^^^Playing with the camera as we prepared to leave for Utah.
Ahh, another trip to Utah. Jared has an away rotation in Spokane that we couldn't join him on, so he drove us to Utah to drop us off at my parents' house and then he flew to Washington. The weather here is waaaay nicer than it is in Casper right now. We picked a good time to come.
The next day we went for a little hike to the G on the mountain. We wished we were wearing shorts--it's so warm right now! We've never done this hike before. It was a bit steep and the G was just a bunch of old metal strips painted white, but it was a fun new adventure. We love explorations. Speaking of explorations, we also spent an afternoon exploring Saratoga Springs. I expected there to be a bigger city center, but really it was just a ton of houses with some shopping at the very North end of town near Lehi. We did find some hot springs near the lake and we drove up into Israel Canyon a bit. Didn't know either of those things existed before this. Saratoga is cute with its beautiful views of Timpanogos and the other mountains on the west side of the lake, but I don't think we'd want to live over there. We're too obsessed with the trails on our side.
^^^Jack tagging along with the 4 little boys who live next door to my parents. We would've put a helmet on him, but the battery died on this car so they couldn't get it moving.
^^^Getting our favorite pizza in the valley at Terra Mia--Jared wearing all denim and me wearing all linen.
My favorite hobbies are currently weaving and thrifting, so I thought I'd do a post to remember this time. I taught myself how to weave from YouTube videos about 4 years ago, shortly after we moved to Georgia. Now I feel like I'm finally very comfortable with the various weaving techniques and have developed my own unique style. The above picture is the only one on my phone representing both weaving and thrifting, but typically I prefer to weave round shapes in bright color schemes. I mostly weave for my own enjoyment, but it's nice when I make an occasional sale on my Etsy shop.
Since moving to Casper and trying to decorate our home on a budget, I have come to really enjoy thrifting too. I like to go on my own once every week or so when Jared can be home with Jack. Almost all of our furniture and home decor have come from our local thrift store. It's been a slow process, but I love every piece. I also live thrifting clothes. I gravitate toward linen outfits and unique vintage dresses. I have a collection of about half a dozen beautiful old dresses now that I just love. I thrifted my favorite one yet today, so it's fresh on the mind. It's a knee-length piece with half sleeve, old lace details, and tiny buttons going up the front. I'll have to take more pictures. Down the road I hope to get a sewing machine and learn to do my own tailoring for those thrifted pieces that don't quite fit right. Maybe my wonderful mom and grandmother can show me a thing or two about making alterations next time I'm in Utah :)
We had a very full Halloween. It started with all the parties I talked about last week, then on Halloween we went trick-or-treating at Jared's clinic in the afternoon. Jack was not excited to get in his costume. Poor guy is terrified of costumes. He did ok once he realized that the only people in costumes were other little kids wearing princess dresses, but then some older boys came around the corner wearing scary masks and he lost it. He clutched his stuffed bunny close the entire time. He did like saying "trick-or-treat" (more like "cheeee!") to the nurses and getting candy.
I might be the one having the hardest time with the whole binky weaning now. It's so sad to think that when I go to check on him in his sleep before bed, I'll never catch my baby boy sucking sweetly on his pacifier again. Ugh. I'm not crying, you're crying. One thing that's helped with this ordeal is that on the first day of the weaning, we went to the thrift store and loaded up on tons of new toys for Jack. Now even though he's not sleeping as much, at least he's usually pretty happy since he loves playing with his new cars. His favorite things to do are play with them in his Batman playhouse or drive them around the coffee table. He's more self-entertained than he's ever been before. Thank u dear thrift shop!
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