Scentsy & Mary Kay

I'm doing a Scentsy book party, this stuff is awesome. Check out the website: http://www.scentsy.com/mccraw don't order online, email me your order and mail your check to me, and we'll get your order in with the party. Party starts today, July 6th, and ends Friday, July 17th.

Also, I'm doing a Mary Kay party for my sister-in-law: http://www.marykay.com/charlottewinder Same thing, don't order online, email me your order and mail your check to me, and we'll get your order in with the party. Party started July 1st, and ends Friday, July 17th.

Email: tmwinder@gmail.com

Campign with Nana and Papa

Hailey got the oppertunity to go camping with my parents this week. They took her up to Wallowa Lake and she had a fantastic time. Hailey left Monday morning and stayed until Wendesday afternoon. She watched Mickey Mouse on the way there. She rode on her little car, ran and played, and had a campfire. She walked Libbey, and chased Papa around the campsite, and even saw a deer in the nearby campsites. She built puzzles too. She had a great time, then slept like a baby, both at nap time and bedtime.

This was the first time that Hailey had been away from Trevor and I for more than a night. I have to admit, while it was troubling not to have any control over what happened to her while she was gone, and we missed her immensely, it was kind of nice to have a break. I love my kid, don't get me wrong, but every now and then, I can stand a break for a few days.

Hailey came home and was a little brat for about 24 hours. But she shaped up real quick with the rules fully enforced at our house. She seems to have transformed back into our normal little girl, and the demon spawn seems to have vacated the premises for now. ;-) Before long she will be off on trips all summer long, with not only Nana and Papa, but before we know it, with friends... how the time does fly.

Exploring the campsite

A campfire with Nana and Libbey

After only half a day of camping

Chasing Papa

Loving papa

We going home

I missed my Hailey!!!

Finished Braided Rug

The monster rug is finally finished. YAY! This rug came out to be 79" long, taller than me. But get this, I've decided to take on an even bigger rug. I am starting a braided rug/runner for my mom's very large hallway, and making the rug a ginormous 15', yes that's 1-5 feet long, a little under 3 of me. I started that rug last night and it was just ridiculous how long it is going to be. I finished my first strand, and thought that I had to be close to 13' (my starting distance, because it will just get wider and longer as I go), the strand was long. Nope, it measured at 7'. Wow, am I really rambling on and on about a rug... uh, I'm going to get to work now. =)

4th of July, 2009

We had a great 4th of July, Nana and Papa came over for a bbq'd chicken on the treager, then fireworks. Hailey got to throw pop-it's and then light sparklers (closely supervised, for you firework police out there) We got to watch the fireworks at the University from our back yard. The fireworks don't start until 10 PM, because it doesn't get dark here until like 9 or 9:30 PM here. Hailey got to watch the fireworks and go right to bed, which was really nice. We had a really great day. Hope you did too!

Throwing pop-its

What does this do?

Thank you Daddy

Throwing pop-its with Daddy

What is this thing???

I'll just sit with Papa

Wait, this is fun!

Trevor, the fireworks are supposed to be for Hailey... silly boy!

Remodel--Phase 1

We've made some changes to our house, and I don't think that anyone has really seen the transformation. Here are a few before and after pictures of the house. One of these days we'll get to Hailey's room and the guest bathroom. After that we have a few adjustments for our kitchen, a covered deck out front, a patio out back. These are all small changes, that have created some sweat equity. We are proud of the changes that have taken place so far. Tomorrow I'll post some pictures of our backyard, that has really changed for the better so far.

Office before

Office after

Kitchen/Dining room before

And after...more to come here

Silly serving window in our kitchen

All gone... and much better we think

Almost finished with this project

My Newest Hobby--Braided Rugs

My wonderful new friend, Jill, has recently taught me how to make these beautiful braided rugs. I just fell in love with these rugs, they are homemade and as big or as small as you want them to be. I soon found out that these rugs are a lot of work, and it can make you lose your mind when they take on an unexpected shape or curl. But all in all they are fun, they make me concentrate on just one thing, instead of my mind racing like it normally does.

My first rug turned out pretty good, but it ended up taking on a strange oval/rectangle type shape. In a few weeks here I will be re-stitching this rug, because I'm a perfectionist mostly. Before I can do that, I need to finish the rug that I am making for our kitchen. I started it smaller than it should have been, and then found out that it was taking on a kind of peanut or stocking shape. Weird! But I tore it apart and re-stitched it, and now it looks beautiful. I also have decided to make a big beautiful rug for my mom's hallway... a large 15' x 3' wide. A big project but I'm up for the challenge. =) YAY!

You all may know that my mom and I are pretty crafty people, so I'm always looking for new ways to take on crafts and homemade things. This is just a fun way to occupy my time.

Anyway, check out the pictures of the rugs I have done so far:

Bathroom rug--my first rug I attempted

Not quite an oval, but not quite a rectangle

Too small for my space, and well, shaped like a stocking... not an oval






This is the re-stitched rug, longer and the proper shape... YAY!! Not finished just yet though

Potty Training

My baby is now a big girl! How exciting and very sad all at the same time. I cannot believe that Hailey is going pee pee in the potty EVERY time she has to pee now. She is so amazing. She still won't poo in the potty, but I hear that this is a normal response to potty training. One Friday Hailey just made up her mind that she was going to go pee pee on the potty, and she hasn't turned back yet.

Unfortunately, now at 2 or 3 AM, just about every morning we hear "MOMMY I PEE PEE POTTY" yelled at the top of her lungs. It is a little frustrating, but a small price to pay for not peeing in her Pull-Ups I suppose. =) That girl is something else.



Trevor and I had said that there would be no new babies in our house until the youngest is potty trained and sleeping in a big bed...... well, now Hailey is practically potty trained and sleeping in a big girl bed. Guess it's time for a new baby soon... we'll see what our future holds.

Check out our big girl wearing underwear instead of Pull-Ups