4 Crochet Club

Guys! (Or I should say) Girls! I'm so excited that so many of you showed interest in crochet. Now I have lots of questions for you...

When could everyone meet?

How often would you want to meet? Once a month? Twice a month?

Would you want to learn the basics and then bring projects to work on and I'll help?

Do you want me to make all the decisions and you just show up if you want?

If anyone is interested please email me at alynnc17@gmail.com and answer these questions so I can set up our first meeting.

I'm especially excited to start up a crochet club because I think it's officially winter outside. Which means I won't be going outside until Spring.

35 Bobble Blanket

Just finished this blanket and couldn't wait to post it. I love the texture of this blanket. I keep running my hands  over it because its such a fun texture. I really want to make a rug like this. I'm becoming more and more obsessed with crochet and I'm currently working on another crochet blanket and a bunch of Christmas presents. I hope my family/friends like crocheted things. 

Here is the pattern I used.

Also thinking of starting up a crochet club where you would come over and I would teach you how to crochet. And we would have tea and crumpets and talk about life and let our kiddos run wild. Anyone in Provo/Utah area interested?

19 6 Months in the Making

I am finally done with my first crochet afghan! I started this at the beginning of summer and 6 months later it's finally finished. It took me more than 200 hours to complete, but so worth it. I love it. And I feel very  accomplished. (I feel like I get some bragging rights after 200 hours). I was worried that I would never finish it. I tend to get really excited about big projects, get about half way through them and then get excited about something else, resulting in a lot of unfinished projects. 

Silly as it may sound, this project taught me that I can do anything. I can take on big, long, tedious projects and finish them! When I look at this blanket I think about how patient I was and can be. It will be a constant reminder that the small and simple things we do each day can turn into something big and beautiful. Who knew crochet could teach you all those things.

I'm working on two more afghans not quite as big as this one, but so pretty. I'm really excited to finish them soon...ish.

1 Kenzie's 1/2 Birthday

She loved her presents. Hahaha. 

Kenzie always has to have her "ba" with her when she goes to sleep. But for this nap she wanted her bunny, rawr, and ba. She knows pretty much every animal sound there is to know. She is always saying tay-too (thank you). She hands me things all day long and says tay-too. She says please when she wants something. She knows how to say nanda (Amanda) and layla (Kayla) and mehma (Grandma). She knows over 50 words and is always jabbering, laughing, screaming, etc. 

She loves chips and salsa. And crackers, cookies, noodles, sweet potatoes, cottage cheese, bananas. She is a great listener. She loves to read books. She will sit in her room reading to herself and I'll hear a "dee end" (the end) when she closes her book. When we go pick up daddy at work or school she will recognize the building and point and say "daddy!" She says daddy all day long. She loves him so much.

She went to nursery on Sunday and did great. I however was going crazy. I'm the one with the attachment problems. Definitely thinking about homeschooling. She can fit into some of her 3-6 month clothes still. She's almost 20 pounds. She loves walking around the store while we're running errands and scouting out strangers to say hi to. And if she doesn't get the attention she wants she will repeat hi, hi, hi, hi until you say hi back. 

She loves giving raspberries on our bellies. She loves to give kisses and snuggles without us even asking! She loves to purposely hit her hand on the wall, walk over to me with her hand in the air and say "ow" for me to kiss it better. 

She is so smart. She loves to take things apart and put them back together. Especially my lipstick tube. She loves her new ABC puzzle. I'm really hoping she'll be like me and love puzzles. She finally likes to get messy. She loves Dora and when she wants to watch Dora she starts dancing around the room singing Dora, Dora, Dora. 

Can't believe my baby is 1 1/2. 

1 Cornbelly's

We went to Cornbelly's for family night on Monday. Kenzie had a blast. We rode the cow ride and the hayride and played on the playground and she loved all the pumpkins. We finished the night off with a pumpkin shake that was supposedly a small. The three of us couldn't finish it.