Family By Divine Design:: October 2010

18 October 2010

Mid-July

I don't remember for sure if this is Dietrich's and Kate's first time riding a horse. It's rare enough that it may as well be though. This was at a big family reunion in Rexburg, ID. The host family owns a ranch. Oh, and they have a famous horse-riding group called the Americanas. Ever heard of 'em? :) They got to be in an inaugural parade (GW Bush). Anyway, the kids had fun and had a hard time both looking at me for the pictures of course. haha

15 October 2010

I can make stuff . . .

My ward's relief society gave us a project of making aprons to build our basic sewing skills for our activity last night. I made my apron with this machine:

I definitely had the oldest machine there. It IS electric, but it's also quite old. I just asked for it when my mom got herself a new one. I don't think she inherited it from someone else, but I don't really know. Someone eventually decided, and started spreading the report that it had been my great-grandmother's machine. I didn't bother to dispute it. It totally works - I have attachments to do different kinds of edging and stuff (that's not even the right word, but it's the best I could come up with right now). I've had it for a couple of years and I was so excited to learn how to use it. I should say re-learn. I did sew together a patchwork quilt on it in high school, but that was AGES ago. :) I couldn't even remember how to thread it. Luckily, the teacher was very familiar with my dinosaur of a machine. Sister Hope (the teacher) is a sewing queen! She loves it and has been doing it for years.
I had help to modify the pattern to make it a kid-size apron: smaller and with a halter top tie around the neck to make it adjustable for different kid helpers. And here are my lovely children modeling my handiwork. Kid models are great. I'm going to have to make a second one probably. My kids both really like it, but they almost never help in the kitchen at the same time.

11 October 2010

Bed head

Kate gets some pretty wild hair. This particular case of bed head was too good not to capture. Crazy hair . . . and still cute! Wouldn't that be nice . . . :)

David's Bio

I grew up in southeastern Idaho moving at age one from the center of our town to the outskirts. This home had approximately ten acres and much of my youth was spent outdoors both playing and working with my grandparents on their farms. I enjoyed sports throughout my life and was active in wrestling and football throughout junior high and high school. My junior and senior years at high school a sweet young girl even convinced me to join the ballroom dance team. I graduated from high school and attended BYU where I earned my Bachelors degree in Biology in April 2007. Having been raised in the gospel it has always been an influence in my life.

Rachael's Bio

I lived in south central Idaho on a two-acre property in a three-story home until the fourth grade. We moved to Idaho's capitol where we lived until I was in eighth grade when we moved to south eastern Idaho. This move affected my life greatly. It helped me to gain and solidify my testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ as well as helped me decide how accurately I was going to live the gospel. This is also where I met David who was to become my best friend and husband. After graduating from high school in 2001 I attended BYU for four and a half years and graduated with a B.A. in Modern Dance, shortly before giving birth to our first child. Through all of my experiences my faith in the Lord, Jesus Christ and my dedication to living His gospel with integrity has increased. My greatest desire is that I will be able to help my children live and love the gospel.

Our Love Story

Rachael and David met first in their ward after Rachael moved in at the age of fourteen. Rachael's family had just moved across town to a home more suited to their needs than the original duplex. Both of their families were active in the church and Rachael and David both served in leadership positions of their respective YM/YW groups. With that constant exposure to each other was added the fact that they went to the same high school and were in the same graduating class. They found each other to be attractive and dated each other quite a bit near the end of their senior year and the summer afterward. After his freshman year at BYU David went on a mission to Russia - Rachael wrote him about every month and a half, just as an "interested" friend. Rachael was at home working for the summer when David returned from his mission and immediately felt that she wanted to date him again, so she asked him to go see the Phantom of the Opera in Salt lake City; thereafter followed about six months of courtship before they were married in Logan, Utah. Now they're both "the luckiest."

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