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It’s Halloween time. I thought I was going to ge

It’s Halloween time. I thought I was going to get a pass this year what with it being 2020 and all but that was not the case and what started as I will just buy some costumes turned into I will make it all. Including but not pictured is Penny’s BFF who is the Vanellope to her Taffyta. The costumes have already been worn more this year than any other year so it seems 2020 is doing ok after all.

I decided last minute before heading out on our tr

I decided last minute before heading out on our trip that some family photos would be great. Especially when you travel with friends who can work a camera and make kids smile. Now if only we packed a reflector as well to help with shadows 😝 at least this way it created a fun memory of trying to arrange our family on a crowded beach to get the light fight the shadows and have as few photo bombers as possible. thanks @vanesswarner and @jordannwarner 😘

Along the ride home we stopped at a few places to

Along the ride home we stopped at a few places to help break up the trip. We visited the 7 magic mountains, a place in the middle of nowhere, and pioneer park in Saint George which was the perfect place to enjoy dinner before packing in for the rest of the trip. Another fun fall break trip done.

We love the beach! The kids were in heaven today s

We love the beach! The kids were in heaven today since we didn’t have to sit in the car and instead we spent about 6 hours at the beach, playing getting all sandy and sun kissed.

We made it to the beach!! It was another LONG day

We made it to the beach!! It was another LONG day in the car thank you LA traffic 💁🏻‍♀️ so I think we were partly just happy to be out of the car, but also the beach is our happy place second to the mountains

Fall break time!! So far we drove forever, and cro

Fall break time!! So far we drove forever, and crossed two more national parks off our list. We visited Kings Canyon and Sequoia. I have said this before but I will say it again. Each national park is just a marvel. I heard of these trees, but seeing them in person it was surreal. They are so big, like SOOOO big they seem fake. As if the day wasn’t great enough, we also saw a bear. And by saw a bear I mean we were greeted by a bear that then walked down the path we were about to get on. We gave him some time to move along but it was amazing.

My favorite thing is when my kids come to me as as

My favorite thing is when my kids come to me as ask me to make them something, especially if it’s challenging. Jude asked for a Simpsons quilt, and of course it had to be done. The challenge was taking a well known image and making it look like that when I am done (as opposed to drawing/designing my own thing) I might do a whole blog post on this some day but here are the bullet points. I printed the reverse of the image out poster size, (which is a tiled option my printer has) then I traced all the sections out on freezer paper to make templates. The rest I do have a post about if you hop on the blog and search freezer paper appliqué. Then for this one since he is a cartoon I hand stitched around everything with black embroidery floss, which only took twice as long as everything else 😂😂 but it was worth it. I also made Jude a Simpsons hoodie because he likes what he likes.

It’s been a hot minute since I have been out on

It’s been a hot minute since I have been out on a proper date with this guy. I mean sure we have been basically glued together since March, but so have the kids. We get the days together just the two of us since school started but we also have work and other distractions. Today we went on a real proper date. We had sushi, drove through the mountains to see the leaves got out to move the legs for a moment and had some great conversation. We should probably be better about making official dates more regular again.

Quarantine may have ended but can it still be cons

Quarantine may have ended but can it still be considered Covid stitching? It’s like an addiction that I just can’t quit. I stitched all the national parks we have visited so far for our family room, filled my husband’s office wall with stitched cartoons and then pushed myself beyond cartoons and stitched our house. Just keeping my hands busy which keeps my mind occupied and that keeps us all a little happier these days.

The next round of #rcfstriketeam makes are done. I

The next round of #rcfstriketeam makes are done. I don’t usually do Halloween things, but for that matter I don’t often sew with prints in general (since I consider stripes a solid neutral 😂) however I love this push outside of my comfort zone, and so do my kids since they LOVE prints. Now some cooler weather so they can actually wear all the things I have been making would be great 😂🥵

Guys I was holding my breath all week, I can’t b

Guys I was holding my breath all week, I can’t believe the first day of school actually arrived. 8th, 6th, and 2nd out the door, and I get a measly but widely celebrated 4 hours of peace. I just hope it lasts. Jude got classes he really loves and the girls got awesome teachers so they were all so ready for this to start back up again.

School is about to start so when @mylittlemarvels

School is about to start so when @mylittlemarvels suggested doing something fun one last time we all jumped at the opportunity. We rafted down the provo river together. Last time we did this it did not go great but if you actually go with a company that has proper equipment it turns out it’s a blast! Only those who jumped overboard by choice went in and we managed to steer and stay afloat.

I decided to throw my hat in the ring when @raspbe

I decided to throw my hat in the ring when @raspberrycreekfabrics put up a call to join their fabric strike off team. To my surprise (and happiness) I was selected and it was just the thing to put me back in my sewing room. We missed each other, it’s been a heck of a year. The new fall line of prints dropped today and they are so great! I sewed up three outfits for the girls with another one still waiting to be completed.

Today, 2 years ago and 4 years ago. The kids are w

Today, 2 years ago and 4 years ago. The kids are wondering how long we will keep taking these photos, I said forever.

Penny slipped me this note earlier this week askin

Penny slipped me this note earlier this week asking if I could make her some outfits she designed. Nothing makes me happier than to work some sewing magic and make my kids dreams become a reality. Turns out Penny has some fun style ideas.

We went to Gloria falls today. It was so lovely. W

We went to Gloria falls today. It was so lovely. We started out a little later in the day than usual which was nice since the trail was far less crowded that way. We even had the falls to ourselves for about 5 minutes. It was a toasty day today so the falls felt very refreshing. Overall it was a hot but not unbearable hike, while it was just over 100 degrees at home it was 90 degrees dropping down to 80 degrees at the falls.

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