the Hepworth Family: August 2011

August 29, 2011

Nathan's First Day of School!!

Nathan started Kindergarten this morning. I thought it would be much harder to leave him then it was. No tears even. Audrey's not so sure what to think, but is enjoying mommy and daddy time this morning until it's time to pick up Nathan again.

Up for his first day of school. He's having some allergy problems so his eyes are a little red in these pictures. Not sure he's too excited about school...more like indifferent.

That's okay, Audrey was excited.

Eating a special first day meal....his favorite, cinnamon rolls!!!

All ready to go.

And there's the smile for mom!!

Love my boy!! Can't believe he's old enough for school already!

On our way there...

Once we got there and were waiting to go in, he wouldn't let me take any more pictures of him. I was excited to find out that there are 2 girls from his primary class that will be in his class this year!

The kids were taken inside and the parents were able to join the class while thier teacher (Miss Yorke) read them a cute little story about a mommy and her little raccoon called The Kissing Hand.

The parents we all then given a little cut out hand to kiss and give back to the kids for them to hold onto while at school.

Now we get to wait until school is over and go pick up Nathan and hear about the great time that he had! We've also got plans to have more fun as a family this afternoon to celebrate the day even more!!

August 18, 2011

Keepin' busy...

Although I haven't been good at posting for quite a while...we've still been keeping ourselves busy. Thought I'd do a whole post just on all the stuff I've been sewing on the last couple months. I'll catch you up on the kids and some of the stuff that's been going on around here in some future posts (and I promise not to make you wait too long).

I've made a couple totes over the last couple of months.

This purple and teal tote I made for my friend. She got the fabric and I just put it together. I love how it turned out! If you wanna make one of these yourself you can find the instructions here.

A cute little tote. Just the right size for date night! And I love the pockets on the outside. Instructions for this one here. I'll be posting more about this little bag in a later post.

Nathan decided he needed a satchel like Flynn Rider from Tangled. How could I refuse that? So I pulled out some of Chris's old work jeans and this is what I came up with. No pattern, just did it as I went.

And a new bag for me! Found the instructions here. Only thing I wish I'd done was make the handles longer...other then that. Love it!

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Some sewing for Audrey...

A little summer dress made with some cute bunny fabric. Bought the fabric for $1 a yard and the buttons came from my mom. Love making stuff for pretty much nothing.

A cute little dress made from some of my favorite fabrics. I just LOVE the cherry fabric. So summery and cheerful! Not quite finished here. Needed some lace on the bottom.

And of course had to make some matching bows/flowers for her hair!

Here's my cute Audrey wearing the finished dress. She doesn't look so happy in this picture, but was really excited to put the dress on when I showed it to her.

Made some jammies for her for the summer. Can anyone guess what I used???? It's a vintage sheet I bought at the DI for $2.00. Made 2 sets of these jammies with enough let to make at least 2 more if I wanted to. I'm planning on making me some sleep shorts to match. :)

And a little wallet for the little girl. She picked out the fabrics, that's why there's puppy and fishes.

The outside.

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A little mix of different things I've done recently.

3 matching afghans. A friend in my ward had triplets and so made her matching afghans for them. She had 2 girls and 1 boy. So cute! Love the pattern used. Will definitely be making more of those.

For Father's Day I decided to make Chris a little something...did some applique and a little freezer paper stenciling. Chris thought I bought it, so I guess I did good. :)