The babies

It was really warm here yesterday, so i let them play in the sprinkler in the front yard. They are such silly little ones. Issy and Isaac have always been good friends, but since they are each others only playmates now, they have gotten especially close. They are also partners in crime. If Issy misbehaves and i correct her, sometimes she will Isaac to tell me to be nice to her. They like to wrestle around and goof off. They are so precious and even though it is difficult at times, i am glad that they are so close in age :)

My current projects

Some yarn i purchased recently. There is a fantastic yarn store about five minutes from my house. I went in there yesterday and chatted with the owner, who was telling me about things to do around here and how to keep your sanity during the long winter. She was very nice and it was nice to interact with someone :) I got some Lorna's Laces Lion and Lamb on sale (the rainbow colored yarn) and now must find something spectacular to do with it. The manos (grey and shades of brown) i actually got at the yarn store in Jackson when the kids and I visited Joe the other day. It is going to be a soaker for Liam because his booty is getting bigger and he is outgrowing his old stuff. The other two are sock yarns because i have decided to learn to knit socks :)
This is tricky. It is going to be a LTK Girlie Halter. The back is all finished and it only took me a day to do. I don't know why the front seems to be knitting up so slowly. It is the same pattern as the back for several inches. I am just not motivated to do back and forth knitting. I really prefer knitting the round. I am plugging away on it because i think it is going to be really cute when its finished (perhaps a little big, but that means it'll work for next year too!)
I started an LTK Raglan for Annika. Why Annika when her own mother knits? Because i love this yarn, wanted to do the pattern and i only had enough yarn to do an Annika sized sweater. She is going to look adorable in it!

Ahhhhh, the sock! I cast on last night and the top picture is about midday and the bottom picture is just about 30 minutes ago. And no, i didn't even have to neglect my housework :) I still have a couple of inches to go before i start the heel. I love the way the yarn is striping up. The simple things in life bring me such joy :D

Me and Liam. I actually like this picture of myself, so i thought i would put it in. Li is super duper cute too :)

Another one of Li in his hat. Yes, that is my cell phone in his hand as a bribe so he wouldn't try to pull the hat off.

The sunset in the west the other night. Just beautiful.The babes on our hike on Sunday. They like to run up ahead with the dog. My three boys on the back deck :)

My Stash and a FO

A LTK Bucket Hat that fits my little buddy. I added icords to each side so that i could tie it so that when he does exactly what he is doing in the picture (trying to take it off) it will stay on. I felt very inventive and crafty by adding the icords. I had to knit him one because he didn't have a suitable hat for our adventures in the forest.

My cotton yarn. Some Bernat Cottontots, Lion Cotton, a little Sugar n' Cream (which is what i made the above hat out of) and some Plymouth Fantasty Naturelle (which is currently becoming a LTK halter for Issy)
Top row is natural and handyed 100purewool. Bottom row is some HPY. This is some from my stash, i haven't decided what to do with it yet.
This is some 100purewool, HPY and Peace Fleece earmarked for some diaper covers for the business. Now i just need to knit it up!
Peace Fleece, Lamb's Pride Superwash, 100purewool, HPY, BBR, Lamb's Pride that i handpainted myself and some knitpicks Wool of the Andes Bulky.
Odds and edds. Lots of little balls leftover from various projects. I hate to waste them, but what to do with a bunch of little balls of yarn?

Pictures, lots of pictures!

Liam was getting fussy on the car ride here, so i gave him some yarn from my bag. It amused him greatly for about 10 minutes. It took me longer to rewind the ball. Isabelle and Isaac were good for the better part of the 20 hour car trip.

Liam in the Gypsy Mama Bali Baby Stretch. In the first one, he had fallen asleep on our hike. That is from my perspective with his fuzzy little head and his fist curled up by his face like he was a newborn again. *sigh* I can't believe he is ten months old already.

My handsome hubby. It is so good to be with him again.

They love each other. No really, they do. And yes, Isaac has a black eye. Apparently he inherited his mama's klutzy genes because he tripped over an empty plastic package and fell face first into a big hard plastic tub. Ouch, poor little buddy.

They found a spot in our backyard where they like to play in the dirt. It makes for lots of baths and hours of fun and amusement.

I just thought that this one was cute... his hair is getting so long! Joe wants him to get his first haircut but i am resistant. I want him to stay my little baby forever.

From our back deck. A storm over the mountains at sunset.

The waterfall we hiked to. Joe and his brother John climbed up by it and the kids, Grammie and i watched. It was fantastically beautiful there.

The river we played by in Targhee National Forest, about 10 minutes from our house.

The kids had a ton of fun throwing rocks into the water with Grammie. It is the simple things with them.

In knitting nerd news (Michelle, you'll appreciate this, even though i called you already), i got to go to the lys (local yarn store) this morning without the kiddos. Oh. my. goodness. It was so fantastic. I felt like a little kid in the candy store. Blue Sky, Lorna's Laces, Mountain Colors. A yarn geek's dream. Now you have to come visit, Mooza! We must pet the yarn!

I live in Idaho

Well, the move is complete. Now to unpack, yuck. We don't have the same amount of space or structure to this house, so there are things that fit well at our old house and not here. I have a ton of knick knacks, but Liam definitely limits the amount of things that i can put on lower bookshelves. The kids haven't been sleeping well the last couple of nights, therefore, we have not been sleeping well the last couple of nights.

It is crazy beautiful here. The pictures just don't do it justice because it isn't just a visual thing. You have to be able to smell the pines and hear the wind rustling the aspen outside my kitchen window and and feel the cool breeze blow through the house. I find myself liking it despite myself. I feel a bit like a traitor.

I only wish that my friends and family could be here. It isn't quite as good without them to share it with.

Joe is going to rig things so i can use my computer and download pictures. Until then, it is just me rambling...

Alive

Well, we made it. Isaac is sad so i will update with pictures later

Adventures in Cross Country Moving!

It has been crazy busy around here, it is an amazing amount of work. Blessedly, i have had so much help... people to help pack, bringing food, people to take the kids. So blessed. I feel like i have been on autopilot since last Friday and frankly, i am pretty tired of packing. I went out to eat with my sisters tonight... one last hurrah for a while. They are amazing women- their different qualities and strengths bring out different things in me. I Love them so much and will miss them immensely.


Liam is such a funny little guy. He is really taking off on the solids- eating lately. But he doesn't just pick them up and put them in his mouth. He takes his index finger, scoots the piece of food to the edge of the tables, puts his mouth up to the table and manuvers the food in (as illustrated in this picture). It is quite amusing to watch.

Issy nursing her Care Bear. This is the same Care Bear that Isaac was nursing in one of last month's posts. Apparently the Bear likes milk ;)
My dear friend's daughter and my littles. We went to the zoo last week in what will be our last trip there for quite a while. Our beautiful babies (sans Liam, who was in the Mei Tei) posed for a pic. Then last night, she came over to help me and Issy and her daughter fell asleep to a movie. What precious babes
Re came and spent the weekend. In the first picture, Re was being the Queen and Liam was being the King, although what he really wanted to do was eat his crown. And who can blame him, yum. Re is really special to me because she is my goddaughter. I was a senior in high school when she was born and Joe holding her convinced me that he was going to be a terrific father (which he is!). In the last picture, Liam was wearing a pirate costume that Re brought when she spent the night the other night. He thought it was quite amusing!
Who has time to knit when there is so much packing to do? I finished my friend's son's soaker, done in fabulous 100purewool Love it!

She looooved this nightgown, which is really a hand-me-down sundress with stains. She danced around the house in it like it was the best thing in the world. So simple to be a four year old

Well, this might be it for a few days, cause i am traveling to see my hubby. The driving should be interesting....

My Anniversary Flowers

More later but i had to post the pics of the beautiful flowers i got for our anniversary :) Lots of Daisies because they are my favorite and so they were our wedding flower. Crazy busy around here! Moving in three days, must be packed by Wednesday!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY BABE!

Five years! Truly, the last five years have been hard and fantastic and miraculous and challenging and a myriad of other adjectives. You are an amazing husband and father and i am so grateful that God made you for me. I Love you and can't wait until we can be together again! We really need to work on getting a picture of just the two of us more often ;)

Love, your wife,
E

The house!

Joe sent some pictures of the house that he took this last weekend. Kolbe is present in most of them. They have been spending a lot of quality time together lately ;)

Here is the front yard.

Here is a fire pit in the backyard

Here are a couple of views of the living roomKitchen
Aspens in the side yard. I looooove Aspens :)
Mountains to the eastMountains to the west

In Wichta news, however, i am being pushed the brink of insanity by trying to pack (or rather by procrastinating) and manage the kids. They have all been particularly out of sorts and unruly because Daddy isn't around. I love them so much but there have been several times in the last few days when i thought i couldn't do it anymore. If i could beam myself to Idaho and skip the next couple of weeks, i totally would. Time machine anyone?