July/August/September 2015

July, August & September were busy for us & flew by! This post will mostly be pictures because I have a terrible memory. Here are some of the highlights:

My Brother, Clarke returned from his mission.
Ruby is slowly warming up to him.

A few super cute projects I made for a friend's wedding.
Yes, I glued every pearl on that wreath.
Yes, I glued every crystal on LOVE.
They turned out great! 

Random projects.
 I learned how to cross-stitch. I really enjoy it.

 Travis's little sister Cassidy got married this summer. It was so fun to help her with decorating! (an excuse for me to craft) She had a reception in Barnwell, and then was married in the Edmonton temple the following week with another reception. 

Barnwell Reception.
That cake was used for my wedding! (It's Styrofoam!!)

Barnwell Reception. She had a popcorn bar!
 I literally ate my body weight in kettle corn.

Edmonton Reception. Don't have two receptions. It is a lot of work!!

Married! Literally the longest day ever. It was cold and all the kids were cranky!

Weddings, an awesome wedding cake, visiting with my bestie
 and burning my arm with boiling water (OW!!)

Ruby being adorable. 

Selfie with Ruby, getting a FREE Selfie stick,
a family hockey game (we lasted 20 minutes) and posing!

The library and the Calgary Zoo! 

 This is just a brief look at the last couple months. They have been busy & fun! Until next time!

House

This is a long overdue post. We bought & moved into the basement suite of this house in February and two months later moved upstairs.

I've been putting off taking pictures because:

1. Furniture needed to be built
2. pictures needed to be hung
3. the house needed to be clean
4. I wanted new family pictures to hang up
5. I needed time & motivation to do all of these things

Plus it is hard to be motivated to write a blog post when:

1. I work 3 days every week
2. I have a VERY active almost 20 month old who keeps me very busy!! (yikes! How did that happen)
3. I have groceries to buy, meals to make, cleaning to do
4. Netflix is my good friend
5. I like to try and craft & get the occasional work out in.
6. I like to spend time with my husband & daughter everyday!

Basically blogging is at the very bottom of the totem pole. But that is something I would like to be better at! It is a fun way of journal writing for me.

With the exception of our disaster of an office, here it is:

Bathroom

Bedroom-Travis built the headboard & nightstands. Need to hang more pictures or put up a quote!

Kitchen

Kitchen-Travis built the kitchen table

Living room

These ugly slats used to exist. What a terrible idea.

Living room & play area

Living room

Ruby's room

These pictures aren't the greatest (shot on the iphone 4s lol) There are still some things we would like to do in the house, but it is coming along! I didn't include pictures of our office because it is the place where we throw things in and shut the door so Ruby can't get to them. It also has 2 desks, a filing cabinet, an elliptical, shelving and boxes in it. You can imagine the chaos. 
In the future I will post pictures of our backyard. Travis just ripped out the deck that was rotting has built a new one-and there are still a few things we need to do back there before it is presentable!!