Sewing adventure!

Tara working with Jen and Laura

My finished product!!!

These bags are designed to roll up...easy to take to the store!

Jen, Tara, Laura and I with our finished bags.

Sunday March 13, 2011:  I am so lucky to have a friend that is an amazing seamstress!  Today, Tara had four of us over to teach us how to use our sewing machines and helped us make a great bag (with her fabrics!).  We had a great afternoon and went home with a finished product...thanks Tara!

Girls Night Out

Saturday March 5, 2011:  The guys were having a guys weekend in Winter Park, so the girls decided to get together here at home.  We were also celebrating Sheri and Gina's birthdays!  We started with a hike in the early afternoon, then pedicures and manicures in the evening, followed by a yummy dinner and drinks.  Everyone had such a great time!

Kim, Laura, Tara, Sheri, Jill, Jen, and Becky on the hike.

Having a great time at dinner!

Gina, Jaime, Tara, Laura Q., Becky, Emily, Laura M., Sheri, Jill, Jen, Kristen, and Kim at Bisetti's.  We were lucky that they were doing to Great Plates downtown.  At Bisetti's the special was two meals (three courses) for $25.25...you can't beat that!

January 26, 2011: My Project Life kit has shipped!!! The date on the tracking page on Amazon.com says it should be delivered tomorrow! Hopefully I will have a gift when I get home from work tomorrow. I can't wait to get set up and get started!

Project Life

January 24, 2011- I love the Project life kit Jen got, so since they are back in stock, I decided to order one myself! With the last Project 365, I didn't really branch out of the picture a day format, and this time I want to do a picture a day but also add some more embellishments as well as different layouts. I like the fact you can buy different size page protectors to fit in the kit (including 12x12) and I will take inspiration from others doing this same project!

Field Trip

October 7th: I was fortunate to be able to go with Zoe's kindergarten class on a field trip to Dyecrest Dairy in Fort Collins. We had a great time learning about the cows and the dairy. Dyecrest has over 3000 head of cattle and is one of the largest registered herds in the country. They milk the cows three times a day and we were able to go into the milking room..which was noisy! We also learned about what the cows eat, and we were able to see some calves...it was a fun day!

The class

The kids were able to go into the shed they keep the different food in for the cows and were allowed to feel all of it. This was one of the kids favorite places to visit!

This was another favorite of the class...we were able to walk all around the area they had calves which were between 1 and 60 days old. Most were skittish, but we were able to find some that would let us pet them and they would also suck on our fingers!

Zoe, Layton and our favorite calf!

Addy's birthday

I got Addy this cute Baby Alive doll...it was the hit of the party (thanks for the idea Jen!)

Addy got a Foofa doll from Aunt Patsy and Uncle Bob

The birthday girl!

Happy 2nd birthday Coleby!

Tucker, Bela, and Kavi enjoying their lunch

Zoe having fun on the playground!

Addy loved this slide

September 26th- Happy 3rd birthday Addy!! Her actual birthday is September 27th, but it fell on a Monday this year, so Jen and Jared had her parties (yes, parties) on the 26th. The first party was a joint birthday party with Coleby at a local park. I can't believe the weather we have been having, it was in the mid-upper 80's! The second party was a Grammy and Poppy's house for the family. It was a long day, but a great one too!

CSU- Ag Day Football Game

Zoe and Jen

Cam the Ram with the Aggie A

The players getting ready to come out on the field

A panorama of the field...look at all that orange!

September 25- Every year CSU has an Ag Day game and an awesome barbecue. The barbecue has different foods that are grown all over Colorado including meats, beans, dairy, potatoes, watermelon and apples. This year was "orange out" at the game. It was a throwback to when CSU was the Colorado A&M Aggies and their colors were orange and green. I couldn't believe how many orange shirts were in the stands. We had a great time, and CSU won their first game this season, ending their twelve game losing streak!!