Saturday, May 31, 2008

Family Fun

The family packed into the Minivan and toook a day trip up to Estes Park. We were thinking we would hike up to Bear Lake but when the little old man at the information booth asked me if we had ski poles I knew we were in trouble! Turns out there was still quite a bit of snow on the trails.




Instead we drove into town and had a picnic lunch by the river. Abby had a blast standing in the water, which is freezing cold due to the fact that it is all runoff. She didn't seem to mind and we finally had to insist that she take a break and get out.

Logan on the other hand didn't want anything to do with the water and was happier cruising up and down the stairs, practicing his new found skill of walking up and down rather than crawling... oh and jumping off of the last one :-)

We ended the day walking up the main street and getting an ice cream cone for the kids. It was a lot of fun to get the kids out and into the Mountains that Abby talks about and loves to look at!!

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Down on the Farm

Abby has been into cows and farms lately. She wants to go "squeeze" (milk) the cows. In Longmont they have a farm called "Sunflower Farm" where you can go and walk around a working farm and see all the animals. They have swings, a treehouse, baby animals, a hay stack maze for little ones, and much more. It is a ton of fun for little ones - I wish I had come up with this idea! Buy a farm and have silly suburbanites pay $6.00 per person to walk around it! There had to be a couple hundred people there the day we were there.

Monday, May 12, 2008

Naming Challenge

If you haven't heard already I'm going to start selling my purses/totes/bags at local craft fairs, etsy.com, and probably open an ebay store. My problem is coming up with a catchy, cute name that is easy for people to remember. So, I'm enlisting your help! Please help me come up with a name for my crafting business. I will be making purses as well as other hand sewn items (kids stuff mainly), I'm pretty certain they will all be sewn as opposed to painting or other crafts.

If you have a account on blogspot you can leave a comment on the end of this post. If you don't wish to create an account you can e-mail me at heather.quereau@comcast.net

Here's some background info on me if you don't already know:
  • My last name is Quereau (I'm thinking this is a little hard for people to spell and remember)
  • I have 2 children - Abigail "Abby" and Logan
  • I have 2 cats - Oreo and Izzy (Isabelle, Izzy Bizzy Bear)
  • My favorite color is purple (don't know how that will help)

That's all I can think of right now. Oh and the best part....

The winner receives a purse as a Thank You!!!

If you know any other people who are creative please pass this on to them, I need all the help I can get. Thanks for your help all

Saturday, May 3, 2008

Sewing Room is Complete!!

After months of hardwork by my Dear Husband the basement is basically complete, just awaiting the finishing touches such as baseboards. I stayed up late last night getting my sewing room all put together. I am SEW excited!! I got bins to put all my fabric in and now I can just go down and sew when I want... and the kids allow :-)

Below is my latest creation. Her name is Miranda, she's a fun tote with lots of large pockets all around the inside.

Hopefully my production will go up now that I have a dedicated space. I have a pretty big list of people waiting for a bag.