New Blog for sewing:
http://onelittledress.blogspot.com/
This is not a replacement blog, just a blog dedicated to my sewing. Enjoy.
Jamie
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Late, Late, Late New Years Post
This may be my first post in a year without pictures... sorry for the boring facade. My camera is broken, and I can't get the pictures off of it from our last trip.
I just wanted to recap on this year and share some of our adventures with you.
This last year was my last year working. Zack has been asking me to stay home with Nick for some time, which I can appreciate. I am just a bit of a work-a-holic. I'm not sure why. I just love to work. I have always worked. All through high school, four years, and summers, at the Duty Free. Through college, all one year (hee hee) at the Malt Shoppe and BYU Catering and then, when we starting building our house I starting working at Mentoring of America selling Real Estate Coaching, and teaching at seminars, working on the website. Four years ago I starting working there. Met some amazing people, and learned a LOT!!! And In November of this year they moved their office to CA, and I was unemployed. It was a convenient time to become a stay-at-home Mom, so here I am.
So- In this post I would like to highlight the last years activities, a large part with that job, and other adventures with my family. :) A lot of firsts, and a lot of fun.
This last year, I was able to travel to 6 Buying Trip seminars to speak as a Tax Foreclosure expert. In the beginning part of the year, it was in CA twice. Then we went to Pennsylvania, Illinois and New York State twice. I have never traveled so much in one year. As a family, we were also able to travel to Washington to visit the family twice. Once in the summer, and once for Christmas. Through the summer, I went with Nick and Stephanie and Chelsea and Carson. We drove through Idaho to pick up Chelsea and Carson (my sister in law and nephew) and had a blast on the way there. Also- on the way home, we got to stop off in Spokane at Zack's Dad's ski resort, and he got us a room, and we played in the water park. It was an excellent week! At my folks place, we were able to go to the lake, visit a lot, go to arts an action... all the things I love to do when I am home in PA. Makes me really miss that place.
On our Christmas trip, my folks took Nick for a day, and Zack and I got to go to Victoria, thanks Mom! We also spend a week with Zack's Dad, and I learned to SKI!!! I love it, and can't wait for Nick to learn next year, and we can all go as a family.
In April last year, Zack and I celebrated our fourth wedding anniversary. Stephanie took Nick for the weekend, and Zack and I headed south. We camped at a water fall the first night, went shopping and golfing and headed to Vegas! My first time!!! We stayed at the castle hotel (forgot the name) and had the best time!!! We watched a piano duo that was hilarious, and had an all you can eat sea food buffet, and went on the roller coaster. It was the best anniversary trip! So... on the count, we have been to Nevada, California, Idaho, through Montana, Pennsylvania, New York, Illinois, and Canada. We were really lucky this year to see so many places!
Moving on from the spring, we had a really hot exciting summer. We went camping several times at our favorite place, Burriston pond. We did a lot of swimming and fishing. It was Nick's first time camping, and he did great! This last summer, Nick also turned 2! We had a big party at the Hill's house. Lots of family came, and even my fav girl friends from high school, which really meant a lot to me. Thanks Steph, Katherine and Christy! Zack also turned 26, I think, hahaha, and for his birthday he got to go flying over Utah Lake strapped to Dell Schanze! (Google Utah State, and his name, he is famous here.) I really surprised him with this gift, and he absolutely loved it! :) I did good on that one.
After the summer, I had my birthday, and Zack got me a sewing machine. Much needed, I used my other one into the ground. And, that is what I have been up to all year with my spare time, sewing! I have made a lot of things this year. It's hard to always take pictures of it all before I give it away, especially with my camera broken... My largest project this year was by far my Mom's 60th birthday quilt. My sister, and sister in laws and I made it for her for her birthday/ christmas. We all did a corner, and then I took a large part of the year assembling it, and making it cohesive. It has pictures all over it. I'm not too modest about it, it is pretty amazing. I'll try to post some pictures, or you can go to her house and see it. :) It was a huge accomplishment for this year. Another sewing milestone for me, was having a booth at a craft fair and selling my little dresses, and other things I have made. We ended up getting rained out, but it was a great experience with my neighbor Jessica, and we are planning to attend again this year.
Zack has also had an excellent year with work and life, and all of his many talents. He is still playing music, and still boxing, and writing, and still skiing (as we speak actually). He had his best year at work, he has now been there for three years. He was top sales man last year, and by a large margin. He loves his job, and loves what he does. Since we shared so much of the parenting last year, and he watched Nick for five days while I would travel every time, he didn't travel as much with his job. This year, he will be traveling more, and working more. And we appreciate his sacrifice. To be fair, he is incredibly good at what he does, so hopefully he wont have to work too hard. :) He takes really good care of us. :)
Nick has also had one of the funnest years of his life. We took him along with us to a lot of new places, and he is so adaptable, and easy going. We have a lot of friends come over a lot, and he loves it!!! He is talking a lot, and has the most hilarious personality. He just seems to make everything more fun and life more enjoyable. We can never get enough of him, and end up letting him stay up so late, because we don't want him to go to bed yet. We enjoy his company so much. He is definitively spoiled. Oh well. hahaha
We are looking forward to an exciting 2010. We will celebrate our fifth anniversary. Nick will turn 3! Zack will be 27! I will be 25! (OMGosh I'm getting old.) Zack will have a great year at work. I will get used to being a stay-at-home Mom, and find some way to contribute. Our goal this year as a family is to finish the basement. We have already started, and have two rooms and the bathroom framed. Thank goodness for Zack's Grandpa - he is our mentor with everything we don't know how to do, and is pretty much amazing! When we are finished we will have a six bedroom house... and then we will start on the back yard. So much work to do!!!
This is by far my most lengthy and wordy post ever. Sorry no pictures. If you made it to the end, you don't mind my rambling.
Thank you all for even reading, and caring. :) We appreciate all our family and friends, and couldn't be nearly as happy as we are without you.
I just wanted to recap on this year and share some of our adventures with you.
This last year was my last year working. Zack has been asking me to stay home with Nick for some time, which I can appreciate. I am just a bit of a work-a-holic. I'm not sure why. I just love to work. I have always worked. All through high school, four years, and summers, at the Duty Free. Through college, all one year (hee hee) at the Malt Shoppe and BYU Catering and then, when we starting building our house I starting working at Mentoring of America selling Real Estate Coaching, and teaching at seminars, working on the website. Four years ago I starting working there. Met some amazing people, and learned a LOT!!! And In November of this year they moved their office to CA, and I was unemployed. It was a convenient time to become a stay-at-home Mom, so here I am.
So- In this post I would like to highlight the last years activities, a large part with that job, and other adventures with my family. :) A lot of firsts, and a lot of fun.
This last year, I was able to travel to 6 Buying Trip seminars to speak as a Tax Foreclosure expert. In the beginning part of the year, it was in CA twice. Then we went to Pennsylvania, Illinois and New York State twice. I have never traveled so much in one year. As a family, we were also able to travel to Washington to visit the family twice. Once in the summer, and once for Christmas. Through the summer, I went with Nick and Stephanie and Chelsea and Carson. We drove through Idaho to pick up Chelsea and Carson (my sister in law and nephew) and had a blast on the way there. Also- on the way home, we got to stop off in Spokane at Zack's Dad's ski resort, and he got us a room, and we played in the water park. It was an excellent week! At my folks place, we were able to go to the lake, visit a lot, go to arts an action... all the things I love to do when I am home in PA. Makes me really miss that place.
On our Christmas trip, my folks took Nick for a day, and Zack and I got to go to Victoria, thanks Mom! We also spend a week with Zack's Dad, and I learned to SKI!!! I love it, and can't wait for Nick to learn next year, and we can all go as a family.
In April last year, Zack and I celebrated our fourth wedding anniversary. Stephanie took Nick for the weekend, and Zack and I headed south. We camped at a water fall the first night, went shopping and golfing and headed to Vegas! My first time!!! We stayed at the castle hotel (forgot the name) and had the best time!!! We watched a piano duo that was hilarious, and had an all you can eat sea food buffet, and went on the roller coaster. It was the best anniversary trip! So... on the count, we have been to Nevada, California, Idaho, through Montana, Pennsylvania, New York, Illinois, and Canada. We were really lucky this year to see so many places!
Moving on from the spring, we had a really hot exciting summer. We went camping several times at our favorite place, Burriston pond. We did a lot of swimming and fishing. It was Nick's first time camping, and he did great! This last summer, Nick also turned 2! We had a big party at the Hill's house. Lots of family came, and even my fav girl friends from high school, which really meant a lot to me. Thanks Steph, Katherine and Christy! Zack also turned 26, I think, hahaha, and for his birthday he got to go flying over Utah Lake strapped to Dell Schanze! (Google Utah State, and his name, he is famous here.) I really surprised him with this gift, and he absolutely loved it! :) I did good on that one.
After the summer, I had my birthday, and Zack got me a sewing machine. Much needed, I used my other one into the ground. And, that is what I have been up to all year with my spare time, sewing! I have made a lot of things this year. It's hard to always take pictures of it all before I give it away, especially with my camera broken... My largest project this year was by far my Mom's 60th birthday quilt. My sister, and sister in laws and I made it for her for her birthday/ christmas. We all did a corner, and then I took a large part of the year assembling it, and making it cohesive. It has pictures all over it. I'm not too modest about it, it is pretty amazing. I'll try to post some pictures, or you can go to her house and see it. :) It was a huge accomplishment for this year. Another sewing milestone for me, was having a booth at a craft fair and selling my little dresses, and other things I have made. We ended up getting rained out, but it was a great experience with my neighbor Jessica, and we are planning to attend again this year.
Zack has also had an excellent year with work and life, and all of his many talents. He is still playing music, and still boxing, and writing, and still skiing (as we speak actually). He had his best year at work, he has now been there for three years. He was top sales man last year, and by a large margin. He loves his job, and loves what he does. Since we shared so much of the parenting last year, and he watched Nick for five days while I would travel every time, he didn't travel as much with his job. This year, he will be traveling more, and working more. And we appreciate his sacrifice. To be fair, he is incredibly good at what he does, so hopefully he wont have to work too hard. :) He takes really good care of us. :)
Nick has also had one of the funnest years of his life. We took him along with us to a lot of new places, and he is so adaptable, and easy going. We have a lot of friends come over a lot, and he loves it!!! He is talking a lot, and has the most hilarious personality. He just seems to make everything more fun and life more enjoyable. We can never get enough of him, and end up letting him stay up so late, because we don't want him to go to bed yet. We enjoy his company so much. He is definitively spoiled. Oh well. hahaha
We are looking forward to an exciting 2010. We will celebrate our fifth anniversary. Nick will turn 3! Zack will be 27! I will be 25! (OMGosh I'm getting old.) Zack will have a great year at work. I will get used to being a stay-at-home Mom, and find some way to contribute. Our goal this year as a family is to finish the basement. We have already started, and have two rooms and the bathroom framed. Thank goodness for Zack's Grandpa - he is our mentor with everything we don't know how to do, and is pretty much amazing! When we are finished we will have a six bedroom house... and then we will start on the back yard. So much work to do!!!
This is by far my most lengthy and wordy post ever. Sorry no pictures. If you made it to the end, you don't mind my rambling.
Thank you all for even reading, and caring. :) We appreciate all our family and friends, and couldn't be nearly as happy as we are without you.
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Happy Thanksgiving.
I didn't take any pictures of the holiday. We spent it in Salt Lake with some family. We were also able to watch our niece and nephew while their parents were away for the holiday. It was really fun! :) These picture are of the day after Thanksgiving, we went and got our tree and decorated.
The day before Thanksgiving, Zack had the day off, so we went shopping and also over to the Pirates Restaurant in Orem. We all had a lot of fun playing the games, and collecting tickets.
This train was in the Provo Mall. Thank you Erin.:) Nick got to ride it with his two uncles and aunt. He loved it!
Fun times at the mall and out having fun with time off work. We have had a great holiday week!
Jamie
I didn't take any pictures of the holiday. We spent it in Salt Lake with some family. We were also able to watch our niece and nephew while their parents were away for the holiday. It was really fun! :) These picture are of the day after Thanksgiving, we went and got our tree and decorated.
The day before Thanksgiving, Zack had the day off, so we went shopping and also over to the Pirates Restaurant in Orem. We all had a lot of fun playing the games, and collecting tickets.
This train was in the Provo Mall. Thank you Erin.:) Nick got to ride it with his two uncles and aunt. He loved it!
Fun times at the mall and out having fun with time off work. We have had a great holiday week!Jamie
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Happy Halloween!
Happy Halloween Everybody!
Nick dressed as a Dragon this year. :) He loved it. We went to Trunk or Treat, and his favorite candy was the pixy stick. Check my FB for some videos of the day. :)
Friday, October 9, 2009
What we have been up to for the last few months...
Below is the cutest sweater I got for Nick on my last trip to NY for a Real Estate Seminar. It was at a booth at the local Pumpkin Festival in downtown Oswego, NY. The whole booth was home made sweaters, hats, ear warmers, it was great! I got Zack a bright orange hat for skiing with a Mohawk!!! He loves it.
Nick is cooking Sunday breakfast with Zack. He loves to help. He drags a chair up to the counter and helps in any way he can.
Nick decided to climb in the dryer for the first time. When I started to sway it back and forth, he freaked out and got out.
Next are the pictures of Onion Days in Payson. Nick loves the train, he rode on it like 3 times. He has his sun glasses on, and is Mr. Cool Guy.
Our last camping trip for the week was at Burriston Pond. It was also Nick's first experience camping. He did really well, stayed out of the fire, loved swimming and watching us all jump off the rope swing, and even slept reletively well.
The cutest thing was that right before we were headed to bed, he asked if we were going home. It was adorable. I think he was a little worried about staying the night.
Cute picture of me and Zack. :)
We went with our friends Ryan and Hallie and their dog Molly. They were so much fun to camp with, and we had a great time at the rope swing. I never seam to get any pictures of that though. We have been three times this summer, and I have no pictures to proove it. Oh well, next summer.
I also went fishing in the pond, and had a lot of bites and caught two tiny little fish. Nothing worth eating.
And finally, Nick is learning to smile for the camera. :) He is talking up a storm and just making us laugh every second of the day. He really is a cool kid, and very polite might I add. :)
That's all for now. Check back for some pictures from my trip to NY. :)
Below is the cutest sweater I got for Nick on my last trip to NY for a Real Estate Seminar. It was at a booth at the local Pumpkin Festival in downtown Oswego, NY. The whole booth was home made sweaters, hats, ear warmers, it was great! I got Zack a bright orange hat for skiing with a Mohawk!!! He loves it.
Nick is cooking Sunday breakfast with Zack. He loves to help. He drags a chair up to the counter and helps in any way he can.
Nick decided to climb in the dryer for the first time. When I started to sway it back and forth, he freaked out and got out.
Next are the pictures of Onion Days in Payson. Nick loves the train, he rode on it like 3 times. He has his sun glasses on, and is Mr. Cool Guy.
Our last camping trip for the week was at Burriston Pond. It was also Nick's first experience camping. He did really well, stayed out of the fire, loved swimming and watching us all jump off the rope swing, and even slept reletively well.
The cutest thing was that right before we were headed to bed, he asked if we were going home. It was adorable. I think he was a little worried about staying the night.
Cute picture of me and Zack. :)
We went with our friends Ryan and Hallie and their dog Molly. They were so much fun to camp with, and we had a great time at the rope swing. I never seam to get any pictures of that though. We have been three times this summer, and I have no pictures to proove it. Oh well, next summer.
I also went fishing in the pond, and had a lot of bites and caught two tiny little fish. Nothing worth eating.
And finally, Nick is learning to smile for the camera. :) He is talking up a storm and just making us laugh every second of the day. He really is a cool kid, and very polite might I add. :)
That's all for now. Check back for some pictures from my trip to NY. :)
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Illinois Trip...
Here I am at the auction in Vermilion County, Illinois, helping some clients out and talking about the properties they bought.
Here I am looking clueless at the auction, waiting for it to start.
Deep dish Chicago pizza!!!! Look how deep that is!
This is a funny joke that I found at the wall in the County Office. Maybe I will be an Assessor some day. :)
Group Picture! The four "staff" are in the front row: Me, Miranda, Daniel and Todd. And John Beck is in the top right of the picture.
Me and Miranda out on the bus trip!
I would like to buy this house. The starting bid was $600.00.
We broke into one house to check out the inside, and one of the neighbors called the cops. John explained to them what we were doing, and they were really nice to us. That was a first!
Two pictures of me teaching at the seminar.
A nice old truck. :) Just a cool picture. We also were able to go up in the Sears tower... pictures from that to come, if I can get them from Daniel and Todd.... hahaha
Bytheway... September is national sewing month. Yeah!!!!
Here I am at the auction in Vermilion County, Illinois, helping some clients out and talking about the properties they bought.
Here I am looking clueless at the auction, waiting for it to start.
Deep dish Chicago pizza!!!! Look how deep that is!
This is a funny joke that I found at the wall in the County Office. Maybe I will be an Assessor some day. :)
Group Picture! The four "staff" are in the front row: Me, Miranda, Daniel and Todd. And John Beck is in the top right of the picture.
Me and Miranda out on the bus trip!
I would like to buy this house. The starting bid was $600.00.
We broke into one house to check out the inside, and one of the neighbors called the cops. John explained to them what we were doing, and they were really nice to us. That was a first!
Two pictures of me teaching at the seminar.
A nice old truck. :) Just a cool picture. We also were able to go up in the Sears tower... pictures from that to come, if I can get them from Daniel and Todd.... hahahaBytheway... September is national sewing month. Yeah!!!!
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