Sew-cation

The three of us spent last weekend in Fort Collins, CO with Chadwick's brother, Nathan, and wonderful family. Chadwick had a continuing education seminar near Denver on Sat and Sun, so Morgan and I had a vacation from Boise while he was out. Not only did we get to see his brother, we visited with my cousin and wife who live in Denver - it was so good to catch up with them!

Chadwick spent the two days learning about ultrasonography. The thing he found most interesting, he said, was that the ultrasound machine is most effective when it spends 99% of its time listening and only 1% of the time "talking." Maybe we can all learn something from that.....

Morgan came back from our vacation grateful that she is an only child - Nathan and Beth have 5 children who doted and loved on her all weekend. She was a little overwhelmed with so many people in her "bubble." By Monday, she was doing much better with it all, though she wouldn't let me put her down without hollering for the day after coming home. Her next oldest cousin is almost 2 months older, so they had fun exploring the house. Below is Ed's favorite drawer in the kitchen.

And she found some neat toys to chew while there as well.




Chadwick was not the only one to have some learning over the weekend. Beth loves to sew and challenged me to make some pajama pants while there. With her guidance, I made not one but two pair of pants - one for me and a matching pair for Morgan! They turned out well, and we had a good time throughout the process. I had Beth take a few pictures of me at the sewing machine to prove that I did actually do it myself....for all those who doubt my new skills! They are pink plaid with red ladybugs. I love them!

My New Creativity

I got some digital scrapbooking software for my birthday last month - and look what I can do! The possibilities are endless....

Happy Halloween!

Happy (Belated) Halloween!
In case it's hard to read, Morgan's bib says, "Baby's First Boo." Compliments of my Nana! We had a fairly uneventful weekend - we attended a party Friday night with some friends in the ward, and let me say that on normal Sundays, it's hard to remember people's names.....it was impossible for me to remember anyone's name Friday night since everyone was wearing a costume! So terrible! The couple who hosted the party did a phenomenal job decorating the church gym. They even had smoke! It was a pot luck with games and costume contest (we didn't win anything). In this slightly fuzzy picture, the large spider is eating a man. There are pumpkin "cheeks" at the spider's mouth. Clever!

The three of us dressed up as much as possible for the time we allowed for the process. Can you guess who these two characters are? Clue: Morgan's front reads "Hobbs."

If you guessed Calvin and Hobbs, you were right! If not, you need to read that particular comic series; they are a riot! I was wearing a dark wig and played the part of Suzie Derkins from the same comic strip.

Saturday I worked, we had a nice dinner at Chili's, and Sunday was a normal day. No trick-or-treaters at the house. Mostly because we had no candy and I posted a sign on the front door advertising such.

Welcome to November!




This is how Morgan takes her naps these days....