crochet craze

having so much down time during the 4 week recovery, i have gotten ADDICTED to crocheting!

here's a sample of my creations..

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p.s.don't judge me for playing with dolls at age 25! :)

surgery x 2

the word 'cyst' apparently runs in the family!

here's the skinny...

poor cache had a quarter size skin cyst on his chest. it had to be removed before it got bigger...and we had him neutered while he was under! Here's how he feels about that...

you can also tell he thinks he thinks this love seat is HIS spot


to keep him from licking his stitches, the doc told us to put a shirt on him. so cute!
we even went out and bought him a kids size shirt - doesn't he look so buff!

and i had a cyst too. unfortunately not on the surface. my ovary had grown a volleyball sized tumor and it needed to be removed before it got any bigger. here's me and zach in the claustrophobic hospital room waiting for my body to heal ! (with my hugely swollen face).
gratefully i am back home and recovering well!

THANK YOU to everyone for your fasting and prayers for me!
i love you.

5 months

just wanted to show you cache is still adorable and getting bigger. he loves to jump really high and he gives high-fives!

crock pot initiation

i am sitting here smelling the yumminess of dinner, waiting for zach to get home so we can EAT! It is the first time i have EVER used my crock pot (after two years of it taking up space in my kitchen cabinets).

to walk into the house after a long day of work with dinner all ready to go is fabulous. (haven't tasted it yet, though, so hopefully it tastes as good as it smells!)

but, i need your help!
what is the best thing you have ever concocted in your crock pot??
does anyone else feel like all the recipes you find for crock pots are enough to feed an army?
leftovers aren't so fun sometimes. how can i cook for two in a crockpot?

so..help me.
i need great, simple recipes that you have tried and tested!
please :)

she'll be comin' around the mountain

you'll see me comin' from a mile away in my bright new blue VUE! (that sounded cool)
ok, so it's not really new..but it is to me! i love my new ride!
the bold color is growin' on me. i guess i just have to be sassy now to match my car.

mo-tab in OKC

the mormon tabernacle choir made a stop in Oklahoma City. that choir includes my mom!

that's only three hours from Siloam Springs! yay!
that's a lot closer than 24 hours.
mom even got us FREE tickets the concert. woop woop!


just the perfect cure for my homesickness.
i love you mom.

into the wild

we journeyed to southern arkansas to see aunt jan and uncle billy and explore their endless acres of wilderness.

preparing to talk a walk/hike, jan pulled out these homemade fly nets for us to weari thought it was a joke, so i took mine off after the laughter and the photo opp.
and we walked.

zach was on the lookout for wild pigs

gracie caught tons of these tiny frogs along the path
and about a half mile into the walk... it was attack of the horse flies. the nets were not a joke anymore. glad mine was in my pocket :)

hannah fit all the way inside hers.
i was wishing for a full body net. or at least long pants. oops.