road trip.

today the sanfords are heading out of town. yay! we're spending the night in dalhart, tx (where my mom grew up) and then tomorrow we'll be driving all day long... our final destination? steamboat springs, colorado!

we are so ready to get out of lubbock for awhile. my brother and his fam live right outside of steamboat, so we'll get to see them:) we'll probably see snow too. and our 8th wedding anniversary is tuesday. yahoo! i'll share more about that later... along with updates from the mountains!!

have a great memorial day weekend. e

guess what

i'm so excited today! i just made my first purchase on etsy. you wanna know what i bought?

i picked it because it seems to be lots of fun... at least i hope it is...

i bought embroidery patterns! yep. i'm going to embroider something. i'm still committed to working on the granny skills (you know, knitting, crocheting). but check them out...

they are designed by the incredibly talented elsie. check her out here. here. and here.

aren't they fantastic? i'm so very excited about trying something new. hopefully i'll get something started and blogged very soon. i'll probably start with a pillow for this sweet pea:

what's something you've never done? is there a granny skill you'd like to try? or maybe something you learned to do as a brownie that you'd like to try again (hopefully it isn't picking your nose)?

it's been so long and i have so much to share...

first of all... this picture of michael and i was on the front page of lubbockonline.com today. we were at the art trail. fun! the white top i'm wearing is new. i got it at this fun store.


and here's a shot of my family. from the left: sophia (my brother's fiance), spencer & hunter (the brothers), my mom & dad, me and michael. isn't he handsome? we had just attended a luncheon where my dad got a "lifetime achievement" award from the boy scouts.

and here's a picture of my tom's. i painted them, so they are one-of-a-kind:)

i'm sure i'll have more to share later. we've been crazy busy lately so i haven't even had time to think about blogging. but as time allows and as i get more pictures taken i'll share more i promise;)

i hope your week is fantastic!!! evan

for today...

i got tagged by my sweet friend marla. so here are some random facts about me:


1. i'm allergic to bananas. they make my ears itch.

2. i went to Tech. i was a sorority girl. it took me 6 years to graduate.

3. i once spend an entire summer living in a tent. i was working at philmont scout ranch giving tours of the villa philmonte, once the summer home of waite phillips... phillips 66. i was called a "villa babe"

4. in high school i was on the flag line. we twirled big flags out on the field with the marching band.

5. my brother spencer has met julia roberts and gloria estefan. he also went fly fishing with jeff corwin. that's not really about me but its still a cool factoid;)

6. i'm a little obsessed with gilmore girls.

7. i like to use "lovely" as a form of sarcasm.


TAG!! you're it... jessica, ashley, jerrie :) can't wait to read your random factoids!

more later... including a picture of my new shoes. i'll be taking them out friday night!

lovelovelove
evan

a new soul...

it's a good week. my brothers will both be in town tomorrow. it's rare that i get to be with them both at one time. needless to say i'm super excited.

so in honor of my tree hugging brothers, here's me as a city girl-turned hippiechick:


and the feet of my precious sarah, the sweetest pea in the whole world:

and the very animated isaiah:

and a fun and inspiring video:


blessings to you and your beautiful soul.

fantastic

michael's band, cyrus was voted #1 in alt. rock on ourstage.com for march with their song delusional. they also were voted #2 in the finals (out of all the genres). congratulations, guys... i think it's fantastic!!!

so i got the chance to paint the "couch room" for Lakeridge UMC youth. i have wanted to paint this room for almost 4 years. finally, we got it done! it's the biggest project i've ever done. here's a peek...

and in this image, you see the beautiful raven. she helped me tremendously with this project. you can also see the FLOR tiles we put together for a gigantic rug.
and then it was Easter. for breakfast we took the kids to Krispy Kreme. as if they weren't going to have enough sugar in their easter baskets:)

isaiah's excited face...
...and sarah with her mouth full of chocolate. yeah she ended up having so much candy that she puked.
our weekend also included watching movies...

enchanted its really a must-see if you're a girl;) amy adams is hilarious.

american gangster its a rare occasion that michael and i actually get to see a movie like this... we're usually watching whatever the kids like. so this one was quite intense. it was very good though.

mr. bean's holiday isaiah loved this one! i did too. basically a foriegn film with a lot of heart. not your typical "mr bean" flick, but there was of course a little silliness:)