Miss G

Miss G turn 4 this weekend. Last Friday I started sewing a Hat for her using this tutorial. I bought enough material to make for all girls using Sweet Water fabric; the other material was a repurpuse a kaki skirt that I ruined with a highlighter. Miss G saw the material and asked me "mommy are you making me a dress too" So I felt very obligated to make her a dress. so here is the result:
Miss G cumplio 4 anos este fin de semana. El viernes pasado empece a hacerle un sombrero usando este tutorial. Compre suficiente tela para hacerles a todas sombreros, use tela de Sweet Water un rosita muy lindo con estrellas, la otra parte del sombrero es tela que reutilice de una falda de lona que se me aruino con un marcatextos. Cuando Miss G me vio cosiendo me pregunto si tambien le iba a hacer un vestido. asi es que me vi obligada a sacrificar mi projecto para hacer a una linda nina feliz y esto es lo que salio:

I love the picture Miss G had no problem posing for me!

Me encanta la foto Miss G no tubo problema en posar para mi!

Have a great day!
Erika

Did you see the spring?

Hi, Can you believe is June already? Time just flies, besides that have you seen the spring this year? We haven't. Today on the news they said that May was the wet-est May ever recorded in Utah! and not only in here but all around the US the weather has been cold and wet.
Hola, Pueden creer que ya estamos en Junio? El tiempo vuela ademas de que no hemos tenido primavera este ano. Hoy en las noticias mencionaron que Mayo a sido el mes con mas presipitacion en record. Y no solo eso en el resto del pais el clima ha estado todo raro.

We start planting our garden at the beginning of May. We planted tomatoes some bell peppers and jalapenos. Later we add the cucumbers, zucchini, and tons of tomatillos for green salsa (hubby's favorite) the last to plant were the cantaloupe and the watermelon. with an additio of 24 more tomato plants from nice neighbors. :) That has kept me busy not to mention all the rest of the garden.
Empezamos a plantar nuestro jardin a principios de Mayo. Empezamos con jitomates (tomates), pimientos morron y jalapenos. Despues le agregamos pepinos, calabazas bastantes plantas de tomatillos para haver salsa verde que el la favorita de mi esposo. por ultimo agregamos otros tipos de chiles y melones y sandias ha y terminamos plantando 24 plantas de jitomate extras que unos vecinos nos dieron. :)

The news mention that on Memorial Day (Monday) many places in the state had snow. People in Alta (sky resort) were having a few new inches of powder!. I hope summer can come soon. The plants appreciate the rain, but farmers and ranchers around the state surely don't need their lands under water. Please pray for those in flood danger zones. As hot weather arises the snow in the mountains defrost and keeps the state in emergency flood alert.
En las noticias mencionaron que el Lunes pasado en muchos lugares del estado nevo. Gente en Alta (un resort para esquiar) tubieron nieve fresca!. Espero que el verano llegue pronto. Las pantas aprecian la lluvia, pero los granjeros y los rancheros en el estado por seguro no necesitan sus lugares de cultivo bajo el agua. Porfavor tengan en sus oraciones a aquellos que viven en zonas de riezgo. Entre mas caliente este los bancos de nieve en las montanas empezaran a derretirse mas rapido y causaran muchos problemas para los que viven cerca de los rios y en zonas de cultivo.
I hope you have a great June!
Erika

More cookies

Since Darlette made cookies for Cosey's presentation the twins asked mom if she would make some for their preschool song presentation. So there Darlette went to make cute cookies each referred to a song for the twins and here I show them to you.

Como Darlette hizo galletas deoradas para la escuela de Cosey, las gemelas le pidieron que si les hacia unas galletas para su presentacion de canciones en su kinder. Asi es que hizo unas lindas galletas con los temas de las canciones que las gemelas cantaron.Have you seen a bear with such cute underware?
Alguna vez han visto a un oso con tan lindos chones?

Have a great Memorial Day Weekend!
Erika

CSA Farms

Last time Darlette came to visit she asked me if I know of a place where she could buy organic meat or grass grown beef. At that time I couldn't give her an answer. Yesterday Hubby brought a flyer advertising Roberts Ranch I went to check it out and found out that is part of the CSA farms project to bring organic foods to people.
I also found this video PBS documentary Food Inc. and Nation wide you can find local farmers at local farmers.org great place to find quality food.
On the other hand and talking about gardening. I planted all my tomato plants (13) Bell peppers (7) Jalapenos (6) zucchini, and spaghetti squash. I hope to plant the rest when the weather gets better.
Cheers,
Erika

Crazy Weather

Nothing like the crazy Utah weather, Friday and Saturday we enjoy this:
Nada como el clima loco de Utah, el Viernes y Sabado disfrutamos:
Seeds germinating yay!
Semillas germinando yay!
Daddy and girls making their versoin of "butterfly catchers"
Hijas y esposo haciendo su version unica de "redes para atrapar mariposas"

Flowers blooming,
Flores abriendo, and baby girl tryed her first sandals, something new and interesting to her.
y una pequena usando sus primeras sandalias, super lindo verla que hacia con sus pies.

On Sunday we woke up with no power and lots of this:
Para despertar el Domingo sin luz y un monton de nieve.
Crazy!

Enjoy your day!

Erika

What makes this b-day the best?

That was the question my hubby asked me after my answer Saturday night. And it wasn't because he gave me an expensive gift, or I had a birthday party, or anything like that. It was because I got the best thing, love from the people I care about.
Every thing started with this...
A few days before He and the girls started acting kind of suspicious. suspicious cute. At first Grace came to me and we had a little conversation like this:

Grace: Mammy, I just want to tell you that we do not have a birthday present for you, daddy bought some chocolates for you but he try them and they were all bad so he throw them to the garbage.
Me: ok (now I know what is my gift) it's ok Grace. I am sure daddy will have something for my birthday.

Two days before hubby came with this (see pic) singing Happy pre-birthday to you. I thought it was crazy and cute.

The next day Grace comes again says kind of the same thing about the chocolates.
me: It is ok Grace Daddy gave me a can with chocolates last night thank you.
Grace: oh no mammy, there is more chocolates for you more!
Hubby: Grace quiet is a surprise.
Alana: we are not planning any thing mammy, we are just planning... Kaylee's birthday (which was a month ago)
me: ok (thinking this is cute)

So until my birthday I had little people and hubby "secretly" planning mommy's birthday. That was the best thing to me. To see the excitement form Alana and Grace and Making tons of pictures and gifts for mommy.

Then my dearest sister send me this beautiful painting. Maybe you do not know this but she has been painting since we were in High School and usually making and giving away her creations, since that time I have asked her for a painting and finally it's here. It was worth the wait. She is so talented I wished I could have a bit of her talent.

I also receive lots of phone calls from family and friends and emails. That made the day so special. and since I was so sick with the cold just a low key birthday celebration was the perfect thing for me.

Isn't she awesome? here is the "original" model.

Lo siento no Espanol el dia de hoy, muy cansada...

Have a great week
Erika

I am still here

Hi, I am still here.
It has been so long. Many things happened, we moved, baby birthday and lots of packing and unpacking. I am still unpacking so I do not have anything to show, and who knows when I will be able to start sewing again...
For now just a simple Hi.
Erika

A lunch bag for Alana

This week has been a hard one. On Monday I spend all day cleaning after family visit. just to end the rest of the days cleaning after my girls illness. washing sheets twice a day is not my idea of spending my day. Grace was first on Tuesday and last night was Alana's turn. Is not fun to have sick kids.
Do you remember this post? I love it so much that Darlette offer me to make one for Alana's b-day if I give her all the material, so I got the material from the new Bliss from Moda. The green is Kona solids.
Se acuerdan de esta entrada? Me gusto tanto que Darlette me ofrecio hacerle una lonchera a Alana para su cumpleanos si le compraba todo el material, asi es que le compre de la nueva tela Bliss de Moda.
Our Alana is 5 now and ready for school (too bad we have to explain to her that she has to wait 10 more months :( !) Nuestra Alana ya tiene 5 y esta lista para la escuela lo malo es que tubimos que explicarle que tiene que esperar 10 meses para ir. :(
Happy Fall
Erika

First

Alana's first Birthday card for her Daddy...
La primera tarjeta de cumpleanos de Alana para Papa...Happy Celebration time
Erika

Salem Days

Last week we had Salem Days celebration, we went to some of the events but the girls favorite is always the parade, and look what they show a pink tractor so cute. and of course all the princesses. My favorite is always the quilt show. I was so busy I forgot to take a couple of my quilts to show.
Esta semana pasada fue la feiesta de nuestra pequena ciudad, fuimos a algunas de las actividadesHappy Summer
Erika

Growing

Time goes so fast...

Totally unrelated 2

Yes again talking about something totally unrelated to crafting but something that is keeping me excited this days. It is about shopping wise, what? yes shopping but in a different way. I am always looking for ways to get more for my bucks and to do so I have try many things. Last April when Monika came to visit I asked her to teach me how to do the coupon-ing she is amazing on that you can visit her blog and see the crazy things she gets for almost nothing.
She gave me a few websites that I found very helpful like this, and this, and this one too. I found that my local news paper has this gal called the savvy shopper and is totally local I love it!. I am learning lots about coupons and the best way to use them. One rule she said is always buy on sale and better if using coupons, never pay full price. I am still working on it but when I see that I save $40 to $80 on my trips I start liking the coupon thing.
Besides coupons which they do not offer much produce options anyway Darlette told me about a co-op program that is getting very popular in the west part of the country called Bountiful Baskets
It is an amazing program basically you pay $15 and they give you $50 worth of produce %50 fruits and %50 vegetables. It is amazing, last Saturday I went to pickup mine and here is the picture of what I got: Fruits: Bananas, apples, strawberries, plums, melon, and grapes.
Vegetables: Chard, lettuce, avocado, tomatoes, onions, and carrots.
All for just $15, all the produce is first grade and wonderful to work with. So this is my totally unrelated post of the day.

Make it a great day!
Erika

Totally unrelated

This is a totally unrelated topic to my blog but I want to share with you. Extra uses for Dryer Sheets you can find the info here

Este es un post totalmente fuera de lo que escribo pero pense que seria bueno compartir. Ideas para usar las hojas para la secadora de ropa aqui lo pueden encontrar esta en Ingles lo siento :(

Saludos
Erika

Delights

Happy weekend

Making Doghnuts

A few days ago the girls wanted to bake something, well we ended making doughnuts just for fun. The recipe is an old one from one of my aunts and I wasn't sure it was going to work. they turn out OK. We had enough to share at DH office.

Hace algunos dias las ninas querian hacer algo en la cocina asi es que terminamos haciendo rosquillas. La receta es de una de mis tias y la verdad no sabia si saldrian bien. Al final todo salio bien y tubimos suficientes para compartir en la oficina de mi esposo. Sorry no pictures of the finished doughnuts.
Lo siento no foto de las rosquillas terminadas.

Erika

It is a Girl!

Yesterday I went to have an ultrasound and we found out that we are having another girl! yes another It will be a house full of girls down here. now we just need to find her a name.


Ayer fui a mi ultrasonido y nos enteramos que vamos a tener otra nina, si otra y parece que la casa estara llena de ninas aqui. Ahora solo necesitamos encontrarle un nombre.

Saludos
Erika

Dancing Girl

Yesterday was my Alana's first day of dancing classes. She was so happy and loves her teacher that happens to be one of her church teachers.

Ayer mi Alana empezo clases de ballet. Estaba tan feliz, le encanta su maestra que es tambien una de sus maestras en la Iglesia.
Happy Weekend
Erika

The current project and the next project

As you may know my current project is the Christmas BOM from Helen at Hugs & Kisses I got all the materials for it as soon as I received the package from Australia. I showed you the first part I finished and I haven't dome much after that I am starting to go back on my crafting today (my sewing area is all clean). Here are the FQ I got for it. The patten asks for 10 FQs, but I decided to add more light colors because the ones I had (in the middle) were almost the same value.

Como sabran estoy trabajando en el BOM de navidad de Helen de Hugs & Kisses y tan pronto como recibi el paquete compre las telas. Ya les mostre la primera parte pero no he hecho mucho desde entonces. aqui les muestro las telas que escoji, deberian de ser 10 pero aqui hay 12 porque las primeras que escoji las de enmedio estan muy cerca en valor asi es que compre dos mas claras.
Now the reason I haven't done much lately is because we are no longer just four at home. Yes we are expecting a little one by the first part of March!. I have been feeling sooooo sick like a dog. I have no energy and I just try to keep up with the basics at home. Also my two little ones need so much from me that by the afternoon I am all done for the day. Now you know.

Ahora la razon por la que no he hecho mucho es porque ya no somos solamente cuatro en casa. Sip, estamos esperando un bebe para la primera parte de Marzo! Me he estado sintiendo tan mal nada por las mananas mas que nada este bebe me esta exprimiendo todas mis energias, y me da un hambre que deberian de ver lo bueno es que con una fruta entre comidas apasiguo esta hambre que hasta me hace sentir nauceas y no se diga el sueno parece que todo el tiempo estoy lista para dormir. Ademas mis pequenas necesitan tanto de mi que solo me limito a atenderlas y mantener mi casa decente. para la tarde ya no tengo ganas ni para caminar. ahora ya saben por que ando inactiva.

I mention a couple of posts ago that Darlette and I decided to make something from the book hubby gave me for my b-day. Here is what we are planning on making.

Les comente hace un par de entradas que Darlette y yo decidimos hacer algo del libro que mi esposo me regalo por mi cumple. y aqui esta la foto de lo que estamos planeando en hacer.


I thought that there was no place where I could find the nice Japanese fabric that they show on the book, so I decided to go for homespun fabric. Because we needed about 16 different fabrics, one store wasn't enough then I went to "The Corn wagon" a very nice quilt shoppe two towns north of home. On my way to the homespun section I glimpse Japanese looking fabric. I asked the attendant and she confirm it and look what I got. This fabric is so amazing and so is the price $18 a yard ouch! compared to the normal $8-$9 for the quilting designers fabric. The nice thing is that we are sharing the cost. Here is the fabric I got both the Homespun and the Japanese.

Pense que no podia encontrar la tela Japonesa que presentan en el libro asi es que decidi comprar homespun. como necesitaba 16 tipos de telas, una tienda no fue suficiente asi es que fui a otra mas retirado de mi casa y me encuentro con la sorpresa de que tienen tela Japonesa; asi es que decidi comprarla. Lo unico malo es que esta tela es cara a $18 dollares la yarda (nisiquiera 1 metro) realmente dolio, pero estamos compartiendo los gastos. Aqui estan los dos tipos de telas la Japonesa y el homespun.

Japanese

Homespun

Have a nice weekend
Erika

Fun Weekend

We had a very nice weekend. Darlette and her Family arrived late on Saturday quite exhausted, but the girl were not too much tired to run all over the house. Imagine 5 little ones running all over the place. It was nice to have a nice Sunday dinner with the family, Hubby made the most delicious barbecue ribs ever. I help with the rest. Today we say our goodbyes and hope to see them soon in their new place.
One great thing that happened is that Darlette restore my crafting desires. I was kind of blue for a few days...(weeks). and we have a new project we want o make together (more of that later).
Tubimos un muy buen fin de semana. Darlette y su familia llegaron a casa ya tarde el Sabado muy cansados aunque las ninas no tan cansadas como para correr casi un maraton por toda la casa. Imaginense 5 chiquitas corriendo de un lado para otro felices de ver a las primas. Fue muy especial tener cena con la familia, mi esposo preparo costillitas a la barbeque y le quedaron super bien, yo ayude con el resto. Hoy nos despedimos de mi Hermana y su familia esperando poder pronto ir a visitarlos en su nuevo hogar.
Algo bueno que paso fue que Darlette me regreso los deseos de hacer manualidades (habia desaparecido por algunos dias) pero ahora tenemos un projecto que haremos juntas (luego les platico de eso)

Happy Monday
Erika