Foto Fridays: Our Year in Photos

Month 2 Week 3: Free Week

For the third week of each month we'll focus on time of day or season.

Well this week is a bit of a free week so I am going to post my 15 on the 15th. It's our family and it's this year so I think it still applies :) 15 pictures from yesterday, on the 15th. (You can see the other months here. )


















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Listography: List 63

Places I'd like to spend the night:

1. All night in my own bed.

2. Paris, France

3. Hawaii

4. Texas (for the Country Living Fair in April)

5. Seattle

6. Utah

In the Craft Room: Love is Spoken Here

Above my stairs I have a photo wall that I love. But I have a few empty frames that need to be filled. Funny thing is most of these old frames are not regular sizes so I've had to get things printed and then cut them to size. But they also have no backings and no glass. Yep in some ways it's a pain. (But my mom gave them all to me free so that is good!)



Well I was thinking about my frames one night and thought of making something to fill one of them. And this is it.


I made it with my fancy Silhouette Cameo machine .

My supplies: an old painted frame, a pile of 12x12 chipboard pieces, and some cardstock in colors I didn't like.


First I cut out 12x12 whole background sheets on my Cameo.

I used background_double_chevron_C01271_19547, large_eyelet_lace_C00057_19547, a scalloped background (I couldn't find to link again) and a moroccan background (also couldn't find).


After I cut them all out I glued them onto my chipboard pieces and fit them together to make the size of my frame.


Like this (my color is all off on this picture.... whoops)


The I painted the whole thing with my favorite gray from Martha Stewart called Driftwood gray


Coat one - the paper started to buckle a bit so I had to press it down after...


Coat two


Then I added my vinyl letters. I don't have any vinyl for my Silhouette or else I could have just cut this part out too but instead I had to ask a lady who cuts vinyl to cut it for me.


And this is the end result again.


Here it is on my wall...


(one more frame to go... and lots to straighten :) )

And this little man laid beside me while I worked on it :)


My art that a few of you have asked about was done similarly.

Except i bought a 24x36 canvas and painted it (the same gray) and then put my vinyl on top. I also got it cut by the same lady. She doesn't have a website but she has an email that you can order from her if you want. Email me and i'll forward it along to her if you'd like.

Linking it up here:

10 on Tuesday

1. A few of you have emailed me and asked about how to make the proclamation art from last week... I'll give you a run down tomorrow.

2. Caught this shot of Regan and Lucy singing songs together after church and dinner last Sunday.


3. Some days I think my best mothering skill is making my children cry.

4. Took all my kids to the eye doctor and Lucy might need glasses some time soon. For now we are "Watching" it.


5. Look who's sitting in a high chair now.


6. I found this song lately thanks to a friend who linked it on another's friend's facebook page. I downloaded it and listen to it over and over....


7. We had kids over every day for a week and this is what the basement looked like. Really it's been a lot worse than this. Sometimes I just leave it for a few days until it drives me batty then I make them clean it up. Although every Saturday it gets a good clean. But really, this shot shows that fun was had here!


8. This kid stayed up reading over 90 pages of Harry Potter sunday night. Yep he was tired Monday for school!


9. Eli has learned to spell his name. I am still working with him to get to write the letters. Really his name should be EASY! He did this and then added a random j too....



10. If you are use instagram on your iphone, I have a photographer husband you can follow here.....

PS did you see my latest family session over here

On the Bookshelf

I've been on a reading binge lately...

Read these in the past week:

My favorite was probably book 2. But as a whole I loved them all! Great story (still a weird idea). After I while I was annoyed with Katniss and her silliness. But at the same time that made her more realistic and human. Funny thing while I was reading it I kept thinking of how there were "team"s of women fans for Jacob or Edward (I never thought that way but I know lots of girls and women did), so are there people in two camps about the main male characters in this series?

Have you read this series??

Spiritual Sunday

“We do not go to Sabbath meetings to be entertained or even solely to be instructed. We go to worship the Lord. It is an individual responsibility, and regardless of what is said from the pulpit, if one wishes to worship the Lord in spirit and in truth, he may do so by attending his meetings, partaking of the sacrament, and contemplating the beauties of the gospel. If the service is a failure to you, you have failed. No one can worship for you; you must do your own waiting upon the Lord."

- Spencer W. Kimball, Ensign – Jan 1978

Foto Fridays: Our Year in Photos

Month 3 Week 2: Siblings.

For the second week of each month we'll focus on relationships.

To know more about this project you can read my first post here.

I convinced the kids to come outside for just a few minutes to take some shots of all of them. They actually agreed despite last night all of them except Alden were up multiple times. As in 5 times with Eli, 3 with Lucy and 2 with Oliver. Sheer madness.
Good thing I LOVE THEM.



I always thought I'd have all my kids crammed together. But that wasn't meant to be. And now that I have this many kids I am glad they aren't all crammed in a short amount of time. In Mormonville 3 years seems to be a big space. But out of the church everyone comments on how nice a 3 year gap is. I've realized it's perfect for us. 3 years pretty much between every kid. 9,6,3,5 months. Perfect.

And I have to add one more of them all....


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Listography: List 62

list 62: things I haven’t finished

Oh my, this list could be LONG

1. organizing the basement

2. my jean quilt

3. a dress (I started sewing oh..... many years and three kids ago)

4. grouting my LR fireplace :)

5. the MSBH challenge.... only 4 recipes left!

6. editing our own family photos

7. burning dvds for family photo shoots (like for sage or Oscar...)

8. this list ;)

10 on Tuesday

1. I hosted a craft night at my house and we made these. I love love love mine. I got the idea from my friend Chelsea and adjusted it fit my house. Everyone made different colors and such.



2. Last week it was Dr. Seuss' birthday. Well the night before Lucy had a little friend named Hadley over and together they decided that I should make a birthday cake for the class. So I called and offered to make one. I made this. I doesn't really look like it but it's supposed to be the Cat in the hat hat. But my red (which I used an entire bottle of gel red food coloring) only went pinkish red. Lucy also tried to convince me to make her a Dr Seuss dress the night before as well. I think her words were "now you just have to whip me up a dr Seuss dress and it'll be perfect." I didn't agree to that part. When she got home from school her first words coming into the door were "mom, you did it wrong! Red is supposed to be on the top."


3. The weather says it's gonna be 15 above this week! CRAZY. As in crazy AWESOME.

4. I need to take some pictures this week and I am needing some models and inspiration... I kind of want someone to dress up in a wedding dress for me! Or a really old couple. But here's one from my last assignment. Taken at 1 am in the middle of the street in raymond.



5. I registered Eli in preschool for the fall. Tuesday and Thursday Afternoons. Best part is he gets to rid the bus home in the afternoon..... :)

6. I finally jumped on board and read the hunger games. As in read in one day read. :) Yep liked it.

7. Did a fun family shoot for my friend Julie last week.... here's two to see... (isn't her house the CUTEST!)



8. Sleep has been really really bad this past week. I've been feeling quite zomby-ish.

9. I need to post an update on my project life pages.

10. Still haven't made those brownies from a week or so ago... although a neighbor sent over two boxes of candy canes.... seems I HAVE To do it now ;)

Overheard

I've been writing down things Eli says for a while. Just cause he says so many funny things. It's partly the age and partly him I think.


Some of my favorites:

"SURRENDER" - always yelled at the top of his lungs (which is annoying)

"tailnippers" - nail clippers

"well that's exactly what I'm going to do"

"Oliberry" - Oliver

"i think he needs mommy milk"

"i'm totally dressed now"

"i want to watch piderman but not the bad one, only the good one" (he never says the s for spiderman)

"pppppa-please"

"ife" - knife

motorbicyle - motorcycle

"commudered" - computer

"yea I fixed it" (how) "with the button on top"

"can I have a mixtery" (all my kids say that instead of mixture but only when talking about cereal)

Whenever we try to get him to say the letter sound properly in a word he always says it just fine but then goes on saying the word all funny.

And this conversation goes on pretty much EVERY DAY about 5 times a day (or more) and frankly drives me bonkers.

"can i watch a movie on the computer" (no)
" can i watch on the tv?" (no)
"dad's iphone?" (no)
"can I go to James' house?" (not right now)
"can I play with Talan?" (not right now)
"can I play with Roman?" (not right now)
"can I play with Mason?" (not right now)
"well then can i watch a movie on the computer"
and on and on....

He keeps us on our toes in many many ways. Good thing he's so cute!

Spiritual Sundays

"President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Second Counselor in the First Presidency, said of discipleship: “By patiently walking in the path of discipleship, we demonstrate to ourselves the measure of our faith and our willingness to accept God’s will rather than ours.”2

Let us remember we are daughters of God and strive to live as His disciples. As we do so, we will help build God’s kingdom here on earth and become worthy to return to His presence."

Foto Fridays: Our Year in Photos

Month 2 Week 1: the Office.

For the first week of each month we'll focus on a room in the house.

To know more about this project you can read my first post here.

Our office isn't anything to look at. In fact right now it's Oliver's room and the office/ craft room. It's got a lot going on in there and it's not pretty :) But thinking about the "office", piles of paper came to mind. I often feel like I am drowning in papers.

Papers from school and mail and Regan's papers and magazines and all my papers and bills and and the kids art and on and on and on.... sometimes I feel like this about all the papers!



You can see all my other entries for this project here

Go check out Brooke's over here!

Please tell me if you have a link somewhere for playing along and I'll add the links.