bunny girl

For Kaylee's birthday we did something I never thought we'd do. We got her a bunny rabbit! Kaylee is such an animal girl and she adores this tiny little creature. She has already gone through several names. I prefer Rapunzel; that's what Kaylee first named her, but now she consistently calls her Snowflake. If you ask Lily what we named her she'll tell you Makelle. Good thing she is a bunny and not a dog. She'd be quite confused.

meet Rapunzel Makelle Snowflake Bunny-Girl:

This is Kaylee's favorite way to hold "snowflake". She's such a little mommy.

a walk

eeeeek!

 

I was super excited to see my due date on the half and half as I placed it in my cart today. 8 more weeks!

more is more

Here are a million pictures from our beach day. Kaylee watched me make this post and she said, "Let's just go back to Grandpa Christensen's house. I love the beach." Me too, Kaylee!

Lily makes friends everywhere she goes. The little girl you don't recognize is Lucia. She was our new friend for the day and the girls had lots of fun playing with her.

shower gifts

Since Geri had her shower on Saturday I can FINALLY blog about the things I made her! I was soooo sad I couldn't be with her but I was really happy that I finished her gifts in time for them to make it to her shower. I was there in spirit:)

 This is the first crocheted blanket I've ever actually completed. (I think! Sometimes I forget about things I've made...) Pattern from this book. I LOVED making this afghan! I messed up though! See that ruffled edge? Not supposed to be ruffled. I'm not entirely sure what happened but it might be prettier now than it would have been if I had followed the directions!

 front

back

This quilt was my first experience with free-motion quilting. I think I may be in love. 

Tutorial here (thanks for introducing me, Heather!!) This is a fantastic quilting project for a beginner!

I am so so so so so so soooooooo so so EXCITED for my tiny baby niece to be here! I can't believe her due date is only a week away. I also can't believe that I won't get to hold her until she is 2 months old:( We're are going to be best skype buddies though. I hope her mommy doesn't mind a never-ending web-cam session!

this pool is open

While we were at my mom's house Lily REALLY wanted a friend to come play in the pool with them. She had the fabulous idea to make a sign to let people know that, a) we had a pool, and b) it was open. After an entire half day of no takers my mom called the mother of a cute little girl she drives the bus for. Her name is Jessica and she is 7. She played with us all day long the next day. We jumped on the trampoline, we played in the pool, we picnicked at the park, and we played in the stream. It was so much fun!

 Jessica looks like she could be their sister!

Riley is the queen of awesome faces. There was not a normal picture of her in this whole bunch.

for the beauty of the earth

While we were visiting California we took a drive with my family one Sunday to see these pretty flowers and enjoy the beauties of nature. It was quite a long drive but we had a lovely walk. The wildflowers were so beautiful and the air was so fragrant with woodsy, flowery smells. The girls loved every second of it.

"...I'm glad that I live in this beautiful world Heav'nly Father created for me." Children's Songbook #228