jumping on the trendy train

If you would have asked 16 year old me if I like "trends", I probably would have rolled my eyes at you, turned on the heel of my converse one-stars with the rainbow laces (so NOT trendy, right? Riiiight....), flipped my hair over my shoulder, turned up my ipod (which had a heavy mix of everything from Blink 182 to Britney) and walked away.

Yeah I wouldn't have admitted it to you then, but today, I'm all about trends. The feathers in the hair type stuff- not so much, but fun and cute things- hecks yes! I'm all about these trends right now.

1.

Any workout that allows- nay, encourages- you to wear tassel-butt pants is ok in my book.

Not to mention it's WAY fun and you can burn upwards of 800 calories in a 1 hour class! A group of friends and I have started going to a class on Thursday night taught by Liz (HI LIZ!) and soon there will be a Tuesday night class- STOKED! AND it reminds me of competition cheerleading (too bad we can't do stunts) AND the past few weeks one of our songs has been "Time of My Life" from Dirty Dancing (!!!!!). AND I am learning how to booty dance (don't think about that too hard, you could go mentally blind). I could go on, but I'll leave that alone and move on to my next favorite fad...

2. Hexigons

I bought one of Sara's kits and I'm officially in love.

They are tiny and time-consuming so I'm only planning to make a cover for my last trendy gadget...

3. My kindle

Yes, I'm aware that books will still be around even though the kindle exists and yes I still love the smell of a book, but I also LOVE the convenience of the Kindle and the way it allows me to be absolutely lazy at night and read in the dark without the bother of lifting my arm to turn a page. *happy sigh*

Oh, and the last 2 trends should go without saying: Pinterest and this Iced Coffee Concentrate. Holla!

Joe and I are heading up to DC this weekend for one of my absolute bee-eff-effs! I've never been to that area before- if you have any ideas or suggestions (fabric stores, anyone?), shoot me an email or leave a comment!

I thought summer was supposed to be calmer than the school year?

Man, things are seriously busier in the summer than they are during the year- what's up with that? Unfortunately, I don't have many accomplishments to share as I've been travelling, preparing for a wedding I'm in at the end of the month, getting ready for Vacation Bible School (which I'm in charge of all opening and closing ceremonies and music... it doesn't seem like much but when you're looking at 400 kids already signed up, it gets daunting fast!) and I got a kindle- So there went hours upon hours of productive time!

I did make these shirts last week for Aislyn who became a big sister yesterday! Her little brother Elim was born and I just can't wait to see him and squish him!

Other than that I've basically been just running around after this kid all the time.

The big boy bed transition went freakishly smooth and he's doing GREAT sleeping in it! He's been in it for almost 3 weeks and hasn't gotten up at night once (I would knock on wood, but let's be for real- my kid's obsessed with sleeping and once he's out, he ain't wakin' up til morning!). He does like to come to the door and knock right after we've put him to bed, but then he just gets back in bed when we don't come to the door!

The coolest thing that's ever happened to Noah happened this week when we went to see the Wiggles in concert. They said no flash photography so we left our camera at home (since we rode the light rail up there and if they wouldn't have let it in... well, we would have been screwed!) but I have a couple of pics from my phone. Unfortunately, this is the best pic of me and Noah. Lame.

He is absolutely in LOVE with his new shirt and didn't want to take it off to get in the bath that night.
(whoa- proof he has hair!)

He was so cute though. The first hour of the show he just sat there staring incredulously at the stage like "Is this real life?". The last 45 minutes or so he started clapping and singing but you could just tell his mind was completely blown. Sam and Captain Feathersword even came down to our area and waved to Noah! So fun!

I've got a few projects mentally lined up that I hope to get finished after this crazy week of VBS starting with a king sized quilt for our bed. Am I insane? Maybe.

can you spot the difference?

*deep breaths*