We're almost there...

What a long week!! It should have felt like a short one though. No work on Monday and a Flex (every other Friday off) tomorrow. But N8 left at 4am Tuesday morning and will be back sometime tomorrow afternoon. I wouldn't have been so bad, but my new found "business", along with Enrichment stuff has kept me on double duty.

First off, the business end of things. On Saturday I signed up to participate in our HS music booster's craft fair. I thought- great exposure, make some holiday $$ as well as work to pay off the machine. I didn't think- N8 will be on travel, I'm 8 months pregnant and have 2 young kids!! So, it better be great-- or else!!! Here are 2 fun items that I'll be selling.


On the 2nd thought- RS is a crazy calling to be in, especially around the holidays. I am trying my best to turn our December HFPE quarterly activity over to my leader, but I'm not very good at giving up control!! We now should be just about ready, or at least planned now. Each year our ward also does a giving tree and this year we're adding those serving missions and in the military from our ward. Since I handled the "paperwork" last year, I said I would do it again since I had the files. Of course it's never as easy as you think it will be!!

So Bud is an avid artist. Here's some of his latest work!!

This is for you Amy!

My little girl gone short!! We had to make a drastic move and cut Emma's hair short! So far nope pulling and eating of the hair. Let's hope for quick hair regrowth!

An entire post dedicated to Amy! Blogging is a great outlet for many reasons. Today's reason is that it's an easy way to pass info and pictures back and forth!!
So here's a picture by picture of how to do a vinyl project

This is what it starts out as. This is a piece that has been cut, but not 'weeded' (the excess hasn't been removed).


Here's what it looks like part way through weeding


Here's a quote ready to have the application tape applied to it.

The tape has been applied and it's "hinged" into the tile so that it can be applied straight.


This is after the application tape has been removed.

After you lay it onto your surface (in this case a 6x6 tile) you want to rub it to make sure every letter adheres well.

Peel away the application tape and there you have it!


Here's a similar quote, just a little different.



I hope that helps demystify how to apply vinyl to something!

Just a quick update

Life is going to be crazy for the next month and a half (ok, really the rest of my life, but lets be optimistic!). This past weekend I ended up at the hospital again with what we believe was another kidney stone. It passed and I now have a UTI to thank for it. They monitored the baby for about 2 hours and everything looks fine on that front. It was late Saturday night after the kids were in bed and my cousin just came and watched TV. We got home about 1:30am Sunday morning, only to arise for church on Sunday and get ready so I could teach RS. I was the only on from the pres who ended up there, so I conducted and taught. Boy I am glad that's done! Then on Monday morning I got a call that our old Bishop (he was release about 3 months ago) passed away).

So this week I'm crazy busy, and crazy tired!!

Here's what going on:

Tuesday:RS Pres meeting today
Wednesday: Music Makers & viewing
Thursday: Funeral
Friday: Board meeting

As I write that doesn't look like much. But I'm feeling it! All through this I'm getting things ready to participate in a craft fair on the 17th, N8's in a class- super busy with work and heading on travel all next week!

I'm ready for a vacation. Thanksgiving can't come quick enough.

Happy Post Halloween!

Well we survived another Halloween. It was a pretty busy day for us. We had music makers in the morning, then Emma and I spent the afternoon at Bud's school helping with the parade and classroom party. Then after school we went to a nursing home to "trick or treat" (this was basically, walk around so the older folks could see the kids dressed up!). Then we did a 2-ward trunk or treat and neighborhood trick or treating!! I'm glad we did it all, but man was I tired. We had so many kids come trick or treating to our house that we passed back out about 1/2 of Bud and Emma's candy. That's probably a good thing!

So, Bud wanted to be a spiderweb again and the his old skeleton costume fit Emma. I needed simple this year!

Also, here's a few pics of the haircut. It's hard to tell, but it is substantially shorter:( It's going to take me a while to get used to it!

She's like a teenager in a toddler's body!!

Emma is over the edge!! She is driving me crazy! I'm glad she's the cutest thing ever because that makes it slightly bearable. Today I had to break down and cut her hair today. This was our first major hair cut. Since she was an infant we've battled a "habit" she has. She pulls her hair out of her head and eats it!! It's not just a hair here or there, it's like 10 strands at a time. So, I cut about 5 inches off hoping that it will help. We'll see.

We're gearing up for tomorrow. On Saturday we went to our little local downtown and trick or treated at the shops. Now that's all Emma can talk about. Luckily Bud understands a little better about time and days of the week.

On the vinyl front. I have taken some of the framed items to a local children's consignment store that allows vendors. I know on Saturday at least one item sold!! I'm very excited. This week I got some of the basic paperwork for a business license and permit. We also got a domain name and a bare bones (seriously under construction!!) website. Check it out. www.vinylchitchat.com N8 is super busy at work and is battling a sinus infection so any work on it has been done be me. So, thus a not very pretty or done website!

Something new!!

So after much debate and many spreadsheets, N8 and I decided to jump on the vinyl bandwagon!! It came yesterday and after hours of installing, reinstalling, emailing tech support and some trial and error, I think we've figured it out. Well, sort of!! I would say there is a learning curve for sure!!
I've done 3 little projects.
Take a peek!
Here's all 3.

Here's a close up.



They sayings are on glass clip frames with scrapbook paper behind them.

I'm looking forward to this new venture, but pretty darn nervous.


So, here's to a new adventure!!

When it rains, it pours...

But the sun will come out!! What a week! It really started at the end of last week. Bud was sick and we thought he was totally on the mend. N8, Emma and I were all feeling pretty well. Then on Tuesday afternoon I started having some immense pain on my right side. We went into the doctor and found blood in my urine, so we figured I was passing a kidney stone. We didn't want to got the ER or be admitted, so went home and toughed it out. About 4 hours, 60 oz of water and many potty trips, the pain was gone.

We thought all was well until Wednesday morning both Bud and Emma woke up running fevers. When we took them into the doctor Bud was running 103.5 ! It turns out they both had a chest virus, but Bud also had a nasty ear infection.

Then on Thursday and Friday it was N8's turn. He started in with the fever, chills, sour throat. But after a day of rest and lot of pray he felt a bit better on Saturday. This was very, very important!

Saturday was our stakes commemorative day in the LA temple. We had 433 members of our stake attend an hour long session in the solemn assembly room of the temple. It was a wonderfully spiritual experience that I would have been very disappointed to miss.

Along the lines of crazy happenings as well is that our babysitter for Saturday injured herself at a track meet the night before! Luckily my cousin who lives in town and my aunt and uncle (we were just visiting!) watched them all day. We are so grateful for them helping us out.