Vacation!!!

I thought it was due time to post about our vacation to Disneyland a couple weeks ago. We were able to get a really nice 4 star hotel on priceline for only $35 a night! It was definitely the nicest place we have ever stayed. Our plan was to go to Disneyland for 4 days and do something else in the middle to break it up. I LOVE Disneyland! We met up with my sister and her family there and it was a BLAST! I started contemplating moving into one of the houses in New Orleans Square right by Pirates of the Carribbean. Kory put a stop to that notion as soon as I started to mention it. :-(
Kory is in love with the Pixar movie Cars. He could watch it over and over and over again. When he saw that there was a spot to pose with them he was thrilled! We also had to run all the way from one end of Disneyland to the middle of California Adventure one day in 5 minutes to make it so Kory could witness Lightning McQueen and Mater in live action in the parade.

You can't see it here but Minnie wouldn't even look at me. She just sat there and flirted with my husband the whole time. The nerve!!!!
We took a break from Disneyland midweek and went to an aquarium and the beach.
Brian, my bro-in-law was nice enough to let Kory give his body board a whirl. I think he caught a wave once for a couple seconds. I have a video but it ended up being about 10 minutes. All in all it was an amazing trip. I so did not want it to end. I just love vacations!

More Excitements

2 posts in one day! I'm trying to make up for all my missed time. I don't know if it is odd to blog about every new thing we buy or make or do with our yard but it gives me thrills to show off the cool stuff and is about as exciting as we get here in this home. I've been saving up extra money here and there to buy a cute end table with a lamp for our living room. I was able to find a lamp shade that is our accent color but with the same pattern we made our ottoman with. What luck!Tonight we built a border for our garden. Not only is is much more pleasing to the eye, but hopefully this will stop the people who have decided our yard is simply a trail to the park behind our house from trampling our garden once it is in.
Next step: fence?

Sewing Frenzy!!

I've decided I need to brag about myself. I've been in a sewing mood for a couple months and have had a couple projects i'm rather proud of, if I do say so myself. My sister got married in March and her colors were brown and blue. Naturally I needed to make a new skirt for the occasion. This was going to be my first item of clothing I have attempted to make without my mom with me every step of the way. I think it turned out rather well.
I also saw a woman with a super cute purse at my sister-in-laws bridal shower. Upon conversation I found out her mother made it for her. Well that was good and bad. First step we got a picture and I sent it to my mom and asked her to make up a pattern for me. Then I sent my sister to the same material store the other purse started from. I told her to find me something cute and sent her a picture of what kind of purse I was making. Surprisingly she brought me the exact same fabric! After a lot of phone calls with my mom I have an extremely close replica of the original and what I think is a very cute purse.