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Here is my second attempt at Project 52. I had so much fun taking the pictures and the kids loved getting their pictures taken. I took tons of pictures and here are just a few, there are still so many more that I just love. Which ones do you like?

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Wow, I didn't realize there were that many! I hope you had fun looking at them all
and didn't get too bored!

These are a few of my FAVORITE things!

Here are a few of my FAVORITE things! As you all know I love Etsy. I have made tons of friends on there as well as at local boutiques. Here are some of my favorite LDS products that you can buy on Etsy. Click on pictures or the words in italics to take you to the link.

TIKA KIDS - I love your stuff Annie!

This is a magnet board you can find at Tika Kids for $10. It is made of metal with a vinyl edging(lots of vinyl colors to choose from). You can play with magnets on it and write on it with a dry erase marker! My boys love to play tic-tac-toe and write notes to each other during sacrament. Georgia loves to scribble on it, it's great for keeping kids quiet in Church.

Here is one of the magnetic puzzles that Tika Kids offers for $4.50. She has tons of puzzles to choose from, not all are religious. But I do like the religious ones because they are great for church. When they become to easy for your kids you can cut them down even smaller!

You can also get these darling flannel erasers and dry erase markers for $5.50. Each eraser has a magnet in it so it stays attached to the board and you don't have to worry about loosing it.

This vinyl pouch is adorable and only $3.50. It is perfect for holding all those puzzles and markers. She offers a variety of colors!

Hand Picked Daisy
Jennifer makes the cutest Visiting Teaching Kits. They are $4 and very well made. She has a great eye for detail and makes beautiful things. Check her shop out for other fun things.

Visiting Teaching Kit for May - $4.00


Visiting Teaching Kit for April - $4.00

I'd love your feedback! What do you think of these cute things?

Project 52

My Favorite photographer, Katie Moss with Peek A Boo Photos, challenged her friends at the beginning of the year to do "Project 52." Obviously, I am a little late getting started but here I go anyway. The project is to take photos of your children every week for 52 weeks and at the end of the year you will have some great pictures that you can make into a book. Since I got a somewhat beginner camera at Christmas time (Nikon D60) I thought this would be the perfect challenge to help me get better at photography. Here are my pictures 1/52!

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Nothing great but it's a start. I learned that I do not know how to edit, maybe James can do that for me. I know I love using natural light but I still need lots of practice doing outside shots. This was so fun I can't wait to see what else I can come up with. It will be neat to see if there is any improvement as the year goes by.

Which one do you like the best?

Bet you didn't know!

Here are Dallin, Georgia, and Conner at the airport waiting for their Dad to arrive!

Yea!, he is here for GOOD! James is hopefully finished working in Iraq. There is a slight possibility he would have to go back for a month or two but we think he is home for good. He came home about 3 weeks ago and needs to get a job! haha!

Here James and I are in Las Vegas. We went there last Sunday and came back Wednesday. My mom came out and stayed with the kids so we could spend some time alone together. I kept winning money in the slot machines and James kept loosing it at the Texas hold em table. But it was tons of fun.

Another reason we went to Las Vegas was for the Textile Convention. James and I are starting an online designer fabric retail store. We will be launching our store in the next few months. So the convention in Las Vegas was perfect timing. We met a lot of sales reps for the fabric designers that we will be featuring in our store. It is crazy to think that we will have hundreds of bolts of fabric in our home, I will be in heaven. So if you need anything let me know, our site is NewLineFabric.com. Right now we are still working with our web designer, she hasn't quite captured the look we are going for, yet! When you go to the site it is just a temporary page until our site opens.

Now the fun stuff! My sister Lauren came to visit this weekend so we had this air mattress out. Conner thought it would be fun to launch Georgia into the air, she loved it. And the responsible adult taking the picture is of course James!

I can't believe it, Conner turned 10 today, April 5th. I have a son in his double digits. He thinks he is 16 though. He is really into girls, and asked me the other day what would happen if he got caught kissing this girl that he likes. He wanted to see if the punishment would be worth it. We are in trouble!

Happy Birthday Conner, I love you!