Love letter

Dearest Blake,

I know that I love you and I know that you know I love you.

Sometimes I don't feel like I brag about you enough in public and I think you deserve it.

You are such a sweetheart! You don't really get into making a big deal out of birthdays and anniversaries but you do an amazing job at letting me know that you love me everyday!

You tell me everyday with out fail that you love me.

You end every phone conversation with an "I Love YOU!"

You greet me with a hug and a kiss.

You ALWAYS kiss me goodnight.

When I'm upset or pouting about something you will stop what you're doing, pull me aside, and talk to me about it until we are BOTH happy.

YOU LOVE YOUR FAMILY!

You give Maycee hugs and kisses everyday and make sure that she gets enough attention from you. You have never really complained about changing a diaper. Best of all, you are always happy to take Maycee for an hour or two so I can have sometime to myself. (whether its grocery shopping or window shopping)

You love to be with your family and you tell them that you love them often.

You love to hang out with my family, especially my brothers!

You are a great tease and you love to make others smile.

You have the most hilarious laugh.

You always make me laugh, even when I am trying my hardest not to.

You always make sure we have money to pay the bills. You might not always have a regular job but you will never let me worry about how were going to pay the next bill.

You are not just a priesthood holder but a priesthood leader. You teach Sunday school every week to the 16-17 years old in the ward. And a few weeks a month you also teach the elders quorum. And on top of that you will take Maycee with you to class when I have to teach sharing time in primary.

You do your home teaching.

You love Jesus Christ and our Heavenly Father and have a testimony of them.

You take me to the temple, monthly.

You are always ready to give a blessing to anyone in need.

You lead us in scripture study and family prayer.

You always make sure that I have the checkbook on the way to church so we can pay our tithing.

YOU ARE THE HARDEST WORKER I KNOW!

You have accomplished amazing projects around our house. You have put a new roof on. You have almost painted the entire out side of our house. You have helped re carpet the entire inside. You totally redid the HVAC (heating and cooling) through out the house BY YOURSELF. You have put a small garden in the backyard. You have changed out the water heater. And many MANY other odd jobs in and around the house.

You are always willing to help a needy friend and neighbor with odd projects, landscaping, plumbing, tile, drywall, painting, and anything else you can think of.

You always makes sure that my car is running properly.

You are an AWESOME cook! I'm embarrassed to admit much more experienced than myself, and it shows. You are always willing to make dinner if I ask. In fact you usually make our Sunday dinner and they taste fabulous!

And how can I forget your good looks. You have the most handsome smile, I love to see it. When you smile it makes me smile. You have fabulous hair, and I love the way you wear it. I love it when you shave! You have very strong arms, you can pick me up with them :) I think you have the most attractive calves, I wished mine looked like that.

Blake, I do know that you love me and that you try your hardest daily to express that love to me. I am so excited to spend the rest of my life and the rest of eternity with you. Thank you for being such an amazing man. You make me want to be a better person. Thank you so much for being such a loving husband and father.

I LOVE YOU!

Always yours,

April

Me

Life has just been so great lately! I am leaning so many new things and just as cute as ever. I love to play with my mom and dad, we do so many fun things together. Dad was told to play some games with me so mom could finish cleaning the kitchen. This is how he decided to play. He took the cushions of the couch and tried to barricade me out of the kitchen.....it didn't work.

This is the toy that Santa got me for Christmas, I have finally figured out how to use it. I love to push it in circles around the room. If it falls over I let mom and dad know to pick it back up, with my high pitched squeal, so that I can keep cruising around the room.

A few weeks ago Grandpa Keith and Grandma Kimmy decided to come down and go 4 wheeling. It was a blast and I loved to ride in the rhino with my cousin Ryker. After I woke up from one of my naps I saw Gradma Kimmy walking funny. Mommy said that she tipped the quad over while I was sleeping in the rhino. Momma said she bruised her hip pretty bad. Luckily my cousin Camden had his helmet on when it happen. He was ridding with Grandma Kimmy, and was so brave not to cry after they fell over.


Daddy isn't always home to play with me while mom does dishes so I get to help a lot of the time. While mommy unloads the plates I make sure the silverware and small utensils are extra clean.










I keep mom busy with baths. I like my food all over my face when I eat.


I am so glad that Heavenly Father sent me to live with such great parents! I love being with them and I Know they love being with me

-Maycee

Its not a Blog post, its a BRAG post!

Ahh! She is just so cute and I wanted to Share...

"Hair stuff"

Alrighty then.....

So lately I have been into making these, well for lack of a better word "hair things". I've had a few people ask how I make them. As much as I'd like to take the credit for saying these were my idea, I can't. I had a very patient sister-in-law, Caskie, show me how to do it.... So here we go I'm gonna explain the best I can, with the help of pictures of coarse.

Lets do the simple one first.

Cut a long strip of fabric about an 1 1/2 inches wide. The length is up to you it really depends on how full you want your piece. This one is about 16 in. long. Run a basting stitch along one edge. Pull on one thread to gather your fabric. Make sure to tie off your ends so that gather stays in place. Start with the middle and wrap the fabric around until its the shape you want. Hot glue in place. Add fun accessories to the middle. Glue an alligator clip on the back.

This Next one isn't much harder just a little more time consuming...

Here are all the pieces you'll need. Again the size is dependant on what you want.

I like to use a stiffer fabric for the bottom of this one. The white piece is heavy Linen, its a little stiffer. The little rosette thing is also the linen with a basting stitch and gathered.

Take 1 of the 4 circles at a time, fold in fourths, and run a stitch through it.

Place all the pieces together and stitch all together.

Add your center piece and your done.

Try different kinds of patterns and fabrics. These also make fun little brochettes to dress up a
Sunday or date night outfit. its really all about what you want

These are some other ones that I have made. The top two are the second pattern that I explained. The bottom two are the simple basting stitch pattern. The purple one however I folded the fabric in half before I put the basting stitch on so its a little more of a clean look.