Not Property Virgins Anymore!

So after a year and a half of house shopping and multiple offers placed we finally found a home!! The true test of enduring to the end, but totally worth it. My favorite part is the neighborhood, there is always kids playing outside and the parks look really nice. It is still not over though... We bought a short-sale home so the place needs some TLC and some. These past few weeks have been extremely hectic but it is so so worth it. Daniel & Nina & CA came down for fall break. They helped us so much with the whole moving situation. Sophi went back to Utah with them for a little vacation away from the crazyness while Mom & Dad & Bryce (with lots of help from the rest of the Daytons that live close) stayed in Arizona getting the house ready. I want to post before and after pictures of the interior after we are done fixing it up. Here is an exterior picture.

Sunday Dress

Last Sunday it was the Primary Program. Sophi did awesome on her part and she did really well singing the songs. The poor girl was not feeling very well, but she would rest her head on the wood rail of the stage and still sing the words to the songs. I've been trying a little harder in making her matching bows for her church dresses. Good thing she likes to model and does some pretty cute poses.

Pictures at the park

This post is way past overdue. Earlier this summer Susan Carr was very kind to do this photo shoot with the kids. I think the pictures turned out amazing. I wish I could take such beautiful pictures of my kids on a daily basis. I can't wait to get a house so I can blow some of these up and put them up on my wall. You can check out her work at www.susancarrphotography.com

Sewing 101

My first successful sewing project!! A long time ago I bought zebra print ribbon, I don't know why but I tend to gravitate to zebra print. Just recently I made a new friend in the ward, Aprilee, who shares my passion (or addiction) to bow making. We shared our ribbons and came up with this funky little bow. Then, I had this cute bow but really no outfit for Sophi to wear it with. I decided it was time for me to give sewing a try again (last time I tried to make curtains it was not very successful and it was a huge pain in the neck!). Once again, I turned to my trustee internet tutorials (which I now love!) and found a few tutorials to make this skirt. One of them called it the 2-hour skirt. Yeah right 2 hours, more like 5 for me, but still it was nice to be able to start it and finish it on the same day. Now the next task to tackle is getting Sophi to wear it. She would not wear it this morning to preschool! Goodness!
Here are the links for the tutorials in case someone out there wants to give it a try:

http://www.kukyideas.com/journal/2006/07/tiered-skirt-tutorial.html
http://www.craftstylish.com/item/1608/two-hour-peasant-skirt