Eli and the Carpenters

i was just looking at some pictures from my family's website, and last year when my nephew Eli was born Darick and i went to the hospital to visit him and the rest of his fam. my mom was there too, and she took a ton of pictures, but none of the new baby with his momma. in fact, there are a couple of "family" looking pictures (i know we're family, but i mean mom, dad and children) where darick and i look as though we are enjoying our new born babe, when in fact the real momma is sitting on the sidelines. i'll let the pictures speak for themselves(ps- i was preggo with jayners, she came about 5 weeks later) i just was laughing over themthe carpenters and eli
baby eli and me
kenzie, eli and me
kezie, eli, lexis and me

the proud parents... without any of their children...

later when courtney was at home, this picture was taken, don't they make a cute pair? eli loves his momma, she can always get him to smile:)

My little Brother

Did you have a best friend growing up? i did, his name is Ian... and he's my little brother. We used to do everything together...

we played in the TV stand (i'm on the bottom...yes i was a finger sucker for a LONG time)

we got our picture taken, i was a lady even then, and he really is a true gentleman

we went through many hardships together

he doesn't really wear glasses
we dressed up on sunday afternoons
he pretended to be napoleon dynamitehe tried out for the men in black force, but didn't make it

he's always there for a good laugh, he'll always be my brother!!

my great day

well, yesterday was my birthday. thanks to everyone who called and to those that talked to me in person. my birthday was awesome, i went to class and had bagels and juice. then i took a nap:) (a great addition to your day no matter who you are) Darick took me out to dinner, and then to see my favorite band who came to BYU-Idaho.

Here is Ryan Shupe and the Rubber band... if you have never seen these guys, you need to, and if you want to hear their great music, you can go to their website and listen to some sweet songs.



Here is a really cool painting my friend brittany did of jayne... i teared up a bit. it was an awesome gift.

i also got some other cool things, like some birthday cards (i LOVE mail) a candle, some jewelry(modeling), a shirt (modeling), an art pad, and an Eclipse air threaded Serger(from darick)! Thanks everyone who was part of my great day, i felt so special.

And a special thanks to Courtney who watched jayne while i went to class, and the concert-it was like an ALL day thing... literally.

As a side note: here is a HUGE spider we found on the wall today, it was about the size of a silver dollar... i'm talking HUGE

and here is a little dress i made with my new serger... and a little help from my sewing machine

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her name is Bethany, she's pretty, smart, creative, loving, caring, and totally awesome! she has a bunch of girls, and does a ton of activities to keep them busy. her blog is fun to read- and full of inspiration, she can make a bad day good, so go over and meet BETHANY!!

some projects and some jayners

well this week has been a week of laziness for me- well, i haven't realty left the house, or gotten ready to go anywhere:) if you would have come over, you would have found me in jammies, wearing glasses, listening to books (harry potter, tarzan, eregon, and the witches) and snacking on cookies and rice crispies. I did however accomplish a TON. here are a few projects ( i sewed something different everyday, but these were my faves) some placemats for a wedding gift ( i love the colors and this floral print)
(i didn't want to go back and rotate this picture.... oh well)
and i finally made Jayners some curtains for her room (up until now, she's had a sheet in one window, and a HUGE two person towel in the other) i just love this floral print- its crazy, and i love the bright colors

here's my jayners- she was pretty photogenic this week, because even though i didn't get ready, she coulda gone on the town if she only had a date:)
one day we DID go over to my friend brittany's house- jayners wouldn't take a nap there, but fell asleep on the way home, she's just so cute

my little secret

well, i need to tell someone, it's driving me crazy! i have a crush on my husband darick, i've known for a while that i that i kinda liked him, but today when he asked me to move the air compressor back in the garage i really knew, i mean he wouldn't ask me to do something like that if he didn't like me too right? I hope so. i was thinking about what i would say to him the next time i got to see him, and was totally flustered because i couldn't figure out how to turn the compressor off, i kept hearing air leaking out of it! i was so embarrassed, so i just unplugged it... and that didn't work, oh well, at least i would have an excuse to talk to him again, i mean seriously, this guy it so cute! then the best thing happened, he called me, and i said "see you when you come home," but what i was really saying was "dang i can't stop thinking about you, you have muscles of steel, and a rockin' bod!" i don't want to be too forward with what i say, i don't want to scare him off, i think he's the ONE. sometimes, i'll just be sitting around, and i'll just start thinking about him, like out of the middle of nowhere. and sometimes when i listen to certain songs, i pretend he's singing them to me, weird, but really who doesn't do that? And sometimes i like to write my name with his last name SHARON CAITLIN CARPENTER, how great does that look? UPDATE! he actually talked to me just now! he said "sweety (i know, he has a nick name for me!) can you get me those dishes off the table?" and i was like "yeah." i think it might be time for me to actually tell him i like him! i think i'll write a note...

i'll tell you how it goes:)

New creations

Here's a cute little shirt (well, they're all shirts) it has a little bird flying to a branch
I also made some matching pants (they're a little big on jayne... she's just too skinny! the shirt is a size 6-9 month)
Here's another shirt... and it also matches the pants, it has a little owl on it ( i'm a little obsessed with birds lately)
and to mix it up a little bit, i made an elephant shirt
Although i think my little shirts are really cute, my little model is the cutest (she can totally pull off any outfit!)

in case you are wondering... yes i made up all the patterns(shirt, pants, and animals), and i used my own bias tape for all the edges (for a tutorial on bias tape click here)