Denver Overnighter!

Over the summer Scot and I randomly decided to go and spend a weekend in Downtown Denver. When we can't always get away it's sometimes fun to just take a quick trip even if we just drive down the road an hour or so!

The view from our room and a really cute little park that we were able walk around...

We stayed near our State Capital!...
Here is our hotel...
Here is a random, gigantic, red chair with a horse on it??...

We ate dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe on the 16th Street mall.

After dinner we walked down 16th street and listened to a band and then stopped to get gelato before heading in.

Ahhhh, I miss summer!! Happy Monday!

Crochet Baskets

I have loved making these little crocheted baskets for the last few months! I don't even really need them or have any real purpose for them I just think it's theraputic to make them! I can come home from a long day at work and whip out one of these cute little baskets and I just think it's relaxing I guess...or something...and stuff...

You can get the tutorial HERE at the Design Sponge DIY blog.

THIS yarn works great and is super affordable. You can find it at JoAnns, Michaels, Hobby Lobby and probably Wal Mart if yours hasn't taken out the craft section like ours! So disappointing...

A New Blog to Love!

I recently discovered a blog that I really really like. It features a ton of different fashion blogs of those seeking modesty while still being fashionable and staying within a budget! I have gotten so many cute ideas and it's just fun to see where other people are shopping and getting great deals!

I'm Clothed Much

A couple of my favorites...

Fashion Diary of a Mormon Girl

Melody's Voice

La Vie Petite

Check it out!

Catalina Island

I love going on vacation! I love visiting new places and seeing things that I have never seen before especially with my hubby! Sometimes I day dream about where we could go next and sometimes (most of the time) I go so far as to plan an entire trip through Expedia just to see how much it would cost even though I know it isn't very realistic to think that we can go on an exotic and exciting trip EVERY week! But it's fun to dream right?

This picture was taken on Catalina Island during our last Cruise in November 2009. What a beautiful place! We were able to explore the Island with a golf cart and a map and enjoy everything it had to offer! I would love to go back and stay for a couple of nights just to take in more of the laid back atmosphere of the Island! This would be the perfect place for a three day weekend!!

Happy Thursday! Only one more day til' the weekend!

I heart Aprons and $1.99 patterns!

Honestly I totally don't like to cook...AT ALL but for some reason I am absolutely obsessed with aprons. I love making them, I love the way they look but I don't really wear the ones I make because I don't want them to get all dirty and gross I just have a cute little hook in the kitchen that I collect them all on. Ya, I'm pretty much strange like that...Anyway JoAnn's alot of times has patterns on sale for $1.99 and I love that! For the most part I like to get all of my patterns online for free but every once in a while I find a great pattern that I have to buy! A whie back I found this pattern that I had to have. It has two of my most favorite things...ruffles and layers! Here is how it turned out...

Scot was kind enough to be model. I sure love him! Anywho, I hope everyone is doing well. Only a 4 day work week! Woo hoo! Happy Monday!

Refurbished Shirt...

I think people are actually calling it repurposing but I like refurbished better. Anyway, I was inspired the other day by my friend Mitzi's post (here) to make one of these cute ruffly shirts. I looked around and found a tutorial I thought looked easy here. I didn't want to do anything too in depth for my first try but now that I have done it once I want to go out and buy a gazillion plain shirts because it was so much stinkin' fun and it took hardly any time...Here is the finished product...

And a close up...

If you go here you can find a whole bunch of different tutorials on refubishing shirts. Oh and the best part is I found this shirt on sale at Kohls for $6, regularly $12. Then I went to Target and they had a whole bunch of V-Neck ones on sale for $4! Score!!

Also just a side note, I am really weird about clothes getting ruined in the washer so I hand wash a lot of my clothes because I am crazy like that. I decided to throw this bad boy in the washer and just see what happened and then just lay it flat to dry. Good to go. Looks like brand spankin' new still. I'm probably the only one that would be worried about that but just in case there were other worry warts out there I thought I would put your minds at ease :)

By the way....HORRAY MONDAY IS OVER!! Have a good week everyone!

First project in a while!

It's been forever since I posted a sewing project on here. I haven't really been in the mood for sewing lately but recently got the itch again. Here is my most recent project....and let's just say it was a little more work than it was maybe worth...

There is supposed to be a cute little bow on the outside but I got slightly lazy toward the end and decided it was busy enough without it :). Next time I will definitely make the handles a little longer and I might leave the outside pocket off. Anyway, now I am inspired to do some more sewing so I need to figure out what my next project will be!

Hope everyone is having a fantastic week! I will be INSANELY happy when Friday is here!! I could so use another 3 day weekend!

Disneyworld - Part 4 (Epcot)

Here is the last stop on our awesome trip to Orlando! Epcot!!

Here we are in line for the test track ride. It's awesome!

They had all of these awesome sculptures made out of flowers everywhere! Love that!

We had delicious chinese food here!

Our last bus ride back to our hotel! Sad day! Can't wait to go back in 5 years!!

Thanks Scot for a fantastic anniversary surprise! I loved every minute of it and I love you so much!! Yay for 5 years and many many more to come!!!!

Click HERE to see our past Disney trips! We LOVE it!!

Click HERE and HERE to see past Anniversary Posts!

Disneyworld - Part 3 (Animal Kingdom)

After spending half of Saturday at Hollywood Studios we spend the 2nd part of the day at Animal Kingdom. There is tons to do at this park and lots to see!

Here is Scot while we were waiting in line for the Dinosaur ride. It was a great ride!

We of course had to get the classic picture with the Tree of Life!
Jungle Safari ride!

That big white mountain in the background is a ride called Expedition Everest. It's awesome!! Probably my new favorite ride next to the Rockin' Roller Coaster at Hollywood.

Us, along one of the walking trails.

Getting ready to go on the train!

Leaving the Animal Kingdom...

So, Animal Kingdom closed at 5pm on Saturday and the Magic Kingdom was open until 11pm so we decided to go back to the hotel and swim for a little bit and then go back to Magic Kingdom that night until they closed at 11pm! We just love it so much we had to go back so we could get as much of it as possible!

Here is Scot pretending like he was going to spin the heck out of our tea cup. I made him promise he wouldn't though before we got on so he was good!

I'm pretty sure we were the oldest people on the Carousel without kids. Oh well! I wanted to ride EVERYTHING!!

I got my churro! It is a crime to go to Disneyworld/land without getting a churro! Delicious!

Goodbye Magic Kingdom!!

Now we just have Epcot pictures left!!