A "Yippieee" Day

Last week, a dear friend of mine gave me all of her Adventures in Odyssey albums!! It was very sweet of her!! And I am such a big fan of it! I have them all alphabetically organized on our basement shelf. I like to take a big step back and just look at them all!! I what to thank her very very much!! 

 Just this week we got a HUGE snow storm!! And I thought that I would go a whole entire Winter without shoveling!!!

Joyfully in Him,
 Diana<3

A Dress with a Hint of Purple

With the help of a nice older sister and a few trips to Joanns, I was able to make my second regency dress!! Every year Kelle has made a dress for me, but I am getting quite old enough to sew my own. (I actually made one last year, but I won't mention that one because it was the "first time" dress) So, I have a really hard time picking out fabrics. They just all look so good together, that I don't know which one to pick! Thanks to Kelle, she has a very keen eye for fabrics that match you, so she stuck her hand in the wall of fabric and brought out a fabric that was hidden underneath some other bolts. It was a perfect color!! It was a light tan with white and purple flowers. I couldn't believe it!! And it was right when I was about to tell her that I don't see any that I liked, and she found one!! Yay!!  So I am kind of doing this post for my sister, because without her, I don't think I would have found any fabrics or better yet, SEWN it!

 

 

Joyfully in Him,

    Diana<3

A Day of Baking

Ah, where would we be without nice sisters that get up very early in the morning (like 7:20) and make a nice breakfast for two boys who love breakfast. Yes, we sister are very much needed! =]
I got up and made my brother and my Dad pumpkin cinnamon swirl pancakes. They said that they were a big hit. I had a little trouble flipping them because there was so much cinnamon filling that it stuck to the flipper, but I ended up finishing them. I never really had much success with "pumpkin" let a lone pumpkin pancakes. I had a bad experience with pumpkin. I made pumpkin muffin one time, and everybody asked me not to make them again. They were rather interesting. But, I put the "pumpkin experience behind me and tried a new recipe.  Which I think the two boys loved.!!
How nice!! The satisfaction of making something your family likes!!!!!

Last night I made a 4-chip graham cracker bar cookie. (wow, what a long name!) It was really simple. And fast.

Joyfully in Him,
   Diana<3

My Roses

I am very happy with this painting I did. I had been meaning to paint some roses for a very long time. Now, I finally did it. It took awhile to figure out what colors I should do and how they would all look together. But I consulted my fellow family members and I got some good votes on the colors. I took me about three or four days. In case you didn't know, I love to paint!!!!

Joyfully in Him,
    Diana <3