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So I have sucked at blogging lately. Again.

(As usual?)

The deal is...the photos are just so much work. To me, anyway. I take mediocre at best photos, so if I want something decent I have to wait for John. He either has take them for me or to help me set up the camera so I get good exposure, etc. I just can't wrap my brain around the ISO and aperture, etc. And then there's the post processing. And John's super busy. Etc. So there's my excuse for being such a lame blogger.

I really have been working on a lot of cool things in the past few weeks. There's the ripple afghan, a couple baby projects, cafe curtains, quilt, book covers, paper cutting. I've been busy! Plus plans for some baby gifts, some experiments in designing my own plush matroyshkas, and more crocheting. I'm also on a thrift/antique hunt for frames. I can't find any!! And I need several.

Also, I've been revelling in this amazing weather we've been having. It's like, insane how awesome it's been. Two weeks of overcast skies, some rain, and temperatures all under 75!!! I'm soaking up every second of it before the heat hits and then stays until Christmas. We love the cool, morning walks!

I may not have any craft photos, but I do have pictures of our weekend in San Diego last month. Enjoy!

William with his youngest uncle, Ryan.
Waiting in line for the bus.
Cute bugs.
Running down a big hill.
Sleeping through the new elephant exhibit (my favorite animals at the zoo!).
Checking out the chimps.
Will's first beach experience!
He loved the sand but was a bit wary of the water.
He's a kid now.
Our family, in feet.

Soooo excited!

We are off for a weekend in the mountain-y wilderness with some excellent company. No phones, no internet, no tv. Just the great outdoors, friends, food and probably some Boggle.

Have a good weekend! Catch y'all next week!

What We Did...

...in Utah in April.

Saw a parrot driving a truck



Attended my beautiful cousin's beautiful wedding
(which John photographed)



Sis-tahs!

Did some creepy things with non-creepy people

$10 if you can tell me where we are with Mr. Brick Pants. Another $10 if you'll ignore the fact that I look like I could ingest Sheena in a single bite.

Got snowed on?

This is me saying "Seriously, UT? Snow? In April?"

But really, I enjoyed every minute of it.

Went bowling with sibs


Somehow the end scores weren't all that surprising.

The baby-child got injured



Ate cupcakes. And a lot of Indian and Thai food.

Salt. Not Snow.

Hi. We are, regretfully, back from our little mini-vaca. The week consisted of a Mexican dinner with many Norwegians singing Happy Birthday; freezing our buns off at the Salt Flats; freezing everything else off in the wilds of Draper, UT; photo/video shoots; thrift stores; creepy guys in gas stations; a lot of delicious food; many laughs; and me trying to steal everything in Sheena's house. And the house itself. However -- a brick house is really difficult to fold up into a duffel bag. Not to mention really heavy, so that didn't really work out. Sheena herself is a great deal more portable and I probably should have just stolen her. She would have actually fit into my duffel bag.

Here are a few pictures from our day on the salt flats, but you won't believe what's coming...so stay tuned.