These are a Few of my Favorite Things

Jimmy Update:
Jimmy left for Baghdad on Monday. He arrived there safely and will be there until August 2nd. His schedule for the next two years is a bit crazy and goes as follows (for now):
Baghdad, now till August 2
Home for 5 days
Military training for 3 weeks
Home for 3 months
Military training for 18 months
A bit crazy and we won't be seeing much of him. At least the kids have been able to spend the last 3 months with him non-stop. Georgia absolutely loves her "Dada," and amazingly has a strong sense that he is her Dad.
Here is a picture of him helping out the Bobby Lawrence Karate school in the Lehi Parade!

Conner Update:
Conner earned his brown/blue belt this month in karate. He is working very hard toward his black belt. He is enjoying Dallas as his karate teacher now and is debating if he should be on the SWAT team this next year.
He keeps busy with Cub Scouts and has earned 5 achievement pins already! Here he is putting ice down his shirt after the Lehi City parade. It was hot!
He has been an absolute pleasure to be around lately and is growing up fast.

Dallin Update:
Dallin earned his brown/yellow belt in karate this month. He has been working extra hard in karate getting ready with the SWAT team for all the parade's and performances they have been doing lately. Good job Dallin!
Dallin is enjoying cub scouts as well and wants to earn everything that there is to earn!
Here he is in the Lehi City parade with the Karate school doing a showtime kick.

Georgia Update:
We ran into the Katoa's at the Lehi City parade. Here are Georgia and Vela giving each other hugs, soooo cute! They are 1 month apart.

Georgia is talking a lot now. She learned the word "Shub Up" (shut up). It is so precious when she says it but it is a bad word in our house. It makes me want to laugh and say it back to her but I have to hold back.
We went to Seven Peaks today and Conner would take Georgia over to the slide and give her a little push. She would go down all by herself, with me at the bottom to catch her, and she loved it. She also enjoyed jumping into the water off the side of the pool and splashing, which she did over and over and over! We had tons of fun.
Here is our little karate girl with a pink belt. That means she isn't old enough to start karate yet. She does stand at attention and will do karate kicks and punches, super cute.
Mariah Update:
As for me I have been busy working with a woman in Singapore sewing dresses for her. She places an order every Monday and I ship out her order each week. She sells them there and they are pretty popular because they are made in America!
I have been working on building my New Line Fabric online store. I am off to a slower start than I was hoping but I am having great success selling what I have. I have started to sell Pink Fig and Mod Kid sewing patterns and a small selection of hard to get paper doll fabric on Etsy. Once my inventory gets bigger I will put everything up on my website. Check me out on Etsy by clicking here.
I am waiting for a shipment of an amazing product that I will be selling in my Etsy shop. You can't get it anywhere else that I know of, I have searched everywhere for it and can't find it anywhere. It is Iron-on washable jumbo ric rac. I LOVE it! It is amazing! I have tested it and I think anyone who tries it will never want any other kind of ric rac! So look for it on NewLineFabric.etsy.com, coming soon! I would like to eventually phase out most of my items on MariahMade.etsy.com and focus on NewLineFabric.etsy.com because I can make more money and spend less time on it.
There are a lot of other changes going on right now with our family that we will be sharing soon good and bad. Sorry to all my friends and family if I have been neglectful, I am just trying to focus on some other things right now, but I do love you all!
Here I am with Conner and Georgia on the back of Dallas' truck during the Lehi Parade! It was tons of fun and we just love the karate school and all the people there!