The big move

Hey everyone! Sorry I have been so silent in this space. We packed up our few belongings and moved far away from Oregon. We moved for many reasons, some I can not share just yet but will as soon as I can. Sorry for being so cryptic but you will understand why soon. We just now got internet up and running in our 1800s farmhouse (on 61 acres!!!!) and I am starting to play catch up. This week I will be posting some photos and thoughts from our long trek over on my Instagram account  so please do join me there!

The big move

Crafting On

The act of creating, in one form or another, preserves my sanity amongst the chaos of life. This explains why I always have more than one project going at a time as well as why my housework tends to fall behind. I enjoy seeing what others are working on and keeping calm with, too. What are you creating? What is keeping you going? Snap a picture or two, post it on your blog, on Instagram #craftingon and/or Flickr and then share it with the rest of us by leaving your link below.



I am currently not crafting anything besides boxes! I planned on getting a blog post up about what is happening but I just couldn't find the time. I will try later in the week, if possible.

What are you working on? Happy creating!

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Crafting On

Baptism and First Holy Communion

Just to forewarn you - this post is very picture heavy.




This may seem a bit ridiculous but almost exactly a year later I am finally sharing a very special day - C's First Holy Communion and Baby F's Baptism. We were so very fortunate to have them both happen on the same day. With Kevin's retirement from the Air Force and our big move, our priest wanted to make sure that we were able to do both before we left. I am so very glad he did that - our Idaho Parish was like home for us so it was nice to be surrounded by family on such a day. I wasn't able to post about our day in a timely manner due to the aforementioned big life changes. I am hoping my little ones will understand when they see this one day.

I wasn't raised Catholic (I joined the church in 2013), my family is not Catholic, however my grandfather was and don't have a whole lot of close Catholic friends, so finding a Godparent is really rather hard for me. That is why Baby F wasn't Baptized until he was over a year old. I did a lot of praying that year and one very dear soul (who actually played an important part in my conversion) kept coming to mind. I asked her if she would be Baby F's Godmother and she said yes! Unfortunately she lives all the way on the other side of the country but my friend Aimee stood in for her.

I had hired a photographer to document such an important day in our lives but she was sick and had to cancel at the last minute (like as we were getting ready to head to the church). I admit I was pretty crushed. I have never hired anyone before but I really wanted beautiful photos of this. Thankfully Aimee's husband volunteered to take some photos so while they may not be professional, the moment is captured to remember!

Baby F slept through his entire Baptism up until the very end when everyone applauded. Then he woke with a start and as you can see by the photos wasn't too happy at first. A little love from all the children there quickly cheered him back up though. I am sure the sweets at the party afterwards helped a bit, too. 😆

C was nervous and excited about her First Holy Communion but handled it all very well. She must have been so proud of herself, I know I was so very proud of her. The church was too dark to really get any photos but I think you can see just how happy she was in the photos taken afterwards. She is my sweet girly-girl who loves to get dressed up so as you can imagine, she was in her glory in her Communion dress.

It seems rather poetic in a way that my two children that look the most like me and each other (as well as act very similarly - but C's calmness is the yang to F's craziness) shared such a beautiful day. I hope they treasure it as much as I do. It was truly one of the most favorite days of my life.

Baptism and First Holy Communion

Crafting On

The act of creating, in one form or another, preserves my sanity amongst the chaos of life. This explains why I always have more than one project going at a time as well as why my housework tends to fall behind. I enjoy seeing what others are working on and keeping calm with, too. What are you creating? What is keeping you going? Snap a picture or two, post it on your blog, on Instagram #craftingon and/or Flickr and then share it with the rest of us by leaving your link below.

Well, isn't this embarrassing - I forgot to take my Crafting On photo today. 🙈 Oops! It has been a crazy, crazy day but a beautiful one full of visits from two sets of friends and the one visit will last the whole week. My heart is full!

But back to Crafting On, I am still working on C's Camilla sweater. I am to the point of knitting the sleeves and I want to avoid the laddering that comes with using double pointed needles on garter stitch. Someone told me of some small circular needles you can get for tiny sleeves but I don't remember what they were called - anyone happen to know?

What are you working on? Happy creating!

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Crafting On

Happy Easter!

Baby F's face in this one above 😂

Wishing you all a beautiful Easter! I'll be back again this week after Crafting On with another post.

P.S. - Still trying for that elusive group shot where everyone is looking at the camera at the same time (and not making a face!).

Happy Easter!