First attempt

at baby shoes! I found these on Etsy and fell in love, they are just so adorable. I knew I would need a ton of practice, I am still just a beginner at sewing so I figured I would get practicing...21 weeks to go!

Well, I need A LOT of practice. Here is a picture of try 1 and 2.



I like the tongue and the strap in try 1, but I did not pay any attention to the stitching when I sewed the sole to the rest of the shoe, so you can see the stitch marks. But hey for my first and second attempts I believe I did a pretty good job.

I also got this pattern and can't wait to find out if it is a girl or boy. I have so many projects in mind but I don't want to make everything green and yellow. So I have to be patient for a couple more weeks....

No Bake Cookies

Oh yummy yummy summer food! I love to BBQ, R has not even used the grill his Dad got us for our wedding two years ago, I won't let him touch it :)

Tonight I grilled up juicy burgers topped with melty cheese, crunchy warm bacon and juicy pickles....oh my mouth is watering all over again. I was going to take an after picture but... uh forgot.



After that settled a little I made what is probably one of my favorite cookies of all times. I don't know if it is because they are chocolate and peanutbutter, or because they are soooo easy to make. I have probably talked about them before but if you have not tried "No Bake Cookies" you are missing something.



No-Bake Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

2 C Sugar
8 T Butter
1/3 C Cocoa powder
1/2 C Milk
1 t vanilla extract
1/2 C Creamy or crunchy Peanut Butter
2 1/2 to 3 C Rolled oats (not instant)

In a medium saucepan, combine the sugar, butter, cocoa, milk and vanilla. Bring to a slow boil, and simmer unitl the sugar has dissolved.
Stir in the peanut butter.
Remove from heat and stir in 2 1/2 C oats. The mixtures should be thick, add remaining oats if nessicary
Line cookie sheet or counter with parchment paper. Drop the mixture by the spoonfull onto the paper. Let cool and ENJOY!

Home Improvements

Happy Independence Day!!

We got so much accomplished already this weekend. Starting Friday night we bought pipe to re plumb the washing machine. If you remember when we bought the house the washing machine was in the kitchen and the fridge was right smack dab in the middle of the room. Well my amazing hubby ran new pipe to the mud room and a new pipe into the kitchen where the wash machine used to be. So now all the laundry can be done in the mud room and the ice maker in the fridge is up and running!! I looks so much better.





I also finally finished making curtains for the bedroom. What should have been a quick easy project lasted me over a month because of the morning/ evening sickness, which is finally gone (knock on wood). I used two twin sheets from walmart ($3 each) for the front and an old black sheet for the back. I waned the color to match my blankets but I wanted the sun to be completely blocked out. I sewed the right sides together using the finished edge of the sheet for the bottom of the curtain, turned them right side out, ironed, folded the top down and sewed creating a pocket for the rod. Quick and easy, once I got started :)







Now we are off to enjoy the nice holiday. R is off to the track for a little bit, and I am going to do some yard work.



Enjoy your day!!

16 Weeks

We had our 16 week appointment yesterday afternoon. Our first appointment with the new doctor whom I like 10x better than the last one that I never actually met... Anyhoo we had our first ultrasound and finally got to see our Little Monkey who had the hiccups for the first half of our viewing, so cute. The first thing Dr. said was 'look your pregnant!' Which made me laugh and then go figure start to tear up. R held my hand, was smiling and looked so proud looking at the little being on the monitor.

Our next appointment is scheduled right after my vacation and we will get to see if we have a little boy Monkey or girl Monkey!

Fathers Day

It has finally been much to nice outside to sit in front of the computer and type so here are the last two weekends in one.



Last Saturday Marcel, Sidonie and I spent all day with our dad. We took a trip to the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation to take a quick peak at their new big bull elk display. After ooing all over them for a bit we pickup the quads, dog and food and headed out into the wonderful Montana mountains. We went a few miles outside of Lolo to Elk Meadows road, unloaded and headed for the meadows and lakes. Bones the quad dog sat behind dad the whole time.







We got back to the truck and had everything loaded just before the big rain storm hit, lucky us. When we got back home dad grilled up the BBQ ribs he had been slow cooking all day...hello fall off the bone, melt in your mouth ribs!

Hope you had a good day Daddy-o!!

This Saturday we spent all morning at farmers/ peoples market in downtown Missoula. Sidonie and I wondered the streets looking at all the beautiful homemade wares and lovely food. They also had a car show set up at Caras park with lots of old beautiful cars.

While we were having fun downtown my wonderful husband was home working away. He built and painted three screens for our windows so we can get some air flowing. He also built another shelf in the garage to store more of our motorcycle gear and parts. He also brought home 1/2 of an old barrel and we dug a hole in the ground and made a fire pit for those lazy nights.

Guess What!!!........

I know I have been slacking it has been a month since my last post but I have a REALLY good excuse I promise!

You know how I was talking about being patient and good things will come? Well about a week before we signed the paperwork on our house I took the easiest, best test of my life and I aced it!



We are pregnant!! I am currently 12 1/2 weeks and I still feel like crap warmed over. I have the morning/ afternoon/ evening sickness thing still goin. They keep telling me it will go away soon, I have my fingers crossed.

So that is my excuse, I have not felt like doing anything. My house is a mess, we are not all the way moved it yet, I get home try and eat and lay on the couch praying it stays down. Poor R has had to make his own dinner more times in the last month than the two years we have been married. Oh, and the worst part, food doesn't sound good, nothing sounds good, ever. Ugh, I can't wait until I start feeling better!

Home Sweet Home

We did it! We bought our first house. We started moving in last weekend and are still unpacking. The house is super messy but starting to feel more like home. There are a few things that we are going to change right away, and a few things that R does not like about the house. While we were house hunting it became apparent we have very different tastes. I think I got more of the things I like in this house, but we were running out of options fast. But of course this is our fist house and not our last, so hopefully next time he will get a few more of the things he likes.

It is a very small two bedroom, one bath. Half of the kitchen has been updated so finishing that project is first on our list. Well, actually second, first on the list is to get our garage in place so we have storage for the motorcycles and tool boxes.

Now that my sewing machine has a new home I can get back to crafting, yay!