Yes, it's been awhile...

Yes, it's been awhile since I've blogged. I knew I wouldn't be very consistent in this endeavor.

Since my last entry, our community and surrounding areas (especially) have experienced a devastating flood. But with that tragedy came a blessing. It rained 15 inches in 24 hours the end of September. It was suppose to rain everyday of that week and we had beautiful skies until the following Saturday when it rained again in torrents, but not 15 inches. My oldest was able to help people clean out their homes in the worst areas two weekends in a row and was accompanied by Gordon the last weekend. In our ward, no one lost their home though some did experience flooding.

In early October, we traveled up to Washington, D.C. area to witness the baptism of my brother's oldest son. It's so nice to visit with family. My parents were there. We toured Washington, D.C. spending time at the National Zoo and the National Museum of Natural History. From there, we traveled down to Williamsburg. I fell in love with this city. I learned so much about and felt so much about our founding history. We were fortunate enough to have Jeremy as our tour guide at the Capitol Building. He knows a lot about the history of English law. I could have listened to him for hours. After listening to him, I appreciated more those grievances listed against King George in the Declaration of Independence. We only spent one full day there. I could have spent a week (or two or three...). Another moving event was the performance of Revolutionary City. It's a re-enactment of some of the events that impacted Williamsburg during the Revolutionary War. The last portion is General Washington riding in to Williamsburg on his way to Yorktown and asking for volunteers. My oldest answered the call. I had to ask myself if I REALLY would be willing to sacrifice my oldest for this cause of independence. At the end of the week, we pressed on to Charleston, SC. Picked up the bus trolley and rode around downtown Charleston. We rode out to Fort Sumter. It was the pits that it was raining A LOT and we could only stay an hour. We decided to hit Market Street. Small world...we ran into our neighbors, Anthony and Kim. We also had to try She Crab soup. I don't remember the name of the restaurant we ate at, but we had the nicest waitress. I'm not much of a "mall" shopper, but I could spend a couple of days walking the shops of Charleston and then another couple of days soaking up the history.

Of course, we had to celebrate Hallowe'en. We had a medieval fairy princess, Lucy from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe in her coronation gown, a witch, and a BYU alumni. Gordon was going to go as Spock from Star Trek, but ended up as Bones (because he couldn't find the ears and wig). I was going to dress up as an Indian princess - but was in the kitchen all night for our ward party.

Currently, I am working on patterns for many of the multi use/convertible clothing I've discovered. I'm also hoping to post some projects to etsy soon. There will be cupcake wrappers, metal Christmas ornaments, and beads for now.