Ocean Shores Part I

My family all have a great love for the coast. I am excited to live only an hour away from the coast but it won't be the same without all of them there with us. Londyn was at the beach last yr in Cal but she screamed with all the wind so this is her first official trip to the Pacific Ocean. She is at a great age for the beach (15 mo.) She loves sand and water.

Sandy Feet!



I get the greatest hugs from this sweet girl!



We found a ton of shells and sandollars.



Nothing like an am walk on the beach.

Sand Lover!

Oregon

We made it! We were so happy to see the sign for Multnomah falls. Londyn was so excited to get out and go see the falls. She was a real trooper on our trip to the coast. We ended up bringing 2 cars and the dog and it made the trip much different than expected so it was a blessing that she did so well. We have been so blessed as things have fallen into place, we know this is the place we are supposed to be.

So happy to be in Oregon. Hard to say goodbye but fun adventures await us here!

Cody and I were reminded of Kauai. We love water and green so I think we will enjoy it here.

 Sneak Peak- Our new home!

We have an accepted offer on this beautiful home in West Salem. Hope everything works out quickly so we can move in asap! We will be in a hotel until closing day. :) more pics then, but a few highlights...

2 fridges!

NICE BIG Kitchen! Anyone who knows me knows that this is a must!

Fun Bathroom sink

2 Sinks in the bathroom(we don't have this now and can't wait to have our own) and a  nice big tub!

and our very own Spa!

3 car garage! Too bad the 'vet doesn't stay!!

Hope we can share more pics of "our" home and be moved in soon. Fingers crossed.

Happily Ever After Girls Camp 2011

See camp pics below~ Lots of work leading up to camp. I wanted to remember how I made the crafts we made so I took pics periodically to make a small tutorial. The 2 main ones were fabric daybags and hollowed out books. We had to have PJ bottoms and we had enough extra fabric to make small backpacks. It looked so good with their matching PJs!!

Fabric Backpack.

Need 1/2" yd at the most fabric, We used scraps from PJ's.

3-3.5yd cording for each pack

safety pins

sewing machine

Fabric Backpack. Start by cutting a 17x12 square out of two piece of fabric. Cut a 2x2 square out of the bottom of each corner. Since I made 19 I made a pattern. 

Start by finishing the top seam. Fold down 5/8" then 1". Iron this way, don't sew yet tho.

Before you finish the top you need to finish the ends so where the string comes out isn't a rough edge. Make a small cute measuring 5/8" from each side at the bottom of the folds.

Fold toward the middle of the bag and sew down the small edge on each side stopping when you get to the end.

Then sew the top edge to finish. Sew along the edge to make the seam big enough for the cording to go through.

We also hollowed out books. Cody and his Dad did most of ours, but we did a few on some late nights before camp. :)

After you get all the pages cut cover the uncut pages with saran wrap.

Mix elmers glue with a little H2O and glue all the pages together inside and out.

Once you finish the top seam sew the sides and bottom with a 5/8" seam allowence. I used a serger for a more durable backpack. Don't sew the 2x2 squares.

Cut your 9+ ft of cording in half.

Using a safety pin thread 1 piece through one side and back through the other.

Watch a good movie! If you do 19 it takes for ever.Haha can't find the rest of the pics- to be continued...

Girls camp was awesome. Happily Ever After was the theme of the Stake Camp. We used Jenny Phillips Happily ever after song and Elder Ukdorfs talk.
Our camp was Lion King. We used a safari theme and did Zebra Pj bottoms.



My favorite night was when the rain storm came. The girls wanted a fire so bad they were protecting the wood (the first night it took over an hour to start it with the wet wood) They started doing the huka (polynesian dance)and put charcoal on their faces. It was hilarious! When we all were forced under cover the girls started singing Lion King songs. Leaders from other wards asked me how we got the girls to get together like that and sing, it was pretty cool that they did it all on their own.



Beautiful sunsets. Love the views from up there.

Our only 1st yr Melissa- Her older sis was one of my laurels- We were buddys the whole week. This is one of our hikes.

Us all ontime for Golden Hour

Our Awesome YCL's leading the songs- Aubrie, Leslie, Kat, Jade, Kasi Amanda and Jordan.

Cute girls! Can you guess who the leaders are? I still think it is hard to pick us out. It was so fun to be able to be with the YW again!

The finished products- Books hollowed out with love letters from family and leaders inside. They loved them!

The "mail" camp to the safari everyday. They got personalized post cards and gifts.

The CV2 group on bishpric night. They all looked fabulous with the zebra pants/bags and camp shirts. We had great "Golden Hour" speakers and an awesome testimony mtg. I cried and cried knowing I was leaving these girls. :( They were all so great and I love them sooo much!!

Stadium of Fire 4th of July & Sad Goodbyes



They flyover and the skydivers are always fun. The diver with the flag had a little collision with someone in the field. Ouch!




David Archuletta. He really  is so cute!




It was so hot! Janell brought these cool glow sticks.




The first song Brad sang was our song! It was fun to see him in concert again!



Fireworks at Jasons Apt

Londyn loved the fireworks! She looked so cute in her RW&B!

We had to say goodbye to so many close friends and family. We went swimming with Tasha and Jacey. Mckenzie and Presten and Chad and Tara came to see us. They were so sweet at work and had a little going away party with food and balloons. Church was so hard and we said goodbye to our sweet neighbors weeks ago when they moved. But I got very few pics~ :( other than these of my last day and our good friends Chad and Tara.

Leaving our house in Lehi on Sunday. The boxes and our bags were all packed.

A toast- to a great 5 years in our home in Lehi!