My amazing dancer

I am so proud of Tristen right now. She did her dance performance yesterday and she was incredible. She knew every single move and did them all right on time. I really didn't even practice with her at all, but we have had Christmas music going all month and every time "I saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" she would start doing the dance. Here are some of the awesome pictures my dad took.

We ended the day by going and seeing the Nutcracker together. She loved it and says that she can dance on top of her toes like that someday. I better start saving money to pay for it now.

A little update...

We have been super busy the last couple of weeks, but here is a little update. Matt made it through another semester wth flying colors. Only one more semester to go before he graduates and then starts his MBA.

Tristen is getting ready for her dance recital this weekend. She knows every single move to "I saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" and she can now read 25 words and sound out a lot more with Mom.

Gabriel is as insane as ever. We are starting to wonder if maybe he is possessed. Especially when we want to go to any store whatsoever. Yesterday the people at downeast asked me if he was okay since he was kicking and screaming on the floor of the dressing room and wouldn't come out. I told them "Yes, I am just trying to ignore his fit thank you." Haven't they ever seen a massive fit before? He can sing the entire Jingle Bells song in key though. I think he is my music prodigy.

I am doing great. I have been trying to work full time over the last few months so that we can have a little extra money for our bathroom remodel. I have sold over 75 dresses or skirts, and I am very excited about it. I have made enough money to cover my overhead and buy and new dishwasher and a lot of my Christmas. Other than that, I am trying to keep sane.

Well, that is the Cassity Fam. We are all safe and well.

He may not survive to age 2, I may not make it to 26

After my very busy boutiques the last few weeks, I definitely was ready to clean my basement toy room and sewing room. So, after getting everything picked up, I started to vacumn. Then, I heard a thud, thud, thud. I could just think, "Oh God, please don't let that be my baby." Well, it was. Gabriel fell down the whole entire flight of stairs that are not covered with anything, just linoleum. I found him at the bottom, with blood all over.

He must have hit his jaw on one of the stairs, because one tooth was laying on the floor, and another was dangling sideways in his mouth. After a lot of shaking and throwing the teeth in milk, we made it to the dentist. Don't worry, the don't do anything for baby teeth. My son is just going to be missing two of his bottom teeth for the next 5 years.

I think to myself how grateful I am that it wasn't more serious, but I probably would rather have had a broken arm. At least that goes away in 6 weeks. He won't have teeth until he is 7 and we loose teeth late in our family. Ugh.

I would take a picture, but he won't open his mouth for us to see it, and it is pretty nasty.

That same night he also fell off the couch head first and smacked into the bottom of my bed. He has no short term memory or recognition of what could possibly be dangerous, or what he has been told "no" about. I love him though, hopefully he will just survive for many more years.

Well, I finished with my craft fairs for the year, and I did alright. I sold about 15 items at them, but I did get a lot of networking going. I had fun getting to meet people and see how talented people are. I don't want to do anymore though. I am tired of them and I miss my kids. I sell lots more stuff online and can make them in Tristen's size that way too.

I had fun though and made a couple extra hundred dollars to go to my bathroom remodel before the toilet falls through the floor:)

I needed a 5 minute break from sewing, so I thought I would put up pictures of the kids on Halloween. Gabriel loved knocking on the doors and telling people "puppy" and saying bye over and over again. It was fun and Tristen looked beautiful. I am always jealous of little girl's long eyelashes:)

Craft fairs!!!!

Ahhhh and Yay! I am doing a couple of craft fairs next month and I am so excited and so busy. I have been sewing dresses like mad. My goal is to have 30-50 made and I am sitting at 25 with about 10 shirts made. I pretty much haven't done anything but sew (including housework) for the last 2 weeks. Matt says I am becoming a hermit in my craft room.

I am doing the Wasatch Christians School Craft fair on the 8th at 9am. It is right on 40th street by the South Ogden City office buildings. Then I am doing on at the Genesis Project on the 15th at 8am. It is on 20th and Lincoln. I am really excited and would love to see anyone there. I still haven't gotten the Washington Heights Craft fair booth, but I am on the waiting list:)

Happy 5 years to the love of my life

Matt and I have officially been married for 5 years today. I am still glad that I made that decision to elope to Lake Tahoe before anyone tried to talk me out of marrying the Greatest man I have ever met.

We didn't get to see each other much today, but we did spend a whole weekend reminding ourselves why we really love each other and renewing our marriage in Christ. I love Matt and I am so grateful he works so hard to be such an incredible husband and father.