Monica and Ben

This weekend we doubled with one of my very good friends Monica. She was one of my first friends when I moved to Utah, along with Abby. Monica and I were either roommates or neighbors for 4 years... so you can just imagine all the good times we had together, we did a lot of crazy things and went on a lot of awesome adventures. I might have to do a blog post of Tracy and Monica adventures. mm... that is a good idea. Stay tuned for that one. Anyway, she got married in November and we finally made time to double. Friday we went out to dinner and then roasted marshmallow's over Brent's fire place and made smore's with Reese's peanut butter cup. Then we invited them over to our Sunday dinner. They are such a fun couple. I think will do lots more with them in the future.

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New CD Holder

I wish I could say this is something that I made for my craft of the week, but I did not. One of my really good friends, Kristen had a license plate CD holder in her car of her old Washington plate. I thought it was awesome, so awesome that I had to find a way to get my California license plate (that I saved) made into one. Kirsten and I were both sad that our parents made us get Utah license plates... we felt like we were betraying our home state and made us feel like we were actual Utah residents instead of just a temporary living situation. So for some reason, being able to keep my plates in a useful way, makes me feel better. After thinking about it for a long time and trying to find a place online that did it, I found one and just got it back the other day. Here is how it turned out. My plate is now back in my car... just in a different location with a different purpose. :o)

Pictures

My roommate Ashlee came up to me the other day and said "Hey, Pam wants a new facebook profile picture and...." I didn't even let her finish before I said I would do her hair and make up and take her pictures. I told Ashlee I would for her too, if she wanted. They were excited, so I was happy to do it. So this last Saturday, that is what I spent my afternoon doing... make up, hair and taking pictures. I have photo shopped a few of my favorites of the pictures I took. And while I am doing the post... I thought I would put one of my favorites of my friend Monica's engagement pictures that I took this last Summer. P.S. I don't know why people come to me like I am a professional photographer and even know what I am doing. But I think it is fun to try it out. I would love to learn more about photography. And if I really get into it... I will invest in a more expensive camera. For now... these were just taken with my little Cannon Powershot. Not too bad. Monica & Ben Pam

Ashlee

Floral Design 3

Can you believe another month has passed us by? Of course February always goes faster than the rest because it is a shorter month, but still... but a new month brings a new Floral class. I just love them as you know. This month Melissa taught us how to make Pomanders! Everyone's turned out super cute. This month one of my roommates finally joined me in this class. Ashlee and I have a goal to do a craft a week. The pomanders are super easy to make and turn out super cute. Here are some pictures from the class. P.S. Melissa (the one who teaches the class) is the second one from the left. She is awesome. Also... I was not looking too good this night, I should not post bad pictures of myself, but I'm over it.

Finished Bowl

This is how our salad bowl turned out after being fired. We were pleased. You can tell how excited Brent was with the finished product.

Color Me Mine

Another double date with Desiree and Chuck! Oh how we love to double with them. They are so much fun and up for anything and a good example to us of how we want married life to be.... Brent and I are always trying to think of new dates to go on so this was great. Chuck and Desiree both painted a plate. Brent wanted to stay away from the generic plate or mug... so we opted for a salad bowl that matches my kitchen stuff. Brent and I are both perfectionists so it takes us a long time to complete a project... but when it is done... it sure looks good! I will have to take another picture when it is all fired and has that gloss look to it, but here are the pictures of our work of art. P.S. I don't know if you can tell... but Brent was very tired. He is always a good sport to follow through with plans even though he is dead tired.