Felting Wool Beads

Annabelle & I decided to try wool felting. It was a fun project, we started with some wool I bought at Hobby Lobby, wet it with warm soapy water and rolled it into beads until it formed into a solid ball and then dipped it into cool water. After the beads dried we made this cool bracelet for Annabelle. Next time we're going to make some smaller beads and make a necklace.

Pico (de Gallo)

Here's a new pic of Annabelle's fish - Pico de Gallo. So far she is doing a great job feeding him and helping with changing the water in his bowl...I think she's almost ready for a REAL pet!

FRE.E.E.E.E.E.E.ZING

The weather has been just CRAZY lately. Last night temperatures got down into the 20's. It has not been this cold here in many years from what the local folks tell us. Justin & I spent Friday covering our plants & pipes since all our pipes are exposed and not insulated. Here are some pics of the pipe covering and bedding extravaganza in our front yard! Hopefully tomorrow we'll be able to remove the bedding since it's supposed to finally warm up around here.

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Today is Daddy's 36th Birthday! Annabelle & I made a homemade coconut cream pie yesterday for Daddy's Birthday since that is his favorite. We're going to grill a giant steak for Daddy tonight and have a Birthday dinner celebration.

Thank you Daddy for being such a terrific Daddy & Husband. We love you & appreciate all you do for our family! Happy Birthday to you!

Matching PJ's

Lisa sent me this pic of Annabelle & I wearing our matching PJ's on Christmas morning. Thanks Lisa!

2010 - What will the New Year Bring?

Ahhh, what will 2010 bring? We're hoping for the best this year but we are definitely already blessed with what we have. 2009 brought a lot of change for us, a new home, new city, lots of change in our lives. But as they say, change makes us grow & learn. So in 2010 we will continue to grow & learn! Lots of love to our family & friends out there. We wish you all the best in 2010!

And Pico Joins the Family

For months and months we've been promising to get Annabelle another pet. Each week when we head to Petsmart to pick up a 50 lb. sack of cat litter for our lazy, grumpy, continually puking 10 year old cat that will probably live to be 150 we peruse the "adopt a cat" section of the store and look at all the other "cool" cats and check out the cute cuddly puppies that the local shelter has in little cages at the front of the store knowing we will probably have grumpy old Walter forever. We walk through the tanks full of fish, crabs & frogs and promise each time that Annabelle will get a new pet "soon". Well, we decided it was time to buy a fish since grouchy old Walter won't let anyone pet, play or touch him (he's a real jerk most of the time but we continue to put up with him, guess we're true "animal lovers"). So, we bought Annabelle a Beta fish and she named him "Pico de Gallo" or "Pico". So far she's been feeding him and taking care of him, even when she fell off her little tikes chair tonight while looking at him and almost knocked out her front teeth.