I Love the Ocean

The other days of our Veterans Day weekend were spent at the beach.


We decompressed from Disneyland, rode bikes, and Jeff surfed. His new long paddle board works great. This is the first time I've actually seen him stand up and ride the waves. We all had a great time.

Happy Holidays!

Guess where we went for Veterans Day?


Last spring we worked at the Southern Nevada Veterans Cemetery for an afternoon and received tickets to Disneyland for a day as part of their "Give-a-Day/Get-a-Day" program. So it was only right that we use our free tickets on Veteran's Day.


It's a little early, but when I saw Main Street all decorated up I got tears in my eyes and almost cried.

After all, it's been over a year since I was there.


I'm glad I got to spend the day there with two of my favorite people.

Beautiful Girlies

Meet the BCHS Cheerleaders!

Oh, wait. That would be the Girls' Cross Country Team. (Maddie-standing, second from right.)

I'm So Proud...

Okay, okay. I know. Pride is one of the seven deadly sins. So. Let's just say "I'm So Happy." "I'm So Satisfied." Or "I'm Amazed."


I have tried a new skill. It is one I have wanted to try for a long time. I free-design quilted on my sewing machine! I used a tool (screwdriver!!) to put a darning foot (which I didn't even know I owned) on my trusty Janome sewing machine and quilted crazily all over this wild Halloween table runner. I purposely used all this wild fabric so that the quilting would not be prominent. It is VERY rough and totally a practice effort. But I did it and I can only get better from here, right.

I'm pleasantly surprised with this crazy runner. I think it looks kind of eerily festive! Thanks to my good friend Jill who made me the original summery one and to Moda Bake Shoppe for the idea.

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She's a Nerd

It's Homecoming/Spirit Week at BCHS and today is "Nerd Day."


I think Maddie pulls it off a little too well--how about you?

Double Blessings

My friend Lara had twin daughters this summer.


Maddie with Hailey and Harmony.


Some of the ladies and young women in the ward have been helping out with the babies and Lara's three-year-old, Landon.

What a blessing it has been to be a part of that!


My friend Kimberly and I also got to sew Hailey and Harmony's blessing dresses. It was a little traumatic for us, as Lara had us cut up her gorgeous WEDDING GOWN to make the dresses. They turned out very pretty though.


Friends and ward members Savannah, Leisel, and Sophia helped a LOT with the girls this summer.

We all made sure we were in town Labor Day weekend for the blessings. Brian loves ALL babies.

We even made Jeff hold Hailey. He always looks so comfortable with the tiny ones...

We are so blessed to be part of a ward family.