It's Holiday Time!

This time of year always seems to rush by. I have a whole list of things I want/need to get done and time just gets away from me. I don't have the brain power to write out this post, so pictures it is!

My little turkeys and the turkeys they made. Sometimes I wish I could walk around all day making that face.

Em has decided that flying is her favorite thing to do! I worried about her breaking her face...(but still had to snap a bunch of pictures)!

Banana and the pilgrim hats she made for school. She did 99% of the work and was oh so proud of herself!

Banana is still obsessed with Sandra Lee (from Food Network), and begged to do a "Tablescape" for Thanksgiving this year. Grandma Teary (as Em calls her) was gracious enough to let her help! She wanted a pilgrim/indian theme and thought up these cute little place cards!
We were the Indians and Grandma, Grandpa and Kenna were the pilgrims. (I forgot to get a pic of the pilgrims...don't tell Banana).

We went Christmas tree hunting! It was cold, snowy and took FOREVER to find the perfect tree! Luckily the girls loved playing in the snow, Cherry Dog didn't harass them too much, and Grandpa brought his chain saw!

Banana and Kenna breaking the wishbone. Banana had two wishes...1. To Fly (wish I could make that happen) 2. To live in a neighborhood (working on making that happen).

Grandma W. took all of her daughters/daughters-in-law, granddaughters (and Brax) to see the Radio City Rockettes! AH-MAZING! I always dreamed of being a Rockette while I was growing up, but being barely 5'3 put a halt to that dream. :( There's hope for Banana though because I'm pretty sure she's going to be 6 feet tall. It was beautiful, inspiring and pretty stinkin' incredible to watch them. We were able to meet a few of the dancers and have a mini kickline lesson from them a few weeks ago, so Banana was excited to see her teachers on the stage!

Thanks Grandma!

The End :)

Life

We are in the middle of making some pretty big changes at our house. And with these big changes comes A LOT of stress. Lucky for me, the more I stress the more my creative bug peeks its little head out. My sewing machine is currently taking a much needed rest. :)

First on my list was this desk that my parents gave to me..I don't have a room to craft in, so our kitchen table has been the designated spot for all of my projects. It has been a PAIN to clean up every time we eat a meal, or have company over. My mom came to the rescue and gave me this beauty..which I then turned into
This!

I now have a spot for my sewing machine, a place for all of my fabric, ribbon, thread, etc. I am so excited, and it adds a much needed brightness to my bedroom!Next on my list was this cute little dress I found at Wally World. It's a womens small dress which I have zero hope of ever fitting into, so I decided to turn it into...

These cute little things for my girls!
The kiddos are sleeping now so I don't have any cute models to put them on!
I also made this pillowcase dress for Banana with all of the extra fabric from her bedroom.
It's pink, pink, pink! (Which means Banana is happy, happy, happy)! Here is the only pic I got of Em modeling her new skirt. That girl does NOT like to cooperate when I want to take a million pics. ;) I am working on a pillowcase dress for Em right now, and starting on our Christmas stockings this week! I am hoping the constant stress that is our lives goes away soon. Really soon. But I might as well make the most of a hard situation!

Bats, and Pumpkins, and Spookables...Oh My!

We had a super rainy, really cold, REALLY great Halloween! The girls were able to go door to door trick or treating for the first time this year and they LOVE it! Em had been practicing for days what she needed to do in order to get her candy, and she had it down! As soon as she would ring the doorbell she was screaming "TRICK OR TREAT" as loud as she could. I'm sure you could hear her through the closed door. :) It was gorgeous sunny day...until it was time to go trick-or-treating. The sky opened up and it rained...and rained...and rained. I didn't know it could rain like that in Utah! We went to Grandma and Grandpa Terry's trunk or treat and did a sprint around the circle of cars to collect our candy. After that we headed back to their house to dry off/warm up with some yummy clam chowder and scones. One of my favorite fall time treats! The Great Pumpkin must have heard our pleas because as soon as it was time for us to go door to door the rain stopped. Yeah! So, we are stocked up on candy for the next two years and enjoying our treats!
Two of the three Musketeers!

Ready for battle!

This is an end of night pic...They were soaked, tired and had discarded costumes along the way. But they were the cutest Three Musketeers I've ever seen. :)
Banana also had a Halloween parade at school, and we got to make some super cute goodies to take along! They were both Banana's idea and she helped paint the faces and decorate the mummies!

Grandpa and Grandma Woodward hooked up one of their trailers, loaded it with hay and took us on a fun hay ride!

I got to end the night cuddling with this cutie!
This is my niece Bentley and I am in love!