My New Project

My friend Britta and I are tackeling a new project! We are going to make a quilt. No class necessary, we are going to read how to do it step by step from a book that we bought. Our fabric is SO cute. We had to buy 20 different kinds of fabric and the end result will have all 20 fabrics lined up on top of each other with a ruffle in the middle of each fabric. Don't worry, I will show you the end result when we are finished! I am so excited about this new winter project!

My Violin Room

I have decorated my violin room recently, and here is what it looks like. I still want to put vinyl lettering on the walls with some violin quotes like "Only practice on the days you eat!" This is where I teach all of my violin lessons and where I teach Riley his daily violin lesson!

Vision of Pink

Sunny loves to wear jewlry and anything that is girly. Today she just looked too cute that I could not resist taking pictures of her in her little pink tutu! What a cute little girl I have!

I am Thankful

I am a very blessed person. This picture of my family pretty much sums it up! I love them so much and am so gratful to be Regan's wife, and Riley and Sunny's mom. We have our health, we have a beautful home, Regan has a great job, we have the Gospel in our lives and the knowledge that our little family will always be together. I am blessed that I can still teach violin lessons, and that I can also stay home to raise my little ones. I am thankful for my family and Regan's family for supporting us in whatever we do. I am thankful for good friends around me that care about me and support me. I am thankful for my parents for the way they raised me and for the person I am because of them.

Pre-Thanksgiving

Regan and I had a pre-Thanksgiving Dinner the Sunday before and had the missionaries over. It was our first attempt at a turkey, and we brined it for 24 hours. (marinate it in apple juice, brown sugar, cloves, garlic). It was the BEST turkey I have ever had! It was so moist and juicy so needless to say I was pretty happy with myself for pulling off a full THanksgiving dinner!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving in Burlington, Wyoming. It took us 9 1/2 hours to get to Burlington because the roads were icy and snowy. There were semi trucks all over the side of the road that had gotten stuck. Fortunatly, we made it and go into bed at 12:30 Wednesday morning. The kids loved being on Regan's grandparents farm. They saw cows, horses, birds, cats, dogs, and bulls. It only took us 7 1/2 hours to get home yesterday because the roads were just fine. Regan went bird hunting with his brother Brady and got a pheasant. I know this sounds so sick, but I watched Brady and Regan gut the bird and inside of the throat was a sack that had all of the birds seeds and little rocks so that it could break up the seeds so that the bird could digest it. I was fascinated instead of grossed out like I usually would be by the bird!