Developing Talents and improving on old ones

Last year I went with Nate's mom to her Relief Society mid-week meeting, where the Food Nanny came. It was a lot of fun. She is amazing! I bought one of her cookbooks and she even autographed it. Anyway, I hadn't tried any of her recipes from it until just over the past month or so. Every one of the recipes I've tried have been AMAZING!! I love cooking, but haven't done much of it for a long time. So I decided I need to do more of it so I don't lose the talent and knowledge I have received from my mom. She is also an amazing cook! Here is a picture of one of the recipes I made from The Food Nanny's book.

 

 So yummy! I don't have any pics of the other recipes I made, but they were also very tasty! I am also trying to develop my sewing abilities. In high school I took clothing, but was awful at it. A couple years ago, I made an apron. Turned out pretty good, I was quite proud of myself. Than life got quite hectic with getting pregnant, the pregnancy, Elliot being born, etc, etc. That I didn't do much in that department until I saw a Patchwork Puppy pattern at my mom's store, My Sister's Quilts. And they were going to be holding a class on how to make it. So I signed up and made a puppy for Elliot for his first birthday.

He loves it! It turned out so cute, was fairly easy, and I really enjoyed doing it. So I wanted to make one for Nate's 2 nieces, Elizabeth and Olivia. They look fairly similar as they are made from the same material, but I did some things with them and added my own touches to them to make them different.

They turned out so cute! I can't wait for them to open them tomorrow! I hope they like them.