Gettin' Crafty

I made this stuffed elephant for Brighton last week, and I think he turned out ok, a little lumpy and deformed, but still looks like an elephant!
I found a pattern from Martha Stewart on this bag. It seemed like something I could do to ease myself into sewing, and it was! It's from a pillowcase that I found for 99 cents at the second hand store, and some old flower pins that I had. I really like it, and it's roomy!

Why do we bother?

Yes, Brighton is chewing on the door stop. Why do we bother to buy her toys? She only likes door stops, paper, boxes, and our dining table...

Our Neighbor's Yard- AFTER!

So after a very long day, Dale finally had the lawn mowed. He still has more that he wants to do to make it look nicer, but 10 hours was all he could handle for one day. All the grass won't fit in one yard waste bin, or two, or three, so he had to take it to a compost dump. It was a quarter of a ton of grass!

Our Neighbor's Yard

Our neighbor is in the military, stationed in Kosovo, and isn't home to mow her lawn for obvious reasons. She had another neighbor mowing it for $100 a month, and they weren't doing a very good job. The lawn is really big and they would only do about a third of it at a time, so it was always uneven and awful looking. We got tired of looking at it, so Dale got in touch with her. She hadn't heard from the neighbors who were mowing it since November! So Dale told her not to worry, that he would take care of it for her and do a really nice job. He spent 10 hours on it on Saturday! Here are some before pictures:
They hadn't mowed or edged behind this row of trees.
This is how long it's grown since they last mowed!
They never edged it either...
Weeds are taking over the flower beds!

Play-Date

Missy came over with her puppies to get a haircut last week. Sawyer and her are IN LOVE! They have so much fun playing together. They chased each other around the house until they collapsed in exhaustion. This is them after a few hours of playing. They are so lazy!

Puppy Play-Date

Heather's puppies came over last week for a little haircut. There's four of them. They are so stinkin' cute, my only wish is that I can have one. They are actually able to go to their new homes pretty soon. They played in the kitchen for a couple hours while each one got a hair cut as well as Missy, the mommy.

Bath Time!

Brighton just loves her bath. Daddy gave her a bath last night, and she just kicks and splashes and has a good time. She was trying to eat daddy's hand.

Sitting Pretty

Brighton is getting better at sitting up by herself. She likes to throw her head back, bringing on a collision with the floor, but if she leans forward she's got it made! She was doing exceptionally well yesterday, playing with her stacking toy.

Bikini Time!

Brighton tried on her swim suit, just to make sure she still looks good in it. She might have to do some crunches before swim suit season is officially here, but she's lookin' fabulous!

The POOF

I've been waiting for Brighton's hair to be long enough, and the time has finally arrived! Now she's got a poof in front, just like mommy!