A Glimpse into my Life.

So, this is going to be a mishmash of everything! It'll be LONG so get a drink, something to eat, and saddle up for the ride!

We just got done having Bumpa visit for the week. He got in around midnight on Monday night, and we had to get up a bit before 4 am for him to leave on time to go home Saturday morning.
We have all been crazy busy and running around like mad. Bump would pass out on the couch and fall asleep until bedtime some days! This is what I found one day:


Ya think he was tired? Falling asleep checking email on his crackberry!


And while we were working in our back yard, look what we found!


This is the third toad we've found this summer! He's a huge, fat toad! Check out that determination to hold the toad!


Success! And immediately afterwards, the toad jumped out of Rynie's hands!


And since Bumpa was in town, we had to celebrate Rynie's birthday with him. It was just Mom, Dad, Pink Princess, Jake and Bumpa. Shannon had to work so she only got some cake afterwards. Well, maybe she did, I don't know if Jake ate it or brought it to her. Rynie got a red helmet and a shiny red bike! What a guy!!! Rynie helped me make his birthday cake, frost it, and shared the little leftover pieces with Pink Princess! He is a huge fan of frosting!








Didn't he do an awesome job on his cake?



Pink Princess is trying to get 4 teeth all at once, she definitely doesn't do anything by halves. I had four days last week when she basically shrieked all day each day. The last couple of days have been much better though. She is making up for lost sleep and food with a vengeance.


That is a slip of mine. It was the only thing that made her happy for a few days. She drug it everywhere, slept with it, and you were in trouble if you took it.

I finally finished Pink Princess's dress that I've been working on forever. Honey helped a lot with the finishing (and she was EVIL and made me do the button holes so I'd learn how) so we got the dress done in time for Jeremy and Amanda's wedding.





I also made Rynie a pair of wool pants, and he had to wear them to the wedding since Pink Princess was going to wear a new dress.


Jeremy and Amanda's wedding was very sweet! It's always fun to gain a new member of the family, and I think Jeremy picked well. :D





Awww, Rynie lucked out and got a hug from the new Mrs. G!



Hubby and I went on a date to Boondock's with Jake and Shannon. It was super hot and lots of fun! We played mini golf, Jake and I reminisced about how we used to be good at baseball/softball, played lazertag, and had some good strawberry shakes.


Speaking of Jake and Shannon, since he let the cat out of the bag so to speak, I can now say something: Jake and Shannon are Engaged!!!!!! Woo Hoo!!!!! They are getting married on October 15 at the Mount Timpanogos Temple!




Well, there are about 25 days until we leave for England and Scotland, my wardrobe for Bath is still incomplete. I have my stays fitted again since I had to redo them since I lost more weight. Hubby is taking the next week off work since he has some vacation time to use up so I am going to try and get them done in the next week. I will post pictures when I have my wardrobe done.

I'm sure I'm forgetting something, but these are the major points and I'll post more, hopefully sooner than this post came about.

Evening All!

After having Winter, version 2.0 for the last few weeks, it's nice to finally see Springtime weather. Most of the last few weeks we have had rain, snow, or a random combination of both.





When Rynie saw all the water collecting in the backyard, he said, "Look Mom, we have our own lake!" What a guy!



Rynie has been quite the helper. Even more so than normal. He has been fascinated with feeding Pink Princess lately. We have let him feed her dinner a couple of times and it is hilarious.





So this next week is shaping up to be insanely busy. I've been cleaning house like crazy and trying to get everything in order for our trip. I can't believe we are leaving on Tuesday! I am starting to make lists to organize our packing and do things like stop the mail while we are gone. Thursday I am doing a lot of hair. Evidently a lot of people have decided that since I am suddenly not going to be available for a little while, they need their hair done asap. I have a hair appointment to get a trim on Friday and Saturday is the wedding. I am still debating the merits of going to sleep and getting up at 1am at the latest or just staying awake all night long since the bride is going to be here at 2am. The reason for the early start time is she is getting married over an hour away and she is getting married at 7am. She has to be there by 6am. We are invited to the ceremony and the luncheon so I won't be going back to sleep that morning. We are also going to clean up the weeds in our backyard and put down grass seed so hopefully we will have a lawn! Wow. Fun, but busy.

I have been working on a new set of Regency Short Stays and they are fitting well so far. I'm hoping they are keepers and I don't have to start over on a new set.

We worked on Father's Day projects for Bumpa Black Cow. I have to say Rynie was a hoot. He made a 'rainbow' in his palette then painted that onto his canvas.






I have been giving Pink Princess little bits of fruits and vegetables to see how she likes the textures. She had a blast mushing her oranges!

I have a few pictures of the girl who had me do her hair for her bridals. She is absolutely beautiful! If she sends me some more, I'll make sure to post them.









What a doll! She is like a little sister to me and it's been fun to help her on this journey in her life!

I didn't intend to take a break from blogging, but we have been crazy sick in our house. Rynie brought something home from somewhere and it was a viral nasty. He got it a lot worse than the rest of us. We all just had coughs and colds of never ending nastiness. Rynie ended up with a nice raised rash to compliment the rest of it.



The doctor thought he had Fifth's Disease, but since his rash was raised, it wasn't. In the end, the doctor told us we could pay to have lab work done and find out but since he was clearly on the mend, he didn't recommend it. We went with no lab work. Our sniffles have mainly cleared up now.

The Pink Princess is growing like a weed. She is getting to be extremely mobile also. She keeps trying and trying to crawl, but just can't quite do it. Pink Princess will square up, start rocking and suddenly scoot backwards. It drives her absolutely crazy. She is trying to be a big girl, but she still can't quite sit up yet. When she does sit up, she gets excited and then falls over laughing. Here she is after she wedged herself under Great-Grandma Grey Kitty's table.



Rynie has been my little buddy. We have been reading lots of books and playing in the mud/dirt in the back yard. He was so excited that the first nice day we went out to play (read: wouldn't sink in the mud) he was rolling in the dirt.





I have started taking Rynie horseback riding. He loves being a cowboy and moving his Uncle Jakie's cattle and Grandma Floolie's mule.



I've been working on the dress for Pink Princess. After I got most of the dress put together, the trims I had thought would be cute just didn't cut it. I found some lace in my stash and I'm going to trim it with that. I just have to put buttons and hem the dress and slip then it's done. Hopefully by this weekend I will be done or else Pink Princess may be too big for it soon.

The little sister of one of my childhood friends is getting married next month. She asked me to do her hair and makeup for her bridals and wedding. I am so excited. She is actually wearing my wedding dress and my veil/circlet so it's an interesting trip down memory lane. I can't wait to do what she is wanting for her pictures. She is such a sweet girl and adorable.



Well, off to bed. I'll have to post Saturday when I finish Pink Princess's dress and my new *surprise* but it's actually not a surprise for me, just a surprise from anyone else! I just don't want to post about it before I can add a picture with it!