Christopherson Lane

I have been craving popcorn balls. So, I made them today. I made Carmel and Rocky Road...without nuts. They are really good. Although I don't know how good they are for you. I made them with homemade popped popcorn, instead of the microwave kind. I think they taste much better that way. I now have a treat for the weekend...or for tomorrow, since my Hubby will eat them all. XOXO-Erin

I definitely need more bibs all the time. My daughter is a drooler and a spiter upper, big time. I cut up my husbands old shirt and make a bib, and made one with a C for Cheryl. I think they turned out good...now I just need to make a whole bunch more. XOXO-Erin

Thanks Shannon for the way cool photographer link. I would love to win some great pictures...which I will need soon. I have been married for almost 6 years and now we are about to get sealed in the LDS temple in Bountiful, Utah. I can't wait and I would love to get great pictures of it. So, here is the link to the photographer... http://allysonrandlephotography.blogspot.com XOXO-Erin

Today I made some Car Seat Strap Protector's for my daughter. I got the idea from my sister, Heather...Thanks. It was so easy to make that I wanted to share. I am out of my sewing machine this week, so I tried making this without it. I found this cool no-sew stuff and wanted to try it out. For this project all you need is, fabric, an Iron, Batting, Velcro, and either a sewing machine or no-sew iron on adhesive. If I had my sewing machine I would probably like to use that instead of the no sew stuff. It worked just fine, it just took a lot longer to iron on than it would take to sew it together. First I cut out some scrap fabric into 7 by 7 inch pieces. Then I got the Iron out. Ironed the edges, placed a thin piece of scrap batting(you can always use extra fabric if you don't have any batting). Ironed on the edges of the no-sew pieces except for one side which will be covered by Velcro so you don't need to bother with that one side. Iron all fabric together. Use the directio...

I finished sewing a dress a little while ago and forgot to show it off. This dress took a long time because I didn't have a pattern. It turned out pretty good, I think. Too bad it won't fit Cheryl...she grew way too fast before I was finished. My sewing machine is in the shop and I can't wait to get it back. Ya know the saying you don't know what you have until it is gone. I am wanting to sew even more. So, I organized my sewing stuff and fabric, now I am ready for my machine. XOXO-Erin

I made this a few weeks ago but haven't put it on the blog yet. So, here it is. I don't like buying anything unless I really need it. I cut my old T-shirt up and made a dress for my daughter. It was fairly easy. I just used one of her other dresses as a template, mostly for size. I lined it and put ribbon to hold it on her. I now have a bag full of old T-shirt's to make lots of things with. Why buy fabric if you have it at home. XOXO-Erin

My daughter loves the 5 Little Monkeys jumping on the bed song. I use my fingers to count to 5 and I thought that she needed something to look at. So, I made some finger puppets out of felt. They were very easy and took less than a 30 min. to make. All I did was measure my biggest finger and cut around that. I used a hot glue gun to stick it all together. I drew in the mouth eyes and nose with a black pen. I won't be washing it so the pen marks should be fine. Now Cheryl just loves the song even more. Now that she has some monkeys to look at. XOXO-Erin

Home and Tired Slow Old Faithful Eagle's Nest Beautiful Coyate at Bear World Deer at Bear World Big Springs Waterfall Yellowstone Cabin Cutie Pie Back seat Front seat Grandma swinging New Pink sweatshirts Vivian and Cheryl Richard's Chicken's Dad with Horse Grandma and sleeping Cheryl Mommy and baby Heather and Matthew Wild bears Big Bear Patty Cake Grizzly Bear World Matthew, Vivian and Christine Ahhh...asleep again Watching Grandchildren William's Erin, Christine, Heather Cute cousins, Daniel, Cheryl Girl cousins, Natalie, Cheryl Cheryl and I went to Idaho last week for the Gardner Family Reunion. We drove up with my parents and Vivian my sister in law. All the people in our cabin was, Heather, my sis, and her husband Danny, and there cute kids, Daniel, Natalie and Matthew. Vivian and Cameron, my bro and sis in law. My Parents, Robbe and Christine. And last but not least my and Cheryl. It was a lot of fun being all together. Every day we did so many things...We went ...