First Day of School

Today Canyon started Preschool.

Can he really be this old already!? I love this little guy so so much and I know that he is going be be one of the best and brightest kids in his class. :) He's so excited to go and to learn and to come home and tell me all about it. I can't wait to go pick him up in 5 minutes and hear what he has to say. :)

Thrift Store Finds

Look at these little beauties I picked up from the thrift store today. Stay tuned to find out what I decide to do to them. :)

New Fall Crafts

Last night I spent a couple hours working on a few of my new fall designs and getting ready for the craft show coming up in October. I'm really happy with how they turned out! Here's what I have so far!

Lovin it :)

It's been wonderful so far. Waking up when I want to... well when my kids do but still, no alarm clock. :) Reading a book for the first time in 4 years, spending our days at the Highland splash park and working on my projects. I love it!
My sister was in town last week and went with all of us to Idaho for a family reunion. We had a blast!
Canyon has had 3 soccer games and while the first 2 were a little rough to watch this last one was so much better! He has another one tonight and he's actually excited to go and to "make 16 kicks". That's his goal.
I signed up for the Battlecreek Boutique again and it's in mid October. I'm excited to introduce some new things I've been working on and to actually have time to really get ready for it.
Canyon starts preschool a week from today and we're getting really excited. We have most of his school clothes bought alon with his backpack so he's ready to go. We get to go to back to school night on Thursday. I really can't believe that he is going to be in Kindergarten next year, its crazy how fast time has flown by!

All the cousins eating lunch.

Canyon & Savanna at the Highland Splash Park

Savanna and Canyon at the City of Rocks in Idaho

Savanna being a little artist :)

Freedom!!!!

Yesterday was my first "stay at home mom" day. I don't know if it was becuse I have a giant "to do" list in my phone that is 3 scrolls long or if it was the sense of freedom I was experiencing but... I deep cleaned my room, Canyon's room, Savanna's room, the kitchen and the car. I also tried a new recipe for dinner which turned out to be fabulous and completed two craft projects on my list. It was so awesome!!! Today I am feeling a bit lazier and I'm looking at today's "to-do's" and wondering if I will make it through half of the list. We will see I guess. But I am happy and content and excited to be home. :)

This is my summer wreath that I've been wanting to get to for months and now here we are in the middle of August and I finally got to it! It turned out pretty good though and I'm very happy with it.
Materials: Styrofoam Wreath, Jute Hemp, Felt Flowers

This I've had designed forever and even had the glass and frame bought but finally got the vinyl cut for it yesterday and hung up.

Materials: Frame, Glass, Vinyl

Do you think this would sell? I made one for my mom too and she has 9 people in her family so I know how to customize it per number of people. What do you think?

For those of you who don't already know...

No I'm not pregnant.... :) But, I did quit my job! Its been a long time coming but Scott and I finally made the decision that we are probably ok for me to be a stay at hom mom. :) I'm super excited about it and I hope my kids are too. I gave my work a 2 month notice and now I'm on the home stretch... 3 more weeks! My official last day of work is Friday, August 12th. Just in time for summer to be over I know but just in time for one final summer vacation and then to get Canyon ready to start preschool. I'm excited to spend lots of time with my kiddos and to work on my Etsy shop a little more. I've also taken on a side project to help perfect my cupcake baking skills and you can read all about it on my cupcake blog. :) http://myadventuresincupcakes.blogspot.com/

Also... since I've been neglecting my blog so much this summer... here is a recap in pictures of what we've been up to.

Our visit to the "Up" house in Herriman.

Canyon and Savanna in a hot air balloon at Freedom Festival minutes before the wind blew in and knocked all the balloons over. :)

Orem SummerFest

Catching BlueGills at Nielsen's Grove

Canyon and Michael at Nielsen's Grove

Rachelle, Andrew and Rhys on their Wedding day.

Joseph's last night before the MTC.

Uncle Chris's birthday party.

Hogle Zoo in May.

Eating lunch at This is the place monument.

Our first ER trip...

Savanna decided it would be a good idea to stick a little plastic pearl up her nose last night. Of course she decided to do this at 10:00 at night and when her daddy was in Wyoming working. After giving her a bath and trying to teach her how to blow bubbles failed miserably I tried to blow it out (something my mom read on line) by clogging her other nostril and putting my mount on hers and blowing hard. No luck. My last resort was to try and suck it out with the vacuum. I got her lip a couple times but no success. We decided to drive to the hospital at 11:00 at night and pay the $100 copay to let them get it out. Awesome. She is doing much better now and is never going to do that again...