Saturdays in the sun

The last two Saturdays have been pretty gorgeous and we have taken advantage of every minute of that nice weather.  Oh I am so ready for warm sunny days to stay!  Last Saturday was yard day.  We power raked our yard, trimmed our bushes and basked in the sun.  It was lovely.  Sadie was amazingly helpful she was a great sweeper and cleaner upper of all of our huge dead grass piles.  I can honestly say we finished quite a bit faster because of her helpfulness!  She took a small step to conquering one of her biggest fears.  Bugs.  She’s pretty much terrified of all bugs or creepy crawlers, but we got her to hold a lady bug after much coaxing.  Now her favorite thing to say is Mom I love to hold lady bugs, they don’t have any teeth!  They can’t bite me!  She searched high and low for lady bugs and was rewarded with a few good finds.  Piper still refuses to touch them. 

Yesterday was another day in the sun.  This time it was car day.  Ryan changed replaced our snow tires with regular tires (crossing our fingers we’re done with big snow) and then we washed, waxed and vacuumed.  Feels good to have a nice productive Saturday.  I love these days and so do the girls.

Piper just looked too cute sitting on the pot.  We couldn’t resist snapping her picture.  She doesn’t ever go, she just likes to sit ….. and sit….. and SIT. 

sides have been chosen

Piper is a Daddy's girl. That much is certain. The other morning while hanging out with Piper I told her, Piper I love you so much! she turns and looks at me and says very seriously, I love Daddy (said in her garbled English). I then told her I love Daddy too and she vehemently replied No, I love Daddy!!! Then to egg her on I kept talking about just how much I love Dad and how Sadie loves her Daddy and she just kept saying No, No, I love Daddy. No Sadie, No Mommy. She wants him all to herself.

Quilting

Last year I found this great quilt pattern by Valerie Wells that I just fell in love with. I’ve been dying to make them for the girls beds ever since. I got crackin a few weeks ago and they are now done! I should make some cute pillow shams for their beds too, but those kind of drive me crazy on Sadie’s beds because the decorative pillow always ends up on the floor never on the bed. But how much cuter would they be with it!! I’m sure I’ll give in just for the fun of it.

The girls were so excited for their quilts! I love that they love all of our fun creations. Some of my favorite times with them are in my sewing room. Sadie is always my special helper with the pins, or she’s sewing buttons onto her creations, making “dresses” out of my scraps, coloring pictures, while Piper is building towers with my thread spools and running around in her princess dress. I love that Sadie always has these great visions of beautiful dresses and she wants us to make them all. In her mind we can make ANYTHING.

I love the heritage a quilt leaves. I want these quilts to be ones that they take with them when they get married and become a part of their own homes to snuggle with and remember the fun times we had sewing together.

Valentines Day

This year the girls and I woke up to a fun surprise Valentine’s morning. Ryan had decorated the table with some of our favorite candies and this fun playdough set. The girls thought it was the greatest day ever. Ryan is so thoughtful and always seems to think of these great surprises. We aren’t always the biggest V-day celebrators we always do something fun together but we aren’t big on giving gifts for this holiday. So it was such a fun unexpected surprise! He’s such a great husband I am one lucky girl to have him.

Notice the Jimmer newspaper clipping. Ryan is absolutely obsessed with anything BYU or Jimmer these days. He thinks about it constantly and BYU basketball is even invading his dreams! Crazy, I think yes.

Thanks Rye! Your girls couldn’t love you more.