Photo Shoot Special (And A Contest :)

 Hands down...the best part of my business would be meeting the most amazing, talented and fun people! We all have a story and what a gift it is to meet new friends and learn about theirs!  A new friend, named Stephanie, came over a few weeks ago looking for wool and asked if we ever let people do a photo shoots in our studio.  I told her no one had ever asked but that she was welcome to come on over.  She has a special right now... Check out her blog here!  She is amazing and so sweet to work with.  I hear nothing but nice nice things about her work ;)

 

 And for the contest....

Check out my Black Sheep Woolens Blog here!

March is Marching On...

 

Molly's Collage...she did pretty good with the camera!

We borrowed Molly for a sleepover earlier this 

month and we had a great time!

 Learning to make pie is very serious business!

 Oatmeal Coconut and Blueberry

The Leprechauns find our milk every year!

Camber headed to Portland for her Spring Break

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Emily joined the High School Golf Team...a first for our family!

Go Em!

 Dreaming of these two...they are coming for a little visit in a few more weeks!!

My heart melts with sweet picture texts like this:

"Nana, how do you like my ladybug nails?"

Mark has been loving time out on the road with his bike...Davis is doing some temp

work while he looks for a new permanent job...I have been working long hours in

the studio dying wool, designing...doing a little sewing...we are starting to wake

up the yard and are really happy Spring has arrived...as fickle as she is in Cache Valley. 

We hosted a YW's Brazil Night so Emily could share food and photos

from her experience.  The girls were all so cute and the food was fun to prepare!

We didn't pick up the camera to take any photos except these two - 

We are so proud of her!

On the 24th Emily and I went down to check out the new

City Center.  Oh the people and crowds!!  It was more crowded

that any visit to Disneyland. Crazy! But what a beautiful place.

We look forward to going back when the newness wears off :)

The flower ladies that were here and there were beautiful to watch.

 

The YW's Conference was really sweet that night...and Em wouldn't

let me take a picture of the two us. Sigh. Could someone please talk to her?

So happy spring, everyone!

And let's all do as the sign says...

A Special Day for Owen

Good Morning little bright eyes!  Today is such a special day for you, Owen.

 You were as pleased as punch to have family and friends come over to celebrate YOU!

 Molly & Ella are BFF's

 Great Grandpa and Grandma Flinders told us that being a grandparent is the most amazing gift,
but being a great-grandparent is even better!
Wow! That's sayin somethin!

 He looks WAY to old all propped up here!

 

 Owen James Christensen.  Your wonderful father gave you the sweetest blessing this morning.

You are blessed to be in such a loving family.  You are so dearly loved by so many! 

xo

The day was gorgeous...spring-like in every way. Jake and Lindsey

had a beautiful lunch for everyone after the meeting. We all enjoyed visiting 

with each other, snuggling the star of the day and watching Molly and Ella

giggle and play together. It was one of those perfect days 

you'd like hold on to forever.

Once There Was a Snowman

Once there was a snowman, snowman, snowman!

Once there was a snowman, tall, tall, tall!

 In the sun he melted, melted, melted.

In the sun he melted small, small, small!

 We were so excited to have fresh snow to go out and play in!  Molly couldn't remember ever making a snowman so out we went.  We made her some awesome shoe covers out of plastic bags and had a great time tromping around in the fluffy snow!  The skiers must be in heaven today!  The snow was so light and powdery that we couldn't get it to pack into snow balls. We decided to make him laying down on the deck.  He was quite happy to come to life with his dried blueberry eyes and mouth and his big carrot nose! Molly named him Bob.

 the timer can be tricky on an icy surface...

 Molly did great in her plastic boots.

 What a happy day!

 After watching Nana make a snow angel...Molly got brave and tried it herself.

 I made tracks for her to follow in, 

but she wanted to take her very own path! 

video clip if i can figure it out someday...

 One last photo with Bob :)

Lucky Leap Day!

 
A scheduled root canal for me that wasn't meant to be!  How often does something like that happen??
the endodondist told me there was no reason for a root canal - the roots looked very healthy.  So something else is going on under the gum I guess.  I couldn't have been happier to it was time for a road trip to kiss some cute little grandkiddos in Salt Lake! I got stuck down at there house as a big snow storm came early that night.  No problem for me :)

March came in like a LION...

She's HOME!!!

Feb. 9, 2012 at noon, we picked up Emily at the airport!  What a happy reunion!  We are so glad she is back with us safe and sound.  It has been a little crazy the past few weeks wondering what was going to happen.  Her host dad was diagnosed with terminal cancer last October and long story short it just became too stressful for them to have Emily's well being on their mind while they were dealing with the stresses of his illness. Thanks to the sweet families who offered their homes to her. We decided it would be better for everyone to have her come back home.  She has been a trooper through all of this and really wished she could have stayed until June like she had planned on, but sometimes life happens and choices aren't in your court. The good-byes were so hard - as you could imagine.  We have great hope that her friends will come visit one day!  They are all welcome any time!!

So her Portuguese is beautiful!  Hope she can keep up on it.  She is doing remarkably well with the transition.  She started back to school four days after she returned.  You go girl!  She jumped right in with both feet 5 or so weeks into this new semester. 

I decided at the last minute to do a make-over with her bedroom.  We had picked out new paint before Brazil was even a thought last spring and hoped to do her room last summer. I had 24 hours to pull the whole thing off and I did it! :) It was so much fun.  I felt like I was on one of those TV shows running around town looking for the right lamp, rugs, etc.  It was a blast and I was thinking about her the entire time. 

Let's see if blogger will cooperate while I try to upload some photos....

Our infamous neighborhood bridge.

 Here is our first glimpse of her coming off the plane!  

We could hardly stand it! 

Do you ever wonder how many random photos you have been 

captured in that belong to other people??? 

 Long, tight hug from dad.

 Miss Molly and her adorable sign and balloons...
she was very excited about this 
and had been talking about for weeks!

 Don't you just lover her Brazilian attire...in SLC in early Feb!? Awesome.

We drove to Lindsey's house to wait for Camber who was taking two tests! (Nailed them BTW) And what a fun reunion that was! 

Thanks Lindsey, for the yummy warm Cinnamon Rolls!

Cold milk and cinnamon rolls were on her long list of 

"what I can't wait to eat when I get home"

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The Room Make-Over

Luckily I thought to snap a few photo of her room right before 
we started to pull down the old shelves and trim.

 It was too pink for her liking from the get go, but she patiently lived with it for several years. Thanks to Davis, for taking everything down and helping me rearrange all the furniture - 
several times until we got things just right.

Very soft creamy butter color was what she had chosen last spring. That great Porter Paint from our favorite paint store did the trick in just one sweet coat!  

So Before:

And After:

All grown-up and beautiful, just like she is :)

She loves Audrey Hepburn so I decided to give her a retro-glam look. I found that love seat at a garage sale last year here and we thought it would be fun to recover one day.  For now we just settled it into it's new residence and looks perfect! The furniture was a great find at Savvy Brothers Consignment here in town, which I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE! (Both the store and these pieces.) I found them last fall and decided they would be great in her room since her sister had to "borrow" her one and only dresser to take to her apartment. I found the curtains and rug at Lowes, and the lamp shade, bulletin board and cute little sign at TJ Maxx. The clock was in our backroom and I found the birdie pillow on clearance at Smith's Marketplace.

 In her room in Matao, she had family photo's strung up on floss hanging with tiny little clothespins -I decided to make copies of her sweet family and friends from Brazil and place them on her dresser.

 The taller dresser has a mirror that lifts up and 

compartments to hold jewelry :)

One last look...

I love it! It turned out so much better than I thought it 

would in such a short amount of time.  It has the feel of a 

little apartment in NYC in the 50's.  

Welcome Home Emily!!!