pattern smattern!

Whoever said that you need a pattern to do things just wasn't creative enough to figure it out on their own! I was talking to kim and looking at a website that i found that i love the clothes, i really loved a skirt that they had on the site but it was sold out... then i thought that i had the perfect material that i really loved instantly... So i layed it out and eyed another skirt that i had and started cutting! Kim, you who doubted me, i thought of you the whole time i was sewing!!! I really didn't know if it would turn out in order for me to wear it in public... but i sure did finish it in time to get to church this morning! i need to add some belt loops but other wise, I love this thing and it turned out exactly like i wanted!!! i felt like a little girl in a princess skirt... i was like julia roberts and i kept "dinging!!!"

I just want to eat them up!

I get these little mini vacations that are a breath of fresh air in my life! They are not going anywhere exotic, or breathtaking, nope they are the day trips that i get to take to see my brother, sister and the kids... I was driving up there this time and really realized that I love to see them more than anything. my whole week is spent in anticipation of going. But really what could be better than to love and smooch on these adorable kids, to tease jackson and get teased in return by him, to eat good grub, to talk with my brother and to giggle with shannon! But darn her for always making cookies when i go up! I think its fun that shannon and i were roomates and that we were friends... makes it fun to go up and to talk and be together!

I got to take jackson back with me for a slumber party!!! he was surprisingly amazingly fun and chill about the whole thing! I would just remind him that he was going to spend the night at my house... which always made him happy and say "yesss, i stayin' at comi's house... ooooh the dog, we gotta feed the dog" I think that if i were to have a kid it would be this one... only because his sleeping is amazing!!! in the morning he just chills in his crib and you go in when you are ready for him!!! that is the kind of kid i want!!! not the ones that wake up at 5 ready for the day to start. (big surprise i know!)

I haven't ever seen this kind of seat before... the ones that prop a kid up that cant sit... I was in the kitchen when joel said why don't you sit her in this... I coulda eaten her up with her cute little face just lookin' at me like what's going on?!!! She makes me smile! That night I took her in my room so that shannon who had to work a 13 hour day on sat. could sleep... Yeah, its ok that i don't have kids... I think I would have slept a little better had joel not said to me... "make sure that you pop that binkey into her mouth pretty quick or she becomes inconsolable" so that ringing in my head i was soooo much more of a light sleeper than I already am that I would wake up to any movement! we got some cuddle time in though which is always good!
Needless to say, I love my family!!!

Josh's Very merry unxmas present!

This is the material that i picked out for josh's duvet cover... I loved it and really thought about his room and what he already had going on in there. I made my first tailored bed skirt with box pleats that is made of the same black material as the back and the two side stripes! I loved the look of it when i got to see it on his bed! I really really love doing this stuff and am thinking about making and selling one of a kind duvet/ beds to sell! to me the time and the effort are fun because i get instant gratification! and I love to give these to the people that I love... something about making it with love for someone and to know that I am wrapping them up with my love everytime they go to sleep!

the happiest place on earth!

I loved Mr. Potato Head... He talks to people in the line and interacts with them... you cant help but stop and watch him when you pass by the ride...

Oh and the thing i learned about disneyland... you have to listen to what other people have done... because usually there is so much more than what we normally do! I dragged bryce to watch crush the sea turtle talk to us. he didn't want to go watch, but i told him it was something nana (my mom) loved... guess what he didn't stop talking about!!! after this though I became the worst aunt ever and took him on the tower of terror... I thought he had been on it... YUP no he sure hadn't... he confused it with the haunted hotel... so going up i wasn't really hearing the clues that he was throwing out... like "how do they get the pictures to talk" and " I don't want to go see their rooms" OOOOOPS! as soon as it pulled back and we were looking into the mirror of ourselves was when i realized my failure at really hearing what he was saying! He buried his head in my arm and refused to look... I asked him "Bryce, haven't you ridden this ride?" he murmured a very muffled no... I just need you to know the panic that set in... I wanted to scream "LET ME OFF THIS RIDE" But really what good would that do... I told him really fast what was about to happen, really not knowing if he heard or not and prayed that he would be ok! So the moral of this story... Really listen to what people are saying, not just think you are! Oh and this ride is far more scary with your eyes clinched shut!

Waiting in line for toy story and wondering what the ride was going to be like... yup its the funnest! The couple in front of us said "its like buzz lightyear... only better" This was the line that bryce was not happy about having to wait in. I kept telling him to suck it up because that's what you have to do in order to be at disneyland!!! He was really spoiled because of the lack of lines!

This sounds cheesy, but when i was riding this ride and the sun was peeking out from the clouds, I looked over and saw this and thought to myself... I hope the sun always shines on his face! I have always thought this about my nephews and niece and its a humbling thought... THEY CAN DO ANYTHING!!!

Thunder mountain in the dark tunnels! Bryce doesn't like the dark parts! I love our eyes though, you can tell we were being flung around a corner and were bracing ourselves!

waiting in the line for space mountain!!! Bryce wanted the front of the ride... he's no fool! we shot around and i got to hear him scream on a ride for the first time! i love this ride and every time i ride it I think of mom prettyman! I will always remember doing my giggle laugh/scream and making her laugh to the point of no noise and tears streaming down her face!

we started the day with it raining!!! do you know what that means... NO LINES! really we waited for the tram... i think that felt like the longest line! Our butts got wet but oh well... this is also where i realized that i don't like wet feet! cuz as we all learned in forest gump... you gotta take care of your feet, nothing is as important as your feet!