Yarn It: My life as I Live It and Knit It

My Wedding Day

We finally have our wedding pictures......and a nice DVD with some pictures to music.  It was so fun to see all the pictures!  It was like reliving the day all over again.  It was such a wonderful and happy day.  Not only was it a special day for Scott and I but it was a special day for my entire family.  They have all been waiting a long time to see me happy and the day finally came for all of us.  This is going to be a picture heavy post!

The wedding was held in our backyard.  The ceremony was on the lawn and the reception was down on the tennis court.  It was small - with only 50 people invited and attending.  It was all of our very close friends and family.  A good friend, who is a wedding planner, took care of the entire event and made everything run smoothly - we didn't have to worry about a thing!  She did all the flowers and her and her husband set everything up.  We had the event catered and the food was amazing.  After the food and toasts it turned into a huge celebration which was what I wanted!  The girls were all dancing crazy on the tennis court.....and we all ended up taking off our shoes and dancing barefoot.  It was sooooooo much fun and everyone enjoyed themselves.  It was was exactly what Scott and I wanted.  Here are some pics of our special day.

 

Our backyard.....guests arriving and waiting for the wedding to start!

 

A good luck kiss from my Dad......

 

My Little Girls walking out.....Exie is barefoot because her shoes were bothering her(as always)!

 

Camille and Davis walking out....

 

My new Step-Daughters, Nicole and Sarah, walking out..... 

Dad and I......

 

A very happy Bride!

 

Standing with my Soon-to-be-Husband....

 

View from the deck....

 

Scott's Dad married us....

 

Our first married kiss......I love this picture!

 

Mr. and Mrs. Scott Memmott!

 

Our New Family...

 

My Family

 

Scott's Family

 

Me with my kiddos....

 

I LOVE this picture!

 

Scott and his beautiful daughters...

 

Dancing with my new husband!

 

Dancing with my dad....

 

Let the party begin!

 

Good Friends!

 

With my mom and dad...

 

A very happy couple.

There are so many great pictures that we have of that day/night but I just can't include them all in this post.  If you want to look at them, you can check them out on flickr .  This was truly a magical and memorable day that I will never forget, but most of all....I am just so happy to spend the rest of my life with a wonderful man whom I love more than words can say.  I feel like the luckiest woman in the world everyday of my life.

 

Life With All Four Kids In School....

All four of my kids are in full time school now.  Exie, my youngest, started Kindergarten last week and they go full days.  For the last 12 years of my life I have had kids home with me - now much of my day will be spent with them in school.  I am sure this will allow ample time to stay caught up on my housework so when they do come home from school I can concentrate solely on them and not worry about my "chores".  I am also sure this extra time will allow me to knit more, paint the kids bedrooms, and get stuff done that I want to get done before I HOPEFULLY start the nursing program in January.  I turned in my third application and hope that this time I make it in. 

This is really a new time in my life.  My kids are all in school and I am no longer in the mode of taking care of "babies" or "toddlers".  I finally have time to think about other things - like decorating better, painting the kids rooms, organizing, and moving on with school so I can start a career of my own.  I really feel like I have a lot to look forward to. 

Even my kids lives are changing and that is exciting.  My oldest is in 7th grade and she is blossoming into an "almost" teenager.  It is fun taking part in her life at this age as they become social, have crushes on boys, and learn more exciting things in school.  I also have to deal with more attitude, constant texting, and the scary idea that boys actually like my daughter!  I always thought the baby and toddler years would be the fun years but I think it is also fun watching your kids when they are older as their minds open up, they start to figure things out about the world around them, and they are excited about life. 

As you can tell, having all my kids in school now has really made me think about many things.  Here are some pictures of my three youngest on their first day - I can't help but show them.  Camille started a couple weeks ago.

Exie going to Kindergarten (and pouting because her shoes bother her), Sophie going into 2nd grade, and Davis going into 5th.

I have to show this picture.  Exie's shoes are still bothering her.  She now has new ones that feel good on her feet!

Now she is happy! She is a funny girl.

Scott and I tend to sit out on our deck a lot in the evenings.  He BBQ's, the kids play and I knit.  Scott started to take his book outside with him to read while he is tending the BBQ.  There is a huge problem with this - I can talk while I knit and it disturbs his reading.  I had the perfect solution:  TEACH THE MAN TO KNIT!  And so I did.  He picked it up rather quickly.  His shoulders were hurting him because his tension was so tight but we worked we on that it is getting better.  He is working on Sophie's knitting right now for practice.  So last night as we were sitting outside he asked where Sophie's knitting was.  I asked him why and he said "Because I want to knit with you".  I think he has also figured out that if you are going to sit around, you might as well be doing something productive!  So he pulled out Sophie's knitting and I secretly snapped a picture of him.  He said he doesn't want me to put the picture on my blog.....but I can't help it.

 

Yes, he is concentrating.  And probably has a bit of his toungue sticking out.  I have only seen him do that while concentrating on knitting.  Anyway, I think it is cute.  And I am glad that he takes an interest in the things I love too.

I have TWO FO's to show you!  I will get pics today and will post either tonight or tomorrow. 

I have been knitting!

First of all, I want to thank all of you for your Congratulatory comments on my wedding.  Scott and I are enjoying married life - and it IS different than living together!  Wasn't sure it would be, but it is in a very good way.  I am very, very happy.

I actually have two FO's but they will be blocking today.  I will post about them when they are done.  So today I am going to show you some WIP's.  I have several WIP's going but some of them are going to be frogged, I think.  I am just not that thrilled about them.  Here are the one's that I am loving:

Fireside Sweater (rav link):  I bought the yarn for this last winter when I saw the pattern appear on Ravelry.  Have you all seen the movie The Holiday?  It is one of my favorite movies and I can't even tell you how many times I have seen it.  I fell in love with the sweater Cameron Diaz was wearing (as did most knitters!) and I am so glad someone decided to duplicate it and publish a pattern!  I figured if I start the sweater now, then I will get use out of it all fall and winter.  So far I have finished the right front and cast on for the left frot last night.  The right front only took about 5 days to knit.  So I think this is going to fly off the needles.

There are some funky issues with the cable charts, but if you are experienced with cables and reading charts you will catch it right away.  After a few repeats you don't even need the charts, it is pretty obvious where to cross the cables and there are cable crossing in every right side row.  I will post more details on this when I am finished with the sweater.  I know I am going to love this.  I am using Cascade Ecological wool, which I have used on my City Cape, and it blocks out so nicely. 

Next up is Backward Cabled Pullover. (Rav link)  I am knitting this with the Sexy Knitters KAL.  I am using Debbie Bliss Cathay which I bought for a tank top a couple years ago that I never finished.  The problem is, the unfinished top and remaining balls of yarn are packed in storage boxes.  So Scott and I need to pull the boxes down this weekend so I can find the yarn and finish the sweater!  Hopefully I will find it.  I know what bag it is in.....I just don't know WHERE it is!

I guess that is it for now!  Hopefully I can find a time to take pics of my FO's in the next day or two.  Kids are starting school tomorrow so it is going to be a busy week!

I am MARRIED!

As you all know, Scott and tied the knot on Saturday.  The wedding was beautiful, the weather was amazing, the food was delicious, and we were surrounded by our closest friends and family.  It couldn't have been more perfect than it was.  We had fabulous lightening that was lighting up the sky for most of the night.  Around 1:00 am, as we were finally breaking things down, it started to rain for a few minutes.  My wedding planner said that rain your wedding day means good luck.  The entire night was magical and I was so incredibly happy that I could hardly believe it.  I haven't been this happy in a long, long time. 

Scott and I are on our way to Mendocino to spend a couple days alone. 

My sister-in-law took our pictures for the wedding and she will have those ready for me in about a week or so.  I can't wait to see them and I really can't wait to share them!

Hopefully I will get some knitting done while I am away.  There is a great yarn shop in Mendocino and you know I am so there!!!!

These are happy, happy days!!!!