Amelia's Birthday

We had a very fun time celebrating Amelia's birthday at a local park. There was a fountain at the park for the kids to play in and they loved it.
I was decorating the cake a few hours before the party was to begin and I accidentally broke the dolls arm off. It was the kind of doll made for doll cakes and was only the top half of the doll. I had just watched a you tube video on how to use a real Barbie doll so we quickly came up with plan B and it worked. God is so good to me! Getting the cake to the park was also a challenge but we made it and all was a success. I made felt crowns for the girls to take home and I think they turned out pretty cute.

I'm finally back!

Red Fish Lake: Stanley, Idaho June 7, 2009



The Sawtooth Mountains......absolutely beautiful!! It takes about 3 1/2 hours to drive from Boise.

You can barely see our trailer way in the back



This is our bathroom, I mean hole in the ground!







It was quite cold and rainy at times, but we had a super fun time. We spent many nights inside playing games and watching movies.

Eagle, Idaho

March 9, 2009

I am wanting to learn more about photography so I drove to Eagle, Idaho which is about 15 minutes from our house. Last year Abby took a writing class in the neighborhood where these pictures were taken.

Spring is coming!

This is a picture I took out my kitchen window. I love watching the little birds come and fill up on thistle seeds and water in my birdbath.
I wish I could get some better pictures because they are so pretty. Many days there will be at least six birds in the tree and on the feeder. This one is a pretty yellow and some are a peachy orange color. I seem to stand at my sink many hours a day so I am thrilled that I have such a nice view. Pretty soon this tree will be full of white blooms!


Our weather today does not feel like spring but at least the sun is shining! I know spring temps are coming soon!

Organizing my recipes

I got a three ring binder and put scrapbook paper in the outside plastic pockets to make it pretty.


I still have many more recipes to organize and will need to make another binder to put them in. I will label the spine with what is in the binder....breads, desserts, salads, etc.
Some of my recipes I just taped to a blank piece of copy paper and inserted the page into a page protector.

I really like these dividers and hope I can find some more like them.

These dividers have pockets and I am going to put recipes that I am going to try in the pockets and if it is a keeper then it will go into a page protector. The pocket will also work if I am in a hurry I can stick it in the pocket until I have time to put it where it belongs.

This took quite a bit of time, but it has been so nice to just grab the binder. I love having them in page protectors so that they don't get all dirty while cooking.

Baby blanket for my nephew's new baby boy!

My nephew, Morgan, and his wife, Ashley, had a baby a few months ago and this is the blanket that I made for Peyton. Morgan is serving our country in Baghdad and got to come home for two weeks when he was born. I am so proud of Morgan and so happy about his new little family! If you feel led by the Holy Spirit, please pray for Morgan as he is in harms way and away from his family. You could also pray for Ashley and Peyton as they are away from him too!

I got a new sewing machine for Christmas so it was fun getting to use it for the first time. I didn't realize how old my other one was until I sewed on the new one!

The LOVES of my life!

Valentine's Day!





My sister, Melinda, bought the girls these cute shirts!


We had aValentine party with a few friends and my sweet friend, Nicole, brought the cutest craft and the kids had so much fun.