Blog hiatus

I faithfully read my blogs a few times a week, but I haven't realized that I didn't post in over 2 months! Wow.
Time is really flying these day. Between work, my MBA classes (which have been CRAZY!), and my husband's back injury and work schedule, I've had no time to sit and breathe!

The kids are keeping me on my toes and I've been trying to crochet as much as possible. Simply Hooked by Amanda is going slow & steady, I've gotten a few regular customers now and I'm buying lots of new patterns that I'm hoping to find the time to try out one of these days!  


The current "hot" item is the elf hat. Everyone seems to love them and I have a bunch that I need to finish up.  I'm traveling to San Francisco for a conference next week, so I hope that I can spend some of my "quiet" time getting projects done. 


Here's a few photos of my elf hats and some of the kids too! I hope all is well with you all!

Candy Corn Beanie

Double Shell Beanie with Flower

Go State! PSU-inspired Elf Hat

My adorable monster on Halloween night

My Beautiful Snow White

Christmasy Elf Hats waiting on their braids

Cold mountain air and a beautiful view

This past weekend we went camping. I was a bit unsure about how it would go, seeing as I'm not an outdoorsy type of person and we were taking a 4+ hour drive to get to our destination. Well, we arrived to a cold, rainy place which made me even more unsure about how the weekend would unfold. Once the rain cleared up, even though it was still cold, it was a really nice weekend. The little ones really seemed to enjoy it, especially the princess who has been there before and was looking forward to the trip.

On Sunday, when the weather was better we went to the top of a mountain area. The view was amazing.

Here's a few more snapshots of our weekend in the mountains, enjoying the fresh, cool air...

And then there was our little visitor... I wasn't so thrilled with his visit, but my sister-in-law thought it was awesome.

Hope you enjoyed checking out the photos... I hope to keep adding more color to my blogging :)