Private?

I went private for a week or so b/c...well...here's the story:  I got an email from this Doorstep loans telling me, "Congratulations!  Your blog has been featured."  At first I was expecting it to be my cooking blog, which ok, that's fine.  But when I clicked on the link, I found it was my family blog!  Anybody could click on it, along w/ several other blogs, and rate them!  I looked at the other blog names and I did not like what I saw.  I did not want my blog featured along side the others.  Cameron and I then decided to go private until we could figure out what to do.  I emailed the company 3 times to tell them to remove my blog from their website but have not heard back.  I've decided to put my blog back up and see what happens.  If I notice a lot of unexpected traffic, I might decide to permanently go private :(  Which I really, really do not want to do!  So, that's the story!  And for now, I'm back up and running!

T Shaped Window Curtains

Remember back in March when I asked the question about what type of curtains to use for Connor's T shaped window pictured below?

Well I finally came up w/ something!  I was at Ikea today and found these!  They're going out of stock  soon so they're marked down a lot!  I saw how long they were and decided I could make curtains for the middle window and little ones that still match for the sides.  I couldn't rest until I was done w/ the project, I worked all afternoon on it!  I measured the windows, measured the fabric and cut.  Then I hemmed the bottoms of each panel and tops of the smaller panels.  I then cut the tabs in half at the top of the curtains and used them for the shorter panels.  I then sewed them on and sewed the cut tabs back down.  (Does this make any sense at all?)  Oh, there's still extra fabric left over!  They were that long!

Here's what I came up w/!  The 2 blue straps came w/ it.  Worked out pretty good huh?

Here they are closed.  Oh, I got the curtain (or should I say fabric ;) for $14.99 and the rod for $9.99.  Pretty cheap project right?  At least I thought so.

The colors go great w/ Connor's bedding.  I'm excited to see how this works w/ the morning sun shining through.  And there ya go, my solution to my T shaped window problem!

My 1st Ever Quilt!

My friend Suzy (the one w/ the rabbits) randomly told me she quilts (after seeing one of my mother-in-laws beautiful quilts) and offered to teach me how!  We decided it best to start out w/ a rag quilt.  We went through all my scraps and hers and came up w/ a pattern.  I ended up cutting some fabric the wrong size, so I had to buy some extra fabric to add to it.  So, total cost of this quilt was $6, the price of the extra fabric and the backing.

Sewing all the squares down the center.

My first completed square!

All the squares finished and ready to be put together.  6 squares and 3 strips in the center.  I had everything but the blue polka-dot and the blue backing and Suzy gave me the red polka-dot scraps.

Putting it all together...

And sewing.  I will show you the finished project later.  There is a lot of cutting and snipping after the sewing is all done, I thought it was so easy until all the cutting!  My hand is still sore!  I am done w/ everything, except for the last row.

July!

July has been a pretty busy month, but a lot calmer than the past 2, so it's been great!  Here's just a few things we've done.

The boys played Superman w/ their "nanas."

I told Cade to fly and he dropped to the ground.

Connor loves Oranges, right down to the skin, ugh!

We love playing in sprinklers.  One day we had their little friend, Allie, come and play.

We finally gave the boys a much needed haircut.

Cute right?

My cousin Robby and his wife Kelsey came and visited 23rd-27th.  We had a lot of fun.  I'm just sad this is the only picture I took.  We went to Trafalga, which was a lot of fun.

Connor's first ride on a Go-cart.  He was scared, but had a lot of fun.

Also Connor's first time on the airplanes.  They were so cute riding together.

Yeah, I look huge next to all the little guys.  Aren't they adorable w/ their little arms in the air?  We also went w/ my friend Lindsey and her son Gabe (that's who's on the far right).

This is what happens when I make dinner...yeah, he thought he was so cute!

My friend Suzy breeds rabbits and one just had bunnies.  They boys loved it!

Connor liked to bug them.

Cam and I got to go on a much needed date, probably the longest date sense having kids.  We went to Tucano's Brazilian Restaurant (I had a free entree for the month of July for my birthday), then we went to the driving range (my first time ever, a lot of fun!), and finally ended our night at the movies to watch Harry Potter (I used my Groupon Fandango tickets, 2 for $9).  It was so nice to get out and spend so much time alone w/ Cameron.

Hott right?

Yeah...I know ; )