Documenting life...: I'm so proud....

Friday, January 16, 2009

I'm so proud....

I knew my fabulous friend Emily had been wanting a full length apron...I looked and couldn't find a really cute one for under a million bazillion dollars, so I busted out my sewing machine- it's been years- and made her one for her birthday. I am so ultra proud of myself. Isn't it so cute? I had a hard time giving it away. So here she is, in all her pregnant with twins glory.

16 comments:

Jana said...: You go girl! You're so homemakey.; January 16, 2009 at 8:23 PM
Kathy said...: Is there anything you can't do!!! That is such a cute apron - stylish and well made. You rock!; January 16, 2009 at 8:39 PM
The Cureton Family said...: SOOO Cute!! Are you taking orders? :); January 17, 2009 at 8:48 AM
Sera said...: Dang, Jen - that apron is SO cute! You should be proud, girl! I just bought my first-ever apron a few days ago at Ross for $8 - it makes me feel so domestic. At least I can FEEL like it, even if it's not TRUE. Beautiful job, lady. :); January 17, 2009 at 8:52 AM
Christine said...: Go Jen! It's SO cute. And happy birthday Emily!; January 17, 2009 at 9:03 AM
Amber said...: Good job, Jen! Aprons are a great sewing projects. And Em- you look hot in it!!!; January 17, 2009 at 9:24 AM
Jackie said...: Wow! I never knew you could sew! You mean you could've sewn all of our Trek aprons and bonnets?? It looks fab on Emily! And I can see she had a chocolate cake from Meagan. Where is my piece??; January 17, 2009 at 5:58 PM
Emily said...: I love the apron (Macy wore it to cover her dress while eating breakfast this morning). My only regret is that you should have taken the picture. It is not the best. Oh well. At least the apron is adorable!; January 18, 2009 at 1:21 PM
Aislinn said...: You did GOOD!!! It's so purty!; January 18, 2009 at 1:58 PM
Chrystal said...: Hey Girlie! Do you remember about 9-10 months ago (guessing here) you posted an animated short film called Love Letter or something like that? I've searched your site to no avail-do you remember where you found it?; January 18, 2009 at 8:30 PM
chelle said...: So what don't you do???? I bet all your windows are clean too! ;) m; January 18, 2009 at 10:47 PM
Allyson said...: That's so cute! It looks like one from Anthropology!! My cousin bought matching ones from there for her friend and her daughter! Super cute!!!! I'd be proud if I made a bib.; January 19, 2009 at 7:44 AM
Michelle Arnett said...: Your endless abilities never cease to amaze me :) Did I ever tell you that I want a full length apron? Consider me telling you now :) LOL. But really, I do. No, really, I don't have any aprons. I am quite ashamed of this. . . at least teach me. :); January 19, 2009 at 7:07 PM
Meredith said...: Super cute! Will you make me one? For your favorite sis-in-law? You'll be my fav if you do! :); January 21, 2009 at 9:27 AM
Kristy said...: Wow! And you haven't sewn in years? I love the rickrack on the pockets!; January 22, 2009 at 2:53 PM
Andrea said...: I had no idea she's preggy...and with twins! Tell her congrats for me! So exciting!; January 23, 2009 at 6:20 PM

Out of the mouths of babes

5/11 Tae: "My dad is bigger than my mom and my mom is mini-er than my dad"
5/11 Tae: "Don't coffee me!!!" she and paige seem to think the word for copy is actually coffee.
05/11 Tae: After going in the front yard after me telling her not to.. " oh mom, I accidentally thought the front was the back"
03/09: Maddie: " Why do we have to pay taxes? Why do they have to have laws...like pay your taxes? Or don't stand on swivel chairs?" Ha ha!!
12/08: Tanner: "mom, don't pick your nose and throw it on the ground or you will slip on it like a banana peel. So you have to put it on a picture, or a high shelf"
Tae 3/09: Today she was looking for little scab on her hand and noticed it was gone. So she said "Mom, my owie went home!"
2/09 Maddie: Kimi is eating a burger, Mad hates red meat. "Mmmm, that looks good" Me: "But you don't even like hamburgers!" Maddie: "But if it were the only food left on earth, I'd pound it."
12/08 Tanner: "Mom, when can we get out our bean stocks?" I realized he was talking about Christmas Stockings. :)
11/08 I'm in the bathroom, alone. But never really alone. Maddie comes to the door and says "mom what was your best moment?" Uh, can we talk about this later?
11/08 Tanner: "Mom, is my bones warm or hot?" later that day..."I wish our house was made of nachos." Ya, me too.
10/08 Me" Well Maddie when I was little I only got a quarter or 50 cents for a tooth" Maddie" Ya, well that was in the OLDEN DAYS mom! The tooth fairy hardly had any money then."
9/08 Tan:" Mom, when you have the new baby, will we sell Taelyn?"
01/08 Maddie: "Guess what Mom, when I lose my front tooth the tooth fairy brings me $20" What?? Who said that? "A girl in my class! I'm so excited to get my very own $20!"
10/07 Madeline: "Mom I remember what it was like to live with Jesus before I was born" Oh really? "Ya, it looked just like it does here, but it was on clouds."
09/07 Tanner: "Mom sometimes your mean to me, but Sister Castleberry (nursery teacher) is always nice to me...like this many times ( he holds up his little 5 fingers right in my face)" How cute is he??
Just the other day Madeline came to me after practicing some intricate dance moves with Jaren and said "Mom, I just wish I could marry Jaren because he dances with me, he does whatever I say, and he's such a gooood guy. Why can't I marry my brother? " I then explained just why we don't marry our siblings. Hopefully she'll have no problem finding a guy just like Jaren in 20 years.
"Shake your bootie, shake your bootie..." This goes along with a mooning of sorts by the 3 yr. old Tanner
“Do you wish you were Dad so you wouldn’t have to change Taelyn’s diaper or do all the work, and you could be at church on time?” -Maddie
"I'm the last number strong" -Jaren

Deep Thoughts...

Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: "Mankind". Basically, it's made up of two separate words - "mank" and "ind". What do these words mean ? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind.

The face of a child can say it all, especially the mouth part of the face.

If you define cowardice as running away at the first sign of danger, screaming and tripping and begging for mercy, then yes, Mr. Brave man, I guess I'm a coward.

I bet one legend that keeps recurring throughout history, in every culture, is the story of Popeye.

When you go in for a job interview, I think a good thing to ask is if they ever press charges.

To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other.

We tend to scoff at the beliefs of the ancients. But we can't scoff at them personally, to their faces, and this is what annoys me.

Probably the earliest flyswatters were nothing more than some sort of striking surface attached to the end of a long stick.

If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.