January 30, 2012

Our many crafts...

Our family loves to craft. We all have our different crafting interests and abilities, but on any given day, you'll probably find each one of us creating something. Whether it's woodworking, porcelain painting, crocheting, sewing, soap-making, or coloring with crayons...we have an abundance of crafts floating around the house every day... I thought I'd try to capture a few of them for you all in the next couple of days, that way you can see some of the things we enjoy making!

This is a mobile that I [Sara] made yesterday afternoon, inspired by a few [entirely too expensive] baby mobiles I've seen lately...it was super easy and fun to make, and cost less than $3! The cream-colored flowers and pale pink hearts are crocheted using alpaca yarn, and the lace is leftover from the heirloom sewing classes I took in Alabama five years ago...I love being resourceful and using things around the house for projects. :)




January 23, 2012

Guess what?

Guess who started crawling allllll the way up the stairs [currently being remodeled!] all by himself?
Guess who is in need of his first haircut? [some of us are shedding tears over this one...]
Guess who started saying understandable words and is >>this<< close to learning how to walk??
Guess who turns ONE year old today?

That's right, today is an extra-special day for our itty, bitty baby, Spencer! This past year has flown by entirely too fast for us... We just love our little, chubby, happy boy. [He seriously weighs a LOT. Trust us on this one!] Happy first birthday, Spencer!

Today is also little Becca's birthday, and she's turning FIVE! Josh, Suzi, and kiddos are coming over this evening and we're all going to celebrate with barbecued ham and the best cupcakes ever. [They really are the best. Trust us on this one too!]