How much would you pay?

So since several people have said such nice things about my halloween pillow and a couple people have suggested I sell them I was wondering what you guys would pay for something like that. It's something I enjoy doing and I could do personalized stuff and requests...pretty much anything you want. I just need to know if it would be worth it. Keep in mind that shipping would be around $4. Don't be afraid you're gonna hurt my feelings if you would pay like $2. I wanna know! (even if you don't want one, at least tell me what you think it's worth...please!!!)

**Edited to add - This specific pillow is approx. 11 in x 10 in. But I can make them any size you want.**

My Latest Project

I'm always looking for new projects to start. I really like to sew so I've tried quilting and have made a few quilts that are pretty cute if I do say so myself. I tried knitting but unless it's something small like a scarf I get bored cuz it takes way too long before you have something to show for all that work. My latest thing is embroidery. I saw this cute phrase somewhere so I decided I wanted to make a decorative pillow. I found a witches shoe, put it on word, copied and flipped it, then typed out the phrase below it how I wanted it. I printed it then traced it onto a piece of fabric, ironed on the shoe I cut out, embroidered the words and presto! A cute new Halloween decoration.

Discovery Toys

If anyone wants some awesome toys to give their kids for Christmas check these out. They are so fun! A few of my favorites are the Castle Marbleworks with it's cool tower and chime balls, the Dress-a-pillar with zippers and snaps, and the Motor Works. This one is the coolest of all. It comes with a battery powered screwdriver, a motorcycle, an airplane, and a racecar. And you actually take them apart and put them back together with the little plastic screws! It was fun for even me.
Sorry if this sounds like an advertisement, but it kinda is! I did a party and the attendance wasn't exactly great (it probably wasn't the best idea trying to do it on a stake conference weekend). These really are awesome toys. I actually even had some growing up.
So anyway, if you would like to make an order, email or call me with what you want and you can have your kids' Christmas done early(and help me with Kayden's christmas)!

A Story

My friend Janell got me totally hooked on this awesome and completely drama-filled blog called My Super Hopeless Romance. **Caution: do not start reading her blog unless you are ready to be consumed by it. It is addicting!! If you do read it, start from the beginning!!** It got me thinking about my college days when I had a similar experience. This is my story...

My second year of college I was living in St. George going to Dixie State. I lived with an awesome group of friends I had met down there. We also hung out with the girls across the hall. One Sunday afternoon we were at the neighbors' and these two guys came over. It was within the first couple of weeks of the semester so they were just making the rounds. Their names were Miche and Tyler. Miche(pronounced Mike) was a bit of a ladies man and took most of the attention while Tyler was quiet and kept to himself at first.

Tyler became really good friends with us and hung out a lot. I started to develop a bit of a crush on him. Finally, after lots of encouragement(he wanted to, he was just shy) he finally asked me out and we had a great time. We really started to like each other and for a short time things were going great. About two weeks after we started dating we went to General Conference. I went with a question in my mind hoping for divine intervention. "Is this the right time in my life for a serious relationship." General Conference was great, we even spent some time at his house and I met his parents. (They loved me by the way, but did you have any question about that?) So the answer to my question was "YES!!" I was quite excited. Well, apparently someone else got a different answer because one week later, Tyler dumped me. His reasoning made total and complete sense though, so I didn't really blame him. "I really really like you and we get along really great but you are the first girl I've really dated since I've been home from my mission(he got home in June, this was in October) and I just don't want to close all my options so fast." So we still stayed very good friends, he was always over at our apartment and did everything with us. We even had an early morning Tues/Thurs class that he would stop by and pick me up for and we would walk together. But he was always being set up on blind dates by people he worked with and he would come over to our apartment afterword and tell us about them or talk to us. It was torture for me. I still liked him so much.(none of his first dates ever turned into second dates. that made me happy)

Life went on and the next semester started. In February, on Valentine's Day, he asked me out. We went to Tony Roma's for dinner and he held my hand. We got back together. Things were going great again for about three weeks. And then what happens? He dumps me, again, same reason. (talk about commitment issues!) This time he said something when he talked to me that made me think. It may not seem like anything to someone else but it was a bombshell to me. He told me that he really like me and that he just wasn't ready for anything serious yet. Then he told me to be patient. That hit me like a ton of bricks because that is exactly what my patriarchal blessing says, be patient. Anyway, I decided I wasn't going to wait around this time and when that semester ended I moved home for the summer, then I went to Logan to go to Utah State. This whole time we still talked every once in a while, just to say hey and see what's new. He got engaged to someone else and so did I. I know, crazy. We both broke off our own engagements, him over Thanksgiving break and me over Christmas break. I know, even more crazy. He was still living in St. George, going to nursing school. My parents went to St. George on vacation in January so my friend and I went with them. We were hangin' out with a bunch of people from the old group and somehow Tyler and I ended up in the same car, alone. He turned to me and said, "Camille, I miss you." It was so sweet! We did the long distance thing for the rest of the semester, got engaged in April, I moved back down to St. George in May and we were married June 24, 2005 in the Bountiful Temple. It was the best day of my life.

It was a two-year-long courtship with a lot of bumps in the road but it was so worth every minute. He is so awesome and he does all he can to make me happy. So that is our sappy corny love story. Tyler doesn't really like it, but I do. I think it's cute. It just shows how right we are for each other! No matter how many people he dated he always missed me!

Great advice

MommyJ, one of the blogs I love to stalk, posted something today that I think is really important and everyone should read. If you want some great advice about your blog, go here.

Goodnight Mom

One of Tyler's favorite books growing up was Goodnight Moon. I had a hard time finding it, but I eventually did and now we read it to Kayden. He loves turning the pages, it's so cute. Anyway, I loved it when I found this alternate version of Goodnight Moon in the pages of Parenting magazine. I thought it was a perfect example of a typical day in the life of motherhood.

Goodnight Mom

In the messy green family room

There was a telemarketer ringing on the telephone

And a crying toddler because his brother just popped his red balloon

And a picture of--

The cow jumping over the moon

(which someone colored on with permanent marker)

And there was a missing teddy bear, and a girl with gum in her hair

And one to be scolded

And laundry to be folded

And a very hungry spouse

And something stinky in the house

(that no one else seemed to smell)

And a comb and a brush and a colicky baby who just won't shush

And a frazzled mommy screaming #*%#@

Goodnight messy room

Goodnight scribbled on moon

Goodnight cow getting out while she can

Goodnight telemarketers

And the popped balloon

Goodnight long-gone teddy bear
Goodnight cereal bar smeared all over the dining room chair

Goodnight spitup

And goodnight leaky sippy cup

Goodnight much-too-little house

And goodnight grumpy spouse

Goodnight comb and goodnight brush

And goodnight to a certain 4-year-old who just needs to hush right now I mean it

Goodnight Elmo

Goodnight toys we'll pick up tomorrow, or the next day

Goodnight noises everywhere

Hello ice cream and TiVo--

"Me" time finally

Welcome Baby Koy!!

My sister-in-law Sherrie had her baby yesterday afternoon!!! This is the only picture I have of him, taken on my mother-in-laws phone and sent to me.

So little Koy took lessons from Kayden about how to come into this world. As Sherrie put it "apparently they aren't supposed to come out sunnyside up!" She pushed for quite a while (a couple hours I think) and they ended up having to use the vacuum to get him out. He has a nasty bruise and a small cut from it but otherwise he is a healthy boy at 7 lbs 13 oz and 20 1/2 inches!! Congrats Justin and Sherrie!

Random Picture Day

I think we are quite the good lookin' family!!

This is my family in July. Timorie and Landon, Shersti, Shawn, Mom and Dad, Me, Tyler and Kayden. Shawn and Shersti really hate this picture because they think it's a 'couple picture' and think they look like a couple, but I think it's obvious they aren't. I love this whole picture. I love my family!

My hot sister Shersti with Kayden. This was actually taken a few months ago, but I think it is so cute.

Um...I think it's too small. He looks like Santa Clause. He's gonna pop some buttons.

This is one of my favorite pictures of Kayden.

He was so tired here. He just laid there, didn't move a muscle, and stared at us, for about a half hour until we finally put him in bed.

And this is how he sleeps. I promise he's under there. As soon as I lay him down and put the blanket on him he grabs it and covers his face with it...everytime.

He's a crawlin'!!

Here is a video of Kayden crawling. He's really fussy, but it's kinda cute how he stops and looks up at Tyler like, "stop pointing that thing at me and pick me up already!" He's teething and he's miserable. I wish there was more I could do for him. He already has two of his bottom teeth and he wasn't this fussy when he got them. I don't know what his deal is this time, but I hope it's over soon!

It's official

Kayden's crawling!

It takes him a while to get where he's going, and he needs encouragement to get there but he does it all on his own! He kind of drags one leg behind him while crawling normal with the other leg. Funny kid. Every once in a while he'll try to stand up on the one leg, but with no support he just falls over. I'll try to get a video of it.

Meadwhile, Tyler was messing around with Kayden and taught him this...(:30)

Yep, those are my two boys.