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.