Fall Dresses

I have had a recent obsession with dressing my little girls this fall. I love the current trends and am definitely capitalizing on the fact that hand sewn clothes are in. I LOVE to sew. I love these fall dresses that I made for them and they cooperated pretty well for the camera. I had to share

 I used an old dress I made for Madi the year before, took down the hem and added the long sleeves with the flutter. First long sleeves I have done. It was fun and not to hard! She hasn't complained so I think it must be pretty comfortable.
For Jordyn's dress I had some extra fabric that I sewed the dress with. I added the round ruffle collar that I have seen lately. After it was done, I decided it needed something black. I really didn't want a sash or a flower, because I wanted it to go with the theme of vintage from Madison's dress. Embroidery was the answer. I got some help from a friend and completed my first embroidery project. It has a lot of mistakes, but I am still pretty proud. Enjoy the pictures of my goofy girls.

Anybody else find that loving their kids is a lot easier when they are dressed cute!

Halloween 2017

Halloween this year was packed! So much fun and so busy.

I helped plan and decorate the ward party this year. It turned out cute and I loved the finished product. I did have a stick fetish for awhile as I was collecting cool crazy for the centerpieces. The trees in Iowa are awesome, they actually have leaves and drop a lot of twigs. The fun little photo backdrop is also my brainchild. The tree cost me a lot of heartache, but turned out okay. The moon was painted with watercolor, with the help of a friend, and the fence was an old pallet I found that Jordan cut up.

This year for Halloween little Jordyn was a kitty cat. I decided that this age is perfect for them to be cats! They move like cats and act like cats. At least my girls are both a tad ornery and mischievous, both cat characteristics.

Madison was a "Ballerina, Fairy, Princess, Butterfly. At the moment Madi is the girliest girl you ever met. She is obsessed with all things pink, fluffy, and princessy. She said she wanted to be a ballerina at the beginning of the month. I bought her a tutu, she loved it, but wanted to also be everything else. I slowly added a tiara, wand, and wings.

Jordan and I were lumberjacks. We needed a costume for us to match a trunk or treat. I crocheted a couple of beards, rounded up some Christmas trees, made a Timber banner, and scrounged around our house plaid blankets and found a lantern!

My attractive backwoodsmen making chili.... in a dutch oven. Best red chili award

And a sweet dad that takes her trick or treating on a cold cold night.

Pumpkin Patch

October has been extremely busy for our little family... and incredibly long. It started out slow and calm, however, I had surgery (my gallbladder removed) and Jordan started his Comps. Plus I helped planned a ward activity and on top of it needed to get Halloween costumes for my family.

So the day before my surgery I decided to make sure my kids could go to a pumpkin patch. Its a good thing too, not just because my surgery, that was a fairly easy recovery, but because it literally got freezing cold a couple days after.

We had a blast. I had a great time playing the fun mom. We climbed on pumpkins, rode a tractor train, went down slides, swung in tube slides, played in a corn pit, and jumped on a giant pumpkin.

Chicago with my love

Jordan and I took a little trip. By ourselves. Without the kids. It is still unbelievable for me to say. But it happened and it was super fun.

Enjoy the pictures. We loved this trip and love Chicago. We squeezed in everything that we could. We barely stopped for half a hot dog and continued on our adventure.
 * Medieval Times - Dinner and Show
 *Museum Campus - saw three different museums
 * Architectural Boat tour - I HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend this
 * Willis Tour
 * Lou Malnati's - BEST pizza in Chicago. We love it. This is our 4th time. We have tried others and agree on this one :)