Oregon

Fro, Weston and I headed up to Oregon last weekend to see the Utes play and have a little fun. Although the Utes were less-then-impressive, we still had a great time. We spent some time exploring the Columbia River Gorge - saw some awesome waterfalls and beautiful scenery. I can't believe how green it is up there! Weston was a trooper. He must be a true Ute because he was good the entire game despite the noise (that stadium was so loud!) and getting rained on most of the game.

create

This inspires me.

Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!

Ok, so there weren't any lions or tigers, but this is what was wandering around the cabin this weekend:

We had just set up the tent for Blair and the kids to sleep out and we were all just playing around outside when we spotted this bear in the neighbors yard. It hung around all weekend, despite the Summit County bloodhounds that tried to scare it up the mountain. Of course, I had to get some pictures to document the excitement. It was pretty cool to see, but scary too! I'm just glad we saw him before I let my kids sleep out in the tent.

skirts, skirts, skirts

I've been on a sewing kick lately (if you can call making three things a "sewing kick"). I made two skirts and a pair of pants for Jane. Don't worry, they were all very easy. I don't really know what I'm doing when it comes to sewing. My mom also made a very cute skirt for Jane this summer, so I thought I'd show that one off too. Here they are:

First, the apron skirt. Jane was obviously really happy about posing for this shot.


Next we have the twirly skirt.


Here's the panel skirt from Grandma.


And last but not least the bella pants. They kind of turned out looking like clown pants, which was not what I had intended. But luckily Jane makes anything look cute.