Fourth of July

This year for the 4 of July I stayed up the night before and made a cute little dress for Emily out of my Old Navy Flag shirt from last year. I used the tutorial found on Made, and I just love how it turned out. It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be especially considering that it was the first piece of clothing that I have ever made. I also made a cute little hair clip to go along with it.

We were able to go to the ward pancake breakfast. Just barely caught the end as they were starting to put the food away because I had to finish the dress, and we were getting the house ready to clean the carpets. It was such a perfect day to do the carpets because it was so warm, and they would dry super fast. After doing the carpets, and having a nap we went up to Nathan's parent's house before we headed over to my cousin Robin's for a BBQ.

It was such a fun afternoon. Good company and yummy food plus Emily had so much fun running around with her new pin wheel.

SHEETS!!!

The other day we were folding a table cloth and Emily went absolutely nuts! As Nathan was shaking the fabric she started to squeal and run into the fabric. She then started to roll around with it. It was so funny, and now she gets so excited every time we fold a blanket. Oh the little joys found when you are little. My eyes have been opened to the little things in life this past year. It has been so much fun being able to be with Emily and sharing in all of her new discoveries!

Glimpses of June

First time on the slide at Pioneer Park

I love this picture. She found a buttercup and ran around the yard with it.

Emily and her cousin Cassie watching Hello Kitty.

At Costco she had a key lime pie ice cream bar sample and just loved it!

Bubbles!

For Father's Day we got my dad a bubble gun. When he worked in the nursery they had one and he had such a fun time blowing bubbles with all the kids. He has been wanting to get one. Emily has such a fun time with the bubbles.

Birthday Girl!

I am so far behind in my blog posts, but Emily hid our camera from us. We couldn't find it for 3 or 4 weeks now. I thought for sure she had thrown it in the trash, but we found it tucked away in our bedroom closet. I am so glad that we were able to find it and be able to be reminded of all our fun memories. I truly believe that there are finding angels.

Back on June 18th we celebrated Emily's one year Birthday. It is so hard to believe that one year has flown by already, and I hear that time only goes faster and faster. I have been planning her party for over a month, and I think it turned out really fun. We ended up doing a pink polk-a-dot theme. I made a circle garland. I got the idea for the invite here, and made a birthday banner using my gypsy and cricut. Her party was a lunch and dessert party. We had deli sandwiches, fruit, vegies, chicken pasta salad, pink oreos, and cupcakes.

I made a teeny tiny cake for her.

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We had such a wonderful turn out, and Emily had such a fun time being the center of attention. She could not get over all of the flashing lights and singing toys. She was such a gracious little girl. With every single present she got so excited and had to show it to everyone. Even if it was clothes or a book.

 

Emily loved her cake. A little leery about it to begin with, but after a few nibbles she dove right in. She didn't really know what to do with the candle either. We had to blow it out pretty quick because she wanted to touch the flame.

 

I just love this little girl. It has been so much fun being her mom this past year. I can't wait to continue to see her little smiling face, and be a part of all of her new discoveries and developments! To another fun year with our Emily Girl!

Quilt

In our ward we are doing a service project where we are making quilts for the church. I volunteered to make one of the quilt tops. I probably shouldn't have since Emily's Birthday is the following week, but I have never done a service project like this and I have always wanted to participate in something like this. I thought this would be really fun especially since it is something that I am trying to learn how to do.

It is not the most beautiful quilt ever, but it is just the fabric that we all had on hand. I forgot to take a picture of the quilt, but I had a lot of fun making it, and it really wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. A little practice for other quilts I make down the road.

Helping Daddy

Emily is such a funny little girl. The other day Nathan was putting the felt bottoms on the chair legs, and as he was hammering them on she was over there wanting to help him. She even picked up one of his screw drivers and started to use it as a hammer to help hammer them on. She is going to totally be Daddy's little helper!