In May, we took a long journey out to Idaho to visit my family. Merayla and Oliver did surprisingly well, and we had a great time! Since there are tons of pictures, I plan to break this up into several posts. But to begin, here’s what we looked like in transit:
Starting Out
Mid-Way
At Journey’s End (definitely comfortable in that car seat!)
The following videos are dances from Layla and Bird. Merayla performed for the winners of the romantic Valentine’s Dinner for Two on the evening of February 14th, 2011. Oliver started dancing while I was practicing a ward choir song, and Cristian caught some of it on video on Saturday, March 5th. Hope you enjoy the show:
One of my sister’s friends made her a baby bib out of an old dishtowel, and I loved it! It covers perfectly for messy toddlers when they are excited to feed themselves but everything doesn’t quite stay on the spoon. It has arm holes, a tie in back, and is long enough to cover their laps. Here’s how to make one in five easy steps:
1. Fold 1/3 of the dishtowel over (with the cute side down if it has some kind of decoration).
2. Cut a small half circle—about the diameter of the child’s neck—in the center of the fold of the fabric. Then cut a straight line from the circle’s side to the 1/3 end of the towel.
3. Fold bias tape around the rough edge of the circle, leaving enough extra tape on both ends for the tie. Sew with a simple straight stitch, being sure to catch the fabric. Finish off the stitch on the tape, and reinforce the ends by folding over and stitching.
4. Fold over and zig-zag the open edges of the straight cut to prevent raveling. But don’t worry about it too much because this is the back.
5. On the forward side, zig-zag a small (about one inch) area at the bottom of each arm hole to create the sleeves.
There it is! Put the child’s arms through the sleeves, and tie it behind his neck:
Then let them run wild. Without the mess!
What do a temple marriage and a high security prison have in common? You guessed it! Haha. Good thing that one is by choice and a lot more fun than the other! Congratulations to Toni and Ryan Murray on January 8, 2011. They were adorable, and I had a great trip to California. Char got to come along, which made it lots of fun, and we got to visit the Caseys in San Jose on the way up to Oakland. We also met some new friends at the pre-wedding excursion to Alcatraz Island (see below) and made sure the car was decorated sufficiently at the reception before I locked my keys in the rental car. Oops…but typical. All in all, it was a nice excursion, and I’m very grateful to Toni’s mom for making it possible for me to attend.
Look closely. It’s not just eggs and deodorant.
Here’s a better angle, just in case you haven’t seen it yet. Follow those feet hanging off the end.
There she is!
She told me she wanted to lay on the bottom so she crawled under there all by herself and fell asleep.
