Happenings....

FINN'S B-DAY AT HOME!

FINN'S B-DAY IN UTAH!

We have had an eventful month here at the ZoBell home. The kids and I headed up to Utah mid-June to visit family and so I could run in the Ragnar Relay. The relay turned out to be a success. I had a blast being in a van filled with sisters and close friends. It was some good times, HARD, but worth it. It was so nice to head back to Cache Valley where it was SOO green and lush, we just don't get that down here in Arizona. We visited family and friends while we were up there, had a birthday party for Finn (1 year old), shopped with sisters, and also brought two extra kids back to the Arizona heat with us (it's been up to about 112 degrees). Lily and Gracey, my two nieces came down and stayed with us for a week. The drive home was brutal, we left Logan at 5am and didn't pull into home until 9pm. Longest drive of my life! I'm thinking that with the long drive down and the HOT weather, who know's if Lily and Gracey will ever want to come back. We sure enjoyed their company. It's always nice to get back to rountine, which we are now in. Here are just a few pic's of the last month. ENJOY!!

This past month...

This past month has been filled with lots of summer fun. Jordan's mom came and visited for a little over a week. It's always nice to have her come. She watched the kids for us while we took a little road trip to San Diego. It was a blast! First time I've left Finn for that many days. We spent time at the beach of course and visited a few sites. We also celebrated Jordan's birthday, the big 28 and have tried to get in as much swimming as possible. This is our first summer down here in Arizona.... the water is a sure way to deal with the 105+ degree weather.

Mother's Day Breakfast!

Jordan had to work this weekend so i knew that i would be on my own for most of mother's day. I decided to treat myself to a decadent dessert and this is what i came up with. It was a chocolate cake (www.hersheys.com/recipes/recipes/detail.asp?id=184 ) with two layers of blackberry filling (I just thickened some fresh blackberries into a compote) and one layer of cream filling (www.evilshenanigans.com/2009/02/cream-filling-for-cupcake/ ), then i covered the whole thing in a chocolate ganache (www.ourbestbites.com/2010/03/super-easy-chocolate-ganache.html ). It turned out pretty dang tasty! Now i'm just wondering what to do with the whole thing. I'd like to have it every morning for breakfast this week, but i'm thinking that 's probably not a good idea. I wonder how many weight watchers points one slice is? My day ended with Jordan coming home from work with flowers and chocolates in his hands. It was a wonderful day!

Spring Top Completed

About a month ago I noticed a Spring Top competition on http://www.madebyrae.blogspot.com/ and decided that I was going to enter. Of course I left it for the very last day to complete it, but i finished..... so here it is. I used simplicity 2599 pattern and then just added the tie and the gathered accents. Fabric was Heather Bailey, Nicey Jane, Hopdot in cream and the tie and gathered front were Amy Butler, Love, Sunspots, tangerine and mint. I managed to get a few shots of if by myself and entered. I'm happy with it but was so impressed by how many well made tops were entered. Don't look too closely at mine :)

Jet's New Top

Here's Jet's shirt that I said I would finish two weeks ago!! I'm going to be finishing my spring tops for the madebyrae.blogspot competition today so i'll get those posted next.

Moab 2010

We just purchased our second car and a thule bike rack that fits Jordan and Jet's bike.

Jet fasinated with the adult mountain bikers, while watching a mountain bike clip.

Bessie and the boys at the sand pit.

Some of the biking group on the Blue Dot trail.

Jordan with his Yeti, his pride and joy.

Jordan proposed to me here 5 years ago

and here we are now, two kids and one on the way. JK

Jet being a little poser. We got a laugh out of this one.

Stopped in Flagstaff on our way. Jet's potty training, hence the undies.

FuN TiMEs!!

We had such an enjoyable Easter weekend. Of course feeling spiritually uplifted from conference was the highlight. I made cinnamon rolls from scratch which is a must in our home during conference. We also enjoyed Easter candy from family, and the usual dying easter eggs. Hope you all had as good of an Easter as we did.

Weekend Project!

I decided I was finally going to make this kimono for Finn,

I've had the material since before he was born. So on Saturday I

let my house go and sewed my little heart out. My plans were

to make Jet a shirt as well but that didn't happen.

Although, I think I'm going to try and get that done

this week. I was pleased with how it turned

out, I love the prints I chose.

Finn just looks so hansome in it.

Example of the Believers

Example of the Believers

Love this story, it hits close to home because of Mason our nephew that has muscular dystrophy. Watch with a tissue :)

Girls weekend!!

We had a GREAT long weekend. A lot going on here at the ZoBell home. Jordan and I celebrated our 5 year anniversary, I turned 29, and my sisters and mom came for a girls weekend. We do one every year and this year everyone wanted to come to Arizona. I don't know why :) It's only been in the 70's down here. Our weekend consisted of shopping, sewing, and eating lots of good food. We managed to make the living room looked like a sweat shop with three sewing machines set up and material scattered all over. We made a really cute scrapy pillow and a few other things but that was our main project. I'm excited about two new resturants we visitied. Vito's a pizza place and Joe's Farm Grill, both were tasty. Nothing better than having family come and visit. Wish they could have stayed a few more days.