More Curtains

I decided to finish painting the dining room and get the curtains made for the windows. I bought the fabric for this room before we even closed on the house a year ago. Kim brought me the curtain hangers from Utah when she came in August. It was definitely time to get the walls painted so that I could hang the curtains.

I still have to make the curtains for the window over the sink. I also had enough material to make a tablecloth for the table, I just need to buy some more black ribbon.

Washington D.C.

Warren, Kjirsten, and TaraLyn went to Washington D.C. for a Choir and Orchestra Trip. Warren went as a chaperon with the choir. They had three buses full of kids and were in Washington D.C. for the inauguration.

Warren and Kjirsten won a drawing and got silver tickets for the inauguration. That meant that they got to stand in line for many hours and barely make it into the silver area behind the reflecting pool. They had trees in front of them, so they really didn't get a very good view at all. Kjirsten took pictures while she was on Warren's shoulders.

Here is a picture of the choir getting ready to perform. They sang three Hebrew Love Songs that were in Hebrew. They had some members of the orchestra accompany them. Kjirsten is on the right bottom row. I do not have a picture of TaraLyn because Warren was chaperoning the choir and was in a different location than the orchestra.

TaraLyn and Kjirsten with the choir director and trophy. They were having a dance and the lights were all funky.

Here is a picture of the trophy that SHHS won. It was the overall winning award that went to the school who scored the highest in all of their performances. Kjirsten is on the right with sleeves :}

The orchestra placed 2nd in the gold level and the choir placed 1st in the silver level. The women's choir also placed and the bass player in the orchestra received several awards. They all did a great job.

While in Washington D.C. they went to several of the Smithsonian buildings and Museums. They didn't get to see as much as they would have liked, because the roads were blocked for the inauguration.

This is the dress that Laura Bush wore to the inaugural ball.

Kjirsten found some kids that would play soccer with her on the ice. They were waiting for everyone to find the bus after the inauguration. She decided to have some fun with the local kids.

The girls had a great time. Warren is ready to go back and see more things. Maybe this summer.

Curtains, curtains, curtains

I decided that this year I would work on getting some window treatments up. Yes, it has been a year without anything on most of our windows. Thank goodness for all of the trees around our house. Here are some of the curtains that I have finished the last few weeks.

We were having a hard time finding fabric that we liked for Breanne and TaraLyn's room, and we ran across a fabric shower curtain at Target that would work. Of course it wasn't long enough so I added some fabric on the bottom and made ties to go at the top through the shower curtain holes. I thought that it turned out pretty cute.

Hancock fabric was having 50% off of decorator fabric on Martin Luther King day. I found this fabric and called home to have Breanne measure the window for me. I lined it with some great lining material that I found several months ago. They do a great job keeping the light out.

Breanne's Pictures

I didn't take very many pictures on our Christmas Vacation because Breanne was using my camera to take pictures for her IB Art class. Here are a few interesting ones that she captured while we were on our hike.

She took this one in memory of her Uncle Joel. This fisherman was fly fishing.

These gas pumps seemed ancient to her. Therefore, they would make a great picture.

She was intrigued with all of the bubbles in the water.

I really like this one.

Happy New Year

I can't believe that it is the year 2009. WoW!!!! Just a month ago I almost wrote 2005 on one of my checks. Where has the time gone. Unlike Marta and some other people I haven't had time to sit and reflect on what my new years resolutions are going to be. I have been busy getting all of the new things together for Primary. Everything starts tomorrow......new teachers, new classes, new Article of Faith incentives, new good deed detective, new chorister (Kjirsten), new president (okay, maybe not!) Maybe when the kids go back to school I will figure out what I would like to accomplish this year.

I hope that you all have the best year ever!

Ninety Mile Hike

While on our family vacation this Christmas we went on a hike up the Ninety Mile Hike area. Now some of you will be impressed by the name, others of you know me well enough that if we were going to hike for ninety miles, I would not be going. The trail that we were on is called the Ninety Mile and we only hiked for about a mile to the falls. Here are some pictures of our lovely hike in the Smoky Mountains.