The zoo

On Saturday we took Wes to Bass Pro and then the Zoo. He had such a fun time running around from animal to animal, and we had fun just watching him :)

Weekend Fun

We took Wes to Bass pro and he loved it.

Wes saying "cheese"

Our little fish

I had a birthday...

Me, on my 23rd birthday.

WE went to the lake the day after my b-day with my family to celebrate. The kids had a blast jumping off these cliffs and swimming in the water.

Getting ready to get in the water (in the new swimming suit I made). Someone ended up pushing me off the dock and I lost my head band :(

Wes and Taylor swimming by the dock. Wes wanted to spend just about every second in the "pool".

Todd skiing.

Kelsie, Sydnie, and Taylor hanging out on the HUGE tube.

The Allphin family happened to be there that day too so they took everyone for a ride on the tubes. Everyone had a blast and was pretty worn out by the time it was time to go home.

Busy

I've been pretty busy sewing lately. Over the past few months I've managed to make...

• 9 dresses (5 of which were for my uncle's wedding)
• 7 skirts
• 5 shirts
• 4 "temple" bags
• 2 pajama bottom shorts for Wes
• 1 swimming suit top
• 1 t-shirt quilt
• 1 embroidered wall hanging

Some of these things are Christmas gifts (what would I do with 4 temple bags) but mostly I've just been sewing for fun. I found an awesome fabric shop with knits for $2 a yard and went a little crazy. I've told myself I can't go back until I've used everything up and I'm just about there. I've got some great new ideas in my head and I'm anxious to get them down on paper and then create them!

The wall hanging I worked on during the home-run derby and the all star game :)
Wes in his green shorts (I made myself a great shirt out of the same fabric)

The dresses I made for the wedding.

A couple of my favorite skirts and a shirt. I LOVE how comfortable the skirts are (yes that gray one is made out of sweat pant fabric!). I wear them around the house, to the grocery store, and just about everywhere else :)

I wanted to make Shanell a bag that she could put all of her temple clothes in and this is what I came up with. It has a special pocket to keep things separated on the inside, a zipper to keep everything safe inside, and lots of pockets on the outside. It took me a couple of tries but in the end I think it came out awesome.

REALLY?

Over a month ago I ordered internet service from at&t. Today I realized I still haven't gotten a bill so I thought I should try and figure out why. After having to change my password for my "att.net" email (because I'd never even looked at it) and then having to change the password on my modem (which took about 10 minutes for the computer to do) I found out I had 2 emails from the billing department. Both of them said I needed to update my billing information in order to keep my internet service.

REALLY?

I've only had my internet on for 1 month and they've already screwed up my billing info.

They gave me a phone number to call or a link. Wanting to avoid the annoying phone call to India I opted for the link thinking it would take me right where I needed to go in order to update my information and fix the problem. When I saw where it took me I couldn't help but think...

REALLY?

There were no less than a bazillion different options which after at least 20 minutes just brought me right back to where I started and I still don't think I solved the problem. After going in circles I finally decided it would probably just be faster to call and talk to a person so I call the 1-800 number they gave me in the e-mail.

The FIRST lady I talked to said she didn't even see a problem... from what she could tell I had a zero balance, I knew that was wrong since I still hadn't paid for the 80 dollar router I ordered so she transferred me.

REALLY?

I'm telling you I've never paid anything to your company but you think I have a balance of 0... please let me talk to someone else.

The second person I talked to wasn't the right person either.

The third person (whose name was "Harry"...with an Indian accent ...right) said he would need to transfer me too.

REALLY?

Oh don't worry I'll make sure I get you to the person you need to talk to this time.

I knew he didn't get me to the right person the second she picked up the phone and said she was from the repair department.

REALLY?

I have a BILLING problem. By this point I start to cry. I'm sick. I've wasted over an HOUR of precious NAP time trying to figure this thing out. and holy cow this was the 4th person I talked to and it was OBVIOUSLY not the right person.

FINALLY

the 5th lady I talked to (who was American and from the BILLING department..go figure) fixed the problem in 30 seconds.

REALLY?

I spent over an hour trying to get this worked out and it only took you 30 seconds..............

REALLY?

GARDEN

This is the first year that I have really gotten into my garden, (actually being outside as far as that goes) and I LOVE it! It has been so rewarding to watch it grow a little bit everyday. Wes would be outside all day every day if I would let him, so there are plenty of opportunities for me to check on it and make sure there are no weeds.

I was also able to grab some flowers from Todd's aunts house last year because they were remodeling and were going to be getting rid of them. I was so happy to come home from Hilton Head and see that they had come up and now FINALLY (after many weeks of anticipation) they have bloomed and they are BEAUTIFUL! The best part is that they will come back next year and I don't have to do a thing :)

The smallest cucumber I've ever seen! I can't wait until it gets big enough to eat:)

I've had blossoms on my tomato plants for a while.. but still no tomatoes

ZUCCHINI

Some of the FLOWERS in my front yard

St. George Continued

While we were there we took Wes to this awesome little park downtown that had a little river and some fountains for little kids to play in. He loved it!