Oh the places we'll go

Savannah, Georgia

I want to live in this house

After Joel is done with school

and I can host brunch parties

with lemonade on checkered table cloths

while our little ones play in the cool grass

aaahhh what a dream.

I am obsessed with flowers right now

I want it to be spring so bad

I grew up in Seattle

and want to go back to Washington

to see the Tulip Festival

and while we are there at the Tulip Fesitval

We'll swing up to Seattle and visit

Pikes Place Market

and Joel can catch a fish!

hahaha

I love temple square in spring time

I wish Joel and I could have waited to be married in the spring

but yeah there was no way

August to November was almost too long

haha

I miss Switzerland!

It is one of the prettiest places I've ever been to

Someday I want to stay in one of those little hillside cottages

and frolick in the grassy hills

Flowers in Mexico!

We are going in May and I hope they are still in bloom

(no idea when they bloom there?)

Tuscany- o-o-o I love it there!

This picture pretty much explains it

who wouldnt want to spend a sunny afternoon here? sipping Italian sodas

and reading a good book

This is just awesome

would I want to cut all that wood?

no

but is it ridiculously cool?

yes

This is what I have been eating

non- stop

the last few days

they're a-mazing!!!

I hope hope hope that Joel gets into the University of Washington Medical School So that I can enjoy this Beautiful campus and lay under those cherry blossom trees reading The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society, (one of my all time favorites) More Tulip Festival When I have little ones Im going to take them here so they can run up and down the rows of different colors with a caramel apple in one hand and mine in the other I have been in such a good mood the last two days NOTHING can phase me I didnt even stress when my brakes went out yesterday and I found out its going to be 250 bucks to fix them dont even care because I AM HAPPY. Blissfully HAPPY You know what I blame for this mood change? a little thing I like to call PJ'S Prayers, Journal and Scriptures It has made the biggest difference for me

aaahhhh LIFE IS GOOD

[.Happenings.]

There has been so much that has happened lately.

But I am too lazy to try and play catch up

So here is what has been happening in Picture form

I spent Valentines day alone

Joel was up at the school studying

But he did get me these awesome roses

and wrote me the cutest note ever

hes the best :)

Jack turned 2

Look how cute his cake is!

Julie is super talented :)

this face is the best

he was so excited! ha ha

We bought Jack a Bubble gun and Holster

haha he loved it...

then he dropped it
and it broke. no more bubbles.
ha but he didnt seem to mind

I love his hair!

Jenna's Sweet 16 party!

Now this is a regular occurance at the Palmer home

someone is always wrestling

or headlocking

or something equally physical

they like to have fun :)

I have had alot on my mind lately

some kind of deep stuff

its weird, i dont know why

maybe ill blog about it

we'll see

Love. Love. Love.

Call between my lover and I....2/14/2011 at approximately 3pm

Joel: So I am going to buy you something but want to make sure its ok...Its going to cost $85 and it will die in 2 days

Me: 85 bucks???

Joel: Yep, so do you still want flowers delivered to your work? Ill do it, but.....

Me: No freaking way thats ridiculous for flowers!

Joel: I know huh, I could buy you a pair of nice shoes for $85!

hahaha and this is why I love him ;)

Happy Valentines Day babe!!!

Sewing Project #1

See those LaMe curtains hanging over my big pretty window??

They had to go

and who better than to help me get ride of them than my mom!

She found me my dream bed set

(and on sale! did I mention she's a master shopper too?)

So this was the beginning of the curtain making...and 2 months later-

TaDa!

I seriously could not be more happy with how it turned out

Loooove it!

I still need to get white lampshades

those kinda clash with the bedspread

Sewing Project #2

Sewing Project # 1 is finished
but I still need to find some white lampshades to complete the bedroom transformation
then I can finally reveal it! haha

So this is Sewing Project #2
This baby took almost 2 days
Without the help of my momma, it probably would have taken a year
I have this skirt that I LOVE and wear all the time
and figured it would probably be easy to copy it and make another
the easy part....not so much
BUT it is just as cute (in my opinion)

I was going for purple fabric...

but I saw this and fell in love

Doesnt it remind you of the JETSONS????

I look mad in this picture

but I was just super tired

haha it was like midnight

We made up a pattern using my original skirt

That took more time than the actual sewing

But it was worth it to get what I want

and not have to pay 17$ for a pattern at Joanns

(17 bucks! ridiculous!)

My mom is like the master sewer

I swear she could sew anything

(as you will see in sewing project #1 and soon to be #3)

She is amazing and I love her :)

This picture is the worst cuz I took it on my phone

but you can kinda see it right?

I love it!

I need a turqoise shirt so you can see the black waistband better

I cant wait until I get good enough to actually

make legit stuff by myself

My next challenge is a church bag

Wish me luck!

bleeeeh

I have so much to blog about- but no time.

Its stupid school. I cant exactly say I hate it this time though, I actually enjoy my class.

(yes, only one.....ISU is lame and doesnt offer any classes at times I can take them! Urgh!)

But I have so many projects to post

SEWING projects!

Yes thats right I learned to sew, craziness.

I promise I will post them asap.

cuz they are SWEET!!!!

hhahahaha

(its obviously way past my bed time....which is sad cuz its only 10:45)

[happy] old year

2010 was such a good year.

I celebrated my two year anniversary with my best friend

Was lucky enough to get [another] adorable nephew

Realized what I want to be when I grow up

Discovered a love for photography

Joel got an amazing job which he loves

We both chipped away at another semester of school

Sucessfully tackled out fence project

Met life long friends

Got sued, went to court, and had the most stressful 3 hours of my entire life

Body surfed for the first time AND swam in the pacific ocean...and survived! ;)

Joel dominated the wing challege at the Wing Coop in Salt Lake
Remodeled our kitchen
Grew to love my primary calling and the kids I teach
Unearthed some culinary skills I thought did not exist
Found a way to read all the books I want with the little time I have (audiobooks)
I am sure Im leaving out a bagillion things

But I am so grateful for everything that we went through in 2010

the good and the bad

I cant wait to see what 2011 brings

**We went and watched Jack and Talon open presents before Christmas, they were so dang cute!!**

Talons face is so funny I love it

I caught this cute one of jack, im not sure what he was trying to say but it was so cute

Joel LOVES boise state, so naturally we had to get jack some boise swag...I think we liked it more than he did haha hence the bluriness, he just wanted to go back to the table and color