My Sewing Project

I am making a duvet for Hope's new bed. Our princess moved into her big bed and we are trying to get her set up in it. I decided I wanted to learn how to sew and make a duvet for her bed so my Aunt Desi is helping me do most of it all by myself. It is taking a while but it will be so cute when it is finished. It has turned into to quite the project but I dare say it will be as good as Pottery Barn although I don't think I saved much $ doing it. Well, here's to learning a new skill anyway. Oh, and the picture is kind of yellow because it was taken on Bern's iphone and it doesn't have a flash but you kind of get the idea of what I am attempting to do. It should be done by next week. We've been trying to get together once a week to work on it. Des is nice enough to let me use her machine but I think I like this. It's pretty fun. I'll have to be buying me one.

V Day!

Okay, so this post is really late but my life has been really crazy lately. Anyway, our Valentines Day was fun. Well, I better back up a bit. The day before VDay Hope woke me up and said Daddy has flowers for you. Apparently Bern had bought me roses and hid them downstairs to give to me the next day. He told Hope not to tell me but she was so excited she couldn't help it. Bern went to work and that night when he got home I made the suggestion of making breakfast for dinner (Pancakes, etc..) Come to find out he had stopped at the store on the way home and bought srawberry syrup and whip cream, bacon,and eggs so he could make us a V day breakfast in the morning. So poor Berny couldn't win. All of his surprises were ruined this year. Oh well it's the thought that counts and It was still yummy just a day early. Valentines Day we took the kids to see Hotel for Dogs and went to Rocky Mountain Pizza. It was a good day.

25 Random Things About Me

1. I love the TV show Lost. I never miss it. If I do we TVO it.
2. I like to scrapbook and have many supplies but hardly ever do it. (Who has time?)
3. I am learning to sew. (Hope's Duvet for her bed, probably a little ambitious for my first sewing project.)
4. I was a concert pianist. I even won a few trophies from BYU but now I haven't played for so long I can usually only pick out a melody at first glance.
5. I love to snorkel. Really love it! We have snorkeled in Hawaii, Mexico, and Grand Cayman.
6. I have four sisters.
7. I have OCD but not the good tidy kind, the germ freak kind.
8. I love to read. Mostly fiction. I get enough of real life.
9. I occasionally play Guitar Hero World Tour with my husband.
10. I am a Registered Nurse in the NICU at IMC.
11. I have an addiction for kids clothing. My kids have more clothes than their drawers will fit and I hate putting them away when they grow out of them.
12. I like to fold clothes. It's therapeutic for me and relaxing.
13. I love river rafting and four wheeling.
14. On Saturday mornings, if I am not at work, you can usually find us singing and dancing in our family room while we are attempting to clean.
15. I like Law & Order and Burn Notice.
16. I once was a photographer at Kiddie Kandids.
17. My favorite color is blue.
18. I chose my kids names Hope and Luke partially because they would be really hard to misspell and easy to pronounce. I have seen some weird ones.
19. My favorite dessert is cheesecake and also my 4 year old's fav. If we're sharing she'll eat more than me.
20. My fav food is my mom's Penne Rustica. So yummy!
21. I tear up whenever I hear "Let them be little" especially if I am on my way to work or any other million father daughter songs. I love my dad. He's an amazing compassionate person.
22. I would rather have 10 good friends than 50 aquaintances.
23. I like living in Utah. I love the different seasons. I just wish winter wasn't so long but I can't imagine Christmas without snow.
24. I have family in Pennsylvania. Go Steelers!
25. My kids and my husband are the loves of my life. I don't know what I'd do without them.

An update!

I am starting to feel a lot better. We'll see if it's just coincidence or I keep feeling better with the physical therapy. I hope so. On the upside, My kids are the cutest darn things I have ever seen! At least this is the only thing in my life that is kind of a bummer. Everything else is great. I have a great job, good friends, and a great husband! Plus the fact that he is hot doesn't hurt. LOL. Also, I have a wonderful family to support me and help when I need them to.