Found it!

Yay! I found the camera! Of course it was in an obvious place that I had looked over a billion times. I'm glad I found it because I took some really cute pictures of Zane this afternoon. Zane and I baked a loaf of Banana Orange Chip Bread...complete with flour fingerprints on his face!

Zane and Gracie are begging me for some, the aroma is torture...I cannot...resist!

First Kiss...

Grace's first kiss that is. Apparently she is a huge flirt at the nursery in church, and hugs and kisses the little boys (two in particular)! She is just used to giving Zane hugs and kisses, but I still feel a small sense of panic. I guess it just scares me a little to know that she is not shy around the boys! But maybe its just a phase :)

On another note, we cannot find the camera! I didn't realize how much I use it and rely on it until it went missing. I need it in order to list new items on my Etsy site, and of course for those spur of the moment cutesy things the kids do. Zane wants to get a buzz cut, but I don't want to do it unless we can take pictures! So, until we find it, no more pictures of the kids for the time being... Please pray that we do! I am!

I'll take what I can get!

Here I am, sitting in the bathroom, typing on the computer while the kids are in the bath. I've been needing to post an update but I'm always busy doing something, so why not kill two birds with one stone!? Just nevermind the typos or incoherent babble that might sneak in while I try to keep Grace from drinking gallons of soapy bathwater...

Last night was supposed to be my teaching debut, to teach anyone who wanted to learn, how to turn an old pair of jeans into a skirt. Tuesday afternoon, however, I got a phone call. Boo hoo! The class was cancelled due to not enough people signing up. Apparently there was much interest, but having to bring your sewing machine was the dealbreaker for most. Oh well, that class just wasn't meant to be.

On a more positive (absolutely giddy with excitement for me) note, the serger sewing machine that Mom and Dad gave me before moving, is in the shop getting a complete makeover right now! It did not have the presser foot cord or instruction manual, so I took it in to J&M Vac and Sew to see what they could do for me. They found me a power cord (yay!!!) and looked over the whole thing to make sure it worked and had all the parts (I did not ask, they are just awesome people). It was missing a few springs and needing oiling in the worst way. They offered to service it and clean it out for me for $100. The regular price is $150! So, It will be just like new when I get it back today or tomorrow. Dad, you did a good job to get this one; everyone (customers included) was so impressed with this hunk of a machine! They said I will be able to do some heavy duty, professional sewing on it, and it will last a looooong time :)

In case anyone is wondering, a serger is what you use to make a professional, finished, and re-inforced seam. The seams inside pretty much all your clothing are all serged seams.

Oh, and I found a pdf instruction manual online for only $8! Everyone gave me cash for my birthday last week, and I am so grateful! That is how I have been able to afford all these things :) I will take pics when I get the machine back.

Ok, the kiddos are bored and ready to get out now. I hope everyone is having a great week!

Let the Potty Training Begin!

Grace is ready. Most definitely. On Sunday at the Ballingers' she asked, very insistently to be changed, and that had been a first up until now! Now she always wants her diaper off, and this morning when I changed her, she did not want another diaper on. She was hysterical about it! Ty, we have to get a potty chair this week :)
We were blessed with Zane being easy as pie to potty train...I'm hoping Grace will be just as effortless ;)

I will have Easter pictures up later today or tomorrow. I am just waiting for the camera battery to charge, so I can get the pics off. My laptop doesn't have an SD slot and the one on the PC downstairs doesn't work! So we have to do this the hard way. We just need to get one of those thumb drives that has an SD drive, all in one.

Not much going on.

We have not been up to much lately. Mostly spring cleaning (Ty has gotten HUGE boxes ready for donation!), trying to stay on top of laundry, and all the sewing projects I have going. Speaking of laundry, I once heard this quote "Behind every good man is a good woman, and behind every good woman is a mountain of laundry!"

Here are some recent pictures of the kiddos, some of which show off new clothes. Thanks Papa and Nana Miller!

Edited to add: The picture below is a link to a slideshow at my photo album ;)

I give up

Even though I added everyone to my friends list, I finally figured out that you have to be a member of youtube to view a private video. So, rather than ask everyone to join, I just made the video public.

I really hate sites that make you have to join to view stuff like this. I can't look at Mom, Sarah, or anyone else's facebook because I'm not a member. I won't join because I already have accounts to so many websites that I can't keep track of it all! Not to mention I barely have enough time to blog, let alone start facebooking too :) Sorry guys, I'm just not jumping on that wagon!

Take Two

Ok, I'm trying to figure out how to keep the video private and let everyone I want see it too. I added everyone's email address to my friends list, so try watching it again and if your prompted just enter it in.

I hope it works!

Hi Grandma and Grandpa!

I took some video of the kiddos this morning for Grandma and Grandpa Miller. I have never posted video before so hopefully this will work and it won't take forever to load!





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