First time to the Minnesota Zoo...

We miss our friends in TN

Love You Guys!!!!!!

Our First Ever Family Pictures.... it's about time!!!!!!!

Brandi is the best photographer!!!!!  We appreciate her so much for taking these awesome family pics... if only she were around to capture our new addition who is coming soon!!!!!!
LOVE YOU ALL

I would love to win a Viking Serger

I haven't been sewing and creating for very long and would have never started if it hadn't been for an older sewing machine I inherited from my aunt.  I technically haven't made anything with a pattern yet and just create stuff on my own.  I get ideas from all over and just create things.  My favorite things to make are cutie girly stuff for my little angel Alex, aka sista wista.  It's a good thing we have another girl on the way because then this girly craftiness can continue.  One day I would love to start my own line of girly stuff and sell it in some quaint boutique somewhere or even better have my own quaint boutique somewhere.  For now I'm busy caring for my family and just create for my family and friends.  I'm the kinda girl who works with what I got and makes the best of it.  I have dreamt about someday having a serger but know that this will probably not happen anytime soon unless I'm blessed with this wonderful, out of this world giveaway!  And then I will be that much closer to realizing that someday dream.... Thank you for your consideration!

The Latest Craftiness

Being that we are all settled in now I have been able to get back to that sewing machine.  Here are some of the things I have been doing lately.....

These pictures aren't that great for really seeing the dress but you get the point...

The 30min skirt to dress...

She loves to make all these goofy posses for the camera 

I've had these bandannas around forever and it's not like I wear them so I knew I had to make something out of them for sista wista.....Sister was using all her modeling skills to show off this one.... 

Brayden and his snug-a-bug getting in on the action.

Isn't it good that we are having another girl.... there just aren't as many cute boy projects.

And last but not least.... 

a preview of the project I'm most proud of, 

since I'm shocked I actually seem to be pulling it off!  

Granted it's not perfect.... but whatev I'll probably be the only one to notice the imperfections... 

I still have to make the holes for all the straps and the umbrella thing to match.... 

oh and one more thing but you'll have to wait and see....

By the Way...

It's a GIRL!!!!!!! 

oh and you won't being seeing pics of me anytime soon cause now I'm just FAT!!!!

Exploring MN

Our first outing was to Como Zoo and Conservatory.  There were lots of beautiful flowers and the landscape was awesome.  The zoo was just ok, I hear the minneapolis zoo is where it's at. There is also a small amusement park for kids called Como town  but by the time we got there we were already exhausted, our dogs were bark'in not to mention it was HOT!!!!!  But the best park it was free!!!!!

In the fern garden

This room was called the floating garden, it was amazing!!!!!  One of my favorites...

It smelled amazing in here....

The Japanese Garden was outside... this was my other favorite!

It even had a beautiful waterfall!

Our last stop was the butterfly garden.... there were so many butterflies in there.  At first sister was scared, she wouldn't let me put her down... lol. 

The Conservatory... I swear I have seen this place in some movie....

Lego World at Mall of America.... our first stop was at Ikea which is across the street where I thoroughly enjoyed some Swedish meatballs and bought the kids a lil table, something I have wanted for years.  After leaving the mall we really felt like we didn't do anything since you spent most of your time walking around the place.  Before we left we let the kids go on a couple of rides in the center of the mall otherwise know as Nickelodeon Universe.... that's a rip off!!!!!!!

By the way these guys are made completely out of Lego's...

Sunday after church we somehow found ourselves downtown Minneapolis, we walked Nicollet Mall which is a popular street down there with lots of sidewalk restaurants and stores.... towards the west end of Nicollet Mall is this wonderful walkway through these apartments with flowers and fountains and even a playground ...  the kids had a blast!!!!  The walkway takes you right to Loring Park, a really large park downtown.  On our way back we stopped and enjoyed an outdoor concert next to the orchestra hall.... it was a beautiful day!

The Minneapolis Science Museum....Brayden is sitting by the tower our built.  We got in free here with our WNC pass... gotta love that!!!!!

I didn't have any pictures of our trip to the beach but that was fun too.... there are 3 lakes right downtown with trails around them and several beachfronts.  The kids loved that!!!!!  And we found this really awesome pool near our house with all this fun play stuff for the kids.... I bought a pass and have been there a couple times with the kids!!!  Brayden is doing soccer twice a week and we have swimming M-Th.... it kind of exhausting!!!!  Brayden just loves swimming he's quite the little fish!
We haven't made any friends yet and are really missing our TN buds!  The kids still talk about you guys =(.  I'm not totally impressed with our ward here it's small compared to JC, and it doesn't seem like the girls get together for playdates and mom's nights and stuff.  I'm gonna talk to the RS president about getting something going so maybe I can livin up this place.... Love you all.....