I'm still alive...

Yep I am still alive, still in Cali. and will be for two more weeks. I have just been keeping VERY busy with 7 kids! But am loving this nice 75 degree weather (some days)! We all have had our turn being sick, and now it came back to Ethan the other day and then yesterday Sadie had 103.2 degree temperature. Not to fun!

But we have been having a blast, and I just feel soooo out of things because I havent read anyones blog or anything, I just jump on facebook now and again. But I just wanted to let everyone know that I will be back and I have some fun pictures I just cant seem to figure out how to download them on there computer! Well for now, Bye and when I get home and have more time I will be back! I hope you all will join be again!

And if you read this Erik... What am I saying he will be studing!!

Good luck babe and I love you and miss you!!

Im leaving on a jet plane

On Sunday night Lisa Erik's sister called and asked if I wanted to come out and help her with her kids and stuff. So today is my cram day, I have 2 bags to finish and pack, it will be the kids and I flying TOMORROW.... I'm a little scared to be flying by myself with them but also VERY excited to! So if any of you have any good ADVICE with flying with kids, please let me know!! I am flying to Sacramento California and it is only like an hour and 20 min. so it wont be to bad(lets hope). I told Lisa I could stay as long as she needs me. So if I don't post for awhile I'm just hanging out in CALIFORNIA!

so Emily, I don't know if we are ever going to have a Friday!!

So forgetful...

So for the last few days I have been soooo forgetful! Saturday I forgot what time our primary activity was, so we flat out missed it, after I had got Ethan all excited about it. Then last night after talking to the gals at playgroup about Sarah's baby shower, I forgot about it by the end of the day. I am a mess!!! I could have had a night with the gals last night but I forgot! who forgets things like that?? I just need to be on the ball a little more, and write things down! You know when you do forget things you just have that feeling your forgetting everything!! That's me, I feel so out of my element!!

On a brighter note, here are some pictures of the kids, we have liked some of these days that have warm up!

This was a fun new do I tried with Sadie's hair yesterday, it was fun to try I am likeing having a girl and that she is getting hair! Ethan and I have just been laughing all moring at her sweet do shes got going on today!

Fun new bag

Saturday night I got a little creative, my friend Emily saw a bag that looked like this that was priced at like 85 or something so I thought I could make one! It was fun, I didnt get the bow to look the way I wanted but it works!
Erik recorded music and I was sewing in the same room, (love me new quite sewing machine) we stayed up until 1 but it was worth it, we both were doing things we love to do!

If I can get Erik to show me how to put what he recorded on here I will it was good!

Happy tag

Happy Tag!Here are the rules:1. Link to the person who has tagged you.2. Write down six things that make you happy.3. Post the rules, tag six others and let them know you did it.4. Then tell the person when your entry is complete.Six things that make me happy:

1. My family
2. Sewing
3. Photography
4. My Friends
5. Reading
6. Chocolate

I tag...
1. Mom
2. Becky
3. Sarah R.
4. Hillary
5. Rhonda
6. Kandis

A baby is cuddles and tickles on toes..

the sweet scent of powder, a kiss on the nose!!

My bestest friend Tracie had her baby shower today, I wish I could have been there!!! I am so excited for you Tracie, I hope you had an amazing day! I cant wait for you to have him!! He is going to be sooo cute!! Love ya - miss ya!

Answered prayers

So this is where I have been, I have been in search of a sewing machine since mine broke before Christmas. And on Christmas morning my sweet heart surprised me with a sewing machine, he did great, it just didn't do everything I needed it to. So when we got to Portland I went to every store to find what I needed, and of course all of them were WAY over our price range, so I turned to Craigs list.
So thank you good man, I saw this add for this Baby Lock that is priced at the stores for 1300 on sale for 995, and he had it listed for 300 so I get in contact with him hoping its just a really nice rich guy and not stolen or something. Well as you can see HE WAS A VERY NICE GUY!! Not that a 1300 dollar machine was enough he asked if I needed a serger! So I got it for 100 along with more then 100$ in notions and treads and everything he piled on all for 400 total!! He was so nice, it was his hobby last year now he is moving on to painting.
He gave me the receipts for them he bought them last year, they both look and sew like new!! I am still just soooo excited, this machine can do everything- it treads the needle and even cuts the tread when your done sewing, it has 178 different stitches with 3 alphabet. So this is where I have been. Playing and having so much fun with both my new machines!!
My prayers were answered 10 fold.

Now my friend Emily has to teach me how to use a serger!!

#15 (Bride Wars)

So last night one of my friends called me up and said, "I need a break lets go to the movie!" So we did, it was sooo fun, I needed a break to. We got there and yep we were the ONLY ones in the theater, we kept forgetting and talking all quite then realized we had the whole place to ourselves!! It was fun, it just went by to fast! We went to Bride Wars it was cute.

More project 365 #10,11, and12

Sunday on our way home after the power went out there, two roads to our house where closed due to fallen trees. This is the road that was open so we drove under this tree that was resting on the power line! I was holding my breath going under it, I was waiting for it to fall on us and then shock us to death. So the power was out from like 10am until 3 something am on Monday morning.

Saturday in our driveway this happened. It knocked the internet and power of for a while.

I tried pony tales today on Sadie, She looked kinda silly because her hair grows long in hard places to put pony's in.

#14 (inauguration)

I watched the inauguration with Ethan this morning, and was telling him its a part of history. He wanted to watch Hanny Manny or something but its funny he says the Presidents name so cute. I thought it would be a great picture for today!