Viviann's Blessing and other happenings

Last weekend we had the opportunity to give Viviann her blessing. It was really sweet, and great to have family around. My parents came down from Coeur d'Alene and brought my little sister, Darbye and her new hubby, Lyle. We really had a lot of fun. Here are some cute pictures of Miss Viv on her big day! (and I finally posted about Halloween too, just below this post)

No one told me that my eye makeup was smeared, and my hair looks funny, but here are the pictures anyway.

Shaun and Emily came and participated. They have been here in Rexburg with us from the beginning and it is fun to watch our little families grow. Ava loves their little man, Lincoln, and calls him BLincoln. She talks about him all the time and tells stories with "her friend BLincoln" in them. So fun to have such good friends!

Here's the fam.

Ava had a blast with Grandma and Grandpa. She was so sad to see them leave and kept saying, "I lost my Grandma and Grandpa!"

I also did my mom's hair while she was down here. That is an essential part of every Rexburg visit. It is a lot of fun to get to talk and catch up.

She has been asking me for colorful highlights for a few years now. She wants red for chirstmas and blue and red for 4th of July, but I have always told her no, because her hair is so light they would be rediculous to bleach out to a nice platinum again, so this time, I got her extensions! I cut them into her hair so she can clip them in and out for the holidays and there are no horrible effects. She now is the proud owner of red and blue ones! I think that I have created a monster cause now she wants green for St. Patricks day and who knows what other colors! hahha. Love you mom! Ava kept saying, "Grandma's hair is bleeding!" What a fun grandma to have around!

The cold weather has decended upon Rexburg, and so I am going into crafting mode like crazy...
What do you get when you mix old thrift store sweaters and a sewing machine?
Cute little Sweater Dresses for a cheap price! My favorite blog, Make It and Love It, gave me this idea and I went crazy...I made 5 dresses in like an hour cause they are so easy and so cute! They are made from Ladies sweaters. This one was from The Gap and in great shape and I just cut it a little and there you go! Ava loves wearing dresses all the time, and now she has some warm ones for the winter!

Then I was putting in a load of laundry and noticed soapy water EVERYWHERE! So Riley got to take it apart and fix it...this is what our house looked like for a few hours while he diagnosed the washer. Turns out the drum was cracked on the bottom. He put a little Apoxy (sp?) on it and it is working good as new. Hopefully it will hold out for another year or so.

I LOVE MY HANDY MAN! He always leaves presents behind when he fixes things too, like a few screws and what not :) Not too shabby for having no clue what he was doing...and it works great, it is even better balanced than before, so obviously those screws served no real purpose in the washing machine anyway! haha