Tolman Family

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Easter

Xander got a new car from the Easter Bunny!

Mara got a Princess Movie!

Mara & Xander in their Easter clothes before church.

Family Picture

A new book and wordsearch from Mana!

Mara, Max, Sawyer, Xander & Conli: getting ready to find some eggs!

"Mom!! It says Mara!!"

Mara's Birthday Pictures

We started out Saturday with a little show of how old she is!!

I love that she had to do it with both hands!!

Xander made her a picture of Sleeping Beauty for her b-day!

Karri came over and helped me with Mara's cake, but Mara had to help mix the frosting!

A taste test!!

Putting sprinkles on the cupcakes!

Mara and the b-day cake!

Playing with Karri's frosting tips!! It's so fun to put things on fingers!

Me & my birthday girl

We had all the Tolman's over Saturday night for cake and ice cream. She got this cute Tinkerbell, along with some Littlest Pet Shop, Dora and some cute clothes!

New shirt from Grandma Tolman.

Blowing out the candles.

Sunday night all the Ramey's were over and Karri made this cake for Mara! I think I'm done making cakes, she can do it from now on!

Sawyer & Mara's cakes!!

More furniture for her Barbie House. Thanks Karri!!

A Thumbellina Computer from Mana!

All the Birthday Girls: Sawyer (19th), Mana (14th), & Mara (11th)

What a cutie!

The past week & 1/2 I have been really craft and finished some projects that I have been putting off for awhile, some that I just decided that I wanted to do, and one that I have been working on for 2 months.

First off: During Conference I sewed 2 baby blankets for my friend Shelene who is having twin girls soon. This is the first time I have ever made blankets with minky fabric. I thought that it was going to be really hard but it turned out to be fairly easy! Now I don't think I'll go back to making blankets with only flannel. They turned out so cute! I love them! (Thanks for the pattern Andrea!!)

Here is the detail of the edging:

I used the extra minky and made little burp cloths that matched the blankets. Now I have technically made 4 of this pattern and I'm loving it!

Last Tuesday I finished a cross stitch of Sleeping Beauty's Castle that I have been working on since mid January. Once I get in the mood to cross stitch I feel like I can't go a day without working on it. A few days after I finished this one I started one of Cinderella's Castle! They match and are going to hang in Mara's room someday (when I get them framed).

Last Thursday I decided to get some of my painting projects done and the kids wanted to help! Earlier I had been at the craft store and Xander picked out a wooden dinosaur that he wanted to paint (it was on 25 cents!)

While I was painting one piece of wood, Mara started on the other one for me. Good thing I wanted it pink!!

Finished Dinosaur

I bought this saying from Uppercase Living along with the board. I love it!

I also got this cute little saying from Uppercase Living.

I just barely finished this one: I cut out the dresses on my Cricut using the 2 Disney Princess cartridges. They are each 8 1/2 inches, and I Mod Podged them on a 12x12 canvas. The Cinderella was the first one I put on so it bubbled a bit, but that's what happens when you do things yourself. Now I just need to find a place for them on Mara's wall!!

Now the only project I need to work on is my scrapbook. Oh wait, I need to start the yearly calendar for my mother-in-law, I guess the scrapbook is going to wait a little longer.

Saturday, April 11, 2009

Happy Birthday Mara!!!

I can't believe that my baby is 3 years old today! It seems like yesterday she was a tiny 6 lb 10 oz baby! Mara is such a joy in my life and I love her to pieces.

Happy Birthday Sweetie!!

(Mara 5 days old, her first Easter)

(yesterday)

(Party pictures to follow.)

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

A Little Catch Up

I haven't really blogged for awhile. I've been waiting for the computer to be up and running and to have some time on my hands. So here are some of the things that have been going on the past few weeks.

First I need to showcase some drawings of Xander's. I love them and have them hanging on the wall in my bedroom! The first 2 are temples, then a pic of "Our Family", and then a pic of Pat & I at the temple getting married and it says (if you read bottom to top) "Mom and Dad got married at the Temple". He spelled married all by himself and was quite proud of it.

Pat's Grandma was in town for a few weeks and we were able to celebrate her birthday with her before she left. It's always great to see her!

There was a bird stuck in the garage and Pat was able to catch it. I got this 1 picture of it before it flew out of his hand and disappeared. We think it went into the attic. Poor bird, it will probably die up there.