I followed this tutorial at dana-made-it.com and made zipper pouches.

Plus, I made these four pouches for my sister and her girls but I forgot to take close up pictures. 

The two sweet girls on the far left are 2nd cousins to Sabrina's kids and my Jack.

Photograph by Audrey

My sister and her girls came to visit for a couple of days. We had so much fun...

As I've said before, my dad is amazing with "handy man" projects. The front step was falling apart so he repaired it and painted it (can't find photos of the before for that.) I love that the front door matches the black shutters now.

Happy birthday to my oldest brother...

In January I made some resolutions.  I have an update...

1.) Continue calorie counting to lose baby weight. I started over two weeks ago and the plan is to lose the weight before June 19th.

Done and done, although a little delayed, I still lost an extra 10-ish pounds that I hadn't originally planned. The thing that helped me most was this book. 

My biggest success was in May which was when I read the book.

2.) Spend more time on craft projects I enjoy.  Going along with this goal includes making a quilt. I want to make a quilt that is challenging yet still on the beginner level. 

I've definitely been working on projects I enjoy...so much so that I haven't even started on my quilt. Oops.
 
3.) Be sweet! The reason behind this goal is very unflattering to me. I can be cynical and it has been getting in the way of my happiness. So, simply put...I'd like to be sweeter.
 
I'll have to let other poeple decide what happened with this goal...however, I feel like I've made improvements.

4.) This one is a secret. When accomplished it will be revealed.

Still a secret.

I've been meaning to do this for a long time.

I saw this nest on my walk with Jack yesterday.  Isn't it so beautiful? It is about the size of a football.

Jack seemed interested in the noises and colors of the parade but was also quite serious about it all.