So, there are some funny stories that go with above moving pics. First, is it not just cute that Kynan is helping Dad spackle the walls? Then the gross-looking carpet pics come with a great story. Kynan was supposed to be napping in our bed, in the next room, while Aaron was painting his room. Mind you, Kynan has
always slept in a contained space (i.e. crib, playpen) up until this day because we figured he was not yet ready to be able to get out of bed at will. So, we took a gamble, since our playpen was at Nana and Pappa's house. Aaron finished painting the room and went downstairs to touch-up a different area of the house. He was gone ten minutes, then decided to check on Kynan. He was not in our bedroom. So, Aaron went to look for him, and saw Kynan coming out of the kids' room, with paint on his clothes and legs. Aaron is thinking, whew, minor damage. So, he brings Kynan to me to get cleaned up, then goes and investigates the room. Well, it turned out that Kynan thought he would help daddy by painting on the walls and carpet. If you look hard on the one picture, you can see big globs of paint on the wall, and the pictures don't even show all of the roller marks on the few scraps of carpet left uncovered. I sooo wish we'd had a camera set up in that room. I bet Kynan was really cute trying to paint that room!
The other two pics are from Wyoming (buffalos) and Utah (beautiful mountains). The buffalos were grazing near a rest stop at the edge of Wyoming, near the Utah border. It was REALLY windy all the way through Wyoming, and the truck went very slowly with the headwind. We had an extremely long drive, but it was free of puking, whining, and complaining, and the kids did really really well. A would-be 22 hour drive became about 26 hours thanks to the truck, which was set up by the company to not go over 65 mph, and went much slower than that through the wonderful Wyoming wind.
Happy trails.
Jen with Rosie the mini chicken
Yes, I've been sewing again. I have been experimenting a bit with pillowcases. Tirzah is wearing her newest pillowcase dress, which is my design. Check out my art blog: www.zayneedesigns.blogspot.com, to see all the pics of this dress...Tirzah just looks so dang cute!
Tirzah and Kynan swimming in the whale pool with cousin Ben and Auntie Joyce
Enjoying a trip to the market (L:Aaron and Ben, Lauren. Behind:Joyce, Gram, Nana)
Lauren and Tirzah.
I'm going to open an etsy shop by the end of the month! Or, at least that is the goal! Sooo....if any of y'all need scarves for the winter, I'll be selling those exclusively until I can start painting again. Then, I'll be adding decorative art to the shop. I'm also tossing around the idea of sewing nursing covers "hooter hiders" in my shop. I made a couple for my sis-in-law last weekend, and could not be happier with the results. SUPER FUN. Anyway, feedback on the scarves is appreciated. I'll send out a general email with the link to the shop once it is up! Oh yeah, and a special thanks to lovely Crissy Buchanan for being my scarf model!
So, there are some funny stories that go with above moving pics. First, is it not just cute that Kynan is helping Dad spackle the walls? Then the gross-looking carpet pics come with a great story. Kynan was supposed to be napping in our bed, in the next room, while Aaron was painting his room. Mind you, Kynan has always slept in a contained space (i.e. crib, playpen) up until this day because we figured he was not yet ready to be able to get out of bed at will. So, we took a gamble, since our playpen was at Nana and Pappa's house. Aaron finished painting the room and went downstairs to touch-up a different area of the house. He was gone ten minutes, then decided to check on Kynan. He was not in our bedroom. So, Aaron went to look for him, and saw Kynan coming out of the kids' room, with paint on his clothes and legs. Aaron is thinking, whew, minor damage. So, he brings Kynan to me to get cleaned up, then goes and investigates the room. Well, it turned out that Kynan thought he would help daddy by painting on the walls and carpet. If you look hard on the one picture, you can see big globs of paint on the wall, and the pictures don't even show all of the roller marks on the few scraps of carpet left uncovered. I sooo wish we'd had a camera set up in that room. I bet Kynan was really cute trying to paint that room!
