OUR TWIN NURSERY!

I've been working on a twin nursery for a few months now. Here's how the room looked before when it was an office.Here's Cody trying to keep me out of the fumes. He's been so helpful with this project. He gave me my way (which if you've met us you know that's rarely his way)!!Puke green paint...we were nervous!!What to do with a boy/girl room? I found some fabric at Hobby Lobby that I fell in love with. So I put my talented mom to work and we created this fun nursery! I love it! To start with we made blankets and sheets for the babies' cribs... We did the quilting ourselves. My mom made the polka dot sheets. Of course there has to be vinyl (since I have a cutter)!I'm trying to keep it inexpensive so I had to get crafty with some things I had. This changing table was all white. My sister gave it to me to use for Corbett when he was a baby. I painted it off white and brown. Notice the baskets are lined with the fabric from the quilts, my mom's handiwork...again (along with the cover for the changing pad).Such a fun diaper stacker! Thanks to my mom, she put in WAY more hours than I could thank her for!I made these blocks and added drawers to this dresser. It used to be a stool that was unfinished. I acquired it through a craft trade. I think it turned out cute!

And lastly I made a simple shelf to put some decor on.

There's still a couple finishing touches I want to add but it's pretty much done! Can't wait to fill it with those little babies!
A BIG thank you to my mom for all her time, my cousin Mirella who gave us matching cribs, and my sister Sandra for being ambidextrous (so she could quilt backwards!)

Memories & History...Our trip to Kanab!!

My mom spends a few days in Kanab with her mother every time she goes off track (she's a school teacher). Cody had a trip scheduled to Las Vegas for work this past week so we decided to go to Kanab with my mom! My sister, Sandra, and her son Carson came with us too. Kanab is a place I have very fond memories of! My grandparents lived there my entire childhood. We would go visit a few times a year. All of our cousins on the Black side (my mom's side) lived there except a few. My Grandpa Black died while I was on my mission so things are a little different there now. They sold the house they lived in and my grandma now lives in a senior living apartment. Kanab is a small place and our history there is deep. Levi Stewart was the first bishop in Kanab and he is my great great great grandfather (give or take a "great"). Somehow I am related to most of the people there. Above: Corbett has Carson in a headlock by the Levi Stewart Memorial. Below: My mom with Corbett & Carson by the Levi Stewart statue.

This is the sign you see as you enter Kanab on the north side. My grandpa did the rock work on the sides. As kids we used to smash our faces up against the window of the camper or stick our arms out of the window in our car just to be the first one in Kanab as we passed this sign.Here is my cute Aunt Carolyn with the boys. We found plenty of ways to entertain the boys while we were there (beside my mom spoiling them rotten with toys!) The weather wasn't great but we had fun anyway. Here's Corbett at the park.The grocery store in Kanab hands out balloons, cookies, and free tokens to the merry go round every time you go!It was COLD but Corbett & Carson were determined to go swimming!Outside of grandma's apartment there are the huge rocks the boys enjoyed climbing on...they were king of the hill and king of everything else they could think of (including olives!)Time to go home! They got Kanab Cowboy hats as souvenirs!What a fun trip! Thanks to my mom for letting us tag along. It was so good to see my grandma, sadly I have to admit I hadn't been to visit since Corbett was 3 or 4 months old. I love going there, the red rock, the red sand dunes (too bad we couldn't play on the dunes because of the weather), our relatives, and mostly memories of my grandparents & visiting their house.

skiing!

Cody and Corbett ready to get on the lift.

The ski season is winding down. I decided to ride up to the hill with Cody and Corbett yesterday since I hadn't seen Cody all week. It was fun to see Corbett ski through every once in a while! He's doing really well. It was also fun to see all the other tiny skiiers...Corbett isn't even considered small for how little they start skiing.

Corbett all decked out and ready to go!