Posted in babies, Family, tagged Babies, Family, rex on June 30, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Yesterday, I spent the day hanging out with my family at the homestead. My sister and her adorable kids were there.
Izy is getting so big and is growing teeth!
Tyler has a birthday coming up and is ready to lose a tooth!
Friday was also the four week mark for Rex. So when I got home, we snapped some quick four week pictures.
Rex was less than impressed with our photo shoot and protested rather loudly.
But some Mama snuggles made it all better.
Posted in Family, Holiday, tagged easter, Family, Holiday on April 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Today, we popped over to visit my sister and attend Easter Fest at Celebration Ranch. The boys had a lot of fun and the weather was perfect.
Ty went egg hunting with his Daddy and Papa while Is hung out with the ladies.
Afterwards there was an awesome tire swing to ride and animals to pet.
Here’s hoping your Easter was wonderful as well.
BOY!
Apologies for it going all silent there for a bit. This making a baby thing is kind of time consuming. Just thought I’d let you in on the good news. 
Posted in Family, Holiday, tagged birthday, Family, Mom, old photos on January 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Today is my mother’s birthday (I won’t tell you which one, but it’s a good one). In celebration, I’ll share this picture of her from 1970. (You can tell where I get my good looks.)
Posted in Crafty, Family, FO, Knitting, Yarn, tagged afghan, FOs, gifts, knitting, Yarn on January 19, 2011 | 1 Comment »
My first FO of 2011!
Somewhere around September, Mom came into the yarn shop. She stopped dead in her tracks and stared at the afghan hanging behind the counter.
“I love that afghan!” She exclaimed. “I love everything about it. The color, the texture.. It’s just beautiful!”
Well, I couldn’t very well let that statement go unnoticed. I started her blanket the first of October with plans for it to be an xmas gift. Dad suggested a birthday gift might be better since we already had some great gifts planned for xmas. Since her birthday is in January, I agreed (it gave me more time to get it finished). And I got it finished in time!
Despite a bit of a coffee incident with that center bottom block (the pink chevron), it was completed two days ahead of her party. The reason it isn’t blocked very well is that it needed to be washed immediately after gifting. You see, Nanook decided to help me by spilling coffee on that pink block and then running off with the yarn. I got so flustered that I knit the top portion of it backwards, but didn’t notice until I was at the top block of the strip. So, once all the squares were knit, I cut that block off, reknit the problem area, and Kitchnered it back together.
(Big thanks to Woolly Wormhead’s book Going Straight for having every kind of Kitchner in it. I use it constantly! That alone is worth the price of the book, plus you get lots of awesome patterns. I believe I’ve knit 4 or 5 designs from this ebook so far.)
The afghan is made from Plymouth Encore Worsted, my standard easy care yarn. It is soft, washable, and doesn’t pill. Since mom and dad have two dogs and a grandson, I figured easy care was best. Mom loves that it is washable and she agrees that Encore is very soft. For full details, you can visit the Ravelry page here. Pictures of each individual block are here.
Finally, Nanook gave it the snuggle of approval. She doesn’t understand why I took her new blanket away. But something tells me that Mom will claw it less…
Posted in Family, Holiday, tagged Family, xmas on December 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Posted in Family, tagged fun, Tyler on December 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
So, yesterday I borrowed my nephew. I finally got a day out with this spunky 4 year old without anyone else. (Do you know how hard it is to get a day out with your nephew when he’s the *only* grandchild? It’s not easy, let me tell you!) Being the doting aunt, we spent the day doing what *he* wanted to do. Which means we spent a lot of time in the play area at the mall.
We played on all the rides.
We ate our lunch with chopsticks (even if his lunch was a sandwich).
We even got to see Santa.
Santa gave out awesome antlers.
Which look awesome when worn in the play area.
Hope your Friday was as fun as ours!
Posted in Cooking, Family, food, Holiday, tagged Cooking, food, Holiday on November 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Thanksgiving was a lot of fun this year. We had a houseful (12 people total) and way more food than we could eat (there were lots of leftovers). Because I didn’t manage to take pictures of the food before it was consumed, here are some of the recipes I used. The turkey and dinner rolls are standards developed over the last three years. The brussels sprouts were new this year and turned out amazingly delicious. I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving.
Roast Turkey – From Alton Brown of Good Eats.
Pillow-Soft Dinner Rolls – From Allrecipes.com
Shredded Brussels Sprouts with Bacon & Walnuts – From Pinch My Salt
Posted in Family, Sewing, Sewing FO, tagged FO, Sewing, Tyler on October 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Lest you think I haven’t been crafting during the unintentional blog silence… I whipped this up from the latest issue of Stitch magazine. It’s the Pint Sized Backpack.
I used three fabrics from Debbie Mumm’s pirate line. It fits perfectly!
Posted in Family, FO, Knitting, Yarn, tagged FO, knitting, Tyler, Yarn on October 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I finished Tyler’s “dragon suit” months before Christmas. But, because I had to have his opinion on it, there was no waiting to gift it.
Tyler showing me his “dragon face”.
I’ve been told he’s worn it to school every day since he got it. I’d say it’s a hit.
Pattern is Steggie from Knitty.com. Project details on Ravelry.
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