Happy Birthday Sean! #14

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SEAN!!!

For Sean's birthday we had a scavenger hunt--involved lots and lots and LOTS of goodies, including delicious European TWISTS (yes, we finally found a store here that sells them!). Of course, these gifts didn't come without some effort--each prize came with another clue leading to the next:

 My personal favorite was the narwhal clue--we all got to watch the youtube video about narwhals (newly introduced to me in the past few weeks--um, interesting....)

 The last clue was attached to Sean's baby, Dolly--that was fun. Poor girl thought she was in trouble. 

 Dolly led Sean to the awesome movie--MEGAMIND! :)

and of course, no birthday is complete without a cake--or in this case, cupcakes--this year's theme? Sean's two favorite animals: Narwhals and Penguins!

Four Months!

Can you believe it? Little Heather is FOUR MONTHS OLD! Want to know the best part??? SHE'S COMING TO VISIT IN A MONTH! :)

 Okay, and since I missed posting her three month old picture, here it is--I couldn't pass it up, it was just too cute. :)

Band

 And the boys have both had several wonderful band concerts--I am continually amazed by the talent these kids have! 

Sean's middle school concert blew me away--I played the flute in our middle school band, there were three of us, and the other sections were much bigger, and we really didn't play anything all that exciting. At Sean's concert they had several different bands (beginner to advanced, percussion included--we didn't have ANY percussion... they have an entire section, and an after school percussion ensemble!), they played difficult yet entertaining repetoire, and they even played a QUEEN tribute medly. It was pretty dang awesome:

The next week we attended Christian's Jazz Band Pillow Concert--much different than his usual concerts, very interesting, but quite entertaining as well, and you can tell that the kids really had fun with it. They played songs like the theme from The Incredibles, The Pink Panther, Nacho Libre, etc. Christian played an awesome solo for The Pink Panther (sorry about the sound quality, they were having issues with the sound equipment and the audience was a bit loud):

Now they're done with band!--haha, for like a week, then on to Marching Band! :)

It's been a while...

My word it's been a while since I've posted--not that life at the Houston Household is just that, on the contrary--it's because it's just been so busy! The end of the school year seems to do that... between band concerts and awards nights and Summer band rehearsals and graduation and sewing lessons and dogs and who knows what else, it's been a crazy few weeks...

So, Kellianne did officially graduate from BYU!! 

 And mom made the most beautiful graduation dress for the big event!

 Carolyn's little baby Heather was blessed--also in a Melissa Snow Houston original--gorgeous blessing dress, right?? and the baby isn't half bad either. ;)

 Such a cute little girl!

 Oh, and our sweet little baby Heather (again in a Melissa Snow Houston original from the Summer line) is now three months old--can you believe it?? I can't, she's growing up so fast! Good thing that we FINALLY get to see her this summer! 

ADORABLE!

Two months--it's been a whole two months and we still can't get over how adorable little Heather is. <3

Featured at the Tattered Tag!

One of our Etsy items was featured at the Tattered Tag--now this really made my day!

Check out the link here:

http://thetatteredtag.blogspot.com/2011/03/homespun-market-day-simply-white.html

Stunning White Bridal Peony

[Tinkeranniebelle]

Thanks Christina!

P.S. After our sewing conference last week we are hard at work creating and making lots and lots of wonderful things--check out our Etsy shop soon to see! :)

Making Chocolate Treats

The boys are great helpers--most of the time. ;)

Somehow Kelli got them to assist in making chocolate dipped pretzels for Christmas.

Lots and lots of pretzels...