Children’s Museum
During spring break (after returning from the Grand Canyon), I took the kids one afternoon to the Santa Fe Children’s Museum. They had a great time - making huge bubbles, rock climbing, face painting, crawling, building and making music. Even Tyghe got in on a bit of the action and had fun. Check it out:
10 months
Where does the time go?
Tyghe is now crawling all over the place and has just started standing in his crib. Good thing we lowered the mattress last week. He’s “talking” up a storm and is an absolute joy when he’s not sick (he is right now, poor baby).
All of the kids at 10 months:
Justin Rocks!
Justin has taken good care of me lately, and it’s only fair that I let everyone else know. Just before Easter, I was in the middle of sewing the girls’ dresses when my sewing machine died. The machine was a Brother that we got at Costco when Caemlyn was 1 or so. It has served me well, but Justin thought I deserved something better if I was planning to continue sewing. SO, he bought me a Singer Quantum 9940 - and it’s awesome!
Since one can’t really train and complete a triathlon without a bike, Justin got me one of those too. He didn’t just get me any bike though. We went to a real bike store (not just Target! lol) and got me a nice bike. I even took it out for a nice long ride on Saturday, and I’m very pleased with it. I could use some work though! hee hee
Introducing, the Trek WSD (women’s bike) 7.3FX.
It’s gold and very pretty. I know the pic is small, but you can click on it to see a bigger pic.
Not only does Justin rock for spending so much money on my hobbies, but for knowing how important these things are to me and appreciating that I want to do them. Thanks for supporting me honey…I love you!
Uncategorized | Comments (3)Easter Dresses
As previously promised, I am finally posting more pics of the girls’ Easter dresses that I made.
Caemlyn
and a close-up of the embroidery I did on the bottom band
Kezia
her flower embroidery
Ada Jane
note how well it twirls - very important for a little girl
and her flower embroidery
Thanks to my friend Samara for letting me borrow her sewing machine so these could be finished on time.
Uncategorized | Comments (4)Grand Canyon
The kids are home this week for Spring Break, so we took a long weekend trip to see the Grand Canyon. This is truly one of God’s amazing creations. And the kids were such troopers with all of the hiking. Too bad our hotel was a dive. lol I’ve just barely uploaded the pics to the computer, so I’ve only got a few to share for now, but many more will be posted here.
Our very first view of the canyon.
How Tyghe spent most of the trip. He was such a good baby and enjoyed his view from daddy’s back.
Our one family pic from the trip - at the beginning of our hike down the Bright Angel trail into the canyon.
This is the first of 2 arches you walk through at the beginning. We went down 1 1/2 miles, which was a drop of over 1100 feet in elevation. The trail wasn’t too hard for our seasoned hikers (with our nice altitude advantage), except for the snow, ice, mud and mule poop in many spots. We had to take it slow and easy. The kids really did a great job, with minimal complaining. Ada had the hardest time (as expected), but the promise of ice cream later went a long way in keeping her spirits up. I did end up carrying her the last bit of the way up, since she had done so well and I needed the extra workout.