progress

Here is the progress on my bishop dress:



I had class last night to get started on this. Woah. This is definitely going to teach me a lot more about patience. But I am so excited about finally getting to learn. I've been waiting to learn how to smock for years. I have a lot of hours ahead of me before this dress will be completed. I'll keep you posted.

new hobby

last night was my first smocking class. i'm beyond excited about getting to learn how to do this. here is a peek at my practice stitches on my insert.

starting at our next class, we will begin working on our project. i'm going to be smocking and constructing a 6 month little pink bishop dress. i cannot wait to get started. we'll see how everything goes from here.

updates

i'm going back and updating my blog from things over the past few months with the correct dates on when things happened. so there are tons of new posts below with more to follow.

i'm going to try and stay up-to-date now. but i'm not promising anything. :)

it's official again...

taylor's sister, amber is pregnant, too! we found out christmas eve and found out this week that it's a...

we are so excited about this one, too! price is going to be the perfect big brother to his little sister that is going be arriving this summer. see, i knew that signing up from my smocking class was going to be the perfect thing. looks like i'm going to have time to make plenty of little dresses. two nieces being added to the family!

it's a...

baby jones is going to be a girl! i'm going to have a niece. good thing that i've already signed up for my smocking class that starts in february. looks like i'll have just enough time to get started on something to have for her to come home from the hospital in.

merry christmas

it's official...

i'm going to be an aunt (from my side of the family)!! my sister and brother in law found out right after my mom' party that they are expecting their first child. i had to keep it a secret for a few days until they were able to share the news with my parents. then we all had to keep it a secret until today. now that my grandmother knows, we are letting everyone know. baby jones is due on may 29, 2010. the day before my sister turns 28. the week after my brother in law graduates from seminary. we find out what they are having at the end of december. we are all excited about this next adventure for them. can't wait to wrap my arms around that chubby little thing!

this is how she told me...

this is how they told my parents...

Fabulous at Fifty :: Part Five

The day is finally here! As you see the cake above, it matched the invitations perfectly and was wonderful. The decorations were so cute but those pictures are on another computer. I'll see what I can do about finding them. We enjoyed breakfast as a family before the guys headed to play golf and the girls got busy on the set up for the party. Mom was glowing all day and so excited about her big night. All 6 of us had haircuts that afternoon and took over the "beauty shop" while getting ready. Had to look good for family portraits. :)

Doesn't Mom look beautiful?!?!

The night was perfect. Food was wonderful. Band was great as always. But the memories and time together were priceless!

HAPPY 50th, MOM!

Fabulous at Fifty :: Part Four

We searched hard to find the perfect gift for the woman turning 50. We knew that she didn't need a mother's ring but we wanted to do something just as special. I remembered how much I loved Lisa Leonard's necklaces and thought that this might be the perfect solution. One online shopping spree with my sister and we were set. It turned out perfect!

San Diego :: Day Four

We enjoyed breakfast at Pannikin in Encinitas. It's one of the bands' favorite places to get coffee and breakfast so Taylor and I took the time to enjoy it, too.

We spent the rest of the afternoon enjoying some time on the water in La Jolla. We rented kayaks from La Jolla Kayak and paddled out to the caves. Incredible! It was foggy all afternoon but still a beautiful experience.

This post is the end to our wonderful vacation in San Diego. Needless to say, I loved every minute of it and would pack my bags and all of our belongings to pick up and move here if it wasn't so far away from everyone and everything that I know. We do plan on visiting again, and I plan on it being often!