet.

I was also tired of staying cooped up in the house, so this past week I went to my Grandma's house (my dad's mom) and stayed a week with her. I love going to their house. They live kind of in the middle of now where, which is nice. My grandma and I just stay in the house most of the time, we cook, and we sew and that is about it. I made two projects, which I borrowed Shandi's camera to take some pictures of. (I still can't find my charger for my camera) I made a wall hanging, that is teal and brown. The words had scriptures that went down from them, I tried to get closer so you could see, this is the best that I could get.Then I also made a table topper that is for the 4th of July.

I had so much fun we went shopping and just had a good time, I was sad to have to go home.

Bo has started basketball, he made the A team. They have played three games and have lost all of them, but he is doing well. They have another game this Monday. He and I made a deal also, for this summer. He wants to go to Disneyland, and I told him that if he earned the money that I would take him. (Hopefully we will stay at my friends house, I haven't asked her yet. Sorry Bonnie, I am going to call I promise)

Shandi and Tage are doing well, Tage is finally growing. Shandi is going to Las Vegas for a week the 15th of Feb. she has a conference there to do some continuing education there for her vet tech license.

This is the newest picture of Tage and I, isn't he cute!

Wendi started school two weeks ago. She is going to be a dental assistant. Infact I have to go and have her work on my teeth because they have to find their own volunteers, or they have to repeat the course. So I will be doing that sometime soon.

Other than that there isn't a whole lot going on. I will try to keep up with my postings. When I get back to work I can post there, they just won't have pictures. I hope all is well with you families and I will talk to you all soon.