Lane and Brittany Larsen

Update!!

2012-01-13T18:53:00.000-08:00

So i guess i jumped into our present life without filling in the gap from a whole year! SO MUCH has happened to our little family. We moved out of our studio apartment above Nancy and Lynn Labrum's garage - (i have missed her everyday, locke too, she completely became my second mom. miss you and love you nancy.) and moved into the farmhouse. Not before we moved Lane's parents out and completely gutted the inside. I'm talking a complete gut job. Probably the hardest work i've ever done! we took out all the carpets, ripped out all the old baseboards, and kitchen cabinets. Since then we have installed new carpets, new hardwood in the kitchen and down the hallway (by ourselves!! i'm so proud...) installed all new baseboards and a bunch of crown molding (done mostly by our brother in law - thank you troy!!!!) put in ALL NEW windows! (i think this has made the HUGEST difference!) installed an electric heating system (this house has run off coal for the past 25 years) retextured ALL the walls, painted every. single. wall., scraped off the popcorn ceilings throughout (i like me some sparkle, just not on the ceiling...) Installed all new lights upstairs, put in new cabinets, new counters (I"M IN LOVE!!) lane has replaced all the lightswitches AND faceplates (Seriously, this made it look like a new house! i think its all the the details!) painted the brick fireplace white, installed a new bannister, replaced the red heart tub upstairs, (and yes, you heard that right.) and MOVED IN!!!! (just a note, its mainly the upstairs thats done, the basement really just needs the basement and carpet and its good to go. our goal is to get it done before the baby gets here, wish us luck!) Now its the fun part, putting the house together. I've been sewing and framing and printing and painting...pretty much anything i can get my hands on. And its really coming together, i'm just not going to post the pictures right now. not yet. i want it ready before i show the really cool before and after pictures! i'm thinking another month?? this week we are working on tiling the kitchen backsplash, painting the table and chairs, and i'm going to work on locke's crib bedding. its SO FUN!! i love decorating this house, its completely my dream house. SO, this last year has been alot about the house and moving but we've also helped Lane's parents build a new house as well as his sister and brother-in-law (which involved more babysitting then building, just to clarify. i'm still the biggest rookie ever in home renovation. or building.) Lane has finished another crazy year on the farm, he is such an awesome farmer. He works rediculous hours in the summer, and has a calculator with him EVERYWHERE trying to work the "numbers" of the fields, cows, milk, all that jazz. I'm serious he takes it with him everywhere. He keeps a spare on the back of the toilet. its funny. Locke always steals that one! we are finding it everywhere! So we also announced that we're pregnant with baby number two, which is due may 9th and we are SO excited for his arrival. I always kinda thought it was a boy too, not that i had any kind of major revelation or anything, it just seemed like everytime i looked at baby stuff i always veered to the newborn boy section. I wasn't sure if i was doing it out of habit? or because it was an inckling to what it was?? turns out it was! i wasn't surprised at all when the ultrasound tech said it was a boy. i was just excited! Lane is tickled to get his boys, and i am happy to know locke is getting a brother he can play with. This year has also included me and locke getting into a bad accident coming home from Lehi with Lane's sister Lacy in April 2011 where we totaled the car - it started raining in provo canyon close to bridal falls and as we went over a bridge we hydroplaned, spun around a couple of times, bashing into the gaurdrail a few times. It was...just insane. Locke slept through the entire ordeal which blows my mind still. Luckily we were able to get a ride home with Lynn and Nancy (which is another reason why i love love love them, the pretty much saved our lives that day) and their son who runs a dealership in Heber towed the car for us. it was also rediculously cold that day, of course, so it made it that much worse. But we survived!! yahoo! Another big moment last year was when we learned Locke's lazy eye was not able to be corrected with glasses - he had to have eye surgery. It was one of those moments as a parent you get a horrible sick feeling about whats going to happen to your baby, but still have to feel comforted knowing its the best thing for him. Its a very conflicting situation! These pictures were before he had glasses, and its hard for me to look at them because at the time i really couldn't notice his eyes crossing so much!! but it is painfully obvious now when i look back:

Here are some pictures after glasses but before surgery:

Then there was a couple weeks of patching before the surgery to strenthen the weak eye - we kept socks on his hands for the first day until he learned he wasn't allowed to touch it. It worked amazing! You're so smart lane.

and then of course pictures of us waiting in the hospital for them to come get Locke. I must say the nurses were wonderful, i think i was obviously worried and they were just so good to locke and us. We waited in that room for a bit then Dr. Abrams came in and gave him a quick assesment. After that we waited a bit longer then an older nurse (i loved that she was older, she definately had a motherly presence that put me at ease) came, scooped locke up in a big cuddly blanket and walked down to the operation room. I was so glad they didn't try and put him on a gurney - he's a baby! So that was another thing that helped my nerves. But it still KILLED me to let him go knowing they were going to hurt him! it seriously took all my self control to hand him over. And i totally broke down after he left - its just so scary!! every operation has risks and i tried my hardest not to think about the potential for the doctors to ruin Lockes eyesight permanently. Ugh. i still can't think about it!

Me and Locke right after they brought him back, the same way they took him. We stayed in the hospital room and waited for his surgery to get over. There was no way i could go anywhere, it brought out all my mom instincts! I'll always remember hearing his cry down the hallway as they were bringing him back - i could tell it was him but really groggy. As he came into view i completely broke down, he was trying to fight the nurse, but was still waking up so he was so confused. That was hard. I just focused on his recovery and didin't let myself think about the fact that me and lane made the decision to put him through all that pain. So the doctor told us he was going to feel like he had sand in his eyes for a few days, so i prepared myself for what i thought would be a few rocky weeks:
He slept the entire first day, and was up most of the night. But the next day he was right back on his sleeping schedule and was his happy little self!! i marveled at the way his little body just bounced right back. it was pretty amazing.

next day in his jumper. Like i said, amazing. he was happy! i couldn't believe it! he is such a trooper.

first bath, i can't believe how much a bath helped too! it totally revitalized him.

So thats all for now, but i'll be backtracking a bit more in the next couple of posts, just so this little "online journal" makes sense.

Epic. two posts, one week.

2012-01-12T11:38:00.000-08:00

This little guy is so BUSY! he refused to look at the camera once, so this is the best i got. He was being so funny today - refusing to wear pants and spending all morning putting his wooden puzzles together and babbling non-stop. I was attempting to finish an ottoman and Lane was running around doing house stuff I was barking at him to do....Oh the winter. I LOVE it. I love that Lane is home alot more, i actually get to see him during the day, its just a nice break before the craziness of the summer kicks in. We've been doing really good at our resolutions, so far a perfect score for saying prayers as a family at night. There are others that already need work....ugh. Last night we ran to Vernal and grabbed everything we needed to finish the backsplash in the kitchen - yah! i'm so excited to see things still coming along renovation-wise. Lane even spent all afternoon with me caulking the kitchen crown molding. He is the best. I seriously can't say it enough. Although i haven't told him i plan on painting the kitchen table and chairs....not sure how he's going to take that!! He knows me well enough to know i love STARTING projects....not so hot at finishing! But that is why i LOVE that i've been nesting a ton lately, i think i've finished off everything from last year in the past two weeks. its so liberating! yahoo! bring on the next baby! every day i feel more ready for him!

Just playing peek a boo for the 99th time today...

His new favorite toy?? the spray bottle. and i don't stop him, so the past week he always has droplets on his glasses - he's only strong enough to push the handle if its pointed right at his face!! so funny and he loves it!

ya know. just being a kid.

Resolutions

2011-12-17T10:26:00.001-08:00

AHHHHHH!!!!! my life. has been insane over the past year. I keep telling myself when it calms down i'll head to this blog again and keep updating....not going to happen. the only reason i'm on here now is Locke is sick and taking an amazing 2 hour nap so far. what a champ. And no, things are not going to settle down around here, especially since in 4-5 months we are going to have another little boy to look after! i could not be more excited about adding to our family, it just seems like the right time to keep growing and getting into new adventures. But! there is a LOT to be done before the baby comes. which is kind of why i'm on here....definately procrastinating. Now that i know its a boy i'm super excited to begin putting his nursery together - that is after i get all my craft stuff out of that room. and it is PACKED. to the ceiling. But there is no where for it go! I want it to go downstairs...but its not finished. So me and Lane decided last night we are going to finish all renovations before this ones arrival!!! ugh, its such a big undertaking, since we are kinda both renod-out. we're pooped. big time. the upstairs looks amazing, but i know we are just going to have to force ourselves to keep going, because there is NO WAY i'm going to feel like doing anything with a new baby here. Its so hard to try and get all these projects done and still feel like i'm giving as much time as i can to locke - we only have 4 months together before i have to look after another baby and i want to make it as special for him as i can. So much is going to be changing AH! i'm even starting to cry thinking about how fun the past year and a half has been with locke - everything is so true that you hear, it goes SO FAST. I can't believe my little baby is now a toddler and we are bringing in a new baby - i just want SO BAD not to think that the baby is somehow replaceing locke. i still want him to feel I treat him the same, with plenty of attention and love. and yet i'll have another newborn! the idea of all that responsibility and care hits me sometimes - it will be a delicate balance between locke and the new baby. and i'm excited to figure it out! i'm excited for two boys, and i LOVE how quietly excited lane is about it all - he has his two boys, to help on the farm, to teach them hard work, to teach them everything he knows. But he would never admit it - thats just lanes way. He is my calm, subduded, amazing father and husband. My boys couldn't have a better parent then him! He is the best! LOVE you so so so much lane! i seriously can never say it enough. i just love him. alot. oh and my resolution is to update this once a week. wish me luck!

This is locke. everyday. at lunch. Whatever he eats, he gets it absalutely everywhere. including in his diaper. he is a true boy!

Locke and dad. Absalutely best buds. I love to see his little hands reaching up in the air - its something Lane never says no to! i love it.

Christmas card

2010-12-15T15:24:00.000-08:00

Pout face escalation

2010-12-15T09:50:00.000-08:00

Our favorite face, the pout. When Locke's tired he just want to be with mom - or else. And when he's not, this is what happens....

seriously messed up.

2010-12-06T17:16:00.000-08:00

I came across this little beauty today...so so so creepy. The worst part?? when she explains how to pose your hands, "they need to be snake-like" ewwww....and her constant stroking of her hands. so very strange. it makes me feel really normal.

Thanksgiving.

2010-12-04T13:10:00.000-08:00

Thanksgiving this year was absalutely everything I was hoping for - WAY too much food, yearly bingo (Grandma upped the prizes by taping a dollar bill to candy bars - oh man! it was amazing how much more competitive you can get for an extra dollar. or was it that we all wanted one of "grandma's" dollars - a momento for the year??)that was followed by dance instruction from jazzie and amber MUCH too soon after dinner. It envoked a kind of happy-sickness of having fun and trying to ignore the gobs of turkey and mashed potatoes that were wolfed down recently. (I eat like crazy there - rationalizing i'll work it off in the dance party later. although i never last long...)Locke was having such a hoot he didn't nap - in the first picture he is trying SO HARD to keep those little eyelids open - so scared he'll miss one more person coming up to him making a funny face to get him to laugh. By the way thank you to all the relitives, it was the funnest year yet! I love reconnecting with everyone and Locke loved every minute of it!

Grandpa, I think he is the secret mastermind behind every family gathering. He has a herd of range cows that he uses as an excuse to for many unofficial "thanksgiving parties" though out the year. Its one of those things that no one questions. You need 25 people to herd 50 cows right? right. see? no question. we all secretly love it!!
Grandma. the center stone of the family. How did i not know this woman 2 years ago?? It feels like she has always been there, always such a rock. yet so gentle, so unbelievable loving toward the grandkids. She has an AMAZING talent to make every grandkid believe they are her favorite. i just love her.

There is this tradition with the Larsens, where grandma's laundry room becomes the "Dessert Room". and it is filled to the BRIM. I went in there at the beggining to take a picture, and guess who was already in there!!! way to go lane, he was able to score me a lemon tart grandma makes from scratch. so good. soo soo good.

Locke and Warren playing! it was so funny to see them laughing and gargling to each other. it was like they had some secret joke they were telling right in front of us in baby speech! so cute. i love how they recognize each other already. They are so smart! then Locke tried to eat Warren. so i guess they're just babies after all!

yup. its true.

2010-12-03T14:34:00.000-08:00

This poor child. Is getting glasses. now who wants to help me try to keep them on?!??!? He needs them 24/7, for the rest of his life. How has he seen anything for the last 8 months?? well. i don't know. he probably hasn't. Hopefully the gift of sight will be a motivator for him to keep his glasses on. But as you can see from the pictures, i doubt it. He hated trying them on, so when they come on Monday i know its going to be a fight to keep them on every minute. Any tips would be appreciated! geesh, i had no idea kids this young could get glasses! it blows my mind!!!!!
He is seriously the toughest kid ever. To check how farsighted he was they put stinging drops in his eyes to dialate the pupils. According to the optomitrist ALL kids scream and cry when he puts them in. But Locke?? not a peep. He is a hardcore farmkid already and i love it! Way to go buddy! i hope we can get this figured out come monday!

lazy eye...

2010-11-24T13:39:00.000-08:00

How cute is he all bundled up?? i know this blog only has pictures of him...but our world seriously revolves around Locke. I can't believe how willing each of us are to sacrifice for him. Lane is so funny with him, he's the biggest softie ever. He hates to hear him cry at night, the second Locke makes the smallest wimper Lane runs in there to snatch him up. I love it, its let me see such a different side of Lane.

This picture makes it painfully clear that this boy has a lazy eye - he's looking down at my shirt. i have to take him in next week to see the eye doctor...without insurance. ouch. that bill is guna hurt. I'm curious to see what they'll do about it.

right now he thinks Vicki is the funniest person ever. Its so cute. He smiles more for her than anyone!

This is his favorite toy ever. Recognize it Skye?? My mom bought it when Skye had gracie...9 years ago. And its gone through about a dozen kids since then! including my neighbors 2 kids...

I can't wait till i get a video camera, he is absalutely freaking out on this toy!!

And this face ended our little photoshoot. He's been doing these faces for quite a while, like clockwork, every morning. I was laughing so hard, i'm glad they're not completely blurry. (its his pooping face...)

I'd better not show these to lane, i might get the same reaction as the picture where i used Locke as my model...which was questionable.

ok, so ready for the new headbands?? they are my fav so far. I'm selling them at a craft show next month for 12 bucks. i might save some for my first little girl...

Love you little guy

2010-11-15T17:40:00.001-08:00

Locke. I want to thank you for all the smiles you give me everyday. For giggling at me while trying to workout and when i flip my hair around to blow dry it. For never really going to sleep - I love to peek in on you and have your little eyes stare back at me, pleading me to just pick you up. For your new cry, its this perfect little yelp that sounds like a little puppy. I love hearing it late at night when its quiet - it make me and your dad crack up every time. Thank you for kicking your legs and getting excited everytime we walk into grandmas house, how do you know that??!@?@?? For humming "yum" with every.single.bite. Thank you for getting so excited everytime you see me that you knaw on my chin, just to relieve your excitement. For just being you. I love you little buddy.

Sitting up!

2010-11-11T12:25:00.000-08:00

Look who's sitting up!! Oh my gosh, Locke just amazes me at how much he grows, and how fast. I swear, last week i thought he would never get the hang of it. Now look at the little guy.

Um, and he's teething. Can you tell from him knawing on the binky? those bottom teeth will be his next little milestone.

oh, this picture. makes me wonder why we have been given a baby...k, seriously just kidding - we were driving to the farm on Sunday, when we all usually take a decent 2 hour nap. (the milkers weren't working - story of my freakin life). We knew Locke would be cranky but we just had to suck it up and go. So along the way he was yelling (NOT crying, big difference...) and honestly...we kinda ignored him. I tried to sleep and give a "SHHHH...Locke, its ok," every once and a while. Without turning around. yeah, how surprised and shocked were we when we went to get him and found him sleeping like this:

Here, see? he is ok. Lesson learned? always turn around in the car to comfort him. I'm still trying to get over my self-induced guilt trip of being a lazy mother.

Locke loves just chilling with Lane, and i love that he loves it. These two are already buds, Lane always talks about the day Locke will want to do chores with him. I just can't wait to take pictures of it. so cute.

Alright and how mean does this storm look? I was a bit scared of it - it looked a little hurricane-ish to me. Thankfully it got sucked up into the desert. This weather is so strange to me! it STILL has not snowed here yet! that is UN HEARD OF in canada. I love utah...

I've been playing around making some little boy hats lately. Locke gets the first one, of course.

Hmmm...he might hate this one later. I've made a few "cluster" flower clips in three different colors. I love how simple they are, its all about the texture with these ones.

p.s. Nicole, I have your brown flower clip done. and no way to get a hold of you....i hope you read this!

ken? where are you??

2010-11-09T16:05:00.000-08:00

Not having the best day ever. I was going through pictures on my computer and found the newborn ones of Locke. With a touch of pms, Skye's blog music in the background, and for some reason missing Kennedy like crazy - i had a bit of a meltdown. I can't believe Locke is so big. He has so much personality, i never thought i'd consider him an acutal person at 6 months. and I can't believe Kennedy has missed all of it. I'll never forget being at the hospital and holding him for the first time, I truely think my entire life has lead up to that moment. I know I will be there for Kennedy when she experiences it. i know it will be such a sweet moment for us, because i will understand what it means to hold that little one. One of those unspoken conversations we'll have i'm sure. I can't help but get so homesick for her sometimes. Kennedy, i miss you. so much. it hurts.

Success!

2010-11-07T16:16:00.000-08:00

This little guy...i just love him. Lately he has been doing the funnest things. Like grabbing his toes and holding on for dear life while i try desperatly to change his diaper. He thinks my efforts are halarious, and honestly, his little smile just melts my heart. So sometimes i give up mid-diaper change and let him chill out in a onesie.

He also has HORRIBLE eczema on his legs, chest, and elbows. Everytime i give him a bath it gets terribly enflamed, so lately i dunk him in the bath only once a week. I hope so bad it clears up soon, although it doesn't seem to bother him at all. The doctor gave me some steriod cream which did nothing. in fact i put the cream on one leg and not the other for a week - yes, i turned Locke into my little experiment - and the steroid leg was worse off. So i chucked that and cut back on baths. Now i give him his nightly massage using coconut oil with pure lavendar oil in it and that has helped the most. Any other ideas????

This morning we had major success when i introduced a new baby food flavor - peach rice pudding. It was good. and yes, i can say that because i tried it.

Last week we got a family picture taken to support a local fundrasier, you can see it to the right of the photo. I just stood it up until we got a frame. This morning when i plopped Locke in his bumbo for breakfast he kept staring at it!

and then he would smile SO BIG!! i swear it made me feel so important to have him recognize me and Lane. Major self esteem booster.

oh dear...its "the stare"....naptime!

The Holly Fair was also a success! it was so fun to see everyone and share my little creations. These newborn christmas hair clips were my favorites. So festive and cute! I made a toddler headband to match but forgot to take a picture of it.

so here was my display! me and Lane came up with it the night before - One lady wanted to know if she could buy some off me and when i told Lane he didn't believe me. I think he underestimates himself, because he thought they were NOTHING special. But i LOVED them, they turned out perfect.

My cute little owl!

2010-11-04T15:10:00.000-07:00

So i scrambled last minute to get Locke a costume - literally. We were driving to our first trick or treat house and i was still finishing crocheting his hat! earlier (like an hour earlier) it was still blazing hot and my fingers were burning as i tried to assemble the dang thing. it was one of those insane last minute things I added to my crazy life, but i think this one worked out ok. Just don't look too close at the eyes on the hat - it might freak you out a little. There are strings hanging off of them that look like little worms...

Hoot hoot! I love my little owl! haha, this one makes him look like so chubby!
Aw!! he loves his mom...

He's sitting in front of the fire - and is COMPLETELY mezmerized by it. Much more entertaining then baby einstein...when i need i second i always just plop him right there. works every time.

Aaaaaand can you tell hes teething? EVERThing goes straight to the mouth. His wipes...

and socks. and feet. the funniest thing is he isn't quite flexible enough to ever get his feet into his mouth, but that hasn't stopped him from trying.

He's also not loving his bouncy seat lately. He starts to get annoyed and pushes super hard with his feet - notice how this puts all his weight at the top??

and then i turn around to this. He stops crying when he tips over. in fact last time he started laughing!! it was so cute. don't worry, he only sat there long enough for me to torture him and take this picture!

Tomarrow is my first craft fair! i'm so nervous!!!! i hope everything goes well, here are a few new items i've added. Wish me luck!

big heart.

2010-10-20T14:25:00.000-07:00

Vicki very well may be the best grandma in the whole world. Her excitement and pure joy when she is with her grandkids is intoxicating! its so infectious! the kids CAN-NOT get enough of her. In fact my 8 year old neice gracie met Vicki ONCE at my wedding...two years ago. And what did she say last week when I told her to come visit? in her own words:
Yah i'll come!...will Vicki be there??
She has a way of connecting with kids in a way i have never seen before. She played piano for singing time and the elementary school about 10 years ago - and it is not uncommon for groups of teenagers to randomly hug her and tell her how much they love her when we go grocery shopping. The funniest part is pretty much every time they leave Vicki will turn to me and say "oh my gosh Britt, i have no idea who that was!!" But they all remember her from that time they spent with her. its amazing. Locke is so lucky!

With the two babies, Warren and Locke

and of course, a few more things for the Holly Fair. I tell ya, there is NO WAY i'd be able to do any of these things without Vicki's help - in two different ways - to watch Locke on occasion and to freak out/hyperventilate over anything i make. love her.

Yup, this is my fav. More versions and colors to come soon...

Holy.

2010-10-14T16:37:00.000-07:00

k, just to start - i'm really not avoiding this blog, its just that this is quite possibly the busiest summer of my life! With moving, corn chopping, and the holly fair, oh..and a crazy 6 month old, i'm taking advantage of every second. and i secretly love it. Its fun to accomplish so much - since the beggining of summer its been amazing how many things have changed and everything me and lane have done. One of my favorites?? this little guy - check him out trying to sit up!! as if he is already 6 months! it blows my mind!

Whoops. wipeout. way to go grandma....jks. hahahahah

oh, please try to pretend you don't see the food all over his jammies. its just squash, which he obviously didn't like - hence - all over clothes...and all over mommy.
just thought i'd share the latest holly fair project! polka dot headbands! Skye took a picture so you could see them "in action"

Whew!

2010-09-28T15:42:00.000-07:00

So things are really coming along in the house, walls are being retextured, popcorn ceilings are coming down, and paint might just go up soon! On top of that Lane is going at full speed to chop all his corn. He's even enlisted my help a few times to drive the semi beside him - yeah. its as scary as it sounds. i try, i do. But for the life of me i cannot back that thing up. Its a little intimidating, you know, when you could crash into your husband's $60,000.00 dollar corn chopper!! not a big deal...that man has too much trust in me! so i may not be the best driver ever but at least its half done. After the corn Lane said he'd help me with anything on the house - and notice i'm putting this in print so i can hold him to it later...

Here is Great Grandma and Grandpa coming to visit little Locke yesterday. I have to say these two people are the most kind, giving, and loving people ever. I would even say they pretty much hold the family together - if you remember from Locke's blessing dinner Grandma was the first and last one out of the kitchen?? amazing. I love them so much. and i love how they love their great grandkids so much!!

ahahaha locke - he stared at Grandmas glasses the entire time!

cute little profile....and notice he's in a high chair. FOR THE FIRST TIME!!

Awww! such a cutie. we had to make him smile of course!!

and again!....

because when it came to actually eating the food he was not a fan. at all. like gagging on every bit.

Aw, i just LOVE that little face!

One little thing i've been working on, these new hats to use up some of my yarn - since we'll be moving soon (fingers crossed!!!!!!) i've had to go through all my stuff. These will be up for sale at the Holly Fair at the beggining of november here in Rosy.

Free Thing!!

2010-09-15T15:55:00.001-07:00

ok, so i just got informed about this AMAZING deal right now! who wants a FREE PRETTY BAKING dish??!?!? all you have to do is create a new account here at One King’s Lane and you will get a $15 credit to spend on whatever you want!! only pay 7.95 shipping!!
Rich people can pay $3 extra and get this pretty blue one. There are other shapes and sizes. Plus if you tell other people about it, and get a referral, you get a $15 credit {plus they still get their $15 credit}. How fun is that? Use my email so i can get some credit please!! shiatzu.junkie@gmail.com Go ahead and sign up at One Kings Lane and get your free cute loot, and come back here and tell me what you got. The offer is good through Saturday.

Starting renos!

2010-09-03T11:30:00.000-07:00

What have i been up to lately??? well...making a mess, thats what. The popcorn ceilings are coming off just gloriously, and i was even able to recruit Lane to help me! why are guys so much stronger?? he could scrape off a whole room in 2 minutes flat. impressive...

ah, nice....smOOOOOOTh....and ready to get painted!!

annnndd....we tried really hard to get a cute picture of these studly guys after church. and...well I think you can tell what happened...

that screaming face means nap time!!

I can't help but try to capture every expression Locke has been having lately - It is so fun to see him try to figure out his emotions!!

sometimes he doesn't like it when we're trying REALLY hard to get him to laugh...

little pout...

big pout.

my latest creation from home ec class! a market bag, with a few necessary improvements. whats a bag without a girlie ruffle??

One more project i have to post - romantic girly cloth napkins. i am forcing lane to use them on sunday dinners. can't. wait.

I just love the little roses!

Its my birthday!

2010-09-01T15:15:00.000-07:00

Seriously how do you not love that face??? The funnest part of being a twin has been there has always been someone to share life with, especially birthdays! With the exception of this year - Kennedy is now 9 months into her Sandy, Utah mission and it marks the first birthday we've spent apart. Its been different in a lot of ways, she had to share it with her companion and i had to celebrate with Lane and Locke. Its different, but not in a bad way. Different, because i'm sure she had just as much fun as I did - but at the end of the night i found myself thinking about the two of us and our relationship and life choices - Its funny to me how i just assumed things would stay the same, we'd always live close together, marry people who were alike, and go through every experience together. WOW - NOTHING has gone according to plan, but i couldn't be happier where i am now, and where kennedy is taking her life - she is the most motivated, giving, inspiring person i know and I could not be more grateful that we are lucky enough to be called twins. I'll never forget when we were 12 or so, sitting in church giggling throughout the entire sacrament meeting. Afterwards the Bishop handed my mom a note, and i remember me and kennedy were a bit scared of what it would say about us being irreverent! But in it he said how special it is to be twins, and that is should be considered the greatest gift heavenly father could give to us. And i've always tried to treat her like that - like my gift in life, someone who ALWAYS understands me, who can make me laugh for hours, and who i will cherish forever. Kennedy, seriously i miss you more than anything in the world, but i am so excited when we'll be reunited in 9 months!! happy birthday to you!!

2010-08-24T17:52:00.000-07:00

Hi mom! HI - wow, your halarious!

uh oh. oh no....

its the sound. the one i don't like, why does she always do this?? maybe my small pout will stop her...

MOM - thats enough!!!

Here's the sound and face in action, sorry its sideways. Yeah, i can't figure that out...

And my project number two! a drawstring bag. yah. I like the way it turned out. Skye gave me a whole bunch of fabric she used as backdrops, and isn' it cuuuuute!

I was even able to catch lane eating lunch today, the only time of the day i get to see him! Although i will be recruiting him for a day or two this week - the lab test results came back and there isn't any asbestos in the GLITTER popcorn ceilings in the farmhouse. Thats right, every room in that dang house has popcorn. and glitter. "shudder"...so im pretty much forcing lane to help me knock them down this week. wish us luck...

p.s. he is always wearing a hat, can you tell from the perma-dent in his hair?? you know, (nicole and lacy) the LCL one that used be white and is now...well...what color is manure??

and if anyone knows me they know of my hatred towards spiders. pure and utter hatred. But I have found a new little bugger that terrifies me even more - WASPS. and this new nest is located right outside the backdoor...where the big freezer is...that has all the popsicles in it...maybe i'll get brave enough to get me one! although i doubt it! once more i'll recruit Lane - or just throw him out there for a distraction while i run and grab one. just kidding. maybe not.

Summer love

2010-08-21T18:18:00.000-07:00

Oh my goodness i love summer! even though its crazy busy for Lane as he tries to farm as much ground as possible, and i end up only getting a few pictures of him here and there! I still love it.

Locke wasn't too impressed when Lane started playing with his face...

And of course he is screaming his head off when i try to get a picture with him, but i always forget that i need a few with the two of us. But thats just the problem, usually its only the two of us! and i'm the worst at "arms length" pictures. So i figured its worth it to keep it anyways.

He's getting so strong! lifting his head up, and kicking SO HARD - i swear once he starts crawling there will be no stopping this guy!

Its just so fun to see them develop a personality, he coo's all the time now, and especially when someone is paying attention to him. its amazing that they know at such a young age that they can "talk" back.

I love the wrinkles in his forehead! his facial expressions get more diverse everyday, its so fun to see how he reacts to situations by the look on his face.

He found his hands last week and WILL NOT let them go, they have turned into his favorite chew toy! He is also starting to teeth, which completely disrupted our sleep last night...i don't wanna talk about it...we were not friends....

I went to Sara Reary's baby shower last week and was so excited to see that Amanda Winterton was there with her new baby! oh my heck, that little baby was the smallest, cutest thing i have ever seen. And look how honkin big Locke is compared to her!

And yeah, this only a week after she delivered. i know, she looks amazing.

aww! sweet little baby lips! it would be so fun to have a girl!!.......

This was my first "assignment" in my online home ec class, a pincusion pillow! I haven't had a lot of time to work on the projects, i'm going full speed right now renovating the farmhouse - I can't WAIT to see what it will look like when its all said and done. We are getting a ton of things done and i took some before pictures so we can compare the difference later...but i am finding some time at night to finish the class projects, hopefully i'll get a whole slew of them done this week!

The Latest

2010-08-15T16:17:00.000-07:00

Me and my sister-in-law Mandy had this fun idea the other day of making our own soap! Lately we've both been on this health/handmade craze and it has been so much fun! We were completely inspired by the amazing soap makers on etsy, and decieded to give it a try. unfortunately all the soap materials came the day after she left to head back to Canada so I had to make it alone :'( but here is the finished product! I learned a TON on this first batch, mostly of what NOT to do...

It is Honey Oatmeal homemade soap. YUMM! The worst part is it has to harden for the next four weeks, i can't WAIT to use it!!!! Its going to make for some fun christmas presents this year!

I got out of the shower the other day and came upon this cute little moment between father and son:

So i snatched up my camera and took a few while I was still dripping wet...so worth it...Locke is getting to be so much fun. the way he focuses on faces is so cute, especially when it makes him go a little crosseyed!

I can actually get him to look at the camera now! he is a complete bobble-head, I love trying to get him to look up! He weaves his head back and forth trying SO hard to lift it up, and is getting better every day. cute little guy...

I've also learned a certain sound Locke does NOT LIKE - its this funny little shrill i was trying while to get him to smile. And now every time i do it I get the biggest fat lip! hahahah, it just shows a bit of his little personality, i love it!

We had a really fun day last week when i entered Locke into the Duchesne County Fair Baby Show. I wasn't going to do it, but Vicki would NOT allow me not to. And i was so glad she talked me into it! it was a hawaiian theme, hence the goggles and beach towel, and it was halarious to see how outrageous some mothers dressed their kids! There were only 3 kids in his age group, and he got first attendant! pretty good for screaming and crying when he got judged! he did not appreciate being in his swimsuit AT ALL.

Just another day...

2010-08-07T19:23:00.000-07:00

Sometimes i look at my little sleeping babe and think, awww! time for some pictures. then this happens:

I've been trying to decide if I like smiling or crying pictures better, and i think i have to go with the crying ones because they're more true to life. Hahaha i keep looking at these and i can almost hear his high=pitched scream...

Other fun news: Locke rolled over today!! i think i can officially accept that he is no longer a newborn! i keep trying to put his small outfits on...its so funny to me how quickly i'm becoming baby hungry again. You would think that feeling would go away after having one! but it doesn't...in fact with me it's just getting stronger! i miss having a newborn! But then again...it sure is wonderful to get a decent night sleep finally...

So many people are trying to make it big with the new "invention" with babies, and these were my fav's:

Yes, they are serious about this one: a placenta teddy bear. the worst part?? it comes in a kit, for the true do-it-yourself-er. "shiver".

and this one, just kinda creepy...check out the other funny ones here

Summer fuN!

2010-08-01T17:17:00.000-07:00

Alright, so this week i went and baby sat for my sister Skye, because she took off with a few girlfriends down to vegas for the weekend. So jelous. I got home and was thinking how fun it would be to do something for me! But not vegas...i don't think Lane would ever go for that! so instead i found this sewing class online that i would normally just pass by - so i actually signed up for it! it seriously sounds like so much fun, its about 20 projects that teach you tons about sewing for 60 bucks. i'm calling it an early birthday present to myself...check it out here So fun! and even though i'm trying to remodle the farmhouse and take care of a 3month old, i figured i'd still give it a shot. I'll post pictures of everything i make! I"m seriously so excited about it!

We actually got to have lunch with Kennedy and it was SO FUN! I love that she is still as halarious as ever - the mission has not mellowed her out at ALL! She was so excited to see me and mom, and especially little Locke. We both had a mini meltdown when she saw me holding him for the first time, it was so neat for her to be able to see him at this stage. Although he spent most of the time being quite fussy...i guess he wanted her to know what being a mom was really all about!

Oh KEN!!! these pictures make me so homesick for you! i cannot wait till she gets home in 8 months, i will finally feel complete again!
And she pretty much DEMANDED me to make her some of the flower headbands she saw on my blog, except as bobby pins. I made a ton, some for her and her two companions. she's in a three-some companionship right now and they were both so nice and fun i decided to add some in for them!

I found some houndstooth felt. Me and mom were SO excited to get our hands on some - Look how cute my clips turned out mom! We were a little scared it wouldn't work out because it was pretty thick, but it sure did! and now these ones are my favorites!

By the way they are all availiable for sale at my sister Skye's photography studio. And a little boutique here in Rosy.

I love those chubby cheeks! If i knew it wouldn't wake him up i'd kiss them all the time when he's sleeping! but i'm starting to learn its not worth the risk...

Little stinker...that grin just melts my heart!!!

Blessing

2010-07-27T15:33:00.000-07:00

seriously, when it all comes down to it, aren't we all just there for the food?? the delicious hand-made food?? yum.

I like this picture, it showed how our attention was pulled in a hundered different places at once! It was so fun to see everyone and catch up. I loved that we had the dinner at our in-law's new house! wahoo! that means we're going to start renos soon! hoot hoot! I can't wait to get into the farmhouse!

And this is the lady who pulled it all together - Lane's grandma, the woman who cannot be stopped! she is a PRO at family dinners!

A few of Lane's close friends - except that i am for some reason cut out...i should be on the other side of lane! thanks dad....

yah for family! mandy...i miss you already!! We had so much fun! we have these big dreams of making everything handmade...although our latest venture into soap making didn't happen...it will though mandy! i promise!
Brodyn, cutest little nefew ever!

Dad was snapping pictures the whole time, and i like this one he took, we are just having a short sweet moment that i don't even remember. These two boys are my life and i love them so much!

The new faces of Locke!

2010-07-22T12:24:00.000-07:00

Oh my goodness, i love this little guy so much! i thought he was fun before, but last week Gracie was holding him making a squeeling sound - and he did NOT approve! it was the first time he frowned and oh my heck, how does your heart not MELT over a fat lip?? he was babied big time after that, i assure you.

Lazy summer days...

2010-07-08T18:28:00.000-07:00

Yeah, they're blurry, but i think i've already learned what i did wrong. But here they are anyway, what a little cutie! so sleepy, so lovely...

Cute little headbands i made to supplement my sister in law Mandy's candle home parties. get informed here

2010-07-08T17:01:00.000-07:00

some little shots of Locke one afternoon. I can't believe how mature he is getting - his ability to focus on faces still surprises me. like when i'm holding him bustling around the house and stop for a minute to answer the phone i love how his eyes always try to find my face when he hears me start talking. Babies are so smart, i love how he loves me. even more then grandma...when he's fussy for her i love how i can take him and nustle him against my chest so he can smell me and know its his mom. I just love this little guy so much! and i feel like everyday i bond more with him and when I see glimpses of Lane in him i realize that this truely is our baby! truthfully when i see pieces of me it still scares me a bit - It makes me realize what a huge decision we've made to have kids. A huge decision. but a really good one. i feel like i've never been so happy!!!

2010-06-19T15:00:00.000-07:00

Awwww!! he's getting so big! its actually true what everyone says, babies grow so fast. he's double his birth weight now! i can't believe how much he is able to do now. Smiling is still a bit of a stuggle, but Lane loves how he is "entertained" by us. And he should be. That guys makes us work hard for the tiniest smirk! and I love his hands when he sleeps, its so funny to see them clapsed in a hundred different ways. Its wonderful now to have him sleeping better, and because of it i've been able to get a lot more done during the day. Lately our relief society has been focusing on Humantiarian work and i've been making little school bags this whole week - i'll have 30 done by tomarrow! its a wonderful way to contribute, our leaders are super motivating!! sisters in our ward have even donated material to me, so that makes it alot easier. I swear Locke's first word will have something to do with me sewing...

Just chillin at night

2010-06-03T18:53:00.000-07:00

sorry this video is sideways - i just wanted to get a recent video up here for kennedy! He's getting such a cute little personality, i love it when he's awake...well....sometimes...when he's not bawling....like this:

Feeding a preemie...

2010-05-30T15:18:00.000-07:00

Me and mom will never forget the dreaded syringe feeds we were forced to give Locke during his first week of life. Because of his jaundice and prematurity, he wasn't breastfeeding at ALL, little stink, and yet needed to be eating a LOT. so we had to resort to mom using her finger as a soother while i discretly slid the syringe in the side of Lockes mouth. It was a process that lasted at least an hour each time, and had to be repeated every two hours! ugh, so happy he finally caught on to regular feeding! otherwise it would've been the bottle for him!

Sucking his Thumb!

2010-05-23T16:21:00.000-07:00

Here's our little guy just 3 days old and already figured out how to suck his thumb!! Mom said when they do it so young they most likely sucked their thumb in the womb - how cute is that!!

A few recent things...

2010-05-23T15:45:00.000-07:00

Locke is the funniest baby ever - he refuses to sleep on his back!! on his side though, most times i can count on a solid 3 hour nap.

how cute are babies when they smile while sleeping?? I love it. But no matter how much I make a fool of myself I can't make him smile! even though Lane says he's very entertained...

Belly sleeping is definately Lockes favorite. and dads. It just makes me melt, i love these boys so SO much!

And the other day we actually ventured out of the house to go to lunch with Tai and her two kids, although obviously Locke didn't think it was all that fun...

2010-05-14T09:31:00.000-07:00

The is the picture i plan on blowing up big and hanging in his room, to match all his airplane bedding and decor! that is if we ever get into the farmhouse...

I wish there was a way to tell this baby how much he means to us. He has changed our lives (and my sleeping schedule...) forever. All he has to do is show us his "cheerio" lips and me and Lane crack right up! he is so funny, already i see so much personality in him!

This is my favorite picture of all! This perfect little look, while trying to hold his head up is just my favorite! i love when he's all tanked up and just wants to check everything out - he's so inquisitive and curious. Always wanting to be a part of the action!

Oh my gosh. Me and skye have been having WAY too much fun. I would venture to say we are addicted to her studio!! We keep taking the funnest pictures of this little guy, but i have no idea what to do with all of them! i'm getting some ideas, but it doesn't help that me and Lane are still living in the one bedroom apartment...i can't wait to decorate the farmhouse!!! these pictures will be ADORABLE in it!

One wild week!!

2010-04-21T13:29:00.000-07:00

alrighty, well i guess its fair to say this has been the most intense week of my life. The crazy experience started Monday at my 35 week OB appointment, where i was checked for the first time to see if i had dialated. The doctor gave me the all clear that nothing was happening and things were right on schedule. Whoosh. or so i thought.... The next night at around 10 p.m. after calling Lane at 9:30p.m.(yeah, that late! he is one hard working farmboy!) to make sure he was on his way home so i could warm up dinner I started having some cramps in my back. I remember thinking, huh. thats weird. Then the pains started getting more frequent, and FAST! by the time Lane walked in the door 20 minutes later I was laying on the floor trying to cope with contractions that had spread to my abdomon and were 5 minutes apart! I remember saying, uh, lane. i think i need to go to the hospital. i'm hurtin. alot. He didn't even hesitate, just scooped me up and we made the 1/2 mile drive to the hospital, which makes it almost in our backyard. i love it! We got checked in and walked into one of the rooms of the OB department...and i froze. and slightly freaked out. yup, i was scared. It only took them 10 minutes to hook me up to the contraction machine, heartbeat monitor and IV - which btw hurt SOO bad, they burst a blood vessel trying to get it in. Pretty much it hurt more then my contractions...and checked me to see if i was dialated. I was at a 3!!!! Me and lane looked at each other and i remember seeing the stress in his eyes! The nurses scrambled to get medicine in me to stop the contractions - a shot and a pill with some CRAZY side effects, like making my heart pump real hard and sweating. all of which a nursing student gave me....which stressed me out even more...and slowly, SLOWLY like 4 hours later they started to subside to one every hour. That night in the hospital was HORRIBLE, nurses coming in all the time and me still trying to get through frequent contractions. At eight the next morning my doctor came in and laid down the law, no vaccuming, working out, NOTHING that would stress my uterus. and then discharged us, with contractions about 1 hour apart. Lane dropped me off at home and i rented a couple movies and vegged. That night (wednesday) I called lane at the usual time, 9:30, and he showed up 20 minutes later to me EXACTLY the same as last night. on the floor. wimpering slightly. Once again we didn't hesitate and headed to the hospital to go through the same ordeal all over again. except this time i had a nurse who didn't know when to leave the room...she just wanted to sit and chat. and i just wanted sleep! especially after the night before! I think i got 2 hours that night! and just like before i took the medication and waited a few hours for them to subside to one an hour again. By eight the next morning when my doctor came in i was feeling pretty wore out, and lane was DEAD tired - at least i had a couple of hours in a hospital bed! Lane was such a trooper, he pulled up one of the chairs and just napped in it all night. But i was encouraged when i was still only 3 cm. dialated. So we went home and i got the fourth twilight book which i hadn't read yet and spent most of the day lost in the world of vampires and werewolves. That night, just like clockwork, they started again!!! i couldn't believe it, but the funny thing was we were both so tired from the last two nights that before we got into bed, we told each other we'd just have a nap and then go over to the hospital. me and lane woke up the next morning to my contractions to about an hour apart. So...lane went to work and i tried to figure out another way to veg. This time i spent most of the day in front of my sewing machine making a nursing cover and crocheting some little booties, with contractions still an hour apart. Except that day my contractions that day (we're on friday now...) became a lot more strange, i had them about 15 minutes apart from about 3:00p.m. on, and EVERY time i stood up, they DID NOT go away. It was pretty much a constant contraction till i sat down again! The pain was starting to get to me a bit...obviously. at 5:00 i laid down on the bed, had a good cry, then called Lane to tell him i was going to the hospital to have them check me. So i crawled around on the floor trying to avoid the constant contraction, and actually was able to pack a small hospital bag, scoop up my purse, and drive myself to the hospital. The worst thing about that night??? the WALK TO THE OB DEPARTMENT - Oh my goodenss, why do they place it at the back of the hospital??? down the longest hallway in the world???? I had to stop three times because my contractions were getting so intense. At 6:00p.m. i was checked into a room and after i was checked the nurse told me i was dialated to a 6!!! This was another time i had a breakdown, especially since the nurse didn't look at my mental state close enough before she flippantly said, "well honey, looks like you're not leaving here tonight without a baby!!" not exactly what a first time mom wants to hear 4 1/2 weeks early!!! I called Lane and told him it was "go time", although he said he'd be about 30 - 40 minutes. yikes. About that time i started demanding an epidural, and all the pain meds i was allowed. Those contractions were getting INTENSE. I got the epidural in time, (hallejuya - no idea how to spell that) and funny enough i found out my delivery nurse and my anestiesologist are both in my ward. cool eh? So after i'd been numbed, drugged, and stuck with needles, Lane showed up to find me finally calm and collected. Lucky for him eh...I called skye who was on a date with her husband - anyone who knows her would know how extreamly RARE that is, i felt bad for breaking up their date night! But she cut things short and started to come out, but its a two hour drive! that was at 8:00, and by 9:30, after watching some basketball (the Jazz were playing...) and having a chance encounter with Lane's mom, i was starting to feel the pressure of the contractions, even though the striking pain was gone. The nurse came in, who by the way, i LOVED. she was so motherly, exactly what i needed with my own mom MIA. (she was decorating for Breanne's wedding, and didn't take a cell phone. I couldn't even get a hold of her to tell her i was having the baby!!!) and told me it was time to try a few pushes. Once again i had another breakdown, and told her she was crazy. The funny part was, she didn't seem surprised at my reaction at all! she just grabbed a leg, told lane to come over and grab the other one, which he did very obediantly - i remember he looked so serious. and confused. I don't think that was what he thought he'd be doing! and in the next twenty minutes, baby was born!! Locke Magrath Larsen at 10:00p.m. weighing 6.0 pounds, exactly one month before his due date, April 23rd 2010. The best moment of all was when they placed him immediately on my tummy, i was so shocked i almost didn't want to touch him. It just all seemed so sureal. They had to take him to the NICU because of some breathing issues and a low sugar level, which added to the "dream" - i wasn't able to see him until my legs un-numbed, which was about 2 hours later. Unfortunately Skye walked in 10 minutes after it all happened - next time i'll MAKE the doctor wait to break my water! but her and Lane were so cute, running back and forth to the NICU to bring me pictures and videos of him. By the time i was mobile again, we had already decided Lane would sleep at home and me and skye would stay up all night taking pictures of Locke and talking about babies. I almost couldn't believe it when the nurse wheeled him into the room and then....just...left. For the rest of the night. I was SOO SOOO SOOOOO glad Skye was there, she knew how to care for newborns!! i was so clueless, and glad Lane wasn't there, because sometimes i felt a bit embaressed that i didn't know what to do! But we got through that first night, and every night since...which is a miracle itself. Me and Lane couldn't be more proud of our little guy, he's already made it through some tough times! We just couldn't love him anymore - becoming parents to such a tiny yet strong little person is the most rewarding thing the could've ever happened to us. I can't believe that from now on we get to grow from a couple to a small family - its the biggest challenge we've ever undertaken and i'm so excited to see where things go from here!!!

Gettin closer....

2010-04-18T17:42:00.000-07:00

WOW. I'm thirty five weeks today. Can ya tell?? yikes. I hope its easy to see that he has DROPPED. I can finally breathe a BIT more normally, although the pressure he's putting on my hips is making it much more diffictult to get comfy at night...I'm almost ready for him too, My friend Tai gave me a bassinett and a stroller! wow that helps the budget!! I did break down last week and got the carseat...holy expensive...
Its really starting to hit me how close I am to becoming a parent! My daydreaming has gotten way worse, as well as my nesting instinct....
I made a this crochet blanket in 3 days...seriously?? RECORD timing. if i wasn't eating my little fingers were working away at this thing. The funniest part is that i felt it was necessary to bring it with me everywhere! including the doctors office, and i actually got a whole red square done while waiting for my appointment!! I got the pattern from here so funny.
This picture...i just couldn't bring myself to delete. It reminded me of something Kennedy would do with it. miss her....aw....

Yesterday i was able to tear Lane away from the cows to go eat dinner with some friends at a place called Falcons Point. its the neatest little place, absalutely in the middle of NOWHERE next to a river where they are an "officially" registered fly fishing spot. The resturant is more like a cabin with rooms to sleep in, but the food was seriously AMAZING!!! BEST steak i've ever had.

Just look at that cake. Some of them actually couldn't finish it because it was so rich. But not me. heck no! I might've nibbled off other's unfinished cake plates...yum...i want some more!!

Oh, and a p.s. on the store situation - i've definately decided that a few weeks before delivery is NO time to be starting a shop up somewhere, but i'll still be doing a craft table with my sister in law Mandy. She's doing a show back home in canada with her candles and i thought i'd add to it! But other then that its just going to be finishing off projects for baby, moving my in-laws into their new house, and begginging renovations on the farm house!! SO SO SO SO EXCITED TO START THAT! i have every room planned out in my head...I can't wait for more living space!!! and a garage! and 2 bathrooms! and doors that i can shut on rooms that aren't clean when neighbors come over!!

New dog!

2010-04-12T12:04:00.000-07:00

yup, we are beggining to be "that farm". The one with tons of dogs running around! We've now got two permanent ones, and a couple of strays that like to capitalize on the open bowl of dog food...but I seriously really like this new one, his name's baxter and he knows how to play fetch! The fun part is he never grabs a decently-sized stick, its always HUGE and he can hardly hold it up! me and Lane laugh so hard at him!! In fact after i took a couple of pictures, Lane said, "now that's blog worthy!" Thanks tips.

the most recent project i've been working on is a crochet blanket to match baby's airplane crib bedding. Its cute. should be done in a day or two.

2010-04-09T11:14:00.000-07:00

Today is one of those days that i had completely forgotten i have to go through delivery in a month. it so strange to think i won't be pregnant soon, it feels like these kicks, rolls, and big belly are just a part of me now! That is until i pulled out his newborn outfits this morning and I just became so scared and excited that i needed to express it! its funny sometimes how crying seems to help. Just a bit. Then i slumped back in my chair and daydreamed about our future and how this baby is going to influence it. Lane found me in this stupor this morning and jokingly asked me if that was all i had accomplised today. And i did feel productive. Its a skill I have, to do things like daydream and feel productive without actually being productive. I've had a lot to think about lately, somethings which have been a bit scary - my stomach hasn't grown for the past 4 weeks so my doctor has been bit concerned. Its been actually fun because i've been able to get an ultrasound at every appointment!! i cannot get over his little profile. He is so perfect. But he seems to be gaining the right amount of weight and his little bones are actually measuring a bit bigger - meaning they unofficially moved my due date up 10 days!! That news was like music to my ears - i'm trying to get over a nasty sinus infection and avoid being so uncomfortable - i've tried so hard to explain it in other words but uncomfortable always seems to fit the best! I cannot imagine actually being able to function in any way faster then speedwalking. Yesterday while rounding up some cows that had escaped i could not have felt more useless! It was like they somehow knew my disability, and kept charging right by me knowing i could hardly stand there for the 15 minutes, let alone attempt anything more then flailing my arms! The hardest part of all has been that my mom is so far away - I never thought i would miss her so much! Thank goodness for Skype, otherwise i'd be a nervous wreak. Even then, its still not the same as when she's here. A mother's love is so calming, i always feel so comforted when she's around. And when she comes down I become the one who is taken care of - that is a luxury i've definately taken for granted in the past. Last week i had to miss a wedding and homecoming of my two brothers - i've never wanted to be home so bad in my life!! especially with kennedy gone. I have NEVER missed someone so much. But my homesickness has been such a good thing for me and Lane. We could not be any closer - i cling to him like glue! and i know he loves me depending on him like that. Other then the last few weeks though, i have seriously loved being pregnant, i've been amazingly blessed to not have morning sickness! It makes me wonder if i'll miss it at all...ok, now for some pictures. Since being with Lane is pretty much my new job now, i thought i'd snap some fun shots of him working on the battery cable in my car with his dad. They both hated me for the rest of the day, but i know they'll appreciate the pictures later!!

This is my new buisness card for my online shop i FINALLY decided on doing, i guess you could go check it out but there's nothing in there now! hopefully i'll have a couple items in it by the end of the week.

crazy weekend!

2010-04-02T16:03:00.000-07:00

So remember the last post that had a picture of us hauling manuere? well that day Lane's brother Dusty was helping in his semi and TIPPED IT OVER coming around a corner, landing a few inches from someones front door!! literally! He was even driving his semi with 2 TRAILERS ON IT!!! how he didn't get more hurt is seriously a miracle. this is what his semi looked like: (this isn't the real thing, just a picture i found on the internet to give you an idea how GARGANTUAN his equipment is)
it was the scariest, craziest thing ever!! He's not hurt, other than some obvious whiplash. THANK GOODNESS. and the owners of the house were supplied enough home-made fertilizer to last them a lifetime! I forgot my camera i was just in a rush to help out and make sure everyone was ok, but i figured i'd tell the story anyhow.

And of course i have to share my latest creation, the snuggly!! The best part about this project?? Skye gave me leftover minky for the inside, the outside jean material i got at a thrift store for 2 bucks, and it was hand-embroidered (with love) by me! So it was a super cheap project, but i LOVE how it turned out! I swear after this i'm actually out of things to make for him...

lil' update

2010-03-30T19:09:00.000-07:00

k, me and lane had the funniest thing ever happen today. This morning I felt like I could feel the baby's pulse, and Lane could too - except that would be impossible, right?? and it was going pretty slow. We both got a bit concerned, cuz seriously it was such a steady beat i was sure it wasn't him kicking. Come to find out after a call to Lanes sister that it was the hiccups!! How dang cute is that!! I went from starting to freak out to absalutely loving life. Hiccups!! my baby is getting so big!

Here's us hauling some poop to the fields. fun fun.

And a few more cute clips for the craft show, these i think i'll start selling in my shop, more to come on that later...

This picture is for skye, look how cute this one is with my new shoes!! even though Lane says they're the ugliest things he's ever seen...what does he know...

The nesting "thing"

2010-03-21T15:24:00.000-07:00

ok, i have been offically hit with the crazy nesting instinct, and it is coming out in the form of sewing. Like take this morning for instance, i got up and started getting ready for church. But the dress i wanted to wear was a hand-me-down from my short-legged sister skye. This was a problem. So one hour later i had a ruffle, a bleeding finger from being poked from pins, and a satisfied nesting "thing/crazy instinct". It really was so crazy, because it felt SO IMPORTANT for me to finish that ruffle, and to wear that dress the same day. Not sure why, and i must say it also crazy how satisfying it is to have done it. weird.

Oh, and the reason this picture is at the odd angle?? Lane didn't make it to church cuz his dad's trailer on the milk truck blew a couple tires, and he has to be able to pick up milk at certain times of the day. So he stayed to help him finish in time. When i came home, he was in bed, and not willing to get up to take this picture of my dress. seriously. who is the pregnant one here...p.s. do not compare to my maternity pictures. What could ever compare to those???

i'm actually participating in a little craft show, and have made a few pairs of booties, some hair clips, and a few other random things i forgot to take a picture of. I think i've decided whatever sells well i'm going to start selling on my online shop. So we'll see...i swear doing a bit of sewing and craftin everyday keeps me sane!

I even got organized enough for it that i made labels with my mom's logo on them to make them look a BIT less handmade, but who knows. Maybe it will help distract away from the glue and sewing mistakes!

i feel pretty....

2010-03-17T11:36:00.000-07:00

Perks of having a superstar photographer sister?? getting amazing amazing pictures that make a very pregnant woman actually feel pretty....which is an incredible feat, especially if you could see me right now...

Oh my goodness, this little girl of hers is so cute it hurts. She was copying my hands on my tummy, and demanding skye to take her picture, you would not believe how much she loves it!

and of course, here is something new for the little guy - Little booties with his now signiature logo - the "mom" tatoo. I just love these little shoes, they are the cutest little loafers and are going to be super comfortable. Now i just need the baby here so he can model them!!

In my down time...

2010-03-13T17:15:00.000-08:00

So, i've had a LOT of down-time lately. Since the old pregger hips are aching like crazy, the only that feels ok is sitting at the sewing machine or my craft table. Our house is peuny by the way, i love it, its just small, when you walk in the front door this is what you see. The only thing you are NOT seeing is the bathroom and closet around the corner. and a BIT more of the kitchen to the right.

see on the left side my sewing corner?? well, this is what it looks like close up:
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hahahahahah. I need a room dedicated to this stuff!!
And of course that darn nesting instinct is coming in so i also MADE myself learn how to make whole wheat bread:

Which took 3 failed batches, or 12 loaves, or 30 cups of flour. However you want to look at it. But, fourth times a charm. And me and the oven are back to being friends.

k, LOVE that i finally figured this pattern out. It took hours, no lie. These are destined for my sister in law Nicole, although Mandy, if you want some too, just ask. I bought WAY WAY WAY too much of that brown stripe fabric! They are kinda more like slippers then shoes, but heck who cares. they are cute.

a couple random little girl hair clips i made for my sister in laws little girl. I'm thinking about selling them in my mom and sisters photography studio with matching little dresses. I'll update on this project later!!
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Press...

2010-03-06T12:52:00.000-08:00

ok, so i'm so excited! My sister Skye has been using some of the products i've made while experimenting with some new crochet techniques. Check them out! I made the green blanket....

and this cute soft hat.

Here's the latest thing i've made for the baby, couture burp cloths!! the vintage fabric is my FAVORITE - but i only found a remnant of it, if anyone finds more of it, PLEASE let me know!!

Baby projects!

2010-03-04T09:08:00.000-08:00

Heres what i made with those strips of fabric, washcloths with cute edges!! and i made a huge stack of them too. so so cute. and easy.

next i made him this little "car seat" blanket, with ribbons that he can chew on, and i love it! I'm also making him a carseat cover, and that will come soon....

This is what i've been obsessed with lately. embroidery. so fun, and way faster then you might think. and so home-made looking!!!

ok, and how ADORABLE are these little guys???? UGH. I LURVE THEM, i am in the process of making a hundred for ma baby. so soft, i think of them more like slippers then shoes....

And then, in the midst of it all, i decided to make something for myself. A bit of glam for my hair, necklaces and outfits so post-baby i'll be able to feel like i look decent....and i may have gone overboard a little...they are quite addicting to make.....

2010-02-12T09:16:00.000-08:00

Here's a couple more of the growing belly - with a surprise visit from a very "special" someone...by the way this weekend was SO FUN! i got to go out and meet my new sister-in-law who is so AWESOME! we had SO MUCH FUN playing a crazy card game called nertz till all hours of the morning - laughing our stinking guts out. And she is amazingly photogenic, i can't wait to post a few of her engagement photos. They are epic.

This book. I am in love. I completely endorse it. What crazy/cute ideas this lady has. thank you skye, it was the perfect christmas present. Aside from "the Bosch"

these rattles are so cute! but then I got thinking, what about a hammer instead of a giraffe??.....

and a tatoo??....

which includes a lot of mess...

To make this!! i love it! my sister-in-law mandy has a baby the perfect age i'll send one too, as well as make one for myself. of course. and i put a bell in it, so its a true rattle! its quite a bit of work, but i love how it turned out! Jenny Hart is the BEST embroidery teacher - her books are also really neat, i've used her designs a bunch for other things.

This is a cute little eye thing in one of my other sewing books that6 year old neice gracie has wanted FOREVER - and she actually uses it everyday!
This has to do with my next project! i'll post pictures of them soon!

when its cold and freezing outside...

2010-02-01T12:49:00.000-08:00

ew, this is my permaposition when i go to bed. and i hate it.

While i'm waiting for some nice summer weather, and struggling to get to sleep each night (ugh, pregnancy aches and pains. i wanna sleep on my back dang it!!) i've been perusing the internet for fun ideas....here are a few favorites! sorry, i have no idea where they come from....hopefully i get some done before the baby boy comes! (yes, he is still nameless...)

Baby sitting - my fav kids ever!

2010-01-21T15:04:00.000-08:00

I'm here at my sisters babysitting her 4 kids and hubby while she flies off to Indiana to cash in on the prizes she won in the Matilda Jane contest! (scroll down to the very bottom) So far they've given her a free room, rental car, and 300 bones spending money!! not to mention the new entire Matilda Jane line. She went to H and M today and got me a boatload of stuff for my baby boy today though so that makes me feel a lot better about me just being stuck with her kiddies and not off with her...Oh, and i may have snuck away with Saylor to Johanns fabric to load up on stuff for organza flowers i've been seeing all over etsy. I'm wicked excited to put the kids to bed tonight! Heres a few from our adventures today....

This is just a picture Lane took one night, i'm five months along!! He's definately starting to pop out! and kick....ouch....

This last one is my favorite, Saylor got this cake for christmas that lights up the candles and you can blow them out. So cute. Soooo slobbery.....its a good thing she's getting in practice now...

Christmas Update!

2009-12-31T16:00:00.000-08:00

Oh the excitement over a BOSCH mixer...so awesome!!! i'm so spoiled!!

Opening presents!! I tried to be clever and hide books in his presents so he couldn't guess what they were - because last year he figured everything out!!!

Here are a few fun ones of our second christmas....lots of sugar...

freezing cold nights resulting in cool frost on spiderwebs....
and an entire night spent finishing our christmas puzzle because of our sugar high! - and i know they're dolphins, but it was the only one i could find out here!

Jingle Bells!!!

2009-12-24T13:27:00.001-08:00

here is our christmas card this year. sad. i know.

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Merry Christmas!!!

2009-12-24T13:03:00.000-08:00

With love,
Lane and Brittany

ITs a BOY!!

2009-12-13T14:21:00.000-08:00

Yup, there he is the cute little thing. We could not be any more excited! The ultrasound was so much fun - they let you see the baby 10 times longer at the mall, and since i was so excited the technician printed off a TON of pictures for us. It was awesome! his memory book is already filling up! I get so anxious waiting to hold him sometimes - Lane just tells me to go get into bed and enjoy sleep while I can. Its just so cute now that i'm starting to show and he pats my tummy way gently all the time. so cute. i love it!!
I've also been opening up my photoshop a bit lately for a friend who is opening up a new shop - thankfully its been co-operating well this weekend! My photoshop loves to close down unexpectedly in the middle of a project. Anyways, her store has custom framing, home decor, and scrapbooking supplies and is a fun little shop. And i love her colour scheme! it was fun to make the buisness card.

2009-12-03T15:46:00.000-08:00

So i decided to make some new hair things....just because. Yeah, i don't make the best model since my hair had just come out of a touque and probably had manure in it.

But I like the way it turned out, kinda whymsical and cute. I'd give a tutorial, but its really just slap some materials together and handstitch them kinda crazy till they don't fall apart....

I still think i need to tweek this one a bit. I'm thinking red rhinestones somewhere....
This is my fav ribbon. Of all time. black velvet with ruffles?? ugh.

Yeah, this close-up might not help because you can see my wild stitching....

And it was all done working around the little bump!!! and yes, i'm aware my elbow is unusually large in this picture....

This is right before we took off to go see New Moon!! soooo good. I'm a sucker for a romance flick! Lane roots for Jacob, but i'm Edward all the way. He is just so....ugh. I just luuurve him.

maybe?

2009-11-22T17:28:00.000-08:00

wow, thats quite the forehead on the little thing...thats too bad...

a little bit of lately

2009-11-06T15:11:00.000-08:00

Well things are looking pretty good right now! Lane and I celebrated our one year anniversary October 17th - yeah! its amazing to think that we've been married a year, and how fun it was to learn to live full time with a guy...sometimes it was very interesting! We are still getting used to so much, now with my growing belly and occasional nausea he's had to learn to take care of me - which was cute. We even got to see the baby for the first time on ultrasound - and it was going crazy! like a mexican jumping bean! its was so exciting to see its little heartbeat!

And heres the proud papa-to-be. in his usual attire...
Lately i've gone from crafts to cooking, first with a few beef stews....

to this AWESOME cookbook (that i can't remember the name of right now...) where things actually turn out like the pictures! i love it when that happens! and this is the best soup....ever....

and i'm getting some crafty-things done right now, they're looking way cute. i'll post pictures of them next time.

I'm alive!

2009-10-06T17:02:00.000-07:00

Yup its true. i'm still here. and i've got some fun news!!!

You may have already guessed it......

I'm PREGNANT!!!! ahahahahaahhhHHHHH!!!! and we are seriously SO excited!!! My little bump is already on its way, its definately changing life already! yesterday i went in for my first appointment with the OB and after two paps and a blood test in which it took 3 POKES to get the needle in, i can successfully say i survived. I even made Lane come with me on the first one...! He is so good to me! Things have been pretty good so far, the last few days i've been kinda sick and nauseated and today was HORRIBLE. Lots of nausea despite a few cat naps, gosh i hope it doesn't continue!

I went out a few weekends ago to break the news to skye and mama, where we ate at the BEST cafe ever. Its called Blue Lemon and it is wonderful! Our food looked so high-end!! I love it when we get to visit!

Then we went to our favorite spot for some eye candy. Dear Lizzie. This boutique is amazing! its georgous and fun and terribly expensive, i think this chandelier was a close to a 1000.00 dollars! but how stinkin georg!!! It pretty much sums up how pretty that place is.

I found this funny little twist on the popular saying, and it definately fits how i feel right now! sometimes the little person in me stresses me out, especially when i think of labour and delivery!!

So in times of stress, i head to sew n sews and put my machine to work:

This time i made a skirt, which is SO easy. i'm in the process of embellishing it and adding a fabric flower, and i'll take a picture when i'm done.

And of course an update from the farm has to make its way in here, last week we fed calves in the POURING rain. and after a while we gave up and headed to the barn to wait it out. Don't i seriously look like a drowned rat??

For some reason i had put my camera in my pocket....and it ended up being a good way to pass a half an hour....

Look at this poor mans coat. He won't let me patch it because even he knows its not worth it, yet he doesn't ever seem to get a new one....when we get the old coal stove working this just might go mysteriously missing...

Yuck. So much rain!

Heather Bailey!!!

2009-09-14T16:33:00.000-07:00

Does anyone know who makes these fabrics???.........I gave it away already in the title. Its just this amazingly talented mom who decided to start making fabrics one day, and i GOT TO MEET HER!!! I was so excited!

She is the nicest person ever, i even got her to sign a peice of her fabric so that one day when i have a sewing room i can frame it for it.

She also let us see what she's making a pattern for this weekend, its a turtle pincushion!! as ken would say... lurvve it.

Oh, and her display was really fun. thought i'd share.

On a farmer's wife note, i have exactly nine misquito bites on my right arm alone right now. I'm the guy in the red shirt, and lane is the mustache=purple shirt man. I read an article about the fact that people who are stressed out more don't get bit because they secrete an enzyme that they don't like. what?!!?!?? yeah right. Lane must be SUPER stressed, because i still to this day have yet to see a bite on him. I honestly get on average 5 a night while feeding calves. and thats just average from what i've calculated this week.
Yesterday we started chopping corn! Yeah! well, not really, i can drive the smaller dumptruck for a few hours...except when the chopper breaks down and takes 3 hours to fix in the field. Good thing i had my camera. i literally filled up 2GB worth of memory taking shots like the one above. its scary what bordom does to me.
here is the proud owner of the chopper!

And the only picture i'll ever get of Nolan. Farmer to the core.
The sea of corn, there are TWO more fields like this one we have to chop. That means about a solid month of corn chopping. Love being a farmers wife....

wow its been awhile.

2009-09-11T17:40:00.000-07:00

Yikes. this is getting a bit neglected lately. i have a million! things that have happened lately, the best of which is showcased below:

A new haircut! i got it done a way long time ago on my birthday but it has actually been that long since i've styled it enough to take a picture of me. I love it! 70's bangs are the best.

I hope everyone is enjoying back to school. Sooo glad i dont' have to. and because i don't, one day i might try my hand at some of these,

wow. i wonder what kid would ever appreciate the craftmenship behind these.

I also redecorated for fall, while keeping my entry-way quite spring-ish. I found some wooden farm eggs way to cheap the other day, and i had to use them, not to mention some georg ribbon and the cutest bar of soap with congruated cardboard around it someone gace me for a gift - thanks visiting teachers!!!

This is by the couches in the living room:
I love the poupourii - how the crap do you spell that - in the candle holders. If you can't see it because the picture is poo, there are tiny little pumpkins in it...and smells oh so yummo.

I didn't slack on the creative side making a craft either, and this one is actually quite functional. Its a leather bottle holder for my lotion (i'm a massage therapist) for work. I can wipe it off, and slip it on the belt of the day for a cute home-made functional item. i love it.

i'm back, older and wiser.

2009-08-31T10:27:00.000-07:00

Alright! here we go, my birthday was a HOOT, i got my hair cut (as soon as i put some makeup on and throw some hairspray in it i'll post a pictures) a new shirt and cardigan, a wonderful birthday dinner with my love which included apple pie...yum...and a SEWING MACHINE!! whoop whoop! i'm so excited, and yes mom, we will have many sewing adventures together! It's not a new machine by anymeans. in fact, somtimes it reminds me of this:

However, its completely metal, without any digital or plastic parts so it is a machine that will last forever! hopefully. maybe i'll even get fanatic enough with it to imprint its image forever on my bod:

Yeah. maybe not. I do hope one day to place it in an amazing place like this:

And make wonderful jewels like this:
But until i can actually spend time on it (we just started corn chopping. yuck. that means lane needs me at the farmhouse, and my new machine is at our apartment.) i'll just focus on 20 min projects like these:

So cute eh? i LOVE them. and i even have the tutorial i learned to make them with http://treyandlucy.blogspot.com/2009/03/easy-hair-clips.html she has all kinds of good stuff you'll want to check out.

BIRTHDAY WEEK!!

2009-08-24T14:39:00.000-07:00

Ok, one day i'll stop with the pictures. that is until i stop stumbling upon them. Actually i just thought i'd let you all know what i looked like under my clothes...

ya right. i wish!

Today Lane and our peruvian milker had to visit the courthouse for a couple hours. Edward got pulled over and didn't have insurance...it was a 600.00 ticket. ouch! Then i thought i'd take some nice pictures of us since Lane had actually worn a new shirt for the first time in two weeks for the occasion....that is until he couldn't keep his eyes from crossing....why do we want kids??? Don't i already have one??...

and then i joined in the fun. Lane actually had to instruct me on how to do a crazy smile. he's a great teacher.

Ahhh...us. and Lane's mouth full of cookies. I cherish our wedding pictures where he would smile on command....

Also, craft day will be cancelled for me this weekend because its my BIRTHDAY!!! WHOO WHOO!! and that means it's kindy's birthday too! happy EARLY BIRTHDAY KENNEDY!!! i love being a twin. This is my favorite picture of us when we were little:

We are just out of the tub, wearing karson and chance's hand-me-down onsie's and i'm squeezing the life out of her...

Also a favorite. oh my glorious nostrils! I hope you like the halarious e-card i sent you already ken. Its a good one. other then that i probably won't be here till next week so see you then! i'll have some wicked cute crafts that will be done by then and i'll let ya'll know what Lane got me for my birthday!

Bootie tutorial

2009-08-22T18:28:00.000-07:00

Lately, i've been flashing the infamous "peace" and also happened to find these pictures to relate. I just hope i don't look quite like number two...

although, he does represent all that is hippie...

and she is just cute...

http://fleeglesblog.blogspot.com/2007/12/sartjees-fleeglized-bootie.html

here is the bootie pattern, and i'm shamefully admitting that i'm acutally not finished my pair yet. I used size11 needles when you are supposed to use size 2 or 3. Please don't be like me and use what they tell you. Otherwise you end up with baby booties that i can wear...

Life.

2009-08-20T09:39:00.000-07:00

Yeah. I thought it was funny too.

Hot or not? i vote not. probably fun to do, not so fun to watch. I only hope i look like these guys if i ever get pregnant!!!

A Cincinnati radio show hosts a popular annual event that offers women in their third trimester the chance to win $1,000 to help pay for baby expenses. All the moms-to-be have to do is strut around in bikinis, proudly sporting their baby bumps. that is a good amount of money...

creepy guy in the front taking picutres on his cell phone...

This weekend me and kennedy went to our cousins wedding in Salt lake and it was so pretty! i loved the flower girl dresses, so unique eh?

me and kindy. I love her blazer! so cute!

But since today is Craft day i'm sitting alone, eating my favorite candy, and knitting some booties just like these:

cute eh? i'm going to post the pattern but i warn you, they are addicting and quite hard...

Ok, hardcore anyone? this a real tatoo....

I found these fridges today, they are LEGO working fridges. weird. but i want one...

C-day Thursday!!

2009-08-13T19:33:00.000-07:00

Yup, here it is again, this time i dropped in on Katherina and her super cute store so i could sit at her sewing machine. She teaches anything from begginer to advanced sewing classes and has TONS of machines in the back. Which I took advantage of today. Since I don't have one. Which by the way my birthday is on the 27th...lane???...can i possibly hint any harder???...

I made these two ALL BY MYSELF!!! i was so proud...sniff....and they are going to skye, a wicked awesome sister who profits from my sewing "adventures" until i get kids of my own. or actually make something for myself. Which i'm actually thinking of making one of these for me next time...

A authentic vintage button. yup true story, i lurve it!

anything vintage is always a good idea.

once again, i lurve this button. totally necessary.
My AMAZING teacher and good friend, here she is helping me for the bizillionth time to get my project together...

A necklace lady came by the store selling these for the hospital! only 5 bucks, and so so cute. so i took advantage...
Kennedy, my faithful twin sister / slave...

and me, same day, different shirt...curse them oreo shakes...

and Darcy!! love this girl! she is fifteen and the wickedest seamstress! SO talented, just like her mama katherina! they made the quilt below...

That ruffle. seriously. so so so cute!!

Routine breaker!

2009-08-03T10:18:00.000-07:00

So Lane and I had an interesting morning today, we got up,

went to the barn...

Began feeding first the little calves...(3 are on bottle, 50 are in indiviual pens that need milk dumped into)...

Fed the larger ones (35) in troughs, still with milk...

And then! i almost stepped on THIS!!!::::

I made Lane sit and watch it while i ran to the house and grabbed my camera, check out this calf speckin her out, don't get too close calvy....

We know its a she because Edward, our milker, found a baby snake dead in the barn last week. Lane warned me we might find a mama slithering around somewhere...We actually even decided to let her live, because as a blow snake they aren't agressive at all and as much as she might scare me, mice scare me more!

This newborn calf is a side note, but also one of the weirdest things we have ever seen...can you notice something wrong with it??

The poor thing was born without a tail! as a result her poo sticks to her bum, sorry about graphic content. She has been appropriately named.......Stubby.

2009-08-01T22:00:00.000-07:00

Gotta love Censational Girl, a new blog i found today and she is wicked cool, just an attorney and a major crafter. she's cool, and so are her ideas, like her new love for wallpaper. If you read her wallpaper staircase post, she shares that her wallpaper panels? are STAPLED on. genius. No glue. Check it out:

http://www.centsationalgirl.com/2009/07/staircase-reveal-part-two.html

Who knew wallpaper has been transformed into pure loveliness...
Doors, lurve the idea...keep that one in mind...

this last wallpaper?? oh, just Target. Yeah, not some fancy designer, just Target. i LOVE IT!! Although they only let you buy a roll so i have to pick out exactly what i want it for, otherwise Lane would be kinda upset that a 75 dollar roll of wallpaper was just laying around...I'm thinking about starting small...like the inside of a closet??

Craft Day thursday!

2009-07-31T06:57:00.000-07:00

This is how I celebrated Pioneer Day. By making "big girl" hair clips. I love these for me! i've made duplicates of all of them...just so i can enjoy the fun too! I didn't quite get finished my yo yo project, and we'll see if i can get time in the next little while. which might mean next thursday, but it will get done i swear! I hope you all enjoy these, they were so so so fun to make! Go on my store to see them all!

2009-07-27T06:37:00.000-07:00

I LUUURVE amy butler and heather bailey fabric. What I love even more is when i find an excuse to use them in super cute projects like a yo yo!! i have a really fun idea i'm saving for craft day on thursday - yes, i limit myself to one craft day a week to keep it from being obesssive...anyways, i'm excited to share, but until then, here is the pattern and make something yourself too!!!
http://heatherbailey.typepad.com/photos/how_to_make_a_yoyo/hbyoyotutorial1.html

feather fun...

2009-07-22T16:01:00.000-07:00

Ok, so I thought i'd join this fun craze by making some back to school feather accessories in pretty fall colours. enjoy! they are being sold at the boutique here, for around 15.00 each. Let me know if anyone wants a specific one, because supplies are VERY limited, most of the ribbon is scraps!

All three feather ones are 10.00 each.
And I am sorry to say that i'm looking at this one in real life...and i'm keeping it. it just matches too many of my clothes and is SOOSD FI:OEFJEIOjfl cute i just love it. in fact my mother in law just came down and said it actually hurt her how much she loved it. So we are just going to share it...sorry...I'll try to make more of this one!!!! wait, i just spent a rediculous amount on this ribbon so i'd have a TON and it is ON ITS WAY! hoot hoot! Let me know if you want to reserve one for 18.00

This one is 12.00
love it! enjoy!

Here goes..

2009-07-17T18:59:00.000-07:00

wow, a lot has happened since the last time I posted so here's the update...

We took the kids to the NEW ice age movie in 3D, and they had a HOOT! it was SO FUN! i think me and mom liked it more then the kids! Maguire got a little scared when the big dinasoaur came on, he said it was trying to bit him! so cute.

We even let them take the glasses home, even though you're supposed to recycle them at the end. We had to sneak them past the ticket holders, so they stuffed the glasses in their shirts. They had a blast!
I know what you're thinking, what the heck is that stuff? well so were me and Kennedy when we walked out of the grocery store after only 15 minutes. It is the weirdest stuff ever, kinda like glue that was tacky-like. And it did NOT come off, even after a thourough car wash. Before i got really upset though, our neighbor came over and used some tar remover to get it off without wreaking the paint job. We are still mystified over what the heck this stuff is!!!

2009-07-03T15:00:00.000-07:00

These are magnet boards and the clothespins have magnets on the back. cute eh?

Just my day off, craftin and watching a little twilight. I made 40 sets of these little hair clips, and i'm guna sell them in the boutique out here, i forgot to take a picture of how she is displaying them, it is so cute! But i'll remember next time.

Happy b-day Lane!!

2009-06-26T11:22:00.000-07:00

First off, how much fun is pioneer woman's actions? i did this one in Heartland. cool. However it would be a lot cooler if i had a better camera...

Look who's the big 26! and wow isn't that cake mighty impressive? i thought i could skip fondant and still ice it with regular icing...I learned it won't work on the sides...it actually looks decent from far away...what does Lane care anyways? he said as long as it had sugar in it, he was happy!

Love you baby!

fun little things!

2009-06-24T21:05:00.000-07:00

So here are a few more pendants done MUCH better, although they are pains at first! but i'm getting the hang of it now. They are so fun to create! aren't they cute? and there is alot more to come, I can't wait!

the front...

Here's the back..
Aren't my edges looking better? they are harder then you think!

2009-06-18T18:38:00.000-07:00

So its my day off today. And that means craft time! yeehaw! today i worked on these cute little tile pendants for necklaces that a girl in town wants me to sell at her boutique called Sew and Sews Place. Its way cute. Anyhow between helping Lane chop hay and feeding calves I got this done:

p.s. notice the difference between first and second side...sad...

this is what a GOOD side looks like.

And this is the back! cute eh? when its done i'll take another picture with the ribbon cord and all! i think it's destined to be my mother-in-law's, who by the way is the vintage queen and already had dibbs on the first, even with the flaws!

Funny

2009-06-18T16:16:00.000-07:00

(sand castle contest)
Hee hee. enjoy.

Like father, like son.

2009-06-08T07:51:00.000-07:00

So I thought it would be fun to take some milking pictures right? ya, maybe not. I pretty much was pinching and shoving to get lane and nolan to look at me. There is the potential for really cool pictures in there! and all lane does is pose like this:

Nice lane. nice.

here he is just putting on milkers....he actually doesn't have to milk that often, only when we give Edward - our peruvian milker - a day off which is a bout 3 times a month. He is working so hard right to save up when we bring his wife up from peru. They have been separated for a year or two!! and he is the same age as Lane. Seriously, sometimes i think my life is hard?? at least i have my husband in the same country!

And if you think i will ever get a face shot of nolan, dream on. As a farmer to the core, nolan hates me when the camera comes out.

7 months!

2009-05-18T12:45:00.000-07:00

p.s. yesterday was our 7 month anniversary! yeah! love love love marriage!! here we were celebrating with our favorite thing...food!

not the best day ever...

2009-05-18T12:30:00.000-07:00

Who wants to hear something that will just make you feel so sorry for me? Well two weeks ago we killed a cow for meat and put half in Lane's parents freezer, and half in ours. Get where i'm goin with this? This weekend no one was at the farm house because of moving cows and planting corn, so when vicki grabbed a roast out of the freezer yesterday....she found that it had been unplugged. For two days. Everything was COMPLETELY unthawed. and nasty and smelly. ugh, ew, gross. Somehow it had gotten unplugged, and the weird part was lane had to seriously push hard to get it back in the outlet. So someone would've had to reef hard!! and i don't think queen could've done it! but what other explanation was there?

The next big issue was, when did it happen, right? so me and lane sacrificed one of our own hamberger packages to do a small experiment in a cooler to find how long it would take to completely unthaw. It only took a day and a half. and when we opened it it was brown and gross, just like the others. Moral of the story? maybe defrosting your freezer isn't a good idea. Because if we hadn't done it the week before, everything would've probably been fine. ugh. yup, not the best day ever...

The start of madness!

2009-05-13T19:21:00.000-07:00

Here's our new dog! Well, its Nolan's. lane's dad. Who walked in from driving semi all night to announce the name he thought up for her - Queen. And now she truely is treated that way, we even bought dog food for her. Tuff never had that. ever.

Here is Lane's first meal on the tractor for this year! Obviously we couldn't find anything else to put his root beer in...or could we....

This tractor is HUGE!!! and so wicked long with all those attachements. We rented it all from a friend to work over our new ground really well. It worked good! So first you disk...

Then you plant! and this year it is a whole heck of a lot of corn! (thats what the purple seed is). I actually cant wait to take pictures of gigantic fields of swaying corn! and maybe when the sun isn't going down like it is in all of these pictures. So please Skye don't look at them, i know they are horrible resolution!
Stockin up the "things".

And this is what it looks like after! see all the ground...that means a LOT of hauling in september. but i try not to think too much about that!

For now, i'll just enjoy the sunset.

Tuff.

2009-03-19T11:28:00.000-07:00

This post is just a little on the sad side and dedicated to Lane. Tuff, the family dog for the last 12 years died the other day. Its probably a good thing because he had started to have daily seizures and liver and kidney failure, but still. sad! And a week after he died these small prints were still frozen in the sidewalk we walk out onto every morning to do chores. I thought i'd freeze the moment in a couple pictures for Lane, since it really was his dog.

Sorry Lane we'll get a new one K?

Cold winter...

2009-03-16T07:21:00.000-07:00

Well these few pictures pretty much summed up the winter - scooping snow out of calf buckets to feed them some milk to help them survive...Isn't lane a cutie...

i'm sorry cows.....

What a disgusting muddy sess pool. This is where the cows get rounded up twice a day to get milked. ew.

Modeling the new coveralls.....which to this day have never been washed...

Dairy Convention!

2009-03-12T11:28:00.000-07:00

So, one perk of being a dairy farmer - once a year they treat you to a nice hotel room in Salt Lake and expect you to go to a bunch of meetings....which by the way are completely optional....so what did we do? took advantage of a good situation. First we hit up Lowes.

Where we bought this water heater for the barn. We thought we'd jazz it up with a few model pictures so it wouldn't look so boring on "the blog"...

Wow, we went really crazy and splurged on a pair of new coveralls for lane. Whew, it was hard to talk him into that one, you should've seen the old ones. oh wait, you still can because he won't throw them away. I wonder if theres a way to explain "spontaneous combustion" on them....

We tried a close up, but i just look mad and lane looks bored. So we crashed Walmart at midnight to finish with a few more errands...

Which turned out to be mainly groceries we couldn't get out here in Rosy. Well, that's the update for this week, thanks for reading!

Married!

2009-03-04T07:20:00.000-08:00

Lane singing along...me trying to get a good picture.

New amazing bed. Sexy man not included....

Owww Owwww!!! That's right, self-assembled!!

RWD: The honeymoon

2009-02-28T15:59:00.000-08:00

awww...how cute is he. The first weekend married together! What an adventure! We went to waterton for our first few newlywed nights, and it was so much fun! We stayed in the Kilmory Lodge, which i'm sad to say burned down as of two months ago. So much for an anniversary there.

No matter how many times I get close to the deer up there it still failes to amaze me how tame they are. Here in Roosevelt though they've taken things a step further - a farmer raises them like cattle! Hee hee...trying to be so sneaky. If we would've put a camera on his neck and squinted his eyes he could've looked like every other japanese tourist there!

And oh wow this view! Lane loved this spot, its the Prince of Wales hotel hill, and we were lucky enough to get a perfect glass-like lake to snap a picture of.

FAST FORWARD

2009-02-23T16:50:00.000-08:00

ok, so I thought i'd fast foward to the present for a post to give you.....Our night with Celine Dion on her Taking Chances tour!! my lovely hubby gave me tickets for christmas - and i'll tell you, that was the biggest surprise ever! but last night we were FINALLY able to redeem them at the best show i've ever seen!I tried to take a few pictures of course....but we all know how concert pictures turn out.......

so i did as little web surfing, and found someone who took some WAY better.

Yeah. way too excited I am. but this is the only picture i took of us. wow.

Get me to the church on time!!

2009-02-21T17:31:00.000-08:00

The omnious road to marriage on the morning of october 17, 2008. We were so excited! and a little aware of the enormity of the decision we had made. A good decision, but HUGE nonetheless. I remember thinking we would never get there, and that lane looked really good dressed up ready to get married. Lane says ditto. And we haven't looked back since!

Perfect male

2009-02-18T13:43:00.000-08:00

Ok. I found some of these today while doing some mindless internet surfing and i just had to imortalize on my favorites on my blog. So funny! especially falling into the toilet, since that happened to me last night!

REWIND!

2009-02-16T13:02:00.000-08:00

REWIND!

Ok i finally uploaded pictures of my bridal shower in Myton that my sis-in-law threw for me. I thought it was time for a REWIND!! There are a few more before me and lane got married that i'll post up here, then some from weekend vacations we've taken since then....and of course some honeymoon pictures!! but i only have the "limited" edition of photoshop on my computer. stupid. That means I'm only able to brighten pictures, not even crop them!! LAME. Christmas can't come fast enough for me to ask for photoshop!! and a new Mac.....if i'm lucky.....

Alright, so the halarious lady in blue with the intense look on her face is my mother in law, as i mentioned before. I laugh my head off at her everyday, and i really hope these pictures give a small peek at her personality!!

This is Lacy, my new sis-in-law, she is so much fun, and kennedy just got back from going on a singles cruise with her! so fun!

Hee hee.....i guess kennedy stayed out too late with Lacy the day before....that is some beauty rest!

Wedding Pics

2009-02-12T17:35:00.000-08:00

So here is another plethera of images from the wedding. i figure there are so many i love that i want to put up here that i'll just add a few everyday. That way i get to "go back" and remember the memories anyways ;')

Best day ever.

2009-02-07T17:14:00.000-08:00

Hee hee...its a good thing lane doesn't care about blogs! So i posted all my wedding/engagement/bridal pictures on facebook, but i am going to put up my favorites on here.
I love this one. I think i'll always remember just looking at lane and smiling as hard as i could because i knew there was no way i could've told him how happy and excited i was!! EEeeee!!! It makes me happy just to look at it!

Kennedy. There is no way to explain this one. You have made me into who I am today by being the best friend i have ever had and there is just no way to replace you.

I feel like Vicki needs a little explaining. This woman is halarious, not to mention the most giving person i have ever come across. What is hers, is yours, with no exceptions. And seriously, look at her smile, that girl is happy 24/7. The best mother in law ever!

There is just no way to explain the way you look at your spouse on your wedding day. He was so perfect in every way and I have never felt so lucky (and still do, but things are just so intense on that day!) There are SO many wonderful emotions, and you are both just so happy!!

Ah. so cute. I love these two.

Celebrity Morph

2009-02-07T17:10:00.001-08:00

MyHeritage: Family trees - Genealogy - Celebrities

face morph

2009-02-07T17:05:00.001-08:00

ok, i found this funny website while waiting for lane to finish feeding cows that morphs you into a celebrity look-a-like. Mine is monica bellicini or something. a famous italian model i've never heard of before. fun. way funner if its of my hubby though...

Celebrity Morph

2009-02-07T11:18:00.001-08:00

MyHeritage: Family trees - Genealogy - Celebrities

RESOLUTION TIME!

2009-01-21T18:47:00.000-08:00

as promised, i've really kept up with this blog eh? yeah? no. i know its no. I seriously need to get some engagement pictures up here but here is all that i've recieved....

Yes, i know. thats what i get for having an amazingly talented photographer who is my sister but unfortunatly everyone else in utah thinks so too. She is SWAMPED! but it is my goal to get them this weekend and hopefully then i'll become post happy! but its hard to be down in the basement on this computer though, there is NO HEAT and i'm wearing two sweaters, two touques, and i have my sweater hood on. Yet i'm still losing feeling in my fingers...yikes, ya'll better appreciate what i go through to get you this info. and since my only follower is kennedy....which makes her the coolest person in the world....that means i'm talking to YOU girl! i'm sOOOO stinkin jelous you're in MEXICO on a cruise, and i'm FREEZING HERE!.

p.s.

please call me when you get home......

Me and Lane are having so much fun here on the farm though!! I feel as though we are really starting to get some roots goin by working on the farm everyday (and night...) and starting to think about moving into the farm house after Vicki and Nolan are finished their new one. I've already watched hundreds of HGTV Colorsplash episodes to really get the look down that i love so i can decorate my own house with ease!! EEEE!! talk about a dream come true! here is a little taste of what i want...

Wha-freakin-hoo! i'll post some pics of the real thing when i actually get to dive into what i'm dubbing, "THE project".

Bloggin fool

2008-12-10T12:56:00.001-08:00

WOW, just like i promised, this blog is getting roally ignored. Its time I catch up a bit I guess!! Me and Lane are living in the cutest little apartment in Roosevelt, Utah, 20 min. away from his parents farm. Thus far my massage and baby bootie-makin skills have been neglected and i've been workin on my calf nursing/dump truck driving skills. Since it snowed 4 inches I like to limit my time outside to as little as possible, so feeding the calves is all i'm ever up for. And occasionally sitting on the tractor with Lane as he feeds the Milk cows. Its been quite a change since i'm putting on less and less make-up everyday and my hair is slowly becoming unrecognizable but i've never been so happy! Lane is the best husband in the world and we just have so much fun together!! I feel so lucky to have married my best friend. And not to mention I also have the most halarious mother-in-law ever that I get to hang out with. We have been doing a major face lift on her house, and after two weeks things are looking really good! Its so funny the things that get left behind by kids who move out. We've been having fun organizing and redecorating, not to mention hanging up christmas ornaments ALL over! Vicky's christmas tree is absalutely perfect for her personality, covered in colorful lights and decked out ballerinas. She lets the little girl in her come out on her tree!! I'll post pictures next time since i don't have my camera on me. whoops....