Project

Well, you saw dads beast come alive... I think that Dusty may have him beat with his new garage project... 56 oval window beetle, with a rag top.

Looks like a lot of work. I am going to have to get a comfortable chair to hang out in the garage with the boys!!!

What do you think?

2-14-2012

Of course we did the classic candy hearts at our house. But, I did them a day early, because the kids would be at their other parents houses. Unfortunately, I forgot the sentences that I put on for all the kids, but Summer's said, " Summer loved to playing 'bottle caps' with the 'nerds' and chase 'turtles' at the park. She told her dad, "Apparently, I love to play with nerds and chase turtles!" what ten year old says apparently?

Also, the annual county float parade for the 5t graders took place. Here are the highlights....

Summer did her float on Pinal county. I thought that she did an excellent job with her research and putting all the information on her float with pictures and words.

After the parade, they 5th graders get to hang out in the center of the school and drink root beer floats to celebrate!

Gracies 11th birthday

Gracie turned 11 this year. It was a very quite party. Just Dusty, Gracie and I. She got a brand new bike. A cool one. A new outfit, and some other little trinkets. She lovers her bike. She rides it every chance that she gets!



For some reason, I always leave her real party up to her mom. It makes it very uneventful at out home though. This year, I feel pretty guilty. I think I should do more.

Summers Birthday

Summer turned 10 this year. We also had a quiet party for her. Just a few friends. Julia turned up towards the end, and Gracie was around for the festivities. Shawn and Dusty exited as fast as posslible and spent the day at the skate park.

Summer and her friends decorated purses with left over trims that I had from the shop. They girls were very creative and seemed to have a good time. We also had a three legged race that was a bit hard to pull off. first my rope was to rough on thier little skin, then the ribbon was to flimsy. But, the girls had a great time. After the cake, they spent the rest of the time playing Dance Party 3.

New shop

I had the opportunity to move the shop closer to home. I am now not even a quarter mile from the house. My new workroom is all open and we even have place to eat lunch! The past year, we have been sitting on the floor and eating lunch. Give me a week, and Katt and I should have everything put away and organized. *Lori, I still have your pillows. for some reason, I thought that I gave them back to you.*
I am looking forward to summer time when the kids can split time between the shop and the house, and I don't have to drive them anywhere. Shawn Summer and Gracie are enjoying the wood floors in the new shop. They get a rope and pull each other around mock skate boarding, or wake boarding. It's nice to see them enjoying themselves while I work.

Thank you to all the big strong men who helped me move all of the heavy stuff!

Also, my designers are enjoying the new trim book that was organized by mom. I hope you want to come and set me up with more fun organizational goodies!

New Years

Yep, I am behind. Far behind. This year is starting out very bumpy. my skills at, blogging, motherhood, being a wife, house keeper, seamstress, or any other task I have tried to carry out are lacking in every area. So, we might as well just start at the beginning.

New years Adam, Gracie, Paul, Dusty and I went out to the sand dunes. Not a surprise, we go every year. First ride out, a night ride, I wasn't following as fast as I should have been. I see the lights at the top of the hill, cleverly, I think I will take the fastest way, a straight line. I gunned it, straight up and back flipped down the hill, running over my ankle in the process. The boys had to straighten out my steering stem so that I could ride again. We got to where we were headed, and my ankle was the size of my calf. Needless to say, I sat in the rzr with Dusty and Gracie the rest of the weekend. Paulie got to commandeer my quad. He didn't mind at all. After the weekend was spent, I took myself to urgent care to x-rays. I tore some ligaments. No big deal, right? It's been over a month, and my ankle is still the wrong size.

This is the snow mobile that the group of people next to us we EXTREMLY hyped up about. It was pretty fast for running in the sand. I will give him that. And, something differant.

Orchestra

So, at the begining of this year our sweet Summer decided that she was going to join the orchestra and play the Bass. I said okay. Thinking that it was no big deal. Summer comes home from school with a note mentioning that I needed to rent that particular instrument. Fine. No big deal. I run over to the music store, in the beetle, and see what's up. Turns out, a Bass is bigger then the beetle and they wanted 100.00 a month to rent the darn thing. 100.00?! and I can't take it in my car! I left. Not the price quote I was looking for.

After some shopping around and Summer trying to decide if she wanted to switch to the cello, I finely gave in and rented a Bass from Milanos for 60.00 per month. I got smart and drove the truck.

Her concert was lovely. (30 minutes, direct and to the point) She played beautifully, and I was quite proud. She didn't even find herself sick to her stomache and ready to throw up when the cameras started snapping! If you watch any of the videos of Dawn Adam and I in Homespun Singers concert, I am always getting off stage mid way ready to barf.

I am so proud of Summer for dedicating herself to learning something brand new and practicing hard to achive her goal!