The Graduate

I can't believe tomorrow is Brock's graduation. For those of you who don't know, he is my younger brother. He is also one of my babies. I practically raised Brock and Amber when I was a teenager, so I have been quite often referred to as their second mother. Brock was a great sport and let me take a few (...okay so maybe 340 is more than a few) senior pics of him. Don't you just love those red curls? Anyway-- here is a little message for him:

To My Baby Brother:
It seems like yesterday when I was changing you diapers, styling your crazy curly hair, sneaking bites of your cherry vanilla pudding baby food when mom wasn't watching, and dressing you up in all sorts of outfits. I can't believe how fast time flies. I know sometimes I complained about having to babysit you all of the time, but now looking back I am so thankful for all that you taught me and for having the chance to spend so much time taking care of you. You were so full of energy and so wild~ You keep me on my toes! Now you are all grown up and not so little anymore. I am so proud of all you have achieved. Congratulations on your scholarship and new job! I know you will go far. You are such a hard worker anyone will be lucky to have you. Good Luck on you future! Always remember you have a big sis who loves you and is SO proud of you!!

Love you~ Heather

Memorial Day Weekend

I love holiday weekends! I feel like we have gotten so much accomplished the last two weekends and it has been the perfect weather. It all started last weekend. We had some more curbing done around the yard. Then due to that we had to bring in more DiRt! I have been begging Brett for the last couple of years for a BIGGER garden. This year he gave in and we are extending the garden area. It's still not going to be a big as I would like, but I'll keep begging. Anyway that is another reason we had to bring in dirt. After we got all the dirt unloaded, we decided to get a load of bark. In the middle of all that I planted ALL my flowers. We were outside working for over 9 hours and I loved it!! I love being outside!! This weekend we got the garden planted! Yeah! We were also able to visit the cemetery. I love going on Memorial Day weekend and seeing all the flowers. It it also good to take a few moments to remember those loved ones who we have lost. All in all it was a great weekend! I hope everyone else enjoyed theirs as much as I did!

Sew Much Fun!

I am so excited! In less than three weeks I will be going to Martins Cove with the youth in our ward! Some of you may not think that sounds fun, but I feel very blessed to have this oppurtunity. Everyone that goes has to wear pioneer clothing. So since I don't have any laying around, that means I have to get to work..SEWING, and I am not a seamstress. But.. Lucky for me, my sis is!! Amber came over Friday night and we set to work. The funny thing is we really didn't have a pattern, just a few sentences that were supposed to describe what to do. Well they didn't and at one time we had this:

Uh-sis--I think this looks a little big!?!

So we set to work unpicking, and here is what we ended up with. Not bad for no instructions and little experience.

Now I have all sorts of sewing projects for us to get done. Oh by the way Brett, I really liked Amber's machine. It it digital!! AwEsOmE! Mine is ancient. Maybe if I start sewing lots he will cave in and let me get one!! Thanks sis for all your help! Love you!!