Family Pictures 2009

Family Creations

We have made a few things both separately and together as a family, I just thought that I would put them on the blog for fun.

First up is Peter's first work of art that we used to help decorate the house.

Next up is our beautiful garden. This was a project! Peter and I had to move all the dirt out of what is now going to be the fire pit to even make a garden(before I planted it, the ground was just rocks). Peter also had to figure a way to make the sprinkler system work for that area. Then it was all up to me and the kids to plant it. I had gone to a gardening class the week before and they gave me a layout of how to plant things-so I followed it exactly and so far so good! We have 4 tomato plants, 3 cucumbers, some carrots, a squash, some snap peas, onions, stevia(a natural sweetner), an artichoke, some blueberries and strawberries. We will be adding watermelons and pumpkins soon. It is so fun to go out and watch it grow-it is so rewarding after you have spent so much time on it.

Also, I have loved sewing lately-it is so much fun. These are two outfits I made for Ashlyn. The first one I made out of an old jean skirt and a plain pink T-shirt, I just cut off the old sleeves and made them into cap sleeves, then hand sewed on the flower, then I added a ruffle to the bottom of the skirt. The other is a pillowcase dress-I didn't make it out of a pillowcase though-just regular fabric, then added the satin ties to the top and the satin ribbon around the bottom. Both pretty simple projects once you know what you are doing.