Some favorite family pics!

Hagen at a beach in San Diego.

Family pic at the beach in San Diego.
Addison at his preschool graduation.

Abell snowboarding in front of our house.
Breeley on her new big girl bed.

How cute is this picture???
I just wanted to post some of my favorite pictures. Just in case I get really sad and miss my kids too much while I am away. Maybe I will find internet access at the hotel and can view my blog. I can't believe I am leaving them for 9 days! I have been so excited to go on the trip until about Thursday, then I realized how long we are going to be gone and I started getting really sad about going. I know Adam and I are going to have so much fun and we are going to love being together, but it is so weird to think about being gone for so long.

Cabo San Lucas

In just six short days Adam and I are leaving for this beautiful place. We have had the trip planned for 18 months so we are so excited to finally go. We are staying for seven nights in Cabo and then a night in LA. (Thanks to Delta's schedule changes.) My sister in law Jen is staying with our kids!!! They are so excited for her to stay here! It is going to be such a fun week for everyone!

BOUTIQUE IS ON SEPTEMBER 26 and 27th!!!

This is my one of my new tutu's. It would be really fun for a birthday girl!
I started sewing satin ribbon around the bottom of the tulle. I think it looks so pretty and would look great in a black and white photo. I have begged Bree to pose for me, and it is the wrong time of day, week, or month. Breeley just brought me the purple tulle and asked me to make her a purple one. Maybe I can bargain with her and get her to pose for pictures in it??? By the way, I wish all my enemies in life (if I have any) have to sew with tulle all day long.

Treasure Box Boutique

Can you tell what I have been busy doing??

I have been busy making purses, handbags, totes, church bags, school bags, or just bags! My cousin Laci and her friend run a boutique in Roy called The Treasure Box Boutique twice a year. After having me make a tutu for her daughter (Cutest Brinlee ever!) she told me about her boutique and encouraged me to put some of my tutu's in it.
Well, I have never ever done anything like that before and I really don't even know what made me start selling them, but I thought it COULD be a fun experience. I really have fun making the handbags, so I thought I would make some and put them in "my space" as well.
I am really excited to see how it goes and I keep trying to decide which of the bags I hope doesn't sell (If any of them even sell) so I can use it when Adam and I go to Cabo in two weeks.
I am going to put pictures of the bags in my etsy store and make them as they sell. That is how a number of the etsy stores do their bags and when I first thought about it, I thought it was really dumb but now that I have pre-made so many, I understand that it is necessary so you are only spending your time making things that people want to buy and really like.
I have also changed my tutu's a bit. I hope it makes them easier for the little girls to wear and hopefully they won't get lost in all the tulle! I have bought some really darling ribbon that I am hoping I can add to the tulle to make it extra special.
Anyway, if you are in the area and want to see some way darling tutu's and handbags and other cute things... you should stop by the boutique.
It is at 5426 S. 3500 W. (Across the street from Kents) and it will be open September 26th and 27th. Friday 1 pm until 7 pm and Saturday 10 am until 4 pm.
What am I thinking... I can't believe I am doing this... Talk about stepping out of your comfort zone!

Third post of the day

I am posting this picture for my friend Amy. She has a post of long hair/short hair for her boys. This is my favorite picture of Abell with his long hair. It was taken in the fall of 2007. He will hopefully never have long hair like this again. We told him he could do it until he received the priesthood. Despite some very lucrative offers for him to cut it, he kept growing it out, until one day he decided it was enough and he passed me a note in sacrament asking for a haircut. (He didn't get paid any money.) Now he only has about 8 months until he turns 12. That's not enough time for his hair to get that long. :0)

What do you do.....

What do you do when you have a lot of boys at your house RIGHT after school???

You make RICE CRISPY TREATS!!!
There always has to be one that doesn't want what you have... Addison really wanted a bowl of Lucky Charms... (Which I let him have!)

Quote of the day!

We went on a walk before lunch today. Conditions were perfect!
Sometimes Breeley really likes to get her pictures taken.
Especially when there is a red sucker as a reward for standing still!

Today while I was sewing Breeley was watching me and I told her "I love you so much, I am so glad you decided to come to our family." She replied "Me too, it's pretty fun to be here!" I had to just grab her and give her a big hug!