Sew Excited!

So it has been almost 100 degrees here for the last few weeks and too hot to do anything outside. So I went to the fabric store to find a project, and I found a bunch of scrap pieces for super cheap. So i decided (with my mom's help) to make a pillow blanket. It's basically just what it sounds like. A bunch of little pillows sewed together.


Here is the back of it. Now I need to decide if i should continue with the same pattern or change it up. And I can't decide if it's going to be a little baby quilt or full size. I am thinking about just continuing going out wider row by row.. But maybe some plane fabric pieces would be better any ideas?

Summer Fun!

Summer has officially begun! So much has happened. For Father day we went down to the Gateway to the annual Chalk Festival. It was great. we really enjoyed the Pirate in the background. It was also 100 degrees outside.

Then we baught some Meadow Gold ice cream that they were selling there for .50 cents a scoop! We decided afterward that it had to be the reject ice cream because we all felt super sick. Yuck. And for fathers day i got Adam a guitar book and a garlic press of his very own. The other event that took place was my 27th birthday. yowzers... It was awesome!!! Adam got me a sewing machine, a patagonia hoodie and an ipod speaker /player for the house. Then on top of that my friend Kara called me the night before and said she had an extra ticket to the Tim Mcgraw /Faith Hill concert and that it was free!!! HOLY COW.. . Adam watched Ryan and i had a night out with the girls..
So with my new sewing machine I made a Ryan doll. I tried to make it look like her.. ok so she doesnt have the hair yet.. or the freckles.. so i had to guess a little. but it was sooo much fun. I think she'll enjoy it when she is just a little older.

I made her braids re-braid-able so when she's older she can practice during church or something. I think i want to put shoes on her but i have no idea how or what color. black looks a little too Amish. Any Ideas?
It was also our anniversary! for my birthday/anniversary we had Spencer babysit for a few hours and we took our trusty scooter out for a ride on the town. We had dinner at Rodizio grill , and then got some ice cream at Baskin Robbins. It was so romantic to drive around town at sunset time. Everything was golden and it was such a great feeling to have the wind blowing in our faces. Just what I needed.


So this last weekend we went to the Venture Festival. It was pretty much an outdoor festival where you can try all this outdoor stuff.. then at the end of that there was a Kalai concert. this is where these pics of Ryan were taken. isn't she a cute cow-girl?

Swimming

So the other day we took Ryan swimming with Kari and Savannah. We had a blast! we baught Ryan a swimming innertube that she loves! she had a blast kicking around and spinning.


She didnt' last too long though.. however the innertube did make a great fluffy bed for her.



Round 2!!!:)