Tutus

So, I know these real cute little girls and I was in the mood to do some crafting, so I made some patriotic tutus. They turned out pretty cute. Unfortunately, I needed to visualize one on something and I don't have any little girls near by.

I think Reno was kind of fond of it. Hopefully Sydney doesn't mind sharing her pink tutu.

The patriotic ones aren't nearly as large, but are still pretty dang cute. 

A Steal of a Deal

When I started this blog, my intent was to record things we have done to the house. Until the last couple of weeks, work kept us busy outside the house and the yard was a nice break from work. Well, now it is too hot to be outside (it is 7:30 p.m now and 106 outside), so we are spending more time inside. So, we have been doing some deep cleaning and decorating.

We have had an empty loft since we moved in. It has just had a chair and a magazine rack in it with a clock and a painting on the wall. And it is a pretty big room so it needed something else. Last weekend, we went to the Bob Feist Invitational Team Roping in Reno and did some browsing at the tradeshow. I bought a shirt and Logan got a new hat, but what we really had our eye on was this beautiful piece of furniture.

We were driving the car and it was way over-priced anyways so Logan said after he came home working in Oregon all week we would go back at the end of the tradeshow and see if they would come down on the price. I didn't think for a minute he would still be interested in going back to Reno after driving all the way back from Oregon. But on his way home from Oregon, he called the guy at the tradeshow who said he was willing to come way down on the price rather than haul it back to Texas.

So, the loft now has this in it:

Pictures don't do it justice. I love it.

Transformation

I came home from work the other day to a new formal living room. Logan had talked about putting up some leather wall paneling in the room since he got a gift card to Lowe's from his mom this past Christmas.

Unfortunately, when he finally had a couple of days earlier this week, but the leather paneling was discontinued. Instead, he found a wall paper that looked similar and put it up. Pretty good look I think. He started it one morning and had it all finished that afternoon. When he sets out to do something, it usually gets done ultra fast, so I really wasn't surprised.

Just to refresh your memories, I have put up a before picture of the room when we bought the house. We painted it before we ever moved it, but I think the new look gives it a lot of dimension. Thanks for the gift card, Debi!

Original Look

New Look

Baby Harley

Even though I don't have much time for this blog post, I figure the next few weeks won't slow down much, so I guess now is better than later.

After some business meetings in Denver last week, I was able to go home for a couple of days to deliver birthday presents, Father's Days gifts, attend a baby shower and take some photos. It was a whirlwind of a few days but at least Logan was already in Utah for work and was able to meet me at the airport for the quick trip.

The highlight of the weekend was getting to see Jim and Alesia's new baby, Harley James, and take pictures of their family. Although Harley is precious, I think a newborn is a little too much work. I would however be willing to take Sydney home with me for a while. She is a handful, but is oh so cute! Below are a few pictures of their cute family.

But my all-time favorite photo...

Is this one of Harley grinning. Why do you suppose he is so happy? Maybe it is because I caught him in the act of PEEING...on my camera. Yes, folks, that is urine on my lens. No worries though, it is a cute photo and the camera is fine. I guess that is one of the potential hazards of naked baby photography.