summer fun

we made kelby an apron...now tonight we'll make dinner i'm sure. :)

so, i know it has been...forever...sorry. i have massively been slacking. i have no real excuse. just been hanging out with my little one... and charlie. :) i have the hardest time inserting pictures in here properly so i'm gonna try. for some reason i can only have 2 pics on this post...so i'm gonna write another one with more pics...hopefully. this is the apron we made kelby. now she won't have to cook in an oversized t shirt like she has been. as soon as it was done she said..."can we make brownies?" but we ate pie already today...so i decided we'd hold off till another day. we are gonna make something fabulous for dinner though. :)

What a week!!!

last night, kelby and charlie and i went to the padres/phillies game. i was in charge of buying the tickets and oh my gosh. i'm super stupid. i should not be allowed to buy tickets for events ever again. i didn't know where i was buying for- i guess cause i wasn't paying much attention when i purchsed, but we were sitting in the bleachers. when i printed the tickets, the word OBSTRUCTED printed out on it. i looked at it and thought...hum, weird. man, they were not kidding. all of left field, totally blocked. haha. kelby and i ate a disgusting amount of junk food- which is what you are supposed to do at a baseball game. by the time we ate our snowcone, charlie was kinda grossed out.
so much to tell, sorry i've been down and out the last week! i drove down to san diego a few days ago- YAY. i was a crazy person and made the drive in 24 hours. yes. yes. totally almost killed me. just kinda hung out the first couple days. on monday, my sister kat- whom i'd never met before, was in san diego. we got together and had lunch and it was a total blast. she looks exactly like danny- it's kinda scary. when i went to drop her off at the train station, i realized we were across the street from james' work, so we went up to say hi so that james could meet kat. it was just like a maury show.

James and Kat

Sunshine

so, there is nowhere to lay out and tan here...cause i'm nowhere near a pool and am not about to brave the sound in a bathingsuit on a nice day in seattle. because i'm loving the sunshine and am desperate for color before the summer, i've been laying out in front of my apt building on the grass. it's amazing how many people walk by our building. i've not noticed before. haha. most of the time, i don't even see them till they've passed. jack johnson playing on my ipod and the bright sun keeping my eyes closed makes it really easy to forget that i'm laying on the grass in a bathingsuit. i figure if anyone asks, all i have to do is say, "i'm from california". i think it explains everything. wonderful sunny days are not common here like they are back home- i want to soak them in! i've gone to the gym every day this week. :) determined to be in shape by the end of the summer. so tired of not liking my body. so i figured, it's time to do something about it. :) i'm so so so excited to be home. i leave in one week. i can't wait to be with my "little bean" again. she makes me heart happy. we've made all kinds of plans. i can't wait to start crossing things off our list. :)

San Diego...here we come!

so, due to a turn of events, i will be moving back to san diego in like...2 weeks. dad needs to move early to colorado, so i put in my notice- don't worry, john's doing really well and we're pretty sure they already found someone- and i'll be coming down, asap. i talked to kelby about it yesterday and he's really excited. i told her all about the list i posted on here yesterday- she's a little nervous/excited about the magic mountain idea. :) we'll see. donna's gonna be moving down by the end of june- if she gets a job with the san diego school district- she drives a bus- so i'm praying for that and keeping my fingers crossed! i'm really just feeling blessed and happy all around. i'm sad to leave the people i love up here, but so excited for what's coming. ;) i'll be so happy to have bella back! oh my goodness, how i miss her. i told kel that we're gonna let her have puppies (maybe not this heat cycle, but next) and she was so excited. especially when i told her that she gets to keep one. ryan and amanda get to keep one too. they have been so awesome and kept bella for me the last couple months and have fallen in love with her. this way they will have a little bella of their own. :) anyways, just got back from the gym and must shower and head out to enjoy this beautiful day!!!

my list

this is my kelby list. some of the plans i have for us this summer:
1. teach her to sew
2. take her to baseball games
3. take her to a water park
4. teach her to cook
5. plant a vegetable garden
6. try and work it out so that every week we spend time with aunt debby and family
7. come to seattle to see family.
8. beach and pool
9. scrapbook
10. if she's tall enough...magic mountain

My God is Good to Me

no matter what i go through lately, i am seeing more and more that my God is good to me. :) i came to washington because my life in colorado wasn't working out. time heals all wounds. sometimes distance helps speed along the process. i came here knowing that i wanted my life to change. i was not a happy person. i thought i was. but there was something missing in my heart...God. He was still there, but pushed to the back. as soon as i let go and was willing to let Him take over, it was like a rush of joy just overtook me, and i was more than willing to run with it. this has been one adventure after another. :) i came here with no job and hardly any money and God provided. adam, erin, scott- you guys are incredible. i could never have been here without you.

i'm leaving washington soon, but this chapter in my life has been such a good one. i truly learned. heartbreak can lead to number of things. mine led to a better life. i've been so blessed. i've learned so much about myself. i'm trying to see myself through God's eyes. i like myself more now, and i think that's important. very excited for what's to come.

officially making new bags!

so i made 2 new bags in the last few days. one, i've already sold to laura- as a prototype. i'm selling all my first ones for less so people can tell me what they think. :) here they are. the bottom one i already sold. the other one i'm about to post on etsy and see what happens. :)