happy bday myleka

my dear sister in law's bday is today and i sent her something she told me she wanted a while ago.

they were super fun to make i think i will have to make some for us!

hope you like them myleka!

new home

some requests have been made for pictures of our new place. here are some pictures i took yesterday. i left our our bedroom and penelope's room & the kitchen out because they are not quite photo ready. we really like our location and our home so far.

here is a list of things i like. it is a 10 parter...

1. the pool & hot tub

2. my balcony

3. all the beautiful landscaping

4. the vaulted ceilings

5. my super cool new dining table

6. my work space (not pictured...may NEVER be pictured, so don't hold your breath.)

7. 2 bathrooms

8. finally having enough space!!!

9. the park behind us

10. GREAT temperature.. i am not a big fan of cold.

entry

entry some more

i like my typewriter... it is less functional these days! does anyone know where i can get a new ribbon for the thing?

the dining room

kitchen shelf, with cool designs from curve ID (MINT) on the top

family room view #1

CLOSE UP OF SHELVING

family room VIEW#2

close up of shelving from view #2

the end

in san diego

we have arrived and are settling into our home in sunny san diego. i am excited to get some pictures of our new home up, but i think those won't be ready for another week, but i wanted to write a little update.

bryan started the new job and is enjoying it so far! we all got pretty sick, so our unpacking has been slightly slow! i have felt much better the last 2 days and i have gotten a lot done. we now only have a handful of boxes unpacked, we have to hang up some shelves and set up..or take back a couple of ikea items.

penelope has been keeping busy. she has been unpacking things that i have put away and packing them back in boxes. she likes to play on the playground behind our house and had a blast when anna, nathan and joshua came to visit. we went to the zoo, got zoo passes and RAN all around the zoo.

i reopened my shop today and added a few new items! yay!


we are all excited for the future!

handmade christmas '09

we had a great christmas this year! it was a tad stressful, with the big move looming, but it was enjoyable. we got to see family and relax a little. i have some great pictures to share, but i probably won't get those up until the move. here is one, however that my cousin jordan took at the white family christmas party! i heart Polaroids.


i didn't have as much time this year to make handmade gifts. bryan and i had grand plans of making puzzles on the laser cutter, but after a day full of mishaps, we ditched that idea. maybe next year! i did get a little bag of farm animal finger puppets for peny and her cousins! i thought they could play with them in church, or use them to sing old macdonald had a farm... e-i-e-i-o. here they are... i know they look a little like aliens...