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Showing posts with label Urban. Show all posts
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Urban is 5!

12:00 AM | Posted by Mel
Be Aware, Be Thankful
1. Urban
2. Urban
3. Urban
* * *


Urban is sooo creative, fun, active, handsome, smart, fast, thoughtful and an amazing little boy. 

He loves to play games on the iPod, draw, cut, paint, tape, make videos, design costumes, go bike riding, ski, play Frisbee at the park, swim, run, play rough with Daddy, pretend to be superheros, needless to say, I can't keep up!


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Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Urban

11:47 PM | Posted by Mel
Be Aware, Be Thankful
1. Urban
2. Preschool
3. Time to myself
* * *


I just had to share this picture of Urban on his first day of preschool in Denver.


He had been attending preschool in Utah since 2007, but I had drug my feet enrolling him since our move to Colorado.  


Why??


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Friday, January 15, 2010

Mom and Son

2:00 AM | Posted by Mel
This is an auto post while I'm on my annual sis/mom-in-law retreat!



I don't usually post pics of myself, but this I really like how this one captures the fun and love that Urban and I have together!


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Thursday, September 10, 2009

A Fun Day at Gardner Village

8:58 PM | Posted by Mel
Hey, look what I won from Pineneedle's (a quilt shop in Salt Lake, UT) blog!
It's a Gypsy Gripper and it's amazing! It's the best handle I've ever seen / used for acrylic rulers. I recommend it!!
When they contacted me to let me know I won, they asked if they should send it to me or if I wanted to go in and pick it up. "PICK IT UP!" I said!! Then I could shop a bit!
One of the things I found is a fun little notions (or other needs) holder! It comes in lots of fun faux leather colors too. If you are local, go into Pineneedles to see the darlings for yourself or take a look at theNamaste Inc's site to see the colors and other products!
I also found some fabrics that I may use in Jane's Red and Aqua Disappearing 9-Patch Swap. I love the cherries! There is still spots for more swappers by the way! A GREAT swap for those who have not swapped before! This is it! Join now!!
The darling quilt and embroidery shop is located in Gardner Village which is home to a lot of fun specialty shops. The shops are set up in old Utah homes, some historic, that have been moved to the grounds to set up a village. It's a fun place to visit during any season, but during this visit, the witches were out!
Urban took all these pictures while we were at the village.
Do you see the three witchies playing baseball in the background? Love it!
It's fun to let Urban have the camera, it keeps him busy while I can look longer! Anyway, it's fun to see what he deems picture-worthy!
Look at these wonderful textures!
Urban did a great job of capturing the quaintness of the water wheel wouldn't you say?
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Birthday Wishes

12:16 AM | Posted by Mel
Thank you for all your birthday wishes to my Urban!
Um, yes, that is Urban in the Spiderman suit! (a gift from mommy and daddy)
When I told him how many of mommy's blogging friends wished him a happy birthday he got a surprised look on his face! I don't think he thought there was that many people in the entire world!
Today while I was setting up for his party, he said "This place looks great! You take such good care of me!" My heart jumped! He really is a sincere and thankful fella.
After the party he told Nathan and I several times, "Thanks so much for the fun day and all my presents!"
Yes, I'm a proud mamma!
Pleased as punch!
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Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Happy Birthday Urban!

12:01 AM | Posted by Mel
I promise not to go over board here, but it's my only child's 4th birthday today!!
hApPY bIrTHdaY uRBan!
Blessing Day
1 year old
2 years old
3 years old
4 Years old!
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Thursday, April 23, 2009

Sidetracked

11:44 AM | Posted by Mel
I've been quite sidetracked from blogging lately. 
My parents who are serving an LDS mission in Argentina had their apartment robbed just over a week ago.  Everything was gone, their two Apple Laptops, jewelry - two pieces were quite sentimental, even my mother's curling irons and Dad's razor and shaving cream.
Everything is fine, they were not there at the time - thank goodness!  It was at least 30 or so hours from when I got an email notice regarding the robbery to when I was able to communicate with my parents.  Needless to say, I was sick to my stomach for a few days.  I'm glad I'm already on ant-anxiety meds and have sleeping pills or I may have come totally undone!!
Yesterday I had Carpel Tunnel Correction Surgery on my right wrist, yes, I am right handed.
My sweet little Urban who will be 4 in a couple of months has been so attentive.  He'll come in from playing outdoors every 1/2 hour or so to pat my head and see if I'm feeling better.  He offers me my pain meds every time too, to which I have to remind him that I have to wait a few hours in between. We are also in the works of boxing items for a huge garage sale before we move and take to the road.  So, postings may  continue to be sporadic here, but I am reading all of your blogs daily! Since I'm limited to typing with my unfamiliar left hand, I may not be leaving too many comments, but I do love checking in on all you creative friends!
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Thursday, March 12, 2009

Yikes!

1:32 AM | Posted by Mel
It's been a whole week since I've posted!! Yes I've been busy sewing! I'm working on at least 4 table runners at the moment, two to have on hand and two as swaps. One of the projects for me is the FREE shamrock table topper by Kim that I mentioned on this post. I'm making the large size and almost have the top done, just in time for St. Paddy's Day! I've also been needle turning by hand some applique flowers on a runner for my Easter Runner Swap partner, Carmen in Georgia. I made a mini hexie stuffed flower and forgot to take a picture before sending it off! (Darn!) I'm making some fun book marks that I need to take photos of. I will have a tutorial AND am going to try to sell some as a fundraiser for Autism. My nephew Brock is autistic and we are trying to raise money for further research. See the top button on the right hand side of my blog. More on that later. Urban and I spent two, yes two hours at D.I. last night (a thrift type shop). I purchased several wool clothing items that I'm going to felt for projects, some items I'm going to recycle into mixed media art, and some games. Urban, Nathan and I have played a 3 year old version of Monopoly several times within the last 24 hours! It's fun, but the rules keep changing!
My parents landed safely on Argentina land early this morning which was a great relief to me, you would think I was the parent, I almost called their mission president to see if they arrived ok!
Tomorrow I work at the quilt shop then Urban and I are going to a live performance of Thomas the Tank Engine! Highlight of the week!
Sorry this post doesn't have pictures, I'll throw in another random one from my files.
OK, this is somewhere in Oregon last year. We took a couple of weeks and drove the west coast beginning at the top of Oregon (Hwy 101) and ending in San Francisco. (Hwy 1) Then we cut over to Tahoe then back up home.
It was GREAT!
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Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Crazy 8's (Almost)

6:25 PM | Posted by Mel
Krista of Protect and Serve posted 'Crazy 8's" where there were 6 topics (shouldn't it have been 8?) and Krista listed 8 responses to each topic I thought is was fun reading about her and so I thought I would 'play' as well. But since I would probably spend days thinking of 8 replies for each topic, I cut them down a bit. I'll respond to the topics, but with less answers.
Favorite TV Shows
1. Dexter
2. Cold Case
3. CSI Las Vegas
4. The Office
5. 30 Rock
6. Flight of the Conchords
7. 20/20, Dateline etc
It's a good think I don't have cable or satellite!
Favorite Restaurants
1. Texas Roadhouse
2. Pei Wei
3. Stocton Cafe
4. A yummy pizza place in Sandy (name??)
Books I Recommend
1. A Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
2. The Forsyte Saga Series by John Galsworthy
3. The Outlander Series by Diana Gabaldon
4. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
5. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
6. The Cat Who Series by Lilian Jackson Braun
7. Any by Beverly Lewis or Wanda Brunstetter's or Cindy Woodsmall(Amish fiction)
Things That Happened Yesterday
1. Went to the quilt shop and sewed with my friends 2. Started another hexagon project (with smaller hexies)
3. Hung out with my hubby and son
4. Wrote a letter to my parents (who are on a mission)
Things to look forward to
1. Nathan graduates with MBA this April
2. Moving!! (this summer)
3. Basket weaving (every 1st Friday of the month)
4. Working at the quilt shop (every Thursday of the month)
5. Sewing any day, every day!
Things on my Wish list
1. Loose weight miraculously (of course I don't want to work for it!!)
2. Health and happiness for all in my family and friends 3. A maid and cook
4. A long arm quilting machine
5. A new sewing machine
6. A new car
This list could probably go on and on . . .
Wanna play? Post it on your blog and let me know, I love finding out more about you! OR just leave a comment with some of your answers!
And since this post was kinda random, I added a random picture from my files. This picture was taken 2 years ago in my backyard. It was my parent's wedding anniversary. My dad is holding my son Urban and my mom has Mekhi, my sister's little boy.
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Sunday, March 1, 2009

Friday was Fun!

9:23 PM | Posted by Mel
Hope you all had a great weekend!
It started with lunch with some friends to celebrate a birthday. Two hours of chatting, laughing and eating!!!

Then Urban and Mekhi (my sister's son who is also 3) and I went into Bountiful to meet Nathan for dinner. We had some time before Nathan got off of work so we went to Quilter's Haven in Bountiful. I wanted to get some fabric to match some table runners I am making. I also wanted to pick up some wool add to my BOM from Bunny Hill Designs.


Well, I guess I found a few more items! They had some charm packs for 30% and 50% off - how could I resist?? And, since I'm 'into' table runners this year, I found some books and patterns with some great designs! I picked up some 'Americana' blue FQ's for my yo-yo project. Some small pieces of lovely wool, some FQ's for absolutly no reason and some fun birdie fabrics! The pinks are the fabs I selected for my runners, but now that I have them home, I'm not sure they will work. They will be loved though, don't worry!

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Saturday, February 28, 2009

Market Bags

1:10 PM | Posted by Mel
I got two Market Bags (pattern by Portabello Pixie) done!! They are reversable!
The one on the left is for my super generous sister-in-law Lori. Lori knows how hard it is for me not to have 'me time' and is so nice to have Urban go over to her fun home one day a week (sometimes more) for a play day.
She's been doing this since I don't know when, Urban is 3 1/2 years old and I can't remember when he didn't get his play date! Lori has a son, Scotty who is 3 months older than Urban. The two boys play so well together, it's great for Urban to be around so many people who love him.
The bag on the right is for my friend Tessa who won my One World One Heart Giveaway. Yes I am belated in getting the gift to her, but it is with her permission! She said that she likes the anticipation of receiving a gift so if I was a bit slow, it would be OK. Whew!
These bags are going to two really great ladies and it was a privilege to give them something I handmade just for them.
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009

A Day of Pictures!!

11:43 PM | Posted by Mel
My secret sister from last quarter, Tina and agreed to swap 3 Spring Cottages - these are what Tina sent me!! Don't they exude springy happiness?? I love them! Oh, and she even offered to make a triangle for my Dear Jane quilt!! How nice is that? Thanks so much Tina!! I love it all!!
So while I was on a girl's weekend a few weeks ago, my sis in law, Michelle caught the quilting bug!!! NO I didn't twist her arm, she did it of her own free will knowing that it can be quite consuming.
She picked up some real fun fabrics for table runners, basket liners and in true quilter fashion, she bought fabric FOR NO REASON AT ALL!! She's a natural!
She's seen all my cute cottages I've been swapping and thought she'd give them a try. She followed Nanette's great tutorial and whipped up six wonderful cottages!! She gave three to me, and kept three for herself. Didn't she do a great job??
I spent a wonderful day in my studio today!
Urban played pretty well while I sewed and we watched Lion King and the Muppet Movie.
Ironically, none of the pictures I have to show you on this post are from today's sewing! I think you'll enjoy them just the same!
This past holiday weekend I had the opportunity to sew and sew and sew!! My sister's in law and I set up 'shop' up at my mother in law's basement and had three full days of bliss!!
I worked on my Calendar Quilt Challenge. I thought it would be fun to applique a primitive flower to the top of the strip panel I have thus far. I also scalloped the bottom of a set of strips and appliqued them in place. I did this twice because I didn't like the fabric I had appliqued them to the first time. I'm happy with it now (as pictured). I think I'm caught up to the end of February.
I also cut squares to do some hexagons (my first ever!) for Hexagon's of Hope. Check out the cause to help the Victorians who have been effected in Australian's horrible fires.
I also worked on some Happy Houses for a swap started by Lurline in Australia. Kathy is the hostess for the American gals. I still have to 'wonky' them by adding skewed borders all around each block, but it's a good start!
When we finally left the house at 7:30pm, I found a package from Nanette in the mail box!!! I had ordered a kit for her darling Mixed Bag because I love bags, and more importantly, I love the fabrics she puts into the kits!!!
I was so ecstatic to receive the delicious fabrics she sent!! I don't have time in my sewing schedule, but I WILL make this bag by next week for sure!!
True to Nanette's style, she added some extras! A lovely note on a darling birdie card, one of her famous and original Doll House Cottage pot holders, (follow the link to make your own!) some ric-rak for the top of the bag and a charming covered button, also for the bag. Thanks Nanette!! You are very generous!!
Thanks for hanging in there for this long post!
Have a CREATIVE day!!
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Sunday, February 15, 2009

A Snow Family

9:41 PM | Posted by Mel
My 3 year old son Urban wanted to "Do something fun outside" today so hubby (Nathan) helped Urban build a snow family.
When they were done, they invited me to view their work.
"There's a daddy one, an Urban one, and a mommy one" Urban exclaimed.
Nathan said, "Do you know how to tell that 'that' one is the mommy?"
"How" said I, because "Urban gave her snow boobs!" laughed Nathan.
Sure enough, when I took a closer look the one on the right had A boob, the other one had slipped off and was at the base of the snow mommy. A look into the future I guess!
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Saturday, February 14, 2009

Happy Valentine's Day!

1:25 AM | Posted by Mel
I'm so excited to show you a drawing my Grandfather drew for and of my Grandmother when they were still newlyweds in 1935. Isn't it sweet? My grandfather was an illustrator for a newspaper at a CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) camp in Cedar City, Utah and was away from my grandmother for months at a time.
I hope to one day make a stitchery out of it, not real sure how to go about it, I love the detail.
My 3 year old son asked me today, "Are you and daddy going to dinner for 'Sometimes Day'? (Valentine's Day) What a cutie!
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Thursday, February 5, 2009

Lots to Share . . . Later!

1:26 AM | Posted by Mel
I had a super GREAT day today!!! It's way late and I have to get some sleep, but I just wanted to share a bit of what I did today and then I'll update you on the rest this weekend!
My son and I went to the LDS Draper (Utah) Temple Open House today. We got to tour the interior of the new temple. It was beautiful!! More later.
I went to three, yes three quilt shops and took pictures for you! More later.
Found some fun fabrics etc. More later.
Thanks for checking in!
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