I've been bitten...bitten hard...by the sewing bug, that is! Seriously, all of my spare time is spent neglecting the toy messes around my house and hiding out in my sewing room (yay for nap time). The floor plan of our house came with a "hobby room" which I dubbed early on as MY room (hey, Ryan has a whole office to himself). And boy have I been using it!! I'm trying to take pictures of all my creations to share with you all. I made these little beauties a few weeks ago (sorry the pictures our blurry, hope you can at least see the cuteness of the dresses)

Molly's is Simplicity pattern 5695

and Sophie's is Simplicity pattern 2377

I'm not a huge store bought pattern fan only because they tend to over explain things and I usually end up kind of editing it anyway. Simplicity is usually pretty good though about keeping things, well, simple. :) And most store bought patterns are good for ideas and designs. Like the Matilda Jane like dress pattern and ruffled bottoms I just found. (Wee!) I have a post that I might get done tonight about the beauty of online patterns/tutorials including pictures of one I just did for the girls. I made some adorable dresses for the girls to wear for Father's Day. Sophie absolutely LOVES when I make her something new to wear. If she knows I've been in my sewing room she'll ask "what are you making for me, mommy?"

Yes my friends, I've been bitten hard by the sewing bug and who knows when it will end...Ryan might be staging an intervention soon...

...I'll let you know how it goes! :)

Sweet Sophie Girl

This is my girl

my sweet Sophie girl

oh how I love this girl

she's curious

thoughtful

and oh so smart

yet she can be silly and goofy too

oh how I love her

my calm, quiet, sweet girl

her sister on the other hand

watch out...

:)

Freezer Jam Goodness

Oh man! It's strawberry season in Michigan and do you know what that means? It's freezer jam time!! Woo-hoo!! We go through this stuff like water over here (or actually juice would be a better example at our house).

Strawberry season in Michigan is only about two weeks long and it's really a guessing game as to when the berries will be ready. Lucky for me my mommy just happened to be at the local farmers market by our house last weekend and found some GORGEOUS berries!

See, aren't they just beautiful! My mom picked up two flats for me so Saturday evening at the Miersma house turned into a freezer jam making extravaganza! Well, at least for me it did...the girlies went to bed and Ryan watched a movie...thrilling, people, thrilling!

So you start with this

and many hours later you end up with this (that's 36 jars baby!)

for this

I don't ask questions, I just take pictures when they do goofy stuff

"Let's get physical, physical, I wanna get physicaaaaaal....."

The End

Nothin' New

Okay y'all (sorry I couldn't resist), so at this point no news is good news, but at the same time no news is frustrating. Did any of that just make sense? It did? Okay, good then. We have yet to receive an official date as to when we will be making the big move down to Houston. We're still waiting to hear on when Ryan will be pulled from his current project to work mainly in Houston. The account team for this project wants to keep him there but his boss in Houston would like him to start working in Houston. I like to think that his VMWare peeps are fighting over him, which they kind of are. Heehee!

Not much to say today but I hadn't posted in a month, shocking, I know. So I thought I'd give you a little update. We had a killer garage sale on Saturday and got rid of a bunch of stuff. It felt good to purge a few items. I did spend part of the day today finding things that I had forgotten to put in the sale or wish I had (think millions of puzzle pieces I cleaned up today).

I'll leave you with a few pics just for fun! The girls are growing like crazy!! Sophie surprises us every day with her imagination. She is so smart and keeps us on our toes. Molly is Miss Attitude with a capital A! She knows what she wants and will make sure she gets it. They are just a blast and I enjoy every moment I have with them! :)

Checkin' out Grandma's baby chicks that hatched in her preschool room

Molly posing with the baby chick

 Molly kept blowing on them, it was the funniest thing!

Big News

Well, you've waited long enough (sorry to tease you all on facebook) but here is our big news!

Ryan took a new job with VMware two weeks ago. VMware is the large, global company that his previous company is partners with. Much of the work Ryan did at his old company was with VMware so the transition has been very smooth. This is a huge opportunity for Ryan and we are very excited for him.

But....

and there is always a but...

We will be moving by the end of the year to

You heard right my friends, we will soon be considered Texans *gasp*

We don't have an exact date as to when we will be moving yet, but we do know it will be by the end of this year. Ryan will continue to work on his current project for a while and then once he's finished there we will move. 

We have a lot to do to prepare for this move. We are extremely excited for the opportunity we have before us, but at the same time we I am scared out of my mind with all the details that must fall into place. Nevermind we're moving to a place where we do not know anyone but a few VMware employees that Ryan knows.

But, we do have this lovely lady in Houston

 

 

and you can't forget W

and I just might have to purchase Ryan one of these

and maybe pick up a pair of these for myself

 

just you wait, next year I'll be blogging about attending this

 

 

and let's please start praying now that I don't see any of these

notice I couldn't even post a picture of a real one

totally freaks me out

 

and finally, I promise I won't do this to the girls

if I do, I think my sister Katelyn might come down and slap me

or at least that's what she threatened

All kidding aside we are completely trusting that God is in this and guiding us every step of the way. He has proven Himself faithful over and over. We have laid this at His feet and know that He's got it covered! Thank you for prayers that you lift up on our behalf. Know that they will not be in vain! :)

I will be blogging regularly about our move and we are hoping to have an actual date soon. Right now we are preparing our house to put on the market (can you believe we've only been in our house 5 months and we're already selling it!)

Ryan and I are very excited about this next phase of our journey as a family. We cannot wait to see what God has in store for us as we move to Texas!

"For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord. Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11

Easter

Many of you who have graciously followed me for a while now (thank you) may remember my Easter post from last year about selecting the perfect dress for my girls. I talked about how my mom aka wonder woman would make my sisters and I beautiful dresses for Easter. Well, this year I decided I wanted even more to be like my fantastic mother and, wait for it, yes, I actually made Sophie and Molly's Easter dresses myself...

Okay, now that we're over the shock, let's view a few pictures, shall we? I had hoped to document more of the process of making the dresses but I plain just forgot to take pictures. I hope you enjoy some pics of the finished products on Easter Sunday!

Ta-da!

Girl has a mean "cheeeeeeeese" face and willingly shows it off every time she sees a camera.

These two are inseparable!

Sophie and Grandma

Sophie and Aunt Sarah,

not sure what's going on with the tongue here

After having just spent an hour in the nursery, 

baby girl just wanted her daddy

Happy Easter from Ryan, Emily, Sophie and Molly

Oh Sunshine

One of the perks of us moving is that we now live on a street that is not busy (think city bus route) and we have a wonderful yard to play in.


Problem lies in that we have one bucket of chalk to play with.

Fun, but it gets old quick...

Unless you're the cutest thing on the planet

Oh, that sweet face!



So I piled the girls in the car and off we went to "the star store" aka Wal-Mart. (Sophie has specific names for each store depending on either what the logo looks like or what she gets at the store. For example, Target is the popcorn store. Yes, I've been known to bribe my children, don't judge)

We stocked up on some bubbles, jump ropes (Sophie picked them out, apparently they're fun to pretend with and hey for $1, can't go wrong) balls and these cute little golf caddies, complete with everything they need to start working on their game.

Priorities people, priorities

Definitely worth the investment. They were entertained for quite awhile, which gave me the opportunity to clean up the dog poops.




It's a glamorous life I lead...