Christmas Project

I have a favor to ask of all of you. I have decided to make Ethan a jean patchwork quilt for Christmas. Alas, I have to holey sad jeans to use. So I am sending out a request to all of you to please give me any jeans you may otherwise be throwing out. He is getting a twin size bed from his Grandma for Christmas, and I would like him to have a cute quilt to go with it. Just let me know if you have anything I might be able to use. Thank you ever so much.

Aunt Amy and Uncle Rob's wedding

September 1st, Michael's oldest sister got married to the love of her life Rob. Or as the kids call him Wob. It was a very happy wedding. Everyone was so glad to see Amy and Rob married. They are so good together. Ethan was the ring bearer and Libby was a flower girl.

Amy had paper fans and candles for wedding centerpieces. Half way through the ceremony of course one of the children caught a fan on fire. We all expected it to be Nick, but it was Ethan. I was sitting right next to him and was completely oblivious. Judy, a dear family friend, had to catapult over me and snatch the fan. She rolled it on the ground to put it out. Then is flared up again. So Georgette came running to the rescue with about an ounce of water in a water bottle. Between the two of them they managed to get it out. All of this was carried out the grand tradition of silent movies, as the bride and groom were still exchanging their vows.

Libby thankfully didn't catch anything on fire, nor wreak untold amount of devastation. She simply enjoyed all the praise centered on her. She was awfully cute, even if I am biased.

Computer Crash

I have a lot of cute pictures of the kids to post but unfortunately we have had a computer malfunction. All of our pictures are still there but just not very easy to access. I've been hoping Michael will get it fixed soon, but he is really busy with school. Also his job is making him work mandatory overtime. So I just haven't harassed him about fixing the computer to much. But as soon as he has time, you better believe I will be all over him. Then I will get everything updated.

Libby is TWO

Elizabeth SueEllen/Libby/Libby Sue/Sue Boo/Naughtiness/ or just plain Sue turned two on Saturday. It's hard to believe. I still think of her as a baby, but I guess she is not. In case anyone is curious the cake is peanut butter cake with chocolate ganache. She loves, loves chocolate. She is definitely my child.

She of course got overwhelmed by presents and had lost interest by the end. She did love this little bake ware set I found for her though. The little measuring spoons and cups and things are accurate and dishwasher safe.














Almost better then cake and presents was making her Uncle Rob catch her 826 times while she jumped off the table. Then Ethan got in on the act. We are not sure if Uncle Rob will ever be the same.
It was a fun party, but Libby was quite ready to go home by the time it was over. It is so nice having the park close to our house.

Camping in Crouch

Michael had a two week break between summer and fall semester so we went camping at his grandparents' summer cabin north of Crouch in Garden Valley. We could've stayed in the cabin, but we like camping. Plus a lot of my family came up, so it just made things easier. We had a lot of fun. The first night we were up there was the best day to view the recent meteor shower. It was incredible. The shooting stars left huge trails across the sky. We just put the sleeping bags on the ground, laid back, and watched for a couple of hours. We probably each saw a couple of dozen. We also played in the river a lot and even floated it a few times. If you can call having to get out and walk because it was so shallow floating it. But we kept on doing it.

The whole gang, minus Krys who is taking the picture. This was on the second to last morning, so everyone is a mess. The kids spent the whole time just covered with dirt and sand. They have never been so happy.
What would camping be without smores? Granted we were on burn restriction, so we made them on the grill. The kids didn't seem to mind.
Libby got bit right under her lip by a wasp the second day we were there. She only cried for a minute, then made a full emotional recovery. Her fat lip, on the other hand, lasted the better part of the day. All the adult made a fuss over her because she looked so pathetic. I don't think she even knew what they were fussing about. She just liked the attention.
Everyone getting ready to float the river. Ethan and his favorite cousin/person in the whole world, Isabelle, thought they could float down the river without an adult.

Michael may never forgive me for posting this picture of him, but everyone else should just be thankful it's not a picture of me in my bathing suit. We were a little sad to come home after all of our fun and no deadlines, but alas Michael has work and school.