A Boy Thing

This week was so nice we spent a lot of time in the back yard. I caught Eli doing his favorite thing--playing in the rocks. He's finally starting to become friends with the grass. He will run around on it, and if he falls down, he sits there for awhile and sometimes even grabs it with his hands. Usually he will start to whine when he wants to stand up because he doesn't want to touch the grass with his hands. But I think he's over that now. (Who would have thought grass could be such a challenge!) I think Kaelub is going to get a little pool for us to play in. Eli loves the water, so it should be a big hit. I'm hoping to take him to the local school where they have a small water center with a lazy river, fun kids zone with water slides & fountains.

Happy Easter

This weekend we had Kaelub's aunt & uncle come to visit from Utah. They moved up there from Gilbert, AZ, about 2 years ago. They brought their 4 kids and stayed with us, which was a lot of fun. We have a lot of good memories from when they lived here and we would get together to go boating, play games, swim in their pool, and have BBQ's. We miss having them so close. So we have this little joke going on with this "Hot Potato" toy. It sings that song over and over again---you can imagine how annoying that gets. Well, they left it at our house right before they moved to Utah. We decided we had to give it back to them somehow, so we wrapped it in a box with Christmas paper and left it under their tree 2 Christmases ago. We didn't put anything on the outside as to who it was from. It was great to get the call from them after they opened it & hear how thrilled they were to have it back. ;) Saturday night I went to get into bed & I felt this plastic bag under the pillow. I pulled it out, and there was the dreaded hot potato! I couldn't believe it and Kaelub is already planning the return of it to the original owners. It's going to be good!
It was fun to see Eli come downstairs to his Easter goodies. We got him this fun little golf set and some fruit snacks (he is obsessed with them). Grandma Joy sent him a package with 3 cute Easter books, and one has textures in it that he just loves. Grandma Lynda & Grandpa Denny sent him an Easter puzzle & this fun little plastic peep that lights up. Thanks for all the fun stuff & we hope everyone enjoyed their Easter!

Out of the Box

My mom would be so proud. I finally took my sewing machine out of the box and set it up. (It's only been in there for a few years too many.) On Wednesday I saw some fabric that I thought would match my couches perfectly, so I bought it and decided to make pillows. I figured it was a pretty easy beginning project for my first time sewing alone. I have sewed before, but always with my mom or grandma and on their sewing machines. (Oh, and I made a pillow and hat in jr. high.) So here are some pictures of my creatins--especially for my mom & grandma. Now I'm just trying to decide what I will take on next. There's so many things I want to do!