More Crafting

Some little things I have been doing lately....
I wasn't sure what I wanted to do for Jeb for our anniversary this year. I kept thinking. "I wish he was just a girl then I would just send flowers to his work." So instead I made him a bouquet of candy flowers, got a helium "Happy Anniversary" balloon and Zak and I headed off to his work to embarrass him surprise him. Jeb is on a secure floor so I had to secretly call his co-worker, so he was Totally surprised when we showed up next to his desk. This is what his bouquet looked like!

 

I also have been wanting to make a holder/display for my jewellery for a long time. I got a bunch of free frames off Kijiji, so I decided to make this! I love it! All the frames are backed with lace. I plan on having them against a more colorful wall eventually, and I think the wall will look really good showing through the lace.

And last but not least I made a temple bag. I hated that my dress would CONSTANTLY get wrinkled. (I only used like a gym bag before) So this was my solution! I can hang it up when I am home, and it nicely folds into a bag for transport! :)

 It folds into a bag/tote thing, but has a hanger where you can hang it up! No wrinkles!

 A divided pocket at the bottom to store your stuff in

This one I made to give away, same thing just different style/fabric. I loved how they turned out!

Photo Book

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Zak's First Christmas

This year we spent Christmas with Jeb's family. We spent Christmas eve and morning in Lethbridge then headed down to Montana.

 

 Family Picture. You can almost see our matching PJ bottoms.

 Excited about the Big Bow!

 Fun being pulled on the Sled!

New Years!!!

Christmas Craft

Made this before Christmas!

Love it!

Bathroom Makeover

So the only part of my house when we bought it that I thought was completely hideous was the downstairs bathroom. (it was the only room they didn't have a picture of in the listing, so they must have thought it was ugly too!) So this past summer we re-did it. Nothing fancy, I had a very limited budget to work with, just a bit of a face-lift! But I think it looks SO much better. It took me a while to post the photos because I was waiting to paint something for above the toilet. But I had no clue what to paint, so I whipped the picture of a flower up in about 15 minutes just so I could hang something up! :) I don't have a complete before photo, I was just too excited to start ripping the wall paper off! :) Here are the photos!

BEFORE

 Gotta love the bamboo shelf over the toilet

 The tribal dancers in the wallpaper is better though!

 The fixtures were a little tribal as well

 The wallpaper all down! Halleluiah!

 There was this big hole in the drywall behind the toilet so we had to do our best to patch it

The Vanity. Notice the ugly orangey tile.

AFTER

 I painted the vanity and added new hardware

I put down new floor. I'm so happy I put it in the "diamond" pattern. Jeb thought it would be easier just to put it straight across, but I think this really made it look just that little bit better.

 My very quick painting

 New Fixtures!

Photo Shoot!

We had a GREAT little family shoot with Laura from Laura Taylor Photography! It was such a nice day, and there was a great fall background! I loved how the photos turned out, wished I was a little skinnier for these, but oh well! Here they are! :)

5 Months!

Zak has had a busy month! We have been in Ontario for the last 3 weeks. Jeb was with us for the first week and a half, but then he had to come home to work and it was just Zak and I.

I've got LOTS of pictures!

First we headed to my Aunt's cottage in Quebec to hang out with the McLeish gang.

 

All ready for a walk that got rained out!

Having fun in the lake!

Relaxing in the Hammock!

 Zak had a bunch of cousins giving him attention!

 Feeding the ducks with Grandpa 

"surfing"

 With grandma on the dock

 

Jeb with some Loons

 

Check out my shoes MOM!

 

 

First Swing ride, he had more fun than it looks like now!

Then we headed back to Ontario to spend some time at my parents house

 In the hot tub

 Great Auntie Suzie and Uncle Jim

 Beaver Tails in Ottawa

 Blue Jay's Game

 Enjoying his Highchair at the Restaurant!

 Playing with Great Grandma and Grandpa

 Justine's Wedding! It was delayed ah hour but Zak was SOO good while we were in the temple!

 He LOVED playing the piano!

Lunch in the backyard, Zak's lunch was the placemat. YUMMM!!

 And finally all the Molcak cousins!