Peterson Family Picture

Ok, last one tonight. I also was able to take pictures for my family. They were a little tricky (Riley was feeling very uncooperative) But we got some good ones anyway. Ok, so my mom has a new baby: Meet Ceri (I think I have the name right) He's totally Mom's dog, as you can tell by the picture!

Beka's Blessing Day

It was so wonderful to have everyone come to Beka's blessing! She was so such a sweet baby, no crying, screaming, or laughing. Allen was very grateful! After the blessing everyone meet at Mom and Dad's for lunch. I was able to get some beautiful group pictures:

Beka's Blessing Dress

OK, so with the new backdrop and stationary lighting I can now take portraits that are as good as the ones I got a JC Penny's. Allen told me that was one of his reasons... that and I had said that was something I would really enjoy. And I do. Well, with everyone being so sick, and not really wanting to spread it, I did Beka's blessing pictures. I thought they turned out beautiful! The dress Beka wore was made from my grandmother's wedding dress. Her daughters (my mom and aunt) wore it for their blessings, my sister and I wore it, and Emmaline wore it for her blessing.

Christmas!

December flew by! What on earth happened to it? Allen had finals and then it was New Years. I just want to hit on a few highlights. Christmas week was VERY busy... and then one night Emma woke us up with a fever of 103. We were concerned, but kids get fevers.. What got us concerned was that she was having trouble breathing. So we took her into see the Doctor and he gave her a shot and some meds and she started to feel better. Then Riley came down with it (and he wont take meds) It was a very LONG week. Thankfully Beka seems to be fine. Thank heavens for beastfeeding. The first smile we got all morning! She was thrilled with her princess bedding! Beka's shirts says: My first Christmas This is the puppet show I made. I was really happy with the way it turned out. The kids were excited too! As for me, Allen got me backdrops and stationary lighting for my photography! It is so amazing! Enjoy the slide show!

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Sewing projects

For Christmas Santa brought me a calender full of sewing projects. There's one for every 3 days. I thought it might be fun to share my results... The good, the bad and the ugly. The first project was pretty cool. Quilted coasters. I have to admit, I made a bunch of mistakes, and ended up only making one coaster. But the one is cute... So here it is Kinda cute. I want to make a couple more so I have a set... but for now this is good enough. My cutting skills are a little shaky, and so my triangles weren't all the same shape, but all in all it turned out well. I promise an update is coming.. I have a ton of cute pictures to post... but for now, I'm off to a quick shower and to bed.