Jaron's Pillow

Yesterday, I finished another sewing project. I made Jaron a pillow with his name on it. I had so much fun making it. Jaron helped pick out the fabric for it, but he had no idea I was working on it. I finished it just before he got home from school. I laid it on his bed with the rest of his pillows. He was really happy about it. He carried it around with him and was laying with it the rest of the day. It makes me so happy that he loves it so much. I love it, too. I think it turned out really well. I'll be starting Jenna's very soon. She was upset with me that I didn't start hers as soon as Jaron's was finished.




Jaron also got his report card yesterday. It is awesome. His grades were mostly 4's. (That's the highest grade!) We are so proud of him. We took Jaron and Jenna out for frozen yogurt to celebrate! Today we are getting ready for another soccer game. It is supposed to be a beautiful day. Have a great weekend!

Dragonflies Win!!

That is Jaron's soccer team. They had their first game on Saturday morning. His team won 5-2! It was so much fun and pretty exciting seeing Jaron out there playing a team sport. Here are some pictures!



We were able to finish cleaning out our garage this weekend, too. It is so nice. I was able to park the car in it today! It is so clean! We got rid of a bunch of junk and trash. It feels so good to have that big of a job finished. Next up, Jenna's room!

Soccer Practice

Wow! I can't believe it has been over a month since I updated our blog. So sorry. We have been pretty busy. It has been amazing having Jacob home. He will be home for another 5 weeks or so. I love every minute of it. We are all totally inseparable right now. It is hard for us to do anything without the other. Anyway, I will try to do better at updating, but I'm not making any promises. At least not until Jacob goes back to work.

Jaron had his first soccer practice yesterday. It was really cute to see the young kids running around. Jaron did pretty well. They have their first game on Saturday so that should be interesting. Here are a few pictures from practice and I'll throw in a couple of Jenna, too!

We have a super busy weekend ahead of us. We are renting a dumpster so we can clean out the garage. We are also re-doing Jenna's room. She is getting a twin bed and new dresser and we are going to re-paint. I will definitely share pictures when we are done. It will be a super girly big girl room. I am really excited about it and a little jealous.

I did it!

For the last year I have really wanted to learn how to sew. My mom had a brand new sewing machine that she got for a great deal. She told me I could have it. So, last week I got it out and read the manual. I learned everything about it. I found this great tutorial online to sew a scarf. I thought that it sounded like a great project to try first. So, I got some fabric and put a scarf together. I think it turned out really well for my first sewing project.

I am hooked! I can't wait to sew something else!

Jacob is doing much better. He started walking yesterday without his crutches. He is moving right along!

Jacob's Surgery

Jacob had surgery on his knee last Monday. He had his ACL replaced. He is doing pretty good. He is starting to get around a little easier. He starts physical therapy tomorrow and has his follow up appointment with his surgeon on Friday. So, because of Jacob's surgery we have been laying pretty low.

I was finally able to exchange my KitchenAid mixer a couple weeks ago. I received a black one. I've always wanted a red one. Macy's was sold out of them. They called a couple weeks ago telling me they finally got more in. The night I got him home, we made home made pizza dough. It was so easy and delicious.

The crust was really thick, which I like. Next time I'm going to cut the dough in half to make two thin crust pizza's.

One day Jaron and Jenna were playing. Jaron wanted to put on his old Buzz Lightyear costume. I was really surprised he was able to get it on. He has had it since he was 3. So, I looked through pictures of him when he was three and had him pose the same way now at age 6. What a difference. He has grown and changed so much.

Happy Birthday I Heart Faces!

This is my first time entering a photo in the weekly http://www.iheartfaces.blogspot.com/. I love this picture of Jaron. It was taken during Christmas at Shaver Lake.

Happy New Year!

We hope you all had a very happy and safe new year. Jacob was able to take yesterday off so we had a great family night. We went to Wal-mart to pick up some snacks. We also grabbed a couple happy new year hats for us to wear. The kids did a great job staying awake until about 11:50. Jaron almost fell asleep and Jenna was really close. So, we got them up and had them help us get their sparkling cider. Then, we all counted down together. They loved it. I thought they were going to be wound up and not go to sleep. We watched a little more of Dick Clark's new year's eve show and then they crashed. They were asleep as soon as their heads hit the pillow. We are looking forward to a new year. I'm sure this one will be much better!