Cousin Jaxon's stand up act

Wordless Wednesday

Tackle-It Tuesday

Making jewelry has been a hobby of mine for quite a while now. I have made a few pairs of earrings for Jenna and she said that she gets compliments on them all the time! So she suggested hosting a jewelry party at her house. I am very excited to get my creations out there and on the ears of other girls besides myself . Tuesday I worked on some new earring. I was able to make quite a few pairs and I really like all of them. These are some of the ones I made.

Wordless Wednesday (on a Fri)

Beautiful Day in Bend

Sunday was the first real spring like weather here in Bend.
It was sunny and 67 for most of the afternoon and that brought EVERYONE outside. After church we took Cade to the park for the first time. We packed a picnic lunch and met Robert, Sam and Emma there. Emma has been to the park before so she was able to show Cade how everything was done. Cade ended up with a little burn on his cheeks, I didn't even think to put sun screen on him. It did give me the chance to crack open one of my aloe leaves and test it out! It worked GREAT, today his burn is gone!
Thanks Katie for the great plant!

Wordless Wednesday

Ok, I know this is supposed to be "wordless" but I have so much to say! My nephew Jaxon is the best! His little personality is so funny yet so sweet. When he was little I always worried that he wasn't going to know who I was because I live far away from him. I would pray that the Lord would some how allow him to remember. Well my prayers have been answered tenfold! Not only does Jaxon know who I am, he asks for me all the time. Amy has to wait until the day I am planning to come visit to tell Jaxon because he will continually ask for "auntie Meggie". The last time I went over to visit, Jaxon knew I was there because he saw my car!! He even recognizes my car!! He came into my parents house and immediatly said "where's Meggie"!

Jax and I have a special sound we make to eachother. If I want to get his attention I will go "psst" when he hears it he immediatly does it back to me. We can go on for ever doing this back and forth to eachother. It is such a blessing to have such a special bond with my nephew.

He is now really into Tyler as well. When Jaxon left my birthday party over the weekend he walked out the door then immediatly turned around and came looking for uncle Tyler, Jaxon realized he had forgotten to give uncle Tyler a good bye kiss. How stinking adorable is that!!

I love watching Jaxon grow and I am so excited that Cade gets to grow up with Jaxon and Jace. I can't wait for the day both my nephews can come have weekends with auntie Meggie and uncle Tyler!

I love you Jax!

Tackle-It Tuesday: Master the Sewing Machine

For my birthday this year my mom and dad got me a sewing machine. I have wanted one for a very long time and dropped lots of hints! For Christmas a couple of years ago my mother-in-law got me a really old vintage Singer, but since it is so old it doesn't work very well. So now I have a brand spanking new one and I couldn't wait to put it to use.

Today I organized all my "sewing stuff" threads, pins, bobbins, scissors, seam ripper; it all now has it's own home in my handy sewing basket.
I also spent some time working on mastering threading the needle and winding and placing the bobbin.
My first project was a little table cloth for the end table next to the rocking chair in Cade's room. I used some left over fabric from his bedding so it all ties together. It actually turned out pretty good!