Crocheted garden

Whenever my mother in law visits, we try to get lots of crafts done. She's a wizard with the sewing machine and knitting needles. This trip we have had more limited time with my constant nursing of a tiny babe girl but are still getting our arts & crafts on. She's sewing curtains for our open bedroom closet and a few projects for the babes. 

As we were looking through one magazine today, we came across this crazy adorable crocheted mini garden scene. Soooo cute! 

http://www.crochetme.com/blogs/inside_interweave_crochet/archive/2013/12/06/back-page.aspx

Update in pictures

Lots of photos. Putting them on my blog and cleaning up space for lots of baby pictures coming soon 8)

Uncle Joseph football banquet.

Julianne Swartz at Smoca

Gorgeous, interesting, LOVELY exhibit at Smoca currently all about LOVE. And magnets. It was all so heart warming and fun! Frederick wanted to touch everything but was good and patient with us while we talked and explored it all, explaining that we look with our eyes and then think about it with our heads and feel it in our hearts. He did so well, and there were a few things he could touch here and there.

Beautiful beautiful exhibit.

More summer

It's gotten to the point where we can't really go outside anymore besides swimming. Yesterday was 118 and some meters read 121. Photos are from the last couple of weeks.

Nursery

Frederick went to nursery today for the first time!!!! He's growing up. It's so wonderful and hard at the same time. He needs me so much but also less and in different ways than before. I keep thinking of the quote...

"Motherhood is about letting go...first from your breast, then your arms, then your sight, then your home."

I cant help but hold Collin and look into his eyes and say with a sigh that this is the start of it all. It's crazy, man.

But!!!!! He did amazingly!!! Only cried for about 5 minutes!! And I got my first piece of nursery art to hang on my fridge, and boy, I couldn't be prouder.

childrens museum, dyers!

The dyers moved down the STREET!!!

Phoenix Art Museum

We leave for Florida in a few days and are trying to get in as much outside Phx stuff as we can while the weather is GORGEOUS!!!

on the road...to Utah

Last week my mom, Collin, Frederick and I left for a 5 day trip to Utah. My mom's uncle died and so, it was time for another funeral. We packed up and left for the long road trip up north. It took hours longer than usual, having a sweet little babe and all, but we watched lots of movies to make the time pass by. 

The drive was gorgeous. 

I love and miss Flagstaff. 

The red rock in southern Utah is breath taking.

The air is fresh up in the mountains.

Frederick did pretty well considering. But towards the end he was just downright miserable. But, finally, we made it. To Provo. We stayed with cousins, Gussie, Spencer, and 10-month-old Maelo. We all had a great time together and we got to hang out with my brothers, AJ and David, who recently both returned to school at BYU. And, of course, Collin and I got to reminise about the old days and showed Freddie all our old spots....our old apartment, our favorite restaurants, old jobs (and I even stopped in and showed off my handsome baby boy at the restaurant I worked at, La Dolce Vita), and the school. One of the most amazing sights to see in Provo was the brand new temple being built right off Center Street where the old Tabernacle was. It was incredible. I just saw it and gasped at it's beauty. It's all just a wooden frame now.

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oh man, this is so lovely:

http://jinkyart.com.au/index2.php?v=v1#/home/

I want to be so colorful and carefree.

dates and wnba

Some things Collin and I have been doing together, lately

Driving to Cooliage, AZ, to go to Randolf Center

the sky was blue; the desert was fresh; the husband 

was happy and there was great conversation.

Apparently this is the color we want for the baby's room.
I sort of got the picture.

I sat in back on the way home. feet needed to be up.
they are all puffy these days.

these were going to be pancakes, but
they were so thin so Collin called them belinis.
they were quite delicious.
we were so hungry that we ate each one as it was done.

Usually Collin takes the metro to work and I have the car,
but I was going to meet him downtown that day, so I decided
I wanted him to drive so that I could metro. I hadn't since we've
moved here.
It was great. Man, the metro in Phx sure is cheap and clean.
Lots of crazies, of course, which I like and which reminded me of DC.

Collin's coworker gave him tickets to a Mercury game. I'd never been,
but we were excited to do something different. It was a totally different
experience from going to a suns game, but man, were the fans loyal, excited,
and loud. the Mercury was behind 10-20 points the whole game and SOMEHOW
they came back and won by 1 basket at the last few minutes! it was pretty
exciting. hehe.

got these delicious nachos.

We've been wanting to see the Modern Mexican Paintings
exhibit at the Phx Art Museum, but we can never go because
CS works till after it closes. BUT! Wednesday nights they stay open
late, phew! It was a really great exhibit. I recommend highly.

I didn't see any "no photos" signs, so I took them freely at first, but then a very
nervous volunteer came up to me and asked me to stop. hehe, oops.

There was this one piece that we'd never seen anything like. It was so beautiful,
but I couldn't get a photo.

Go see it.

Loved these bibs in the gift shop.

Every night at 10:30, Collin falls asleep, exhausted. I usually am super tired too,
but sometimes I stay up a little later in bed, just reading.

I love him. We are making a human. We're going to be parents. A Mom and Dad.

It's like, whoa.