Hey Diddle Diddle...

...Kristen and her fiddle (full of paint)...she painted the cow over the moon. The little dog laughed to see such sport as she painted in a very dark room. (The power went out as She painted the tree...but with flashlight, she prevailed and finished!) Our playroom is so awesome - here are a few shots of Kristen's artwork...needless to say, we owe her BIG! It's great to have talented family members :)

The photos you see are as you walk in to the playroom from the family room (left to right). Kristen said she was going to come back with her vinal lettering and put some words up and the numbers on the clock - but I'm too excited to wait to show everyone (including Bryan - I told him he'd have to wait until he came back from hunting, but I'm a sucker!)

I'll be honest, the pictures don't do justice to the art, especially since I couldn't stand back far enough to get each wall as a whole....but enjoy anyway!


That dish and spoon are running as fast as their legs can go!


Baa Baa Black Sheep does have 3 bags full of wool. (Curly wool if you can see it - ol' Humpty doesn't seem too mad since he doesn't get any for his shiny head!)

2 Little Dicky Birds keeping Humpty company - and the itsy bitsy spider is trying to climb up the water spout - he began he journey after the photo was taken.

The clock may strike one, but it will also keep real time if you watch real close (it's a real clock time piece coming through the wall). I tried to sneak a peek, but the mouse running down is really good, cause I haven't caught him once.

Mom's miracles

Hello...A lot has happened since the last post, we went on a family (bi-family) trip to Yellowstone (which I will post about later). But most recently, my mom was in town for a couple of weeks while Bry was in Bolivia. She not only watched the lil' girls during the day, she stayed up VERY late, or I should say until the very early morning hours sewing curtains. I picked the design and mom went to work. For those of you who don't know my mom - she is one of the most talented people I know. If she can see something, she can recreate it. I'm not sure what my girls are going to do when they ask me to do crafty stuff like make curtains - they'll be S.O.L!

Anyway, here are some photos of our new home :) Thanks MOM!!!

Curtain in the living room, with matching pillows that my mom covered.

Large kitchen window curtain. (The big photo didn't show the fabric as well.)

Small kitchen window covering. Please ignore the clean dishes drying in the sink.

The girl's room, actually, if you look close, you can see tori sleeping in her bed :)

Our bedroom. We thought it would be cool to get a branch for the curtain rod. My friend Mary happened to have one from her apple tree. Ask and ye shall receive. I scraped all the bark off (well, almost all of the bark) and then voila'. I should mention that I told my mom we could just use all of the scraps and make a little quilt looking valance - not really having a plan, I came home from work and my mom had sketched her own little plan which was to match the bed quilt. So, basically, the curtain is a quilt, just really long and little. A LOT of work, but sooooo awesome! Thanks again Mommacita.


Several posts back, I highlighted my shelf and mentioned that I would be making blocks...well, here they are! After this photo was taken, I also made some blocks of the girls photos and me and Bry on our wedding day. They turned out pretty cute, although I am re-doing the girls' photos since they are black and white and too dark for my taste.

(I'm too lazy to take and download another picture, so please just imagine it)