Etta turned three last week!
She requested a chocolate rainbow cake with extra chocolate and rainbows… here’s what we came up with.
The inside frosting layer was also a rainbow! Now you can just imagine what I could do if I actually had a piping bag and tips. This is all ziplock back piping action!
Etta is quite the kitchen helper, particularly good at cleaning… here’s a little clip of her enjoying the “spoon”.
I have just returned from an amazing 10 day tour of Guanajuato Mexico and surrounding cities. Over the next month I’ll be posting a series of photos examining the simple beauty of this wonderful state and city.
Silo, Mexico.
This summer I participated in my first foot race,The Mt.A 5K a wicked climb that started at the Mt. Ashland lodge and climbed to the top, then raced around the backside down to the lodge. It was WILD, a really fun event with my family that I would be happy to do again (if I can stay fit). My sister and I placed 118 & 119 out of 174 racers, way better than I was expecting (although I did have a nasty side cramp on the downhill part)!
I never imaged I would like running. I tend to laugh at joggers (sorry it’s true). Somehow I started running, not far or fast but enough to get by, so go ahead and laugh when you see me ;).
The start…
Can you find me?
I’m right there (see yellow circle)?
And we are off!
We finished… and I was so red… you don’t really want to see that :)
All the photos were taken by my husband Colton Allen on one of his Pentax Film Cameras.
With the profits from a yard sale and the sale of our old couch set we recently purchased a pair of new couches! It’s been on my house to do list for years, so you can imagine my excitement at finally purchasing my very own couch.
To integrate the couches in with the rest of the house, I made a eclectic set of pillow covers.
I sewed these up pretty quick, all in all, I am quite pleased with them. The fabric was from my stash, so “free to me”, and I just winged the pattern. Photos are taken by Colton Allen.
Bogle Face was recently commissioned to make a order of 10 Bogle bibs! We’ve been busy sewing, snapping and adoring these little monsters. Before we sent them to their new home, we took some pictures to share, meet the gang.
A big thanks to Colton for taking their portraits.
Summer has finally arrived and so have the cherries.We didn’t actually know we had cherries, apparently one of the neighborhood flowering cherry trees is an actual cherry tree! Yea for us!
We raced the birds to the tree this weekend then set up our ladder and picked, washed then ate and pitted a big bowl full of cherries.
