A finished product...

Here's a quickie on the blanket I had mentioned earlier. I said I would post pictures of the blanket I made for a friend, and here they finally are. It's a rag quilt made with flannel material.

An up close shot.

Here's a shot of the back.

Anyway, it was a fun project! Always a little time consuming, but I think that it turned out cute in the end. If you couldn't tell by the back, I was inspired by Strawberry Shortcake :)

What I've been reading lately...
So I finally have a few things to post, but a few of them require me finding the cord for the camera to hook it up to the computer. And since that hasn't happened yet I've been slow blogging. But I will give you a heads up, I have a pregnancy picture to post--for those of you who don't get to see me, you will probably a kick out it more than others. I also just finished making a baby blanket for a friend at work who is having a baby girl soon. (I actually remembered this morning that I couldn't take it to her yet since I hadn't taken a picture of it yet).
We went to a friend's house the other night and she told me she was tired of reading about BLUE, since I haven't posted anything new. She suggested I share what I am reading since I am usually reading something. So this post is going to be about what I've been reading over the last few months--here you go Jessica!
For most of you who know me this will probably come as a surprise, but I have read a few adult books in the last few months--shocker, I know. I read "The Kite Runner" and "A Thousand Suns" (I think that's the name of the second one). I really liked both of them! I definitely feel like I learned something about life somewhere else. Another adult book I read was "Water for Elephants"--I liked the story, but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone because of the very descriptive and graphic in a few parts. And I'm not talking graphic as in gruesome, I'm saying inappropriate graphic. I only read it because it was for a book club. I did enjoy the book, but it was hard to get over some parts, and I would have rather not read those scenes (hope that makes sense).
Now on to kids books. I have always been a huge fan of Andrew Clements and have recently read 3 of his books: "No Talking," "Things Not Seen," and "Things Hoped For." I liked all 3 of them. "No Talking" was very similar to all of his books, funny entertaining, and it teaches kids something. The other two were different than most of his books. They were written for a little bit older audience (7th grade) and the stories were very detailed and creative. I especially liked those two a lot. "Things not Seen" is the first one, and "Things Hoped For" is the second. They are not based on the same story, but the first story is interwoven into the second, so I suggest reading the 1st one first.
I am currently reading "The Host" by Stephenie Meyer. I got it yesterday at Costco for $15. Not bad! So far the story has been a little confusing at first because it jumps around a lot. But that was only the first 30-40 pages, and we all know it takes a little while to get introduced to characters and get into the story. And so this morning as I was reading a little I was definitely getting into the story more. I'll have to keep you updated on how the story is coming.
Besides pregnancy books, which I'm sure all of you have already read, that's about all of the books so far. I've been trying to read Shannon Hale's new book, but our library can't find it in the library anywhere. So if she finds it, I'll read it and let you know what I think.
I guess that's it for now! Hope I didn't bore you too badly :)

I'm seeing a lot of BLUE in the future!!!

Hopefully you can tell by the title and the picture, but just in case you can't...we're having a boy! I had a friend who got me in for an ultrasound early, and so we actually found out a few weeks ago that it's a HE. We are both very excited. I'm a little scared, since I don't have an older brother, and I really don't know how to teach him to be a good big brother, but I guess I will figure it out as I go. Everything was perfect and he was very healthy and strong. According to the ultrasound he is measuring 1 week ahead actually. But I have another ultrasound through my Dr.'s office a week from Tuesday, and I'm hoping that they'll either confirm that I am a week ahead, and officially move my due date up, or leave it the same. We have not decided on a name yet, boys names are something we have never been able to agree on unfortunately. But I'm sure by the time August rolls around we should have it narrowed down!! It was really funny because while my friend was doing the ultrasound Creighton all of a sudden said, "Oh, it's a boy!" Right when the technician found it. So it was pretty obvious that we were having a boy. He wasn't hiding anything from us.

I actually started feeling him kicking last Sunday, and now he is moving around more and more. Creighton keeps asking how I know for sure that it's him kicking, or hitting me some how. And I tell him that the only thing in that area of my abdomen is my uterus and the baby. Plus I've never felt anything like it before. Maybe when he feels it for himself, he'll finally start to believe me :)

I hope my little boy never feels humiliated that I posted a picture of him in all his glory on the internet for everyone to see!! We are just so excited to have him and wanted you all to see too!

7 Interesting things about me tag...

So my friend tagged me the other day and I decided, finally, that I should do it. Now, I don't know if theses will be considered interesting, but they might be unknown to most people. I hope you enjoy!

1. I enjoy art a lot. My favorite area is sketching. I love the black and white, and all the shadows. I even drew a picture of my nephew and gave it to my sister-in-law for Christmas a couple of years ago--hope she liked it :)

2. I was one of the valedictorians of my high school class.

3. I lived in the same city my whole life, until I moved to Utah to go to school. In fact all of my brothers and sister have had the same wonderful elementary school teacher--Ms. Kramer!!

4. I got to go on an African safari during my junior year of high school.

5. I went to Forks and La Push, Washington last summer (the setting for the best selling Twilight series).

6. I am deathly afraid of needles, and most often pass out when I get shots.

7. I am not a big chocolate fan, and would prefer some sort of sour candy any day :)

Those were the most interesting/unknown facts about me that I could come up with. Thanks for reading.

PS: We are going to be putting up a new baby post soon, so keep checking back.

Are You Sitting Down...

Well, here it is, the news you have all been waiting for. I am pregnant! We found out right after Christmas, and have just been waiting for the 1st trimester to be over so we could tell everyone. I am due on September 5th! I told my school class this last week and they were so excited, so I figured it was about time to tell everyone else who doesn't already know. We should be finding out in about a month what we are having, and hopefully we'll have a picture to post then. But as of right now, that is the big news. Probably the biggest news of our lives so far. We are really excited about it all and so is everyone else! So, finally our lives are about to get a little bit more intersting. I'm sure that neither of us really grasps how interesting that will be though :)

Hi, this is Creighton. So I noticed Sarah has been blogging lately. I also noticed that in her last blog she included some details of our relationship. Most are true, some I'd like to argue. So I've edited her "tag" blog to include my responses to each of her responses, my responses in parentheses.

Tag...

So I was tagged ages ago, but wasn't really doing the whole blog thing yet. But now that I am, I guess this gives me something to post about!

1. What is your husband's name? Creighton Alan McEwen (1 for 1, off to a good start)
2. How long have you been married? 5 years and 9 months--a long time huh?! (Not that long, honey, but true)
3. How long did you date? 5 months (we dated for five months before we got engaged, another four months before we were married. So, 9 months total)
4. How old is he? 28 (what, no "that's old, huh? Why aren't we asking how old she is?)
5. Who eats more? Creighton can chow down in one sitting and eat a lot more than I do. But he often only eats 1 or 2 meals a day. I eat smaller meals more frequently. (I can put it down, yes)
6. Who said I love you first? We argue over this whenever it is brought up. I KNOW that it was me, he thinks that it was him. I have the better memory so I don't know how it is even questionable. So we say that we’ll have to wait till the afterlife to find out for sure ☺ (Sarah, I love you, but you are wrong. I KNOW that is was me. Here's how it went down... we were hangin' out. I said I had something I wanted to say. She said she had something she wanted to say. I said I wanted to say mine first. I said "I love you.")
7. Who is taller? Creighton by a lot. (It hurts her neck to crane up at me)
8. Who sings better? I’m not that great of a singer, but I’m better. Creighton doesn’t really ever sing, so maybe he has some hidden talent I don’t know about. (She is a better singer)
9. Who is smarter? I think that we are both pretty smart actually. We each have our own strengths in different areas. (No way am I going to say I'm smarter)
10. Whose temper is worse? Mine for sure. (No comment)
11. Who does the laundry? Me (I do some of my own stuff)
12. Who does the dishes? Mostly Creighton, I help sometimes. (I try to make up for not participating in another activity. See #16)
13. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Me (I'm confused. Which right? Facing the headboard? I don't like the question)
14. Who pays the bills? All done on-line automatically! (I set that up, thank you)
15. Who mows the lawn? That’s what we pay our HOA fees for baby!! (That's what I'm talkin' about! Who's your daddy?! I'm not sure why there's so much energy in response to this question. I never knew lawn mowing and snow removal was so exciting, but I dig it)
16. Who cooks dinner? Always me, not that I choose it to be that way. (I do)
17. Who drives when you are together? Creighton (I can drive for hours and hours, one of my joys)
18. Who is more stubborn? Tie. (Again, no comment)
19. Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? Creighton, if he sees that he was wrong. (Thanks... I think)
20. Whose parents do you see the most? Mine (Isn't that always the case with the girl's parents?)
21. Who proposed? Creighton (And did I mention I said "I love you" first, too?)
22. Who is more sensitive? Me definitely (I have feelings, too)
23. Who has more friends? Me (What is this, high school?)
24. Who has more siblings? Me, 1 sister and 3 brothers. (Cancer prevented my mom from having more kids)
25. Who wears the pants in the family? We both think we do. (And again, no comment)
26. Where did you meet your husband? Good old Brick Oven! (Where she gave me my tip money at the end of each night. Indeed, the good ol' days. Never again will she hand over so much cash to me)
27. What was the first thing you said to your husband? I was probably telling him what delivery he was taking. (Springdell by 7 Peaks, right Sarah? something like that... nevermind)
28. Where was your first date? Movies and Sonic for slushies (America's Sweethearts, thumbs down, and lemon-berry, thumbs up)
29. Where was your first kiss? In Creighton’s apartment. (good thing my pot-smoking roommates weren't there)
30. Where did you get engaged? At the Visitor Center on BYU campus—the old one, not the new one. (and way past our bedtimes. don't tell)
31. Where were you married? San Diego Temple (enveloped by fog when we entered, drenched in sunlight when we came out holding hands)
32. Where was the honeymoon? Big Bear, CA (360 days of sun per year)
33. If you could have changed anything about it what would it have been? Longer, and gone somewhere where we could have done a little bit more. It was pretty good though. (We realized it wasn't the best idea when the local Denny's shuts down at 8:00)

Tag you're it: I’m not really sure whom to tag. Most people I know have done these things a thousand times already…anyone who wants to, go for it!
Now you just have to copy the questions, answer them, post it, then tag 3 more people.

I am in trouble now...

As of right now, I have just been posting very infrequently, as you can see, trying to get this whole blogging thing going. But I guess I have been found out, and people are starting, slowly but surely, to check my blog. So I guess that means I have to come up with something to post a little more often. I was hoping to get this wonderful page design, great header, some nice music blah, blah, blah, before I actually informed anyone about this blog page, but oh well. I guess it will make me get moving a little faster and try to get some work done on it now. It's good motivation! Coming up with what to post will be the tricky thing. I don't even take pictures of anything besides my students and classroom...I don't know, maybe I could take pictures of my kitchen before it's cleaned and after ha ha! I'm sure I'll come up with something. Until next time!

Christmas break is finally here and I am actually in California now. Creighton is joining me on Monday after he works this weekend. It's fun to be home with all of my brothers and sister--minus Logan who's on his mission. Hopefully now that I am home, and not worrying about school, it will finally start to feel like Christmas--just in time huh?!

Believe it or not, but this week I received a nice pie in the face from one of my students!! They did a food drive at school and if the students brought in enough cans they got to pick a teacher from each grade level to get a pie in the face. And I was the lucky winner. It really wasn't too bad, and the kids loved getting to see it. They were quite hyper afterwards, but it was the last day before Christmas break, and I'm sure they'll remember it forever. Creighton video taped it, but I don't have that with me here in Cali, so here are some pictures for your enjoyment :)

Thi is one of the girls in my class. She was picked randomly from the kids in my class who have never gotten in trouble this year so far!!

This is one of the teachers from my grade who helped "guide" the students into picking me for the pie"ing." He didn't think I can handle. I am mean seriously--it's just whip cream guys!!

There's the pie!!

What a beauty queen huh?!! The kids all asked me if it tasted good. I told them that I didn't eat any of it, but it sure made my skin feel nice and creamy :)

The Start of Something New...

I've been checking blogs for the last 2 years now, but never felt that I had anything worth while to post, and so I've been content with checking others. I figured that once we had kids, life would be more interesting and I would have pictures to show--things like that. So, I actually subscribed to this blog page over a year ago, figuring I would start it up officially when I was ready. Well, we don't have any kids yet, nor am I pregnant, but I decided that this would be a good way to document what goes on in our lives, whether it is exciting or not. I don't want to forget the things that happen in our lives, no matter how small they may be. With that said, I won't update daily like many people do, but I will try and update weekly, to let you know what's been going on with us. I want this to be a way to stay in touch with others as much as I can. Let me know what you think!