I'm Going Skirt Crazy

My friend Andrea saw this skirt on a little girl and got the instructions on how to make it. So here's my finished product.

The instructions are on my craft blog. :)

Ramey R&R

We were able to go to the cabin Saturday night and stay overnight with Karri & my mom. While there Pat put up the new sign for the entrance to the cabin. Here's Mara being a good helper.

Karri & Mara were skipping down the road and having a great time.

Pat with the finished product!!
Xander loves to build with the poker chips and it's usually the first thing he does when we get there.

He always comes up with the most interesting shapes.
Mara loves to eat apples but not the skin. She's so silly!!

Mara got ahold of the camera and took a ton of random pictures of the door, TV and other things. Here are some pics that actually turned out :)

A quick family picture at the end of the day.

The man I love :)

Within minutes of getting in the car the kids were OUT!!

It was so great to have a quiet trip home.

I love being able to go to our cabin but we haven't gone as much as we wanted to this year :( So we're planning on going a bunch more before the weather turns cold.

Let's hope it works out.

Zucchini Time

My mom planted zucchini this year and it's been coming out our ears!!
Good thing my kids like zucchini bread & baked zucchini!!
This one was by far the biggest one we got.

Skirt Tutorial

If you want to see the step-by-step tutorial for this 5 tier skirt click here.

(I don't know how much I'm going to be putting on that blog,

but you're welcome to check it out on occasion.)

First Day Of School

The day has finally come for Xander to be in Kindergarten!! It's been a long time coming, he's had 2 years of pre-school. He's one of the older ones in his class (he'll be 6 in October). He was so ready to go, that he almost left me in his dust!! I had to holler at him a few times to slow down on the walk over to the school :)

Here are a bunch of kids from the ward that have class in the afternoon. Xander, Tanner, & Jarom all have Miss Watanabe, and Weston & Sarah have Miss Johnson.

They were so anxious to get in the room that they were all plastered against the window!
They all lined up to go into the classroom.

I love that Xander is so confident and loves going to school. It's going to be nice for him to be at school everyday, it makes for a really nice break :) It's been 2 days so far and we're looking forward to more!

Snakes & Waterfalls

On Wednesday when we were at my Grandma's house, Pat found a small snake in her backyard, caught it, and put it in a jar. Xander was loving having it but we decided to go up to Bridal Veil Falls and let it go that night.

Our attempt at a family picture.

The kids had a great time throwing rocks into the water, and it was nice to do something as a family before school started (not like we won't be able to, but you know what I mean).

Another Day, Another Skirt!

Here's my 3rd skirt for Mara. This one is by far my favorite.

I Think He's Ready For Sports

Too bad we missed the baseball season.

At least there's time for him to fine-tune his skills :)

Miss Watanabe

We met Xander's Kindergarten teacher at Back-To-School night. Xander was able to explore his classroom and is super excited for school to start. Too bad he has to wait another week. I'm SO ready for him to be in school.

I Found Something I Love To Do!!

Make Skirts!!!

This is the first one that I made. I used a 1/2 yard of fabric, made a tube, put a hem in, and elastic! It was very quick and easy.
This is my second one. I bought 5 Fat Quarters of fabric and pieced them together. I couldn't remember how to make ruffles, so I googled it.

I love how they turned out and I'm proud of myself because I didn't have a pattern for either of them! I have fabric to make 2 more tiered skirts and I'm going to try to make them 5 tiers instead of 3. So we'll see how that goes.