Spring Break 2013

I've been so bad about keeping up with this blog lately! My schedule was hectic before spring break, and I had no motivation to do anything during break. I'll do a better job now that things are back to normal! 

Anyway, like I said, things were crazy before break because I was in a show called Vikings on Broadway. It's an awesome show, but it took up a TON of my time. I was missin' my sisters! We knew that the weather was gonna be 80 degrees one Friday, so we decided we'd have an adventure day. 

Of course, we had to stop at Sonic before heading out to Chaplain Nature Center. 

The beach there is so much fun! Even with the 80 degree weather, the water was a little chilly. We mostly waded and splashed each other.

Emma was trying to take a picture of me and Ally. She kept saying, "I can't even see you guys!" 

I wonder why... 

We made an awesome sandcastle - complete with sand trees and a sand graveyard. 

Overall, we had such a great time together! I'm so blessed to have my sisters as my best friends. There's nothing that can beat that. 

We had so much fun that day, that we wanted to take the little kids and some of our friends back. Unfortunately, there was a slight difference in temperature. Of about 30 degrees. That didn't stop us! 

The kids didn't care that the water was freezing. Isaac ended up falling in and getting completely soaked. 

Jackson cannonballed into the water. Let me remind you - it was less than 50 degrees! 

Jonah hated the sand. Hated it! 

 

Our friend, Drew, is a model and Kyle (our other friend) is a high-end photographer.

 I'm sure you could tell from the picture. 

Once the kids got out of the water, they started complaining about the cold. We started the long trek back up to the cars half carrying various children. I told the kids we had to stay out a little longer though to give Mom and Dad more date time. Drew kindly offered to have us all out to his place for a bonfire and s'mores. Even half frozen little kids can't turn that down. Because of the s'mores, the day ended on a high note. Thanks, Drew and family! 

Gary the Giraffe

Hey guys! It's Emma again.  There hasn't been anything interesting going on at our house lately, so my mom suggested that I do a blog about our giraffe, Gary.  A few times each year we get the measuring chart out; it's fun to see how much we've grown throughout the years.

 

Dad-5'11

Mom-5'6

Glynne-5'5

Ally-5'6

Emma-5'6

Landon-5'1

Kate-4'8

Isaac-4'4

Jackson-3'5

Jonah-2'5

 

These are our current heights. 

 

 

Ally and I are now an inch taller than Glynne and rub it in her face 

whenever we get the chance, but she's a good sport.  Love ya, Glynne!

 



 

To end this blog, Mom said I should list everybody's heights at the age of five, so here they are:

 

I was the tallest at 3'9 1/4

Then Isaac at 3'8

Kate at 3'7 3/4

Next is Ally at 3'7 1/4

Then Landon at 3'6 1/2

Then last but not least, Jack at 3'5 3/4

On the chart there is a verse that says: But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.  2 Peter 3:18
 

I'll leave you with that thought.
Have an awesome day!

 

 

 

  



Snowday!



Hello all, this is Ally. Emma and I are taking over the blog for the next couple of weeks. Mom decided writing actual papers is overrated. Just kidding! Lately, our schedules have been getting a little messed up because of something. Can you guess what? If you guessed snow, then you are correct! Even though we're homeschooled and technically don't have snow days, who can resist sledding?

 

 

Our friends, the Camps and Gardners, braved the roads to sled with us!

We enjoyed making "trains," to see how long we could stay together.

 

The girls made this lovely snowwoman.

 

Watching people try the snowboard was probably the best part of the day!

Landon and Emma got really good at it... the rest of us... well nevermind...





 

Getting ready...

 

And off we go!

 

 

Mom, I love you, which is why I chose this picture.

Isn't she just the best mom ever!?

 

 

Well, that concludes our snow day.

 Have a great week! 

Dress Refashion #2

Ally found this lovely selection at our local Goodwill. If you have seen my previous post - The Refashionistas - you probably already know where this is going.

TIME TO REFASHION! 

Ally wasn't happy I was taking photos. But I was like, "Dude! The blog readers are gonna wanna see this masterpiece!" You are welcome, readers. 

The sleeves came off... 

I started pinning away! This is a good time to mention that I did this refashion all by myself. I need to practice a bit... But it wasn't too awful for my first attempt. 

I took in each side by about 3 inches. The tag said small... but that's not a small to me. Oh, well. More sewing means more fun!

I got bored and began acting like a nut. No surprise there. 

Being a semi-professional (HA!), I quickly resumed the task at hand. 

We decided to cut off about 9 inches from the bottom. Later, I turned this into a thick sash. 

I (finally) convinced Ally to help by ironing down the hem around the bottom of the dress. She didn't do too badly... But some practice wouldn't hurt. 

Just kidding! Love you, sis. :) 

After sewing up the hem at the bottom, we were done! Yay! 

How cute is this dress?! It's like, WAY cute. 

Before

After

You guys, I think I'm totally addicted to refashioning now. I have only one more dress (Emma's) to do before I need another project... 

I'm sure Goodwill will be seeing a lot of me! 

The Refashionistas

So, the other day, I was looking at Pinterest... (Big surprise there, huh?) I came across this awesome blog - The Refashionista! She goes to Goodwills and buys super ugly - but super cheap stuff - and turns them into something desirable. I decided I had to give it a try. So, I grabbed Ally and Emma and headed to the nearest Goodwill. 

I found a dress very similar to a style of dress the Refashionista did! And for only $2.50. Score! 

Mom had to help me since I'm not exactly good at sewing... I prefer hand sewing to machine sewing.

 I know. I'm weird. 

I gave it a shot though! It was pretty fun to see the dress take shape. And not all that hard to figure out how to do either!

Aw. Sleepy baby. 

Mom had to help take in the sides some more. I didn't quite get the hang of that. Oh, well. Practice makes perfect, right?

And it's done! You can't tell in the picture, but it's slightly a high-low hem. One thing I like about making my own dresses, is how I can control how short the dress is going to be. Nowadays, they make dresses way too short! I like mine right above my knee. Otherwise, who knows when a gust of wind is going to come? This is Kansas after all! 

Super cute! I just adore it. And it only cost me about 3 bucks! If only summer would hurry up so I can actually wear it... I'm also really in need of a tan. Yikes. My legs are blinding! 

Before

After

We ran out of time to redo Ally and Emma's dresses, so I'll post a blog when we do those.

Thanks for reading!