Creating

I loved President Uchtdorf's talk last night at the Relief Society General Conference. I especially liked his comments about creativity. That it is a godlike attribute that we should strive to emmulate. That creating something of worth brings satisfaction and fullfillment and a fullness of joy.

I recently rearranged my house and moved my sewing/project stuff downstairs and now I use it more. Here are a few of the things I've been creating lately:

Matching skirts for the girls. (they are also reversible to the fabric that shows on the hem. ) Super easy and fun to make.

This is a top that I started for Hazel last spring. Alas, by the time I finished it, Hazel had grown too big. So, hopefully it will fit Katanya. The owl fabric was one of my favorites. Click here to see it on Katanya. ( we posted at the same time on the same topic without knowing!)

I love sewing and it makes me happy. I've been working on a bunch of other things. I'll have to get pictures to show you. Now, I've got to get back to emmulating.

Note to self. . .

Wolf

Last night was Pack Meeting for Isaac's cub scout troop. Isaac received his wolf badge and 8 arrow points (1 gold and 7 silver). Isaac completed ten things for each arrow point. So 8 arrow points = 80 projects signed off. We are very proud of him for all his hard work.


Here I am getting pinned.

The scouts drew sillhouettes of themselves to decorate the hall for the pack meeting. This isn't Isaac, but I liked the details this boy drew.
Also like the tile grid texture left on the picture from coloring on the floor.

Teaser weather

Here's some pictures of the sunset the night Ike hit Houston. It might have been a devastating storm, but it made for some beautiful skies.

Here in Central Texas, the weather changes all the time. But for about 6 months of the year, it's just some variation of HOT. I am not a fan of hot, humid weather. Deserts I can handle, hot, humid plains aren't my thing. So waking up to 60 degree weather for the past couple days has been heaven. Yesterday it didn't even make it above 80! So we are living it up while it's here. The weather here is always changing. We've been throwing open all the windows (and trying to ignore the ensuing allergic reactions) and taking advantage of being outside and not melting! Today Toby, Hazel and I went for an 8 mile bike ride. (Which is quite the workout pulling a trailer on a gravel trail.) It was beautiful. They say we'll have a couple more days of this! Sounds good to me.

Volunteer

Remember this?


It volunteered in one of the flower pots on my patio.

It turned into this:

This cantaloupe wasn't very big (about the size of an orange), but it was pretty good!

Ninja Game Player

We have a giant trunk full of dress up clothes. Sometimes it gets out of hand and I debate getting rid of most of it. But my kids still love dressing up. All of them. Here's Isaac (I love the white gloves, which used to belong to my mom.) Anyway, when I see this, I'm glad that I've kept all the dress ups.

Little Chef's

Aspen and Toby have been practicing their culinary skills for us the past couple weeks. It is so awesome that my kids know how to cook and want to do it.
Aspen has been busy with desserts. She's made Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting, streudel, cinnamon rolls, and Pumpkin Pie. Aspen just goes to the cupboard, picks a recipe, and goes to town. She did all these desserts without any help from Nate or me, but lots of help from Hazel! She even figured out substitutions for Hazel, who is lactose intolerant!

Toby made Chicken Makhani (our family's favorite indian dish) and Thai Red Curry Chicken. He did an awesome job, I might add.

They both even clean up after themselves! I have been waiting for my kids to get to this stage. It is so wonderful to have their help - and they really enjoy it too!