I'm Waaaayy behind!!

Well, since it has been such a long time since I have posted, I thought it was time I try to catch up, post some pictures and write some words! Life here has been CRAAAAZZZZYYY! First off, after two years of waiting and lots of prayer we have finally sold our house in Indiana! As my good friend Autums says, that was the longest running episode of "This Old House." It was high time for that show to be cancelled and the Franklin Family to move on! I will save you (and my fingers from having to type) all of the drama involved with selling our house! Many of you know that we bought it as a foreclosed home and worked on it for 2 years. We were planning on living in it much longer than we were able to, but God and the Army had different plans for us. We are thankful for the experience and the lessons we have learned are irreplaceable, but I do have to say that it is going to take alot of convincing for me to buy another house for awhile! I have posted some before and after pictures of our house for your enjoyment. :)

The house as it looked the day we moved in.

After two years of work!
Front porch before

A beautiful sunroom after

Living room fireplace before

Many hours of sanding and sweat later!

Now for the Grandmas!

I thought maybe I should add some pictures of the kiddos for both of their Grandmas to enjoy (and everyone else!). Charise has started her violin lessons and she loves it! Notice that she has a pink violin (so cute)! These pictures are from here first week before she got to use the bow, so I will have to add some more when she gets that out!




After a long day, what is a princess to do, but crash out on her mattress (with a pea under it I'm sure). Notice that she is equiped with guitar and princess shoes!

Before and After

I thought I would post a before and after picture of a chair I re-upholstered. When my friend brought it to me, I thought she was crazy, but after it got recovered, I love it! I really didn't want to give it back to her!

Before

After

Bags, bags and more bags!!!

It seems all of my time right now is going to making bags. I have orders coming in every day, which is great!!! Here are some of the latest I have done!

Today was the day!!

These are pictures of my booth at the CAIR fair. It turned out to be an awesome day. I was busy talking to people the whole time and I'm pretty sure that there will be steam coming out of my machine because I am going to be working so hard over the next few months!

Camping in the Desert

Charise on the 4wheeler!

Cameron on the 4wheeler
Our campsite

Last weekend, we decided to venture out into the desert and go camping. It really was a lot of fun! Our friends brought their 4wheelers for us all to enjoy. The kids were in love! We had a great time hanging out with our friends and enjoying the desert!

Ooh - - I forgot..Southern California does have snow plows, instead of using them to remove snow, they are used to move sand when it rains like it did this past week. Quite an amazing thing to see!