Quilting like crazy

Our stake has been doing this huge quilting project where every ward is supposed to make 20 quilts that will all go to humanitarian aid, wherever that may be. I'm in charge of our wards quilting group and we've been sewing like crazy ladies for the past little while, but this week kicked it up to a whole new level of craziness. (the quilts all need to be done by tomorrow). This pictures is just a speckling of all the wonderful quilts we've made! My fingers are sore, my back is aching, but look how beautiful they are! I love alot of things, but I think one of my favorite things is creating something and then admiring your handiwork. What a wonderful feeling. I think I'm on some kind of sewing high this week. more projects please! I've been working on a big BYU quilt for Ryan and it is slowing coming together. He thinks his quilt is getting the shaft behind all of these other quilts.....and really it's probably true.

This is the fabric for the BYU quilt. It's not your traditional BYU quilt, more of a vintage style one. It is all done in 2" squares and I've made a big Y out of the four blue prints and then everything around the Y are the other fabrics randomly placed. It's looking great so far, but it has a ways to go.

Our house is on the market and we are getting more and more excited about our move everyday. Ryan finished his last day at Kohls on Tuesday so the last two days we've had him home during the day. It's been fun and nice to be able to get some things in order for the move. Every night we check out houses in Denver online and I must say, it will be SO nice to be able to buy a house and not have to do fix it all up before it feels like home!

Mix of emotions

We are about to embark on a new adventure. Ryan has just accepted a job offer with a company in Denver, CO and we will be moving soon! He's given his two weeks notice and will start with Goldbug at the end of april. We'll most likely be here for another three months while we are trying to sell our house. For these next three months Ryan will be able to do half of his work here at home and he'll spend the other half out in Denver. We are so excited to move out there and this will be a great job for Ryan, but I am so torn! I love it here and will be so sad to leave some really great friends. It's exciting to think about buying a new house, living in a new area, living a bit closer to home, Ryan loving his job....all those fun new things that accompany moving. I'm not so excited about...selling our house, packing up, the act of moving, leaving friends, missing out on all the bookclub fun, leaving the gym I've come to love, and everything else we love here.

Ryan's new position is a Retail Planning Manager for Goldbug. Goldbug is a smaller company that sells baby accessories (socks, shoes, hats...), to all the big stores, Walmart, Target, Kohls... They are considered a "Vendor" if you're down with retail lingo. I'm not even going to try and expain what he'll actually be doing because really I have no clue, but I do know he is so excited about it!

I am extremely nervous about selling our house right now so lets hope the market picks up in the immediate future. Like tomorrow. Maby then I'll feel a bit more at ease about selling our beloved house! I am so sad to leave our house. We've put so much hard work into this place and have so many great memories from Sadie's first years.

The next three months will fly by I am sure and we have lots of fun to cram into those months so we'd better get started!

I'll leave you with some fun pictures of sadie to enjoy