What I've been up to this week...

I got a lot done in the craft arena this week. First, I finished a silly project that I decided to make for my mom. The washcloth says, My Mom My Friend. Pretty cheesy!

Then I made this owl bib for a lady in my ward who just had her third baby named Bridger. I know it's kind of hard to tell it is an owl from the picture.

Tonight I went to a jewelry making party at my boss' house (It was his wife's party). It was a girl's night out and I had a lot of fun! I'm so glad Stacie invited me! So here are the pics of the two necklaces I made. It was so nice to get out of the house!!

I already had the earrings and I saw the pendant thing that matched perfectly so I had to make a necklace!

Joe bought me some earrings for Valentine's day at World Market in Bozeman. He knew these earrings were huge, actually the smallest he could find at that store, but they looked really cool. Anyway, the earrings hung down to my shoulders and were kind of heavy so we both decided I needed to do something different with them. I think its perfect now! The original earrings were like the pendant in the middle but without the green pearly beads. Joe is glad that I can now wear them!

So things are going pretty well for me. I've been trying to get more involved in things. I have the day off on Monday and am going to check out a quilting club to see what its like. Next Saturday I am signed up to learn how to knit socks at a class at the local quilt shop. I'm really excited for the class.

I also just wanted to write this down for my own memory's sake. My dad's father, my Grandpa Bob, passed away about a year ago. Today my dad was able to do his baptism, confirmation, and inititory at the Idaho Falls temple. I think that it is pretty awesome he got to do that. I also read some of my grandpa's papers, that my dad complied and they just really touched me. My grandpa was an awesome man. He had a really great idea called positive potential which involves changing your negative emotions in to positive emotions. I don't think he had everything right with his theory, but I am glad that I can learn from what he learned. Depression was something that ran in his family and I think that he was able to overcome that with his positive potential. I want to be more like that - to see the positive and be happy instead of dwelling on the negative. I am thankful to him for passing his experiences on so that I can benefit from them in my life. I love you Grandpa! There is power in positive thinking!