A very nice day

Sunday we had a great day. We had spent the weekend at my mom's. She made us a yummy breakfast that morning, then we took off for home. We had Stake conference at 10:00am, so we knew we wouldn't make it for that. So instead, we decided to head to Temple Square and see the tulips in bloom. It was extraordinarily beautiful. The weather cooperated as well. We all agreed it was an excellent day!
This post has probably the most pics I have ever posted at once; they were all so pretty I had to put them all here. Just warning you!



They had moss in the planter beds and Ninny had a thousand questions about it.

The smell was incredible. It smelled soooooo good!



Now thats cute!



This pic is so funny; Ninny is standing in front a bit because she would not stand in the dirt for the picture. She has a similar problem with sand.

"Popcorn popping on the apricot trees!"



Look at the color!

Michaela found a robins egg; a sure sign of spring!

Michaela wanted a picture like this. It turned out really cute!

















There was no one around to take this for us, and I forgot the tripod. So here is my family, minus me! It was nice that it wasn't super crowded though.

Here is one I had a stranger take; they never get close enough!

Awwww! Ava wanted this pic with daddy.










We realized that we went on May Day. How appropriate!



They all want these printed off for their rooms. Somehow I missed getting one of Corrine.





Ooops! I posted the wrong one!

A smooch in front of the temple!



Every where I turned the temple looked so pretty.

After the temple, we went to the conference center. We took the older two there a while ago, they don't remember it. So since it was a nice day, off we went!



On the roof top.

These are the skylights into the conference center. If you look down the glass part, you can see the seats. It was kind of freaky. I had to have Jason hold me up to look too!

The kids really enjoyed the whole day. They kept running around saying how pretty everything was. If you want to see some beauty, now is the time to go to Temple Square!

Dress to skirt

Here is our guest/craft room.


I figured since I was going to be taking pics of the skirt in here, I would show you where I was working.

Ok. So I have had this dress for years, and this is a terrible pic. I only just noticed, and the skirt is done, so there ya go. It was long, shapeless, and out of date but had a cute print. I wanted some new springy skirts to I raided my closet for possibilities. This made the cut!

I measured where I wanted the skirt to hit, leaving an allowance for a ruffle on the bottom. I cut the top off the bottom.

With the top, I cut lengths of fabric 4 inches wide for the ruffle. I didn't know how many I would need, so I just cut up the whole top.

I sewed the 4 inch strips together, guessing at the length I would need. I think I did about 1 1/2 the width of the skirt.

Then I did a gathering stitch on the end. Oh, first I hemmed one rough edge. I gathered the other rough edge. I don't have a pic of this, but then I pinned and sewed the ruffle to the bottom of the skirt.
With the left over strips, I decided to put a ruffle on the skirt. I cut them in half, then zigzagged the edges in blue thread. This would have been easier with a serger!

Then I pinned the ruffle on the skirt. I put it on one side.

I sewed the ruffle down both sides with the same blue thread I edged it with.

Made a place for elastic.


Here is the finished product. I am so happy with it! The ruffle I put on it is hard to see in the pic, but it is super cute. I like how the ruffle on the bottom turned out too. This was only $1.29 for the elastic. Pretty thrifty! And now I have a new skirt for spring and summer!