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The Schramm Boys!
Charley helping Gabby walk...
the Ben Schramm Family!....so cute!
Charley loves Grandpa Schramm....
The new Mr. & Mrs. Calvin Schramm!!!

The last Schramm.....

....got married this weekend! Ben's younger brother, Calvin, got married to Courtney this weekend in the Boise, Idaho temple. It was beautiful!!!....and I must say the girls looked darling!

~the pictures will be out of order because I didn't want to spend time organizing them!....so enjoy!

At the reception with Schrammpa!
They are so cute!
Charley with Schramma at the reception...I love how she is like a little lady!...trying to be all grown up!
Gabby....I'd like to point out that I made the girls little jackets!! I'm pretty proud of them. And since I had to trim Gabby's dress...the excess material I used to make hair bows!
3 of the 4 girl cousins!...
My little model!
At the hotel....
Charley got her own bed at the hotel....as we were driving back home she was crying and wanting to go back to the hotel....I guess I can't blame her....that huge bed all to herself! She was in heaven!
The girls with their new aunt!

Ragnar....

What is a Ragnar Relay you ask?....well, let me tell you. It is a running race that is 188.2 miles long! Ben and I were on a team of 12 people. We were able to have 2 vans. We each were assigned a leg, and then Van 1 would run all 6 runners, then Van 2 would run all 6 of their runners. After each van went, we did the same process 2 more times. We each ran a total of 3 times with various miles depending on your leg. All legs were pre-determined, and we had check points/hand offs along the way. Since it was a long race, we ran through the night....while the other van was running, we were sleeping and eating....or trying to sleep!

Leading up to the race, it was a bit crazy and stressful. But thanks to my wonderful sisters, who watched the girls, we were able to enjoy running without worrying too much about the girls!

It sounds like it wouldn't be that much fun, but I can honestly tell you it was SOOOO MUCH FUN!!!
Van 1 team members "Running Native"....Laiza, Me, Ben, Tevita, Kyle, Anahi....us at the start. We met up with Van 2 at exchange 6.

Ben and I at the starting line.

Ben waiting at his exchange point for Anahi to hand off the slap bracelet, we used as a baton...

Running my first leg...I ran a total of 23 miles!

Our whole team..."Running Native!"....at the finish 34 hours later!

Ragnar Relay Series ~ Wasatch Back 2010

just for FuN!!!

Cal & Courtney's wedding is in a few weeks. I pulled the girls dresses out because I needed to see how much I needed to hem Gabby's dress. We got her a 2T, it was the smallest size they had, and it hangs to her feet! But since Gabby got to try hers on, Charley wanted to as well. Courtney's mom founds these dresses for the girls...they are so cute! .... cute dresses for pretty much the cutest girls ever!!! (I'm the mom, and it's my blog, so I can say that!!! :) )

Charley kept waving her hands all over, so I finally told her to just fold her arms like a princess...and it worked....no hands in her face!

Charley came up with this pose all by herself! ....I guess she wanted to show off her muscles!

This is Charley's dance pose!...but I think it looks more like the crane kick!
Pretty Girl!

Her dress is going to have to come up about 6 inches!....however, I'm debating on heming it or not....it kinda looks like a really formal dress long, but the other girls dresses arn't going to be so long....but I if hem it, I can make matching bows out of the leftover!

Isn't she an angel!?

Now back to my sewing!....

Summer is here!...

...and we love it! However, the pool at our clubhouse wont be open until next. There was some "winteriztion" problems, and it had to be fixed. But it should be up and running next week! But in the mean time, we've been heading over to our favorite place...Thanksgiving Point! They have the coolest children's gardens. They have this huge Noah's arch thing that squirts water out...and water fountains coming out of the ground for kids to play in, and caves, and a lighthouse, a sand pit, and tons of other cute little things for kids to play on! We were there for 4 hours the other day...both girls were out for the night by 7pm! It was great!

Tinkerbell Room....

Here is another one of my projects!....Charley & Gabby's Tinkerbell room....it isn't done, but it is getting closer!
So after my last project, I wised up and invested in an electric sander!....So we all know that Memorial Day weekend has tons of sales everywhere! Welp, guess what I was very excited to buy?...yep, a sander. When I told Ben he just laughed and said "You're just like your Mom!" I took that as a complement! But it made sanding the dresser sooooo much easier!
I bought this dresser a few months ago on KSL....for $20!!!! It was a perfect size for two little girls clothes! However, it was not the prettiest....so I decided to paint it! I asked Charley what color she wanted it painted, (thinking maybe she would say pink or purple) and she said she wanted it green and blue. So I decided to paint it the tinkerbell green and blue!
Here it is sanded thanks to my new handy dandy sander! I eventually took the knobs off to sand them down better....and primed and painted!

And the finished product~
Notice the lamp I finished on the dresser! And my sister Brooktynn made those little blocks on the dresser for the girls....one set says "Gabby" and the other says "Charley"...
Notice the teal curtains....I would like to thank Char once again for having her wedding colors Teal and Thanks MamaS for giving me all her leftover fabric/table clothes from the wedding! Yes, those were the lace they used for the tables!

I still have lots of projects I am anxious to get done around the house, but they will have to wait until after the wedding...I now have to get sewing! (Cal and Courtney's wedding)

Sneak Peak....

It's another week, and another project......This week it was the girls dresser.....however, it is still drying, so I am posting this lamp.....

I had this lamp when I was single. I had the whole animal print thing going on in my room. However, it doesn't really match anything anymore.....so I primed and painted it...and added a cute flower! Now it will match the girls Tinkerbell room!!!....pictures of the dresser coming soon!