Halloweeny

 Not much to say about Halloween this year.  As always, I was delighted to play dress up and even crafted parts of my costume.  As usual, DR griped about dressing up but was a good sport.  I have to give a shout out to my friend Jessamyn who was Little Bo Peep a few years ago and did an awesome job on her costume.  She is who I got my inspiration from.  

 DR was the big bad wolf of course.  

My dad was Dr. Evil.  Hilarious.  Mom and Kevin were rock stars.  

Lucy's 1 year pics

My super talented cousin took Lucy's 1 year pics over the summer.  We are so happy they turned out so great.  Check out more of her work at www.corihenderson.com   

 

 

                                                             

Memorabilia

   This is Lucy's blessing dress that Karen Cochran knitted for me.  Isn't it stunning?  Well as you know, they only wear them once.  I was sad that it was being ignored and hidden in her closet, so I decided to display it.  I couldn't find a frame big enough for the dress that was in my price range so I made my own.  I just bought decorative molding at Lowes and cut, painted and distressed it.  Only $35! The smaller frames are family heirlooms.  Ahh, now I can look at it everyday!

  

and i love her.....

I've been busy!

I guess the worst thing about being an interior designer is that I'm always changing things up.  I drive DR crazy!  However, he is usually happy to help me move the heavy furniture and drill new holes in the wall.  I thought I would give him more opportunities to use his tools.  So this is my new bedding I made.  I was inspired by a blog I follow (dearlillieblog.blogspot.com).  If you haven't checked it out, you should.  She is very talented.  

       

This is my grandmother's sewing machine.  My dad was going to get
rid of it because he didn't have room for it anymore.
I gladly took it off his hands.

                                   

 

Lucy is 8 mo.

This wild woman is getting so lively! In just this past week she has been laughing and babbling so much. She's also been getting a little demanding when it's time to eat or nap. Don't you just want to bite those cheeks?? I do.

Muddy Memories

Over the 3 day weekend, we went camping with DR's family. We had horrible weather all 3 days and even woke up to 8 inches of snow one morning. We spent a lot of time by the fire or in our campers where I was able to beat DR in a few board games. He hates to lose! hehehe Despite the bad weather, we had a great time.

This sums up my relationship with my father-in-law. We're always picking on each other. By the way Brad, you owe me a ribeye steak.
Sue Nana loves baby Lucy.

Like I said before, we woke up to 8 inches of snow on the last day. We weren't sure if we could get the camper out but we thought we would try. Most of the snow had melted but it was pretty muddy. By the time we figured out we couldn't get the camper out, the truck was stuck. And I mean stuck. Unfortunately, we were all alone. Everyone else had gone home and we didn't have reception to call for help. So for 2 1/2 hours DR would jack up the truck and I would put rocks and logs under the tires. It was so muddy that the rocks and logs would just get pushed under the mud. So after repeating that process 4 or 5 times we were free! Well, sort of. I was driving while DR was pushing and as soon as we were out of the mud I got the truck high centered on a rock. Ugh! So we jacked up the truck yet again and muscled our way off the rock. I kept thinking DR was going to lose his temper but he never did. It was even his idea to get the camera out and take some pictures. He said we were making memories. We're pretty sure the truck has some damage from the rock though. The truck shimmied the whole way down the mountain. Sorry babe.
I was so glad to have my rain boots!