A new way to be crafty

Last week, my friend Lisa taught a bunch of us how to make necklaces and earrings. She has made some cute stuff and I was excited to learn how. Afterwards, I made my way to Roberts (let's just say my car can practically drive itself there) and bought the necessary goods to make more of my own. Here's what I have come up with so far. They are far from perfect, let me tell you, but it's fun to string stuff along. :) Sara and Lauren want to learn. They have made quite a bit of jewelry themselves in the past, so they probably know as much as I do now already.

I thought I would make a few red necklaces for when I wear all of my black outfits in the wintertime. One short one, and a longer one.

These are the same necklace from different angles. It comes to right above the bust line for lack of a better landmark.



This one is a long one, to about my belly button.



This necklace has three strands and is also a longer one. I thought these beads were really beautiful.


I made this one at the class Lisa taught. Everybody there now has a pretty pink necklace. We joked that we should all wear it on the same day; to see if anybody noticed.


Some more of my favorite baby. He is turning into quite a spazz, but for anybody who knew me as a young girl, this is not a surprise.


Don't worry, he's not in trouble, he just loves to bury his head into everything. And when I say everything, I mean everything.

If Tyson could play outside all day, he would.

Our little boy loves to drive stuff around. Doesn't matter if it has wheels or not. Chair in the kitchen? Bring it on. Box of wipes? Give it to me quick, and get out of the way sister. :) Big tote of mom's decorations? Nothing better to push around my dear. Yet, all of this doesn't compare to pushing a car around on the concrete all day long. Does Tyson mind that his hands and legs are perpetually scraped up? I don't think so. I love watching him happily playing and if that means that we go through a pair of pants per-playing-session, I guess that's okay.






Here's a moment where we told Tyson we were going to go inside soon. He wasn't too happy to hear about it.



And back to driving....

Recipe Storage

My recipe situation has been rather chaotic lately.

Me: "Dusty, where did you put that dessert recipe you made last week?"
Dusty: "Umm..... somewhere up in the cupboard?"
Me: "It's supposed to go in the green binder."
Dusty: "That's where every random recipe goes, and it's pretty much overflowing."
Me: "......(silence)..... you're so right."
And the hunt begins.

So, when I found an idea on this girl's blog, and I happened to have all of the makings in my craft room, I decided to go for it.

It's a 6x6 album, and I used Basic Grey's 6x6 paper pad's so they slid right in the page protectors.
I made some tabs, and the recipes slide in over the paper. It's basically the same principle of the green binder. Just needed another one, and perhaps cuter one too.











We had a tail-gate party on Friday in honor of one of SUU's home games, and here's Tyson and Ayda. Love this girl's hair.

What We've Been Up To

The past few days have been exciting. Just want to say thanks to everybody for some fun birthday surprises. Sara and Lauren threw me a little dinner complete with fahitas and chocolate molten cake. Yum, yum, and more yum. Dusty took me to Stardust which is a magical movie that everyone should see. A dude also brought me some pretty flowers on my birthday, which Dusty said was purely coincidental. I was going to take a picture of them, but Dusty stashed the camera somewhere I can't find. I'll have to remember to ask him where it is. I got lots of yummies from friends in the ward too, and boy howdy, some of these girls really know how to cook. Also, I want to send a thanks out for the smell-good stuff too. (you girls know who you are). :)
I also had some fun emails waiting in my inbox. thanks for that stuff too! Just to clarify, my purpose here isn't to let everyone know what I got for my birthday, but to tell everyone how much I appreciate their thoughtfulness. And since most of them read this blog, this is a good way to start.

Today, we made Amish Friendship Bread. Since I had received it before quite recently, I just made tons of the bread instead of giving others starters. I wish I could share some with you who live far away. Tyson thought it turned out pretty nicely. He pretty much only wanted to eat it for lunch. We have buco amounts of ripe tomatoes between our garden and the lady's next door for whom I'm watering, so I thought I would try a bruschetta recipe I found, but if any of you have one that you know is good, please send it.

I just finished a project for someone who's birthday is coming up. That's about all I can say about that so I don't give anything away.

Here's something funny before I finish up.

Tyson sits in his stroller while I water the flowers next door. Since it's on the corner, many college kids walk by on their way to class. Most don't see Tyson watching them, and sometimes he hollers out at them. Sometimes this gives them quite a start, if you can imagine it. Tyson can whoop it up pretty loudly. I can't help but laugh.

The World is Groovy Baby

Hey everyone! Tyson here.



Just thought I'd share a little about the real me for a change. I hang out with Mom all day and sometimes she gets kinda boring, so, I've found ways to entertain myself.

I have these orange and red cars that love to drive around the house. We explore together and make sure everything's under control. Mom lets me do this as long as I want, and I've discovered that the cars drive over the couch, up the walls, and even into the toilet!! Mommy didn't think that was so great. I could tell by her face!





Since I have such amazing skills, one of them in crawling for instance, I have no intention of walking. Yet. Give me time people, give me time. I usually don't know where I am going, but I get there as fast as I can. If there was a 1K funcrawl, I would come in first for sure. I don't usually watch where I'm going though, so I've run into most of the doors around this place, and I get back at them by slamming them shut. After awhile, this isn't funny though, because Mom or Dad as to come get me back out. I crawl so fast that I'm practically a blur. Mom can't get one picture of me in focus. Hee hee



Mom takes me to the store sometimes and I like to growl at everyone we meet. I think they like it because they smile, but after awhile Mom tells me to stop and giggles to herself. Talk about mixed messages....

Since I'm a growing boy, I'm always hungry and up for a snack. I especially love my highchair. It's strapped to one of the chairs and I always try my hardest to shake it off. I'm getting closer too. I noticed that after a few times that Dad had buckled the bottom strap closed more tightly. Dang it!

Probably my favorite time of day is when Daddy gets home. When I hear the back door open, I book it as fast as I can into the kitchen, not only to show Dad how fast I can crawl, but so that he can play with me. Sometimes it's a false alarm (we have a guy that lives downstairs), but it's better to be safe than sorry.

There are all these buckets around the house. Just perfect heights for me to throw stuff in. Sometimes Mom finds the stuff I put in and takes them out before she carries the bucket outside. I don't know what she does with them out there, but it must be fun, she does it all the time. When she comes back in, she puts a new bag in the bucket so it's ready for me for throw more stuff in. I think she has missed a thing or two before.....but I'm not telling.

I also have a thing for the computer mouse. I mean, who wouldn't want to play with it? It dangles from a cord and everything. I know if Mom catches me though, I am in trouble, and I have to book it out of there pronto. I always make sure to leave the caps lock button on before I leave however.

So, come on over and visit me sometime. I have extra cars that we can drive around together, and I'll even show you how to pull all of the socks out of Daddy's sock drawer.