Baby Shower!

This weekend we had a baby shower for my cousin Denise. She is having a baby boy, and he is due Oct. 17th. We had the party at my Aunt Sheree's house and it was a blast! Kristen came down and did an amazingly wonderful maternity photo shoot! She really needs to update her photo blog so y'all can see them! The party was really fun, and it was great to get everyone together for such a happy occasion! I can't wait to meet little Conner! So, I don't have any pictures of the shower because I was taking them with my mom's camera. But, I do have a couple pictures of the cake and blanket I made.

 Me working hard...

  Thanks for taking my picture Jordan!

All finished!

Blanket!

I knew my bubble letter writing skills were good for something!

If you know me, you know how I feel about corners and binding! Not bad if I do say so myself.

Complete! First ever applique! I think I like it!

It was a lot of work, and could not have done it without Jordan! She was an amazing helper and did most of the grunt work. She was always ready to help and did a lot of the not so fun jobs, like cleaning up big messes!!! All she wanted to do was read her book, but I made her work, work, work.

Jordan, Thank you! 

You were awesome!

 Jordan took this picture too!

I hope you get to finish your book!

If you want to see more pictures of the shower check out my mom's facebook.

Beatrix gets a bath!

Since we have had Beatrix and been married, I can count on one hand how many time she has been washed. In fact we have never washed her together. Josh is the only one that has washed her, and it was at his old job. At our first apartment there wasn't a hose and at our new house we don't have a front yard. So, you can see why we a some what of an excuse. Oh, and Josh never wanted to pay someone else to do it either. So, this weekend, while we were in Eugene, I decided we should give her a bath. I was actually really excited about it. What better way to spend your summer morning then out in the driveway with a hose and your honey! We had just gotten our new camera, and it looked like a good photo op also! Thanks Trisha for taking our pictures! So here is a fun little before and after shot!

 The difference is amazing! I never realized how dull she looked...and now she is a sparkling beauty! It's like a totally different car! Here is a collage of Josh and I in action!

Birthday!!! oh and a little update!

Josh's Birthday was on August 15th! He turned 23! He is getting so old! We had planned on going on a little camping trip over his birthday weekend, but things worked out a little different. We stayed in town but were able to spend the whole weekend with people we love! On Saturday my parents, Alex and her husband Jordan, my sister Jordan, Josh's parents, and his sister Trisha were all able to come over to our house for some carne asada! Which by they was amazing and I still crave for it nightly! We got torts from Chevy's and chips and salsa. I also made homemade guac, pico de gallo, and black beans! I marinated the steaks and Josh grilled them. It was a great dinner! We played a little boxers and briefs and laughed a lot! It was such a wonderful dinner and game that we decided to have a gain on Sunday! We invited Kristen, Jared, Kroten, and Kemiry up. They brought their friend Chucky and we had carne asada again! It was just as good the second night! We played boxers or briefs again too! Kroten was a riot too! He is such a funny little guy! Every time an airplane would fly over us he would get really excited and start yelling airplane. It was great because once he was like "Josh...Josh...Josh..." and when josh answered him he said "AIRPLANE!!" and pointed up! He also kept letting us know it was dark out. We get to go camping with the Moss family again soon and I am really excited!
     We were able to go down to Eugene for a night a day this past weekend and spend time with the Moss family, Josh's family, and my family. All in all it was nice little visit. We had dinner at the Moss home and then went for a walk and picked black berries, we got to take our nieces and nephew to see Shrek in 3D! (interesting experience, but really good movie!) We played at the yellow park, had dinner with my family and spent some quality family time shopping around Walmart! It was short and sweet, but we were glad we got to do it!

    Oh and we acquired a new to us camera from Kristen and Jared. I say acquired because it came with some stipulations...I will have to blog at least once a week now. We haven't been keeping up on our blogging. I said it was because we didn't have a camera, so Kristen and I struck up a deal with the approval of our husbands, and now we have one! I am excited! Although I don't have any pictures to go with this post I will for the next ones! So be prepared!

Weddings and Flowers my second newest hobby!

Alex, my little sister, got married!

 It was such a wonderful thing to be a part of. Alex and Jordan Eliason were married in the Portland Oregon LDS Temple! It was beautiful. They are so lucky to have each other. Kristen took all the pictures and they turned out amazing! I made the cake and did all the flowers.

 This is not the greatest picture or me! But, here I am bright and early Thursday morning. I had just finished Alex's bouquet and was working on Jordan's boutonniere.

 Sisters!!

I had a lot of help from several different people especially my husband and dad. I would also like to give a shout out to Jessie, our little Jodi in disguise, who had all the know how about weddings and flower arrangements! Meryni Hall and her family, the talented Mathews girls, and Eric. All great helpers with such an eye for decor! I basical told them what I had, what I was thinking of doing with it, and where I thought I might want it, and they made Alex's reception a fairy tale. There were several other helpers and I could write pages and pages of how much everyone helped out, but I wont. Thank you again to all those that helped!

Oh, I forgot to mention I actually made 4 cakes! I made a daisy cake for Alex's gardened themed shower!