More amateur attempts. My sister in law needs a logo and these were quick mock-ups to give her ideas. I think I like the yellow one the best.

Card Design

I've been diggin the photoshop lately. Here are some amateur attempts at our family Christmas card. I love the red vintage wallpaper one. It actually didn't take long to design. I'm thinking of designing something similar to hang in our house one day! Kind of along the lines of Grandma K's wallpaper- gold swirlies. I love it.

blessing one

A friend wrote a blessing for every week of the year on her blog. I thought it was a great idea and I've just been feeling so blessed lately. So my first and number one blessing is my family. My husband and baby. I am so lucky to have a warm, loving little family. I have teared up many a time watching Thurm & Quinn playing together. I just couldn't ask for anything more than to have those two in my life. You can't imagine before how much love a child brings into a family.

I love this face. I swear I've seen this exact expression on Thurm. Its the "I'm so interested and involved my mouth has dropped open" face.

MY BABY HAS TEETH! He was 5 months old yesterday!!! He has actually had teeth for a month now.

The sky is falling, the sky is falling!

Thurm and I went to SLC this weekend and got the rest of our food storage! YAY! But we don't have much room to store it, so Quinn's room has turned into a storage room. While we were there we visited my grandma and Thurm's sister. I love his sister and always wish we lived closer so we could spend more time with her and her family. On our way home from Provo, we got pulled over for having expired registration. I haven't renewed it because we don't drive our Subaru and have contemplated selling it. But it has bigger trunk room so we took it without thinking. I told the cop our story and she said "you drove 2 hours to go to Costco?" Yeah, everyone in Wendover does. I love how cops like to accuse you of lying and make you feel stupid. Thurm has decided I have authority issues. And I do. Anyway, we have our food storage, basically (we still need to get water). So I'm feeling pretty good about things.

Signed,

Chicken Little

Portrait session of Wendover Judge

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Fun with Photoshop

Bridals

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Getting excited for Christmas!

Food Storage

1 Year's Food Storage for 2 adults and 1 child

Grains
Wheat 375 lbs
Flour   62 lbs
Corn Meal   62 lbs
Oats   62 lbs
Rice   125 lbs
Pasta 62 lbs
Total Grains  748 lbs

Fats and Oils
Shortening 10 lbs
Vegetable Oil 5 gal
Mayonnaise 5 qts
Salad Dressing 3 qts
Peanut Butter 10 lbs
Total Fats 33 lbs

Legumes
Beans, dry 75 lbs
Lima Beans 11 lbs
Soy Beans 25 lbs
Split Peas 11 lbs
Lentils 11 lbs
Dry Soup Mix 11 lbs
Total Legumes 144 lbs

Sugars
Honey 7 lbs
Sugar 100 lbs
Brown Sugar 7 lbs
Molasses 3 lbs
Corn Syrup 7 lbs
Jams 7 lbs
Fruit drink 15 lbs
Flavored Gelatin 3 lbs
Total Sugars 149 lbs

Milk
Dry Milk 150 lbs
Evaporated Milk 30 can
Other 32 lbs
Total Dairy 187 lbs

Cooking Essentials
Baking Powder 3 lbs
Baking Soda 3 lbs
Yeast 1.5 lbs
Salt 13 lbs
Vinegar 1.5 gal

Water
Water 42 gal
Bleach 3 gal

I have had food storage on the brain for about a year now. Recently it has become very urgent feeling. I didn't want to get food storage last year because I didn't want to have to move it in case we got another job. We are very unstable where we are, so I didn't want to hassle with it. But I can't ignore this feeling of urgency anymore. Last weekend we had every intention of getting our whole years supply, but things didn't completely work out. The cannery was out of alot the items I wanted and then we couldn't actually fit everything into our car. I was really disappointed and have felt anxious ever since to get back to SLC and finish.
This feeling of urgency probably has alot to do with the economy and today's elections. Also that the prophets have been warning us for years. But I've felt this for a year now and I know that its been the spirit telling me to get prepared. And I just have a sick feeling in my gut that I might regret ignoring it for the last year.
It's not just me that needs to be prepared, its everyone. I haven't thought about it this way before. I've always thought, if I'm prepared, than my family will be ok. But the thought recently occurred to me that my community needs to be prepared. Especially since we live in an isolated community two hours from anywhere. In an emergency, the Smith's, our only grocery store, will be emptied within hours. But that would probably be the case of most stores anywhere. The community needs to be prepared because there are alot of people who own guns and if they or their children are starving, my food storage is going to be a hot commodity. So for my safety, I need everyone around me to be prepared. So this is a plea to all who reads, go get some food storage TODAY! Buy some water, toilet paper, ramen noodles, whatever.
I always thought as a single girl, I could just drive home to my parents. But what if I can't? What if you can't? And what if they don't have enough for themselves, my family and who ever else shows up at their door. We need to take action for ourselves. In an emergency, Taco Bell isn't going to be open for business and what little food we have in our cupboards isn't going to last long.
This sounds very extreme, I realize, and possibly I'll have this food storage sitting in my house for the next 30 years of my life, like my mother. But on the other hand, I can't imagine the regret I'd feel if my little boy was going hungry.

An old building at Wendover's WWII airforce base. More Photos