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I’ve been making those bows like crazy. I love them cause they are so easy, and super cheap to make. Unfortunately, I’m not giving many gifts right now. Here are 65 of them.

Ok, so I stole this from a post on craftster and I love it! Taking old magazines (which I have TONS of) and making gift bows out of them. Here’s the first one I made and I think it’s super cute! Just thought I’d share.

So, I went and watched the Fairview kids going into prom tonight. They all clean up pretty nice ;) I took a bunch of pics, in between the spurts of rain. Joseph took off with my umbrella at one point too, at least it didn’t rain too long :) I also have to brag that I made Amber’s jewelry. Here is what it looked like.

Ok, so even though I have tons and tons of pics of Austin, very few have me in them. There are bunches with Ashley, but I’m usually the one with the camera, so yeah, I’m not in them. I decided this needed to change and all 3 of us needed to be in a picture. I think Austin was a week old the last time we got one with all three of us. Anyways, so, we all dress up in our blue/black/white stripes, I set up the camera on the tripod, set the timer and jump in the pic. I’m amazed that we were able to get a decent shot. We were hungry, so I only took 4 shots before we took off, and 2 of them turned out pretty good. Here’s the best one we got, with a little photoshop tweaking!

So, I started this cross stitch in September of 2006. I planned to finish it before I ever got pregnant, and to save it for a “future baby”. Well, we decided to start our family a bit sooner than I had originally anticipated. So, here is what it will look like when finished.

And here is where I stand with it.

I guess I need to get crackin if I’m gonna get it finished before he’s in school :)