Crafts

I have been working on a duvet cover for Emersyn's room. I just wanted a simple white top, with a rose or some sort of pattern on the back with pink. Not a whole lot of pink. Well, after looking and looking and realizing, duvets are kinda pricey, I thought, "hey. I bet I could make one out of sheets." So, I found the sheets I wanted and set out to make her a duvet. Her duvet in particular was a little more of a "project" than I anticipated. The sheet I found for the bottom part of the duvet was part of TWIN sheet set. Emersyn's bed is a Full/Queen! I thought, I am sure I can make this work if I undo the fitted sheet and made panels that run down the sides of the twin sheet. Well, you can, it just is work! Ha! But, I did it. I even learned how to do buttonholes and sew on buttons using my sewing machine. All by myself! I am kinda proud of myself. After I finished, I thought, "I hope I really like this and that it was worth the work." Ha! After I put it on her bed, I knew that I liked it and that it was worth the work. She loved it. Now, I just have to make one more for the twin bed on her top bunk. That one should be super easy!

Another thing I made, was my Halloween wreath for this year. I am really pleased with how it turned out. It was super easy and only like 10$ to make!! I think I might add some plastic spiders to it once it get closer to the occasion. I was going to make a different wreath using burlap, but when I saw this wreath I knew I could used it throughout the holidays. I will take off the "BOO" and make big burlap flowers with buttons for fall and something christmasy for christmas. Not sure why that excites me, but, it's the little things!
Thought I would share.

Oh ya, Ezra started Preschool again. He is a 4 year old Marvelous Monkey with Mrs. Campbell. He LOVES it! I didn't have my camera yesterday. Hopefully I will remember it tomorrow and get some pictures posted!

Labor Day Weekend

I felt like I really did "labor" this labor day weekend. On Saturday, I met my mom in Schulenburg (half way from her house to ours) to drop Ezra and Emersyn with her and Ron for the weekend. I was excited about them going, but always very emotional about my babies being away from me for the weekend. It helped that they were super excited. On Saturday morning, I got up before they were up and did my 4 mile run. When I got back from my run, they were both dressed (thanks, dad!) with pillows and blankets in hand and saying, "I am ready to go to Mimi's." So sweet. So, I showered, got ready and loaded everyone up. (I took the kids to Schulenburg by myself because Brent set off for his own weekend of filling feeders and dove hunting.)

I placed them in the hands of Mimi and said an emotional goodbye. Not really sure why it was so emotional. Maybe because it's the end of summer and I have been so used to having all three all the time. Constant love, talk and play. The drive home without them was SO Quiet.

Elynn and I had a great weekend together. Saturday afternoon, we went to Target and Michaels to prepare for my day of scrapbooking on Sunday. After shopping, we headed to our Saturday service at church.  Then my friend, Mandy, and I met up at Mama Margies for dinner and a rita. So good, so fun. I ended the evening watching Soul Surfer. I usually watch my girly movies that I know Brent won't really want to watch while he is gone. It was a good, christian movie with great actors (helen hunt, dennis quaid).

Sunday, Elynn and I got up and headed to starbucks for a scone and iced coffee and then headed home. We sat outside that morning while I did my bible study and just hung out outside for a bit. I am loving this cooler weather. During Elynn's morning nap, I cleaned the house from top to bottom. I know you are thinking, "Why did you clean the house!?!" Well, no kids means no interruptions, and I can't just "sit" and "relax" until I have a clean house. I know, Type A! I am well aware of that, and completely fine with it. Ha!

After house cleaning, I scrapbooked. I am NOT a scrapbooker, but have been pretty good about keeping up with all three of the kids baby books. I usually do it when they are gone for the weekends. Which doesn't happen often at all. I got all three caught up and looking good! I do watch movies while I do this, so it is not so bad. I also finished the duvet cover I am making for Emersyn's bed. It took me a bit to finish it because I had to learn how to sew buttonholes. I taught myself how to do buttonholes and sew on buttons using my machine. Watch out Martha!

Brent ended up comping home Sunday night, which was a nice surprise. We got to watch the Aggie game and just enjoy each other.

This morning we woke up, got ready and headed back to Schulenburg. We met my mom and Ron, had lunch and even got to see Brent's sister and her husband who happened to be in Schulenburg as well. A good little Monday.

Had a good and busy weekend with just Elynn and I, but sure did miss my family. Thank you, Lord, that we are all back together, under one roof.

Pictures

Here are some cute pics I got of the kids yesterday after church.

Ezra: 4, Emersyn: 2 and Elynn: 7 months

Elynn: 7 months

My sweet little girl is getting so BIG. She is 7 months old. How we love her so. I love that she is getting so much bigger and aware of everything around her. She loves Ezra and Emersyn and still loves to sit and watch them. She does now, however, add her little sweet voice into the mix. Sometimes she can be really loud. Then she smiles so big. I love it. She also is laughing so much more. She thinks I am so funny, which I love. Something new that happened recently is she knows and CARES when someone else is holding her. For the most part, she doesn't mind someone else holding her. The other night we were at a work dinner with Brent's work and one of his co-workers was holding her. She started fussing (which really is unusual for her-she NEVER fusses) and so I walked over to them to see what was going on. She completely reached for me and started to give that fake cry. Once I had her she was completely fine. So, we had Brent's co-worker reach for her again and Elynn turned from them and grabbed onto me for dear life. She has done that a couple of other times since then. Even though it makes me smile that she loves me so, I hope this doesn't become a pattern.
She is not crawling yet, but she REALLY wants to get moving. I am thankful that she hasn't yet. Not sure I am ready for that next stage, but I guess I better start getting ready for it.
I finally started feeding her food. I try to be good about it. I give her a fruit in the morning and a veggie at night. This doesn't always happen, but I am trying.
Elynn is a great sleeper! She usually takes a short morning nap around 930. Her afternoon nap is somewhere between 1230 and 1, which works out great for me because Emersyn takes her nap at 1. So our house is usually quiet from 1-3. Then, she is ready for bed around 6-630, unless she takes a small evening nap. She sleeps through the night and gets up around 730. I definitely can't complain!
She is such a sweet heart and is happy all the time. She definitely makes you want to have another one! Love her.

Gillespie County Fair and Parade

Every year, Fredericksburg has a County Fair and Parade. We haven't been in years! This year, Brent took off and we headed to Fredericksburg Friday morning for the parade. We met up with a friend of ours from high school, Jamie, that had her car parked on Main street since MONDAY for the parade. It was a great spot. Shaded the whole time. The parade was fun, but LONG. I think they said there were 138 entries in the parade. Gosh! The kids enjoyed it though. (Michelle, Jamie's sister-in-law, took pictures, so I need to get them from her.)

After the parade, we headed to the Wildseed Farm to visit with my grandma and eat lunch. The kids LOVE grammie and the Wildseed Farm. It is always a treat to go out there.

Friday evening, Oma and Opa kept all three kids and Brent and I were able to go to the Fair by ourselves for the dance! It was great! It wasn't too crowded and we were able to dance and dance. It has been a while since we have been able to do something like that, so it was a real treat.

Saturday was a jam-packed day. We had friends from SA meet up with us in Fredericksburg to enjoy the races and carnival. We met up with them on Main Street for lunch, ice cream and "shopping".

After Main Streeting, we headed to the fair grounds for the horse races. The girls didn't last long at the races because we were hot and tired. So, we headed back to Oma and Opa's to rest and relax before the carnival. Brent, Ezra and Rob stayed at the races for a little bit. Ezra actually had Brent bet on a horse who won the race and profited 3.40! If Brent would have picked the horse to win instead of place, Ezra would have been rich!

After resting and relaxing at Oma and Opa's we headed to the carnival! It was so fun. Since we waited till evening to go to the fair, it was not bad outside. However, it was SO DUSTY! But, that did not stop us. We rode all the kid rides we could and got to see the stock show animals. I am pretty sure the kids had a blast. Emersyn was such a BIG GIRL. She kept up like she was 4. She would walk up to the ride, hand the guy her tickets and climb right in to her seat. No FEAR! I was a proud mama! It just made me a little sad to see how fast she really is growing up. She wants to be like Ezra and definitely tries to do EVERYTHING he does. I am pretty sure she thinks she if 4 too!

We ended our big night with Funnel Cakes! It was a great, fun, busy weekend!

The gang ready to go. Elynn was asleep in the stroller.

You can't really tell, but Emersyn had the biggest smile and was laughing so hard!

Birthday Weekend

The weekend after my birthday, my mom, grandma, sister and sister-in-law came down for a girls weekend! We went to Boerne for breakfast and shopping. We had a great day! It was so nice to not have any plans and anywhere to be. We went to any and all the shops in Boerne. We ate breakfast, had smoothies and iced coffees with dessert.
Ashley and Shelby spent the weekend with us in San Antonio. It was good to just relax and hang out with those girls. I don't get to see them often and when we do, we usually have the weekends packed with stuff. This time nothing was on the agenda. It was so nice and relaxing. I wished we all lived closer!

Thank you girls for the fun weekend!

Aunt Ashley feeding Elynn breakfast

Elynn Lovin' it!

Cambelle and Emersyn

The Spurs Coyote and Me in Boerne

Shawn Elliott in Boerne

Mimi and Elynn

Smoothies and Dessert!

Just Cause

I wanted to blog some things Ezra and Emersyn (maybe Elynn too) have been doing so I don't forget.

-Today I was explaining to Ezra how we have First, Middle and Last names. So, I went around the table and said all of our first, middle and last names. Ezra and Brent share middle names, Emersyn and I share middle names and Elynn has my grandma's name for her middle name. When I was done he said, "That is so amazing!"

-The other day a birthday balloon got loose and was stuck in our high ceiling in the living room. Emersyn said, "uh oh. I now who can get it. Mousekatoodle!" She goes and stands on the fireplace, puts her hand to her mouth and shouts, "Oh, Toodles!" Ha!

-Elynn is a week shy of 7 months and is such a happy girl. She NEVER complains and loves to sit and watch what is going on. She has been really into sitting up and trying to grab everything. When she see something that interests her, she will roll to it. She is not crawling, but wants to sit up and then loves when you help her stand up. She wants to be "on the move", so once she figures it out.. she is going to just GO!

-Ezra has really been into coloring lately. He colors in the lines and is pretty good at coloring. He also likes drawing pictures now. For the most part, I still have to ask him what the picture is, but, I love that he is really into it now. He can also write his first and last name. On his last name, I have to spell it for him and he is able to write it! No more copying! Pretty impressive!

-Emersyn can say her ABC's and count past 10. She know all her colors and some of her shapes. She even knows some of her letters.

-Both Ezra and Emersyn can say the whole "Lord's Prayer" and it is SO CUTE when they say it together! They are both master's on the IPad, which is impressive.

-Emersyn LOVES singing and takes it very seriously. She is into wearing only dresses and is obsessed with painting her nails and shoes.

-Ezra loves dancing to Rio. He wants to be a baseball player when he grows up and hit home runs. He can swim all by himself, dive, do cannon balls, and get dive sticks at the bottom of the pool. He can also swim a whole lap by himself with out stopping. He has been told by several swim instructors that he is a really good swimmer and he keep up swimming.

Very thankful for my little blessings and that I am able to be home with them!