Pampered Chef, anyone?

I'm hosting an online catalog show to celebrate my new Pampered Chef business. All unglazed stoneware is 20% off this month. I love the small bar pan for cooking things in the microwave. It makes chicken nuggets, corn dogs, toquitos, and jalapeno poppers taste like they've been baked. And, at $12.80 it's a steal. You can view the catalog here.

I'd like to close my show on Monday, February 15. If you want to place an order, click here.

Happy Shopping!

M&M Trees

Our ward is very small, and so to help with visiting teaching and home teaching, they have pared Clint and I together to visit our families. So, yesterday afternoon, we took our kids to visit. We went to the Ricks', who are a sweet older couple who always treat us so nicely. There was a small dish of M&M's on the table. When we left, they let Emery and Chani each take a little baggie with them. Emery announced in the car that he was going to take some of his and plant them in the back yard so that we could have an M&M tree. We asked how long that might take, and he said 4 years. Clint asked if we planted a red M, what color M's would grow on the tree. Emery replied, "No one knows for sure." We may never know for sure, when we got home, all the M&M's were gone.

New Dress

When my mom was here in November, we went to the fabric store to find some fabric for Chani's Christmas dress. They had a dress on display at the store that my mom and I stood and stared at for a long time. It was beautiful. I knew I wanted to make it for myself (and I haven't made myself a dress in nearly 10 years). The fabric store was out of the fabric they had used in the sample dress, and I knew I only wanted it in that fabric. I called several other fabric stores, and no one had more than a yard or two. I needed three. My sweet sister came to the rescue in Seattle. They had a whole bolt at her store. She sent me three yards...I think I still owe her money. I needed a little help with the hidden zipper and a sweet sister from my ward came over one evening after the kids were in bed to help me. In addition to getting the zipper in, we had a very nice visit. Thanks, Susan!

I love how it turned out. It is exactly like the one in the store (with the addition of cap sleeves). What do you think?