post my projects-glass etching

Awhile back I talked about doing some posts on some projects I've been working on. This is the first project I'm going to post about.
I bought these canisters right after we go married. They are the largest size of glass canisters at Walmart. I have always really like them and the convenience of having them out on my counter. I use these two ingredients so often that it is a real time saver to have them right there, where I work, and right next to my Kitchen Aid. For the longest time I've been trying to think of a way to label them with flour and sugar. I didn't want to do vinyl, but I wanted to do something. I mentioned it to Steph and she said she wanted to use glass etching on them. I realized that was perfect, so thanks Steph. (We have the same taste on a lot of things.) You can pick up the glass etching at a craft store, but be sure to bring in a coupon, because even the baby bottle was a little pricey without a coupon. Cut our vinyl in the word you want to use, place it on your glass, and follow instructions on the glass etching package. It's really easy and I love it.

My canisters:

Steph's canisters:

My aunt Deanna, who cut the vinyl for me, had a Pyrex dish with her last name on it. I decided to do a couple for my cake pans. I thought I would just do Roe, but it was just too small so I added family. Who ever thought that my last name would get shorter, from Long to Roe. :)

This isn't the best picture, but you can kind of see what it looks like.

Just had to throw in a picture of Jacoby.

Most kids sleep with stuffed animals, but he sleeps with his basketball. :)

TWO

Wow, Jacoby is two now! That is definitely crazy to me. He is such a fun boy and so full of energy. We are having such a fun time hanging out together all day while Tyler goes to school and studies all the time. Jacoby loves when Tyler gets home and pretty much wants nothing to do with me after that. Oh well, then I get to escape and blog for a little bit.

I wanted to document a little about what Jacoby is doing at two:

-Really into movies, but Cars and Toy Story are his favorites. He brings me movies all the time wanting to watch them, and throws a fit when I won't let him watch movies all day. Weird that I wouldn't allow that huh?

-Loves playing with cars now, finally. He was always so interested in basketball and baseball and never showed any interest in playing with cars. He especially loves playing with his cars from the movie Cars that we got him last Christmas. Finally they're getting used. :)

-Loves popsicles and would eat ten daily if he could, but I don't let him. I don't know why I'm surprised that he has such a sweet tooth; he gets that from me because I have a major addiction and didn't cut back when I was pregnant with him. I ate healthy besides that though. :)

-He is sleeping in a twin bed and doing okay. Hopefully it gets better soon, but right now he wakes up in the middle of the night and I usually end up sleeping in his tiny bed with him.

-Saying quite a few words and a few short sentences, here's the list: snack, drink, car, ball, basketball, book, bye bye, hi Mommy, Daddy, I want Annie, Mattie, bubbles, fish, stop it, duck, quack quack, bike, I want some more please, thank you mommy, Johnny, Eden, milk, dog, cat, cow, moo, rabbit, I don't want it, Janet, it's hot, monkey, blanket, no, yeah, please, thank you, love you, mitt, bat, bear, basketball hoop, and probably a few more.

On Saturday I wanted to do a few fun things with him for his birthday since we wouldn't be able to do as much on Sunday, so I took him to a splash pad. He loved it and ran around screaming. We had a little picnic after that.

Later we went to Toy Story 3 together; it was a great show. Jacoby liked it a lot. Go see it!

After church yesterday, we had calzones, which are his favorite.

This is a basketball hoop for the pool that Tyler and I gave him.

I made him Elmo cupcakes that he was pretty excited about. They're not professional looking at all, but they were fun for Jacoby. I have been teaching him to blow out candles so he would be ready on his birthday, and he blew it out quick. Love this face

Tyler's parents got him this fun trike.

Jacoby had a lot of fun and was sure spoiled by his grandparents, cousins, and aunts and uncles. A few more things he got were: beach toys, Cars Magnadoodle, clothes, Cars book, crayon roll, basketball and football, and lacing toy. Thanks everyone, you are all great.

Happy birthday, Jacoby. We love you and are so happy to have your in our family. You make us so happy bud!

I hope all you wonderful Idaho people I miss so much enjoyed all these pictures. We love you!

first day

We've had a lot of fun going to the pool just about every day. Jacoby loves to swim with his water wings on and play in the sand. We love taking this wagon my parents gave him to the pool because it has enough room for all our crap and I doesn't matter if he's wet. We're having fun in Arizona, but we miss everyone; I don't think that will ever change.
I really love my ward down here and am so grateful for all the friendly and outgoing people who've made me feel so welcome. It's been very hard for me to adjust to being away from home, but they have made it easier. Our relief society has tons of activities throughout the week like cooking groups, craft groups, play groups, book clubs, and even more stuff to keep all the students' wives busy. Tyler and Jacoby on his first day of medical school. I asked for a picture before he left and he said only if Jacoby could be in it. It'll be fun to take one every year of the two of them together and see how much they change. :) Tyler is such a hard worker and will do great in school. I know that it's going to be a lot of work, but it will be worth it.

I've been keeping busy and sane by working on little projects here and there. I've decided I'm going to do a series of posts of projects I've been working on, so I should be posting one pretty soon.