Life Lately

 I have been kinda MIA lately because I have been blogging about our big trip but now I can blog about my real, normal life! Nathan and I have been putting our sports pass to good use. Go Cougs!

I've been crafting lots lately too! I made these sweet shadow box frames, and plan on doing it for each country we visit! 

I also sewed my first project with my new sewing machine! It's a baby blanket for our new niece on the way!

We've been playing some fun games with friends.

It snowed! Once...

And we got to see Jimmer play professionally! 

Life is good.

Feathers and Spoon Rings

This weekend Nathan and I went up to Midway with our friends Chelsea and Rob Starling. Chelsea's parent live in Midway so we got to stay at there house. It was so much fun! Of course we had to go to Dairy Keen, and they have gluten free hamburgers!

On Saturday we went to Swiss days. It was so fun, tons of food and cute craft booths. They even had a booth for feather extensions! I had to get some.

Chelsea and I got these awesome spoon rings for only ten dollars!

Please ignore my horrible nail polish!

The Starlings introduced us to this game called Ticket to Ride. And we have played every night for the last three nights. Seriously best game ever. Rob always wins but in the fourth picture you can see there was a tie between Nathan and Rob!!

A picture of our drive home through Provo Canyon.

I love weekends. Especially three day weekends :)

Fourth

Our Fourth of July was a blast! And it was so fun having my parents here to celebrate with us! Our day started out with a nice picnic outside.

 My brother in law Kevin with his two adorable girls Claire and Leah

 Rivka, Dani and Kevin enjoying some yummy food

 Don't my parents look like they are 30 years old?!

We complete each other. I have the red and white on and he has the blue on.

The after math of Claire's ice cream sandwich

Then off to the parade right by our house!

These two dance teams were AWESOME.

 And we got to enjoy a lovely firework show.

When we went "antiquing" I found some beautiful pages out of a botany book from 1850. I wanted to find a cool frame for them but couldn't find anything cute enough. So I bought this frame and painted it a light green.

BEFORE

AFTER

And while I was looking for frames I saw this cool one for ten bucks and painted it as well.

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 AFTER

Now my parents are in DC visiting Cady. We miss them and love them!!

Crafty

So while I was in Phoenix I made a couple crafts. I made these cool initial frames with some fabric:

And these fun headbands:

I still need to blog about Phoenix and our drive to Chicago... But we are loving it out here!! I nannied 45 hours last week. Money in the bank! And Nathan in now sick :( Boo. Well I will blog soon!