Wow, it's been over a year since I posted. Life is good! I'm looking forward to a weekend with all of my kids and grandkids home. I miss my family and wish they could all live a little closer. Brittany and Jared will be in Boise for several months so we will enjoy them while we can! It's hard to believe that Owen will be 5 this month and Macy will be 4...where have the years gone?

More Aprons

Here are a couple of aprons I made this week. Somehow they look cuter in person. Maybe it's the model?

Finally able to sew again.

I finally got some time to sew again. Here's the purse I made! You can put these purses on a long chain as well. Anyone know a good place to buy such a thing without spending a lot?

Trip to Minnesota

I was in Minnesota last week and thought I share a few pictures. We celebrated Easter while I was there. This is the best picture I got of Truly! What a doll. She was so excited looking for eggs.We went to mall of america and I took Owen on a ride. It was very fun! Owen would giggle as we went around the corners. It was fun to feel like a kid again.
We also found Dora at the Mall. She is very large!!! Owen liked her but Truly didn't. Sorry no picture of Truly being scared of Dora...I was too slow.

A card for old people!

Okay so I can't get these pictures in the right order but you get the idea. I made this for my friend who just turned 50 (kind of like someone else I know). It's funnier if you look at the front first but oh well.

Cherry Purse and a new wall!

Here's a picture of Chelsea and I feeling rather small in NYC. And while I was downstairs constructing a new purse, a wall was being constructed in my back yard. I hope you like them both. (The wall of course is not finished and cost a lot more to make then my purse did.)

I'm a bag lady!

Here's a picture of my latest bag, just finished tonight. Hope you enjoy it. Now it's back to the TV for some more tennis!

Another Apron

So here is my latest apron. It's cute but next time I will line it instead and make some miner adjustments.

I made this pair of baby shoes this week. I got the shoe pattern from my friend Laura. You can visit the blog at www.stardustshoes.blogspot.com.

A handbag and some cards!

Hello, here is a picture of the handbag I just finished over the weekend.  It still needs a big button for the middle but haven't had time to go shopping.  This bag was a lot of work.  How can something that looks so simple be so time consuming.  I learned a few tricks for next time though.  The cards I made yesterday.  I just love playing with pretty paper.  Hope you enjoy!

Here's my newest apron that I finished today.  I like it but I think it is a bit long for me.  It would be cuter on Chelsea but she wasn't around to model :(

Here is a picture of my latest creation and very first quilt.  

Aprons and pin cushions!

Here are some pictures of my latest creations!  Thanks to Chelsea for being my model.  The pin cushion is a pattern from Heather Bailey.  Here's her sight if you want to check it out.  

I've been having a lot of fun lately with my cricut machine and my sewing machine.  I recently found this cute pattern for a pin cushion and couldn't wait to try it out.  Here is the finished project.  

Trip to Alaska

This is us on a glacier cruise in Alaska.  

It was beautiful and so were these adorable little girls!

Inside the boat, where it was warm!

Burrrr...

      This is Macy and Grandpa standing under a plane as it took off right over their heads.  

   Now an inside view of the plane.  Actually a different plane.

Hawaii

Kerry and I just returned from a great vacation in Hawaii!!!  It was great fun and very beautiful.  Here are a few pictures.  The first one is of Kerry and I and the Laney's at the temple visitors center.  The 2nd one is Just Kerry and I.  The third one is of Terri and a native Tongan.  The last one is of the cutest young man on the Island.  He is from Tahjiti!!!  I wanted to bring him home for Chelsea he was so cute.

Okay, Just to prove I can blog!

Brittany tagged me so here goes.

8 favorite TV Shows

1.   The Office

2.  The Office

3.  The Office

4.  The Office

5.  The Office

6.  The Office

7.  The Office  (It's the only show I really ever watch except for....)

8.  Tennis tournaments

8 Favorite Restaurants

1.  Costa Vida

2.  Cheesecake Factory

3.  Quiznos

4.  Chilis

5.  The Blue Moose in Eagle ID

6.  Red Lobster

7.  Smokey Mountain Pizza and Pasta

8.  Cool Hand Luke's in Eagle.....I only get to choose 8?

8 things that happened yesterday

I'm changing this to "this week"  cause it all ran together since I was on vacation in Hawaii!

1.  Went to the beach

2.  Saw some very hot men at the Polynesian Cultural Center(wait, can grandmas say "hot"?)

3.  Ate shaved ice with ice cream.

4.  Got a sunburn

5.  Went out to eat everyday!!!

6.  played card games

7.  Sat in a jaccuzzi

8.  Got a a call at 4:30 am from my daughter Chelsea who just totaled her new car.

8 things to look forward to

1.  Indoor tennis

2.  November, lots of birthdays in the family

3.  Christmas, everyone will be home!

4.  Seeing my grandkids again!  Hi! Owen, Macy, Kylie and Truly!

5.  The election being over

6.  More grandkids

7.  My next massage

8.  The election being over!

8 things I love about fall

1.  Picking apples off the tree

2.  Pretty leaves

3.  Cooler temperatures

4.  Wearing jeans again.

6.  New season of the Office

7.  School starting

8.  Lower electric bills.

8. things on my wish list

1.  My grandkids to live close by

2.  The economy to pick up

3.  Make a new friend

4.  No stress

5.  To lose some weight

6.  That the election was over

7.  To be a professional tennis player

8.  To have a happy healthy family.  

Seminary graduation

This picture is out of order and I can't seem to move it, so if you want the story behind the picture it is at the bottom of this post under "Boating"

On Sunday Travis graduated from seminary.  Hard to believe it's graduation time already.  We had a great time and enjoyed the meeting very much.  It was especially fun because Jamie also graduated.  Here are a few pictures of the blessed event!

Finally after 7 years of living in this house, I have window treatments in my bedroom.  I am so excited to have it done.  I think they are beautiful!!!


Boating

Yesterday we went boating at Black Canyon Resevoir with the Swensens.  It was a pretty interesting night.  To start off it took us about 30 min. to get the boat out of the garage!  It was in there pretty tight.  We finally get going and get to the lake and it was covered with tons of wood and junk from the spring run off so Kerry pretty much docked the boat and we got outand enjoyed the park instead.  We didn't want to ding a prop or hurt the boat right at the beginning of the season, that would stink.  We got home about 10:00 and pulled under the carport and suddenly heard this awful sound.  We forgot that the tower was still up on the boat!  This was not good.  We bent the tower and put a hole in the roof of the carport but it gets worse.  We could not get the boat out because the tower wold hit the beams if we moved it and there wasn't enough room to get the tower down because we needed more clearance to lift it up and off.  So the only way we could think to lower the boat was to take the air out of the tires.  It worked!!!  Kerry got the pole off and the tires blown up and all is well except for the nice hole in the carport.  You can thank Chelsea for the great picture.

Today I flew in Kerry's new airplane.  We went to McCall for breakfast.  KERRY KEPT REFERRING TO HIS PLANE AS "SEXY". AND I KEPT SAYING "HOW CAN A PLANE BE SEXY"?  "OH, IT JUST IS".  WELL FINALLY I GET TO SEE THE PLANE AND I GUESS AS FAR AS PLANES GO, AND COMPARED TO THE OTHER PLANES WE SAW, IT WAS KIND OF SEXY.  (sorry I had the caps button pushed.)  It was great to get to McCall in 30 minutes and the seat is nicer than the other plane, but I just don't get that thrill and excitement out of flying.  I just wasn't born to fly!!  Kerry did a great job however.  Our landings were great and he even dodged another plane so we wouldn't collide.  

It's a good thing he has a friend and some sons-in-law who share his love for flying.  As for me I'll stick to tennis!! 

Senior Prom

These are pictures of Travis from Prom.  His date's name is Elizabeth.  Wow, what a cute girl!  Travis looks pretty good himself, that is when his eyes are open!!  Good choice Travis!