Congrats Jared!!

Darick's step brother, Jared, graduated from BYU-Idaho today with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. We're so proud of him! Here are a few pictures from the big event

Sister Clark, Pres. Clark and Elder Scott at the Start of Graduation

Jared waiting for the big moment

Jared receiving his diploma cover from Elder Scott, and Pres. Clark

Jared after he got his diploma cover

Elder Scott and the Carpenters

Pretty!!

Jayne was all dressed up for church today, she looked really cute! So we went outside to take some quick pictures. Our little girl is so big now!

She was getting kind of cold, and being really funny, making all kinds of cute faces

She's winking in this one, so funny!

City Mat Winner

Thanks for all the name suggestions! Some of them included some of my favorite names, and others were fun to read, but I don't think I'd use them... I'm more of a "traditional" names person. And thank you for all the comments! I love comments and was hoping to get 25 of them, I was shocked and excited to break 100...122 to be precise! Thanks again!! I know I spelled school wrong, totally my bad, I just mixed up my letters when I was sewing them on, I'll fix it before I mail it out.
So without anymore delay, the winner is comment number 32
Eema-le said...
I would love to win this. I've always liked Cole or Cade.
Congrats, and thanks again to all who entered my giveaway!

Sew Mama Sew Giveaway... City Play Mat

Hello friends! I've always wanted to participate in the Sew Mama Sew Giveaway day... and now I am! Make sure to check out the other bloggers having a giveaway too

OK so lets get to the goods... I'm having a baby boy in a few months, and I've already been thinking about boy gift ideas. Let me tell you, I have a very girly little girl, so it's quite a change of thinking. This play mat was my trial to see if I can do boy... I think it was a success! Made out of scrap fabric and felt, this little town could keep your little man entertained at church, in the car, at home, in a plane... I think just about anywhere. There are buildings, cars, trees, a boat, pond and roads to explore. All the pieces fit into a pocket on the back for easy storage!

To win this play mat all you have to do is leave a comment (please no "PICK MEs"), and if you feel so inclined share with me some Boy names, because I have no idea what we should name our little man. You have until Dec. 6th to enter, I'll announce the winner on the 7th... Oh please leave me someway to contact you, if I don't hear back from the winner by the 8th, I'll pick someone new. Sorry, no international shipping this time. I guess that's it...thanks for stopping by!

It's a....

BOY!! My appointment went well today, everything about or little man looks perfect so far. He's a little cuddle bug though. He was pretty much as far down as he could get, and was scrunched up into a tiny little ball. Every time the ultrasound tech tried to get him to move, he would get into a tighter ball, and put his chin to his chest. He was pretty much hiding his face. So here is a pregnancy picture, I'm 21 weeks.... YAY for BOYS!

Surprise!

Well, some people might not be surprised who have seen me cause it's pretty obvious when you you get a good look that I'm pregnant... 5 months pregnant to be exact! We're excited to have a new little baby. So far this has been a pretty easy pregnancy. I was REALLY tired, but not sick at all. Although I'm a nap person by nature, they have been a must up until about a month ago. So here are some highs and lows of the pregnancy right now...

Good things

* I only have 19 more weeks

*The baby moves a lot, especially at night

*Darick felt the baby move last night

* I am loving bagels and pears

*We find out what kind of baby we get on Tuesday

Bad things

*I'm always cold (aren't babies suppose to make you hot?)

*a ton of food I know I like grosses me out

*I already am out of breath all the time

* I get "jimmy legs" every night

*I have some pretty intense headaches

*I get charlie horses at least twice a week

Chistmas Stockings

I've been sewing this weekend, but most of it is top secret and can't be posted on the good ol' blog...
My mom has 10 kids, she's pretty much amazing. And she made each of us 10 kids a Christmas stocking out of felt. Several of us kids want those same kind of stockings for our families.... and I am one of them, our stockings can be seen here. I also made stockings for Darick's sister's family last year (check them out here) and helped Courtney make her family some, and her brother in law's family. They're fun to make, but time consuming! And it's hard to come up with new ideas. When I get asked to make them for others, I don't really know what to say (I always say yes- but I'm not making any promises here). I think part of the reason my mom's stockings are so cool, is because we all know she made them for us, and that's why we all love them so much. So when I make a stocking for someone, I always make sure I put that same love and thought my mom put into ours. So here's the stockings I started working on for my sister Rebekah's family, they still need some work, but the basic foundation is finished...