Thursday, March 1, 2012

Progress

Things have been busy around here... Josh has been working a lot for camp starting to get things going for this summer,  so I have been home a lot with the boys.  This past week was school vacation for us and the boys so we went to Manchester to try and get some family photos done, using a Groupon I bought earlier this year.  I made the appointment for Monday, not thinking that it was a holiday.  It was SOOO busy, it was a little rushed and the boys just weren't ready to warm up to a new person taking their photos that quickly.. so it didn't work out... so family photos another time!!
Then Josh had to go and work at winter camp so it was just me and the boys.  We decided to check out the Children's Museum of New Hampshire... we had a fantastic time and when Daddy came home the next day, he took the boys back again!

On a more 30 before 30 focus (aside from the family photos) I ordered 3 pairs of pants in a smaller size!  Getting there on my goal of getting back into the college size.  I have been watching portions, staying away from snacks, and still haven't had a drop of soda since the beginning of January!
I have also been working on the boys' quilts.  I started to work on the border and hated it... here's a couple pictures to show you what it looked like:


I didn't like the colors around the border... I was just feeling like it took away from the center squares and couldn't get them to line up correctly.... so I took a little run to Marden's to pick up something I thought would work better.  And it did.  Here's the new border: 




I love it!  So this past week, in any minute I could find that Josh was home with the boys, I worked on finishing up the backing and the middle flannel piece.  All I have left to do is quilt it and bind it... that may take me a while since I have never done that before, but I think I'm ready for it!  

In other news, we are gearing up for the boys' birthday party which will be happening in just one short month and a half.  They have decided they want a Thomas party now and so I have been scouring the internet trying to find all things Thomas and birthday!   Look for more details once we get closer!