Big Boys Birthday

This last week was Dirk's 3rd birthday. We celebrated with family and it was so much fun. Dirk was so excited to have his cousin over and has asked none stop when they are coming back to play with him. Some of Dirk's favorite things are... His favorite color is yellow. His favorite toy to play with is anything cars or trains. He loves to watch movies and snuggle in the chair (I hope that last a little bit longer). His favorite food is french fries and apples. He can be very sensitive at times and really doesn't like when anybody is sad. He is picking up on everything and we are learning to be way more sneaky with him. We love watching him learn new things. Luke and I love making cakes and this year we decided our theme was construction. Here is a picture of Dirk when he was just a couple of days old. He was such a beautiful baby (I know every mother feels that way). I can't believe how fast the time has gone by.

The truck that drove into the lake

Here are some picture of our trip to Bear Lake this last weekend. We took up our snowmobile and Luke's brothers and dad took up 4 wheelers. Everyone had so much fun riding (except me I will have to wait until next year). Sad to say we didn't get any picture of that or cute things the kiddos did. We only got picture of the truck that drove into the lake. I didn't get to go see so Luke took lots of picture to show me and put on the blog. I guess some guys were going fishing and thought they were still on the beach (the lake didn't freeze this year). They didn't know they were in the lake until the ice broke and the truck started to fill with water. It took all day to get the truck out. Here are a few pictures....

The Auto Show

Saturday we went to the Auto Show. We had so much fun! Dirk loves cars so much and was so excited to see all of his favorites and get a chance to sit inside a few. It always amazes me how much he loves car and how many different kinds he can name. I love driving in the car with him and listening to him in the back seat saying look mommy a that's a Ford, or look at that jacked up Dodge Ram. He is so stinkin' funny. So here are pictures of Dirk by some of his favorites.... Escalades are probably number one in his book. He had to sit in the black one and the white one. Jeeps he gets from me and my love for them. None of the pictures are close enough but he was wearing Jeep cloths. Corvetts he has learned to love from my dad. My dad has two and Dirk loves to sit in them whenever he can get the chance. I don't remember what car this was but I really loved this picture. Dirk loves Dodge Rams!! This one was his favorite because it was jacked up and yellow (yellow is his favorite color). This is the only one with the whole family. Dirk really liked the big tires so we had to go see them.

More crafts

Oh here I am again posting more picture of stuff I have been sewing. You would really think I would have something else to blog about. This week was Luke's late week at work (I really hate late weeks). So I made 2 more baskets for my sweet mother-in-law. We went and picked the fabric on Tuesday. Then right away Wednesday I started cutting and sewing. I made Bev's (my mother-in-law), I didn't have enough time to make hers at Christmas with everyone else. I also made her good friend Peggy one. It took about 4 hours to cut all the fabric out then the sewing started, it takes about 3 or 4 hours to sew just one of them together. The pattern I used at Christmas had all the wrong measurements so I have kind of winged it and had to convert to fit the baskets. On another note I think I found the fabric I’m going to use to make all the crib bedding for the baby. Dirk pointed it out at the fabric store (I have completely corrupted my poor little boy). He said he liked it and I looked at it and it was just what I have been looking for, now I just have to find some accent fabrics to go with it. Then I can start that project. I’m hoping my sewing machine will survive all this sewing I have been doing a lot lately. So here is a picture of the fabric. I want a little input from other people, so if you like the fabric and don’t think I’m a crazy pregnant lady let me know. I know it's a little different.

Crafts

Here are a few fun things I have been working on... These are fun pot pinchers. I got the pattern from my Aunt Bev. I have made a couple pairs. These are the one I kept for myself. Luke had a really good idea AFTER I put a bunch together... He said you should put magnets in them and stick them to the fridge. So I did it and I love it!! Know I know where they are and they are easy to grab and pull things out of the oven. These are my favorite. Yes we are having a GIRL and we are so excited. I have been trying to find ways to make accessories and save some money. So here are a little pair of shoes I made. I think they turned out really good. I'm gonna try and make some more with the scraps of fabric I have around the house.