Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Hat Parade

I love that I have such a cute daughter that I can make hats for. It's so much fun! Here are some pictures in all her lovely hats! The black one was inspired by one I saw at the mall - I figured I could make one. One good thing about cold weather in Idaho - hats are in fashion! Feel free to email me for instructions on the hats - if you have a basic knowledge of crochet they are easy and quick. You can complete them in couple of nights while watching television. I have to say there is something very satisfying making things by hand that are used by my child. One of these days I might get ambitious and make something more complicated than a hat!

Thursday, December 18, 2008

Challenge

Kristen did this on her blog and it looked like fun to me so here it goes!
Rules: Anything you have done has to be in bold and/or underlined. How much have you done? It only takes about 5 minutes… :) Come one.. try it out!

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars Many times at Lake Powell
3. Played in a band (Never done that, but if Aaron starts one I'll be happy to be his one and only groupie)
4. Visited Hawaii (Aaron wouldn't mind being able to bold this one in the next few years!)
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a Praying Mantis - What is that? A Yoga pose?
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris - when I was seventeen, I long to go back with Aaron and kiss him under the Eiffel Tower.
13. Watched an amazing lightning storm
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch - taught myself photoshop, InDesign and all things graphic
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning - KFC how I still hate you
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty1
8. Grown your own vegetables - hopefully this summer
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train - not overnight but on my way from London to Nottingham
21. Had a pillow fight - what girl hasn't?
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill - yes and I'm not sorry
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping - yes um in Zions...hee, hee
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing - does a rock climbing wall count?
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke - yes and badly
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt - just a few months ago!
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted - sketched at Disney World
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie- I think my own student film counts
56. Visited the Great Wall of China - would love to see it one day
57. Started a business - angel dawn productions baby!
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason - Aaron is a sweetheart
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy - I loved all my toys to death, but I still have my blanket
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt - Yeah but never finished it
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job - technically let go because they were stupid with their business plan
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book - working on it, working on it
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper - was in a play and got to be in the Flagstaff paper!
85. Read the entire Bible - I confess I have never sat down and jsut read it cover to cover, only sections
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous - I did Donnie Osmond's makeup once for a shoot, nice guy
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake - would anyone really want to do that?
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Visited Italy
There's plenty I haven't done, but hey I have time!

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Monday, December 1, 2008

Christmas is coming,....

By popular demand here are AJ's Christmas photos I took in digital format for your desktop viewing pleasure. We had so much fun visiting over Thanksgiving and can't wait for Christmas!