Lemons coming out our ears!

If anyone wants a bag full, come and get 'em!

Pajamas!

So I was over at the talented Taya's the other day and she was explaining how to make some pajama pants a really easy way. So I took what I remembered and went to work. It was super simple and even appliqued some of the scrap fabric on to a couple of the girls shirts to match the pants. I also realized as I was almost done with the pants that I didn't have enough elastic for even one pair let alone two and it was Sunday night. So being the impatient girl I am I improvised and just sewed a small strip of elastic on either side of the bottoms and it worked! I was so proud of myself!
Here is the end result. They are by no means professional but I was proud to have whipped them out in about an hour!
Thanks for the wonderful ideas Taya, soon my girls will have more pajamas than they can use!

The Color Code

I took a personality test tonight to see what "color" I am. I think the results turned out pretty right on. I'd like to see if other people think it fits me!

Congratulations, you are a white.

white:	46.09%
yellow:	??? %
blue:	??? %
red:	??? %

Whites (Motive: Peace)

whites are motivated by Peace. They seek independence and require kindness. They resist confrontation at all costs. To them, feeling good is more important than being good. They are typically quiet by nature, process things very deeply and objectively with great clarity. Of all the colors, whites are the best listeners. They respect people who are direct but recoil from perceived hostility or verbal battle. Whites need their "alone time" and refuse to be controlled by others. whites want to do things their own way and in their own time. They ask little of others and resent others demanding much of them. whites are much stronger than people think, but are not often seen for their strength because they don't easily reveal their feelings. whites are even-tempered, diplomatic, and the voice of reason; but can also be indecisive, unexpressive, and silently stubborn. When you deal with a WHITE, be kind, accept and support their individuality, and look for non-verbal clues to understand their feelings.

Now go and see what color you are here!

Glendale glitter and glow

Last night we went to a local event called the "Glendale Glitter and Glow Block Party". It was fun. We parked a few blocks up and took a shuttle bus to downtown. It think the girls had more fun on the bus than anything else! They have hot air balloons set up amongst food vendors, stilt walkers, jugglers, live music, rides and lights. It was fun to get out and it was the perfect temperature right around 70 degrees. Beautiful!

Olives!

We have a couple of olive trees in the front yard of where we live and they were thick! So the Maloufs came and cleaned them out. We had fun! They have a recipe to make really good olives apparently..I still need to try some Teralee!

picture catch up!

Here are pictures from our Holidays.

Catching up

Well, here we are back in Arizona after a nice trip home to Northern Idaho. We intended to stay through the whole month of January, but some meanies from Cory's school got our hopes up and then decided to rain on our parade! So here we are....Cory has to travel to east Mesa Monday through Friday which is easily at least an hour commute in good traffic. We only get to see time about 3 hours each evening. He's exhausted and so am I, but life is good and I am so thankful for the wonderful times we had with friends and family in Idaho. The Holidays were so fun, especially since one of my best-ever friends Rochelle got married and we got to spend a lot of time doing shower and reception stuff and I got to meet her awesome new husband Paul. We miss you guys!!
Christmas was wonderful as usual and of course we all got way too spoiled, especially Lauren. I will post pictures as soon as I feel like taking the time! We got our fill of snow too, which is weird for our little valley, but we had a white Christmas and it was so fun to go sledding on Christmas day!
So now it's time to get back to some normalcy in our lives and stop celebrating with food! Wish us luck getting back on "the wagon" after falling off of it for 6 weeks!