Our First Day of School

This is our annual first day of school picture. You can't see it, but Hannah is holding the word "day." I think if you click on it you can see it blown up a bit.  All things considered, we had a good first day of school.

This was taken in my parent's backyard. We spent one night with them after the Above Rubies Family Camp.

A couple of days ago, Nathaniel found this praying mantis in our backyard.

I've been doing quite a bit of sewing lately. I've never sewed boutique clothing, but I've been interested in learning because Elizabeth loves to have matching outfits; the girls are so far apart in age that it's difficult to find matching clothes in the stores. I thought I'd share a couple of outfits I made with you. I saw this skirt that someone was selling for forty dollars. Elizabeth and I both loved it, but I didn't want to pay forty dollars! So with some scrap fabric, I thought I'd try my hand at making my own pattern. I think that I'll probably applique some flowers in the shirt to compliment the outfit. 

I made this jumper for Hannah with scrap fabric, too, because I didn't know if I'd like the look of it or not. She loves it and prefers dresses over shirts and shorts. Unfortunately, because both pieces of clothing were made from scrap fabric, the girls still don't have matching outfits. However, that means I get to shopping at the fabric store!!