Family Reunion

The family were at Mack park in Smithfield. I couldn't come, due to my neck sprained. It's hurt! So they went without me. Seem to me that they did had blast time together. I was resting and try to get better. Happened on July 5th.

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{this moment} ~ A Monday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. 

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Knitting, Knitting.....

I'm still working on Aaron and Stephanie Jensen baby blanket. I'm about 1/4 way to finishing it. Only a few more rounds then I'll start doing an edge of this blanket. I'm using 100% merino wool. I wanted a color is white to makes it more special. I don't want red heart because it's fake yarn. I just wanted them to feel special like I always wanted to shopping at antique stores. I love antique stuffs. The stores don't usually sell the knitting stuffs. 

I just wanted to take selfie because I want the kids to see me as young lady. My mom never been in any of the pictures. She hates it. So I don't want it to happens to me. So here I am. I tried to get a picture of my red bottom hair but it's not good camera of iPad. Oh well. 

Our Garden

I have been gardening since June. They are getting bigger now. No veggie yet due to late planted them due to hard cold from April to May. I don't want our garden to be killed by cold. The summer squash are growing now. It's our first attempt garden. So far, it's good. I have been taking care of it. I have been taking care of a flower since Mother's Day. Apparently, our lawn is dead, dried, and yellow. My backyard have grasshoppers, I hate them! I dusted the white powder for garden to kill over 250 insects. Our garden is small so we can learn and experience then we will plant bigger. We want to try to garden in bedding box in our front yard due to full of sun. 

We are gardening: summer squashes, corns, cantope, butternut squash, and maybe dying; green beans. 

Summer Days

 

 

I just wanted to take a photo of Wyatt by eating his lunch. 

 

 

We went to Pony Express in Clarkston. Wyatt couldn't keep stay still for the camera. Derek caught at Emma. They were running around a few times in mud run. Wyatt kept going on and on around. He thought he went on for like 3 times, but Derek told him that he went on for like 8 times around. Emma only went on for 3 times. It was fun for them. I was glad it was good weather outside.

 

 

A temporary visitor horse at our field on 200 south. He is injury on his left front leg. A green case. I have seen blue, orange, green cases on daily that means a person did good to take care of this horse. It makes me want to pet him. The firefighters are building the barn for the horses. 

I want to take a moment of this photo and pause to remember. The kids' toys are on top of a blue basket. It's fun and cute to see it. I do love to watch them to put/play with their toys in odd places.

Emma was begging me to teach her how to knit. Somehow Wyatt join and stole yarn from her and they just scrambled the yarn and play with plastic cord needles with it. The pink yarn is still tangling and sitting in somewhere in this house. I wanted to let them to have fun with it instead yell at them not to mess with hank. It's red heart yarn that I don't like it anymore. I prefer wool merino yarns.


I am still knitting a baby blanket for Aaron's first child newborn baby that dues in this October. It's getting bigger. It supposes to be over a thousand stitches round. I just want them to feel an unique blanket.

Old To New

Our master bathroom is all new now. The old ones was leaking, rust, and crack in old tub. It got worst since we bought our house.

I really wanted a big soak bathtub, and I got it! I fell in love with my new ones. It's big, curve, oval, wide, tall in length, and no shower. We had 3 showers and now it's two showers and one soak bathtub. The brand new tub is Maax. New paint wall from yellow into white. New vinyl tile floor. New backsplash tile surround the tub. I fixed the toilet, it was running slow when it flushes. I am happy.

Alpine is an excellent job with us. I will definitely to get work with them again for my house in the future.

Derek likes to soak in a very hot water as a hot tub. I prefer bath than shower. It's easier for me and save the water for thirty minutes. I admit that I do sing in the shower and wasted my water. Now I love my home. It'll be difflicut for me to sell our home that we love. This house is an excellent fit for our lifestyle living.

Thank you, Tom the plumber and Nic from the Alpine. (I want to remember their names if we need them)

Beginning Of Summertime

Logan canyon, such so beautiful nature. My favorite is pine tree. 

Derek is so tired. He had been working overtime at his work for last 2 weeks. He is working over 160 hours. I feel that I had a longgggg week without him around with us. Miss him. He held Emma's doll. How cute?! He's very loud snores, it's annoying me. Hello, I can feel his snore. ZzZzZzZzZzZz. I sometimes push him off of our bed because he's so loud snoring, but somehow I end up slept on a couch. 

It's our week while Derek's at work. Library and parks are good for the kids to playing without bother/annoy me at home while I'm knitting. I love my Reeses. She's cute while she's eating and looks like she's talking to me. 

Lake, Lake, More Lake!

Oh how much we love to swim in the lake! Yesterday, we went to hyrum beach lake... So much closer to our home. Actually it's my first time since living here for 8 years. We will definitely go to beach often. Bear lake is too far from our home. The nature lake is so beautiful, right? I'm blessing to have the lake. The beach of ocean is very very far from Utah. Lake is good enough for us. I'm looking forward to touch more lakes in this west states. I love national park. I'm looking forward for Zion national park this September. The kids love to dig the sand. They need to dig something than my backyard, there are so much holes dug in my backyard.... 

Knitting Postcard

When I was cleaning my bedroom, my side where all of my magazines are in a box for queue to knit. Anyway, I found this in interweave crochet magazine that I had been planning to make this dress for Emma. I realized that Emma will be 5 years old in September. I wanted to make clothes for her before she becomes teenager. Teenager isn't easy and she probably refuses to wear crochet/knit clothes. I'm hoping she will accepts to wear a pretty shawl as a cowl. Anyway, in the next day, I went to a yarn shop and bought the yarns and right away to started this dress. This is size 8. Currently, it's big for her that which is good news so she could wear until she probably ten years old and stopping wear my handmade. I'm not looking forward when it happens. 

I wanted colour is purple with dark purple for edge. But the yarn shop is running out so instead for salmon pink and dark gray. I used cascade yarns DK weight. 

When I was spinning my own yarn in merino roving in mocha colour. I wanted to knit in garter stitch. So I found this pattern stitch that I wanted from my Ravelry. I bought an online class video--Craftsy.com, I love it. The class is "design your own cowl" with Laura Nelkin the designer. This class is helpful so much. So I can design really easy and doing a math... I suck at math, I couldn't do it without her class on Craftsy.com. I'm happy how it turns out. 

Currently, I'm knitting a baby cardigan for Kelli's baby boy. After this I want to knit a baby blanket for my cousin, Sarah. I just want to knit a baby blanket but I don't know who I can give it to so I decided it's for Sarah. I'll give her when she's having a baby shower. And no, she's not pregnant just yet. I want to be prepare. I want this baby blanket to be an unique and antique blanket in our family to feel special with newborn baby. Like if you're quilter and wants to make a quilt blanket, same thing as a knit blanket. When I knitted an antique baby blanket for Derek's cousin, Amy, she LOVES it so much. It said that she feels so special with old-fashioned blanket for her baby. So I'll knit like this picture above in white colour and of course, too soft merino wool yarn. I'm looking forward to knit this. 

All I can say is, happy knitting!

Belate Welcome Spring, Welcome To Summer Season....

Nice tongue stick out, Wyatt. He's silly. The kids are half naked, I don't want they dye caught on their clothes. 

I love the spring colors to welcome spring and summer. We did this on Easter Day... I postponed to post on my blog, I was busy.

Stephanie aka yarnharlot, she's my biggest fan knitter, she's NOT religious. She dyed her eggs to welcome the spring season. I agreed with her. 

The kids wanted the Easter toys. Here they are. 

We went to nail salon and got our gel nail polish. I like gel better than regular polish. I wanted teal colour. Emma, of course, favorites are pink and purple with glitter. 

A few days ago, we had thunderstorm. I love raining in spring and summer.. We have seen a few of lightning. We all said ooooh! Also I love the smell of rain. It's freshly. 

I have been gardening, unfortunately the peas are dead so I replaced it to summer squashes. 

That's all I have to say. I'm so tired now.