My little football

Tydon was a football player this year so I thought it would be fun to have Henson be a little football. I found a costume, but it was $60 so I decided to make it instead. (Saved me $50!!)

From Baby Brother

I put together a back pack from baby brother for Tydon...
Here are a couple things I made to go inside.

Reversible Cape

Click on link for Tutorial I used

I found this fleece as a remnant and thought they would be perfect

for some pajama pants

Custom Wipe Case

I am LOVING my new diaper bag.

It's a Timi and Leslie
Only thing it was missing was the matching wipe case ;)

New Peas and Potatoes

Fill a large pot about half full of water and bring to a boil.
Add some Salt to the water (2-3 Tablespoons)
Cut up 4-5 Red Potatoes (leaving the skins on)
Cut up 3-4 Carrots
Boil until almost soft.

Add 1 C of Peas (or more)
Leave remaining water in the pot

In a separate sauce pan, over Medium heat
Melt 1 Cube Butter
1/2 C Flour
2 C Milk
Boil until it thickens

Add Sauce to Potatoes, stir and serve.

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 C Butter/Shortening

1 C Sugar
1 C Canned Pumpkin
1/2 tsp Baking Soda
1/2 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp Nutmeg
1 Egg
1 tsp Vanilla
2 C Flour
1 tsp Cinnamon
1/4 tsp All Spice
1 C Mini Chocolate Chips
1 tsp Baking Powder

Cream Shortening/Butter and Sugar. Add Pumpkin, Vanilla, and Egg. Beat well. Sift Flour, Baking Soda, Baking Powder and Spices. Blend well. Stir in Chocolate Chips.

Place round tablespoons of dough on greased cookie sheet about 2 inches apart.

Bake at 350 for 12-15 minutes.

Bassinet

Gord and I finished the bassinet last night!!

I am so happy with how it turned out.
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I've decided we are just too picky or real ambitious...
We looked and looked for a bassinet online, in stores, on KSL and Craigslist but didn't love anything we found... except for this one-
One problem $450
Definitely not in the budget.
Gord looked at the picture and said, "We could make that."

We really wanted something that we could fold up and store, since you only use it for a month or two.

So here is what we came up with-
(I decided on giraffe because it can be used for either a boy or a girl)
(There are zippers under the flaps so it can be removed easily for washing)

Then when I saw this Minkee....
I couldn't resist ;)

One more project completed...
Only a couple more to go!!

A HUGE thanks to Gord and his sister Klista for helping me ;)

For "Baby Brother"

Some Heritage Maker Projects

12x12 Pages

8x8 Books

Book for Tydon to look at during sacrament
Just for Tydon

Personalized Planner for the end of 2009...
Really looking forward to this one
and some random Post Cards

Custom Wipe Case

This is a picture of the diaper bag...
It came with a changing pad, she just needed a matching wipe case.

It's always more fun to have a cute (matching) wipe case ;)

The elastic on the back comes in handy when the babes

don't need a changing pad anymore

For the Cowgirl

Gord's sister-in-law had her baby... can't wait to meet her this weekend.
Laurel requested Pink and Brown and she's a country girl

Matching wipe case

So soft!

Peach Pie

Crust
In a bowl mix:
1 Sleeve Graham Crackers
1/2 C Sugar
1 Cube of Butter
*Layer in bottom of pie plate

White Layer
Mix together:
4 oz Cream Cheese
1 C Sugar
6 oz Cool Whip
*Layer over crust

Topping
In a sauce pan mix:
1 C Water and 3 Tbs Corn Starch
Over Med-High heat:
Add 1 Tbs Butter
1 C Sugar
1 1/2 tsp Almond Extract
Boil until slightly thickened

Add 4-5 sliced peaches to topping mix and poor over white layer

*Chill before serving

Banana Zucchini Bread

• 3 eggs
• 3/4 cup vegetable oil
• 2/3 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup grated zucchini
• 2 bananas, mashed
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup dried cranberries
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour two 8x4 inch bread loaf pans.
2. In a large bowl, beat eggs until light yellow and frothy. Add oil, brown sugar, white sugar, grated zucchini, bananas, and vanilla; blend together until well combined. Stir in the flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Mix in the cranberries and nuts. Divide the batter evenly between the two prepared loaf pans.
3. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 50 minutes. Allow to cool in the loaf pans on a wire rack before removing and serving.

Florida 08 Scrapbook

Click on the book to view the pages.

Last year I had the opportunity to take Gordon's neice and nephew to Flordida for 2 weeks...

I finally finished the book!

USA

I love The Wood Connection here in Utah.

They have lots of fun ideas and projects.
This is my most recent completion.

For the John Deere LOVER

$35 includes shipping