Friday, August 26, 2011

My latest projects

So call it nesting if you want, but I have been driven by projects lately! I think it is because Phil has been spending a little more time on Oahu again and I am just trying to keep myself busy so I do not get depressed about being alone! :) I have taken up a Hawaiian Quilting class. They have a non profit organization here in Waimea called Tutu's house (grandma's house) where they offer different classes to the community, all of which are absolutely free. They have yoga, guitar, knitting, Hawaiian quilting, tumbling for little kids, ukulele, etc. Anyway, I decided to go to the HAwaiian quilting class, which meets once a week for a few hours. I am the youngest there by about 40 years or so, and I love it. I really enjoy listening to the girls talk and tell stories . Most of them come from different parts of the U.S. and have some really neat experiences. Anyway, I am learning slowly but surely how to quilt HAwaiian style and boy does it take patience! :)

I also decided that I need to knit Izzy(our not yet born baby:) a blanket since I did one for Jessie...so I am working on that. I also thought that becasue we own our own home now, I really should make Jessie and Izzy's room the cutest possible, so i thought I would make some crib bedding for Izzy. I wanted to make it gender neutral since we are hoping to have a boy someday, so I spent days on the computer looking for just the right fabric...I ordered it and am waiting for it to come in the mail. I will post pictures of it when it comes. Along with pictures of the process. I am sure it will be interesting...I am not sure what made me think that I am capable of such a task, but I have a seam ripper, so I can always try again...as long as I cut it out correctly. :) Anyway, Phil says that I need to be careful not to get too many projects goiing at once, but I think it may be a little late for that.

There are quite a few girls in our ward that are pregnant right now and so lots of showers to go to. :) I decided that I wanted to do something a little diferent as gifts, so I decided to make hooded towels. I made a lady bug hooded towel with my sister MaryBeth before Jessie was born...actually she made it while i watched and contributed here and there. Anyway, I still have a few to make but I am pretty pleased how they turned out. I am thinking about making a bunch and selling them at the Holiday craft fair in December...I have a few other ideas for different characters. We will see how it goes. :)


This Hello Kitty towel is one of my favorites. Jessie loved it and was sad that we had to give it away. :)


Thursday, August 25, 2011

The last 2 months


This summer has gone by quickly! Although we did not get to go anywhere for vacation, we got to have family come and visit, and we kept ourselves pretty busy! Here is some of what we did this summer....not necessarily in this order.

Here we are mid July, and you can see my well pronounced baby bump already! It is a bit bigger these days.

Phils brother, Jeff, and his family came to visit us for a week. This was the first of many visit we hope!!! It was really so much fun to have them stay with us and Phil took off work the entire time they were here, so it was a little vacation for us too!!!
Phil and Jessie danced a lot this summer...and Jessie loved it!...Phil did too I am sure!
Josh, our nephew, stayed with us for a whole month. It was a lot of fun to get to know him. Phil enjoyed working Josh to the bone. Jessie still asks about "my Josh".
We did lots of swimming...especially Phil and Jessie...and Jessie is getting more and more brave in the water.
Jessie took lots of bubble baths because she got really dirty each day helping dad "move rocks".
We celebrated Phil's birthday...which Jessie enjoyed because daddy spoils her and got her a couple of gifts too.
She blew out these candles about 5 or 6 times...again Phil really spoils her sometimes.
Jessie had lots of play dates with friends. this is our neighbor Micah.
We hiked a lot which resulted in a lot of water breaks like this one. Jessie absolutely loves hiking and she is really good at it...seriously...the girl has her daddy's stamina when it comes to hiking. And she usually does it barefoot like in this picture. She is awesome!!!