90s Dress up

I have kept quite a few dresses from growing up.  A few have made an appearance and have entered my girls wardrobes over the years.  Now that Lorna is an adult size it was fun to have her try on my old dresses.  There was even one that Mhari fit!  Lorna was able to add several dresses into her wardrobe.  The funniest thing is that the dresses are now back in style!  The first one my mom made me.  I was jealous that she had made dresses for my older sisters, but not me.  I got to pick out the pattern and material.  It was a fun dress to wear.  The dark blue dress Jeff bought me for my 19th birthday.  It's crazy to see my daughter in it!  The purple dress was my dress for my best friend, Taffery's, wedding.  The maroon dress was for Marissa's wedding and the royal blue dress was for Christa's wedding.  The dress that Mhari is wearing I made after Mhari was born (maybe Clark?).  

I know they won't wear all of these dresses, but they sure brought back memories!  Such a fun night playing dress up with my girls!

 

Captain Jack

When Sandra was in town, she went through her stuff and was going to get rid of her squishmallows.  We saved them and they have added to our living room stuffed animals, couch pillows ;).  There is one flipamallow, who Sandra named Captain Jack Sparrow (for the parrot side) and William Turner (for the penguin side).  Since it flips, the stuffed animal can fit on someone's head.  Lorna and Clark had too much fun being Captain Jack :).  

 

Spring Calf!

Patricia had her calf!  She missed the winter crop of calves and I was wondering if she was going to get back on cycle!  The other calves are starting to turn brown so it's fun to have a tiny orange one again!  It's a little boy and it's so cute!  Good job Patricia!  

 

Domestic Godess

It was a nice weekend getting some wonderful domestic things done!  It was time to can more pears and bake more sourdough bread.  The bread turned out amazing!  The pears look great... however, I should have peeled the pears.  Oops.  The kids aren't enjoying eating them with the skin on.  Well, I can't be perfect all the time :).  

 

Home Upgrade

We have been working on building a new chicken coop for our little chicks.  They have gotten big so quickly!!  Jeff helped us build out the frame and the girls helped me with the sides and roof.  We got the hardware cloth secured and the automatic door on... time for the chicklets to move in!  Mhari was in charge of making sure her chicks were all settled in.  There was a chicken that wasn't walking straight after being stuck in the brooder for so long.  She helped teach it how to walk again.  It's so nice that the chicks have more space!  

Next up... how will Lizzie do with chickens free ranging!?

 

Engaged!

Sandra and Nathan are officially engaged!  Nathan had reached out to see about proposing while they were in Texas.  He also had to route the ring to our address since it wasn't delivered yet.  Sandra and Nathan designed the ring.  It turned out so good!  The ring didn't arrive until Friday morning ... and they were leaving Saturday morning!  That evening they went to the Bakers home to ride horses.  They came home for dinner and Sandra took Nathan out on a tractor ride.  They went into pasture 7 to look at the buffalo and Nathan proposed!  We were very secretly, not too secretly, watching from inside the house (maybe even with the help of binoculars).  Jeff got some photos from super far away too.  It was so fun to have them come back home and announce the engagement!  

It was awesome to get to be in on the secret and also not spoil the surprise!  Sandra was still convinced the ring was in Idaho.  We are so happy for them and are ready to get their wedding planned!  

 

Bridal Shopping

Sandra and Nathan are getting ready for their wedding (so close to being engaged)!  While they were in town, I got to take Sandra wedding dress shopping.  We checked out several stores, but finding modest dresses was very difficult.  We knew this would be an issue, but we had fun anyway finding different styles of dresses Sandra might like.  It was a fun exhausting day in Dallas!  Here are just a few of the fun dresses she tried on!