Tuesday, December 28, 2010

From our house to yours!

I am really horrible about getting these out, so here's a fast and easy way...

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I guess the appropriate thing to say now is Happy New Year!!!
Can't believe another year has come and gone, and SO much has happened this year for us. Glad to be happy and healthy, and wishing you all the same!


**Our card was designed by the fabulous Becca over at Jumping Jax Designs**

Thursday, December 23, 2010

trying something new!




mmm....our xmas vacation so far. and this week my thankfulness continues to grow. hap i am thankful for beautiful surroundings,  gorgeous scenery, awesome accomadations to include our private hottub, quality time with my family, delicious cinnamon rolls, our girls loving the hot springs, food on the table, and a few xmas presents. oh, and my new phone which i am posting this from . hence the all lowercase letters. havent figured  everything out yet. thankful today and every day. happy holidays to you all.

Friday, December 17, 2010

Tis the season!

We finally have snow that is staying on the ground for more than a few minutes....

In other news, I have been madly sewing! (see below)
Hub-bee is going to be off for the next 2 weeks so I am sooo excited to get to spend some quality time and down time as a family. We will be heading to the mountains for a few days but the rest we will be at home! I am hoping it continues to snow. I really do like Colorado for that reason. We get such a variety of weather, and I enjoy it all for the most part. And the parts I don't enjoy are gone before you know it. This December has been especially mild with weather into the 60's a good percentage of the time. T-shirts, mortercycle riding, ICED coffee drinks? Can this be true? lol


Heres wishing you all a very cozy holiday season whatever your weather may be!

Friday, December 3, 2010

Leg gussets or no leg gussets...

So somewhere along the line in the past week, I got a whim to try making my own diaper. Not because I want to save money, not because I think I can (or can't), but because I am wanting a diaper with specific attributes! I am having trouble finding a great night-time diaper that I love, and that stays leak-proof! (Bitty is starting to wet more, so this is a new issue)

Prior, Bitty was wearing BG AIO, Fuzzibunz pockets, and BG pockets with success. Now almost every morning she is wet. So I decided to try and create a diaper that has the traits that I am looking for!

So I sit down at the computer, and of course google how to sew cloth diapers. Yikes! I didn't really know what I was getting myself into. I thought I would find a lovely little website that explained from A to Z how to make a diaper. Um, no. I found websites with patterns, more websites with patterns you have to buy, and various instructions that were like reading Japanese! And then they all use fancy little abbreviations and talk about materials and stiches I've never heard of! I scoured the web for probably a total of 4-5 hours combined and put together pieces from here and there to try and have it all make sense for ME. I found a simple pattern (just to get an idea for size so I can tweak), looked up how to do certain things (like attaching elastic), how to make and attach leg gussets if desired, and types of fabric.
To make the first diaper, everyone recommends using old towels, t-shirts, blankets, etc. This is just to get an idea for size, and obviously you don't want to use $10+ of material on your first shot!
What works better for my little mind is to work from scratch. Trying to follow instructions when I have no idea what it means is hard and I almost always mess up. But if I have an idea in my head then I just go for it. It's a try try again method. Probably more time consuming, but works for me. After I finish I can go back and look at intstuctions and then they make sense! Backwards I know. SO, I completed my first diaper yesterday....heres a look!







Everything is going to be hook & loop becuase I have no idea how to do snaps, and you need a fancy dancy snap press and all. Oh well, I like the velcro just fine. I already have more ideas how to change it, so we'll see what the next one looks like!

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Thankful Thursday

I feel like I have so much to be thankful for that I am going to do this post along with Alysha over at The Tarr Pit, and others.

Obviously this is a time of year where others are also remembering and stating all that they have to be thankful for, but I want to remember every.single.day what I have to be thankful for.

I'm thankful for:
1.  a faith that allows me peace and comfort during times of unrest.
2.  a God who knows our hearts when no one else does.
3.  those who surround me and encourage me on a regular basis
4.  a wonderful, supporting, loving, and caring husband
5. who is also the most wonderful Dad, Brother, Son and Uncle
6.  2 of the most beautiful healthy girls that make me smile on a regular basis
7.  my family who loves me unconditionally
8.  our friends and family who love and support us
9.  having a job and an income to support our family
10. the simple things in life :)

This list could obviously go on and on, but today, these are the large parts of my/our lives that I feel thankful for. How about you?