my most recent projects

My sister, Monica is having a little boy in a couple of weeks so for her baby shower I made some name blocks for her and a wipey case. These are the finished results...let me know what u think. They are my first attempt at both things so they aren't great but hey you gotta start somewhere...

We leave for Europe tomorrow morning ( YAY!!!) so I will post pix asap :)

Decisions

Its funny how life turns out to be something completely different than you ever pictured, even though you always knew it would. Nothing is ever as it seems and lets be honest would I really want my life to be what I had pictured or hoped for in high school? Thats a big fat NO! Life seems to go in cycles where I go from baby to adult about every 2-4 yrs. I am constantly humbled and brought to my knees by people and things I felt were solid. I find myself teaching people who once taught me and vice versa.... I think that in some way we will all be tested in every way and how those tests and when they manifest themselves catch me by surprise and quite often take my breath away. I am at a place in my life when there are endless options and possibilities in which way I could go, but I am also at a place where I really just want to be and do what is best for me and my Amazing companion.... I have some very hard and important decisions to make...How?! My new favorite quote to say to myself is "Go forward with Faith" The emphasis being on going forward. I can have all the faith in the world but it will get me nowhere if I dont put one foot in front of the other and just Move. He can not guide my footsteps if I have none.

Well I am a blog virgin so this might take a bit to get up and going and become interesting to read...Be patient with me! We are in the process of decorating and furnishing our house so I am starting a lot of projects but not really finishing anything because every piece depends on every other piece and so on and so forth. This is not my strength but I am trying. I have vowed to make my house cute! So far I have a door, a trunk, and two windows laying in my garage awaiting their transformations. I found them all at an antique flea market recently...which I am pretty stoked about cuz they were cheap and they have amazing potential. Emily and shelby have immersed me in antiques recently and I am discovering how fun they can be. Cameron is, of course, a fan because I spend a lot less money this way and he now has projects to keep him busy. He will do anything to keep off the couch watching TV. Speaking of, we are off to Europe on the 29th of this month to gallavant in the beautiful vineyards of Italy, the Vatican of Rome, and the romantic sights of Paris!!! I cannot wait and will take tons of pictures to share. Dont be mislead by the clothing. It may appear that all my pictures are taken on the same day....We are backpacking so we are limited to very few clothing items.... This should be interesting. I have a hard time leaving for a three day trip with less than two suitcases. 18days and one backpack is IMPOSSIBLE but necessary.