Jumping on the bed!

“Why not go out on a limb? That's where the fruit is.”

Mark Twain

Archive of: Notes • Photos • Quotes

February 2012

  • Macarons

    • January 2012

  • new make up
  • Stay home date night
  • We miss the beach
  • Greta’s first haircut
  • momma talk
  • Embroidered flowers
  • a quilt to give
  • another dress
  • Chocolate Granola Bars
  • new dress!
  • Tired?
  • zoo zoo zoo
  • Greta - 11 months
  • Potty Training
  • Out with the old, in with the new
  • first pigtails

    • December 2011

  • Apple love
  • The Nutcracker
  • Christmas Dresses gifted
  • Christmas Day!
  • Christmas Eve
  • Post-Christmas Analysis
  • sleepy greta
  • Lazy Saturday
  • stockings
  • Half Moon Bay in December
  • Muir Woods
  • A day at the beach
  • a little bit of Christmas
  • 2011 Ornaments
  • Crawling Greta
  • Greta - 10 months
  • Christmas Dresses
  • Oh Christmas Tree

    • November 2011

  • Greta’s fall dress
  • “oh crap”
  • Turkey Trot
  • all dressed up
  • Manhattan Beach
  • bathing beauty
  • painted face
  • metallic frame
  • Zig-Zag Quilt for Holly
  • Greta - 9 months
  • Half Moon Bay in October
  • new skirt
  • Halloween Trunk-or-Treat

    • October 2011

  • Happy Halloween
  • our very own curly sue
  • weekend in polaroids
  • Cute Greta
  • at the park
  • crochet machine
  • Saturday in SF
  • balance and some thoughts on motherhood
  • gradient
  • Excitement
  • Greta - 8 months
  • It’s cute
  • having a bad hair day?
  • Weekend Update

    • September 2011

  • matchy to the max
  • silly sisters
  • bread you have to make!
  • Seacliff Beach
  • a dress for Greta
  • play dress
  • the beach, again and again
  • SF on the weekend
  • a boy quilt
  • holly & greta’s room
  • Over the weekend
  • Greta - 7 months
  • a new tradition
  • my little lambs
  • celebrate the weekend…

    • August 2011

  • Park
  • i cooking
  • Holly the photographer
  • celebrate the weekend…
  • Manresa Beach
  • happy 5 years
  • Sunset State Beach
  • rolling girl
  • “need picture”
  • Dresses
  • Natural Bridges State Beach
  • Knight Holly the Hellion
  • Royalty
  • sweet sisters
  • Silverwood
  • Muirhead Vacation
  • Greta - 6 months
  • Gorgeous Greta
  • Santa Cruz I love you
  • Greta’s dress
  • Currently working on…
  • Beach Mishap
  • Holly’s Second Birthday Dress

    • July 2011

  • ‘Round the campfire
  • Greta loves to be held
  • Twin Lakes Bay
  • Holly, her aunts and the scooter
  • Holly turned two!
  • Yahk with the McNeills
  • Potty Training
  • Half Moon Bay
  • Greta - 5 months
  • Happy Canada Day!

    • June 2011

  • Denver
  • Seriously?
  • Funny Family Photos
  • Swimming Pool
  • Down by the bay
  • gratuitous greta
  • It’s in the Details
  • Father’s Day Part 2
  • Father’s Day
  • Montana Elevator Co.
  • BFFs
  • Bubbles!
  • Best Buddies
  • Greta - 4 months
  • Getting Bigger
  • Chocolate Zucchini Bread Theft
  • Silly Sleeper

    • May 2011

  • Finished Product
  • my first muslin
  • A Sunday Morning
  • I still craft
  • Hands and Feet
  • I still sew
  • Me and my Girls
  • Mother’s Day
  • Greta - 3 months
  • Chariot
  • Big Girl Clothes
  • Building Blocks

    • April 2011

  • Easter Dress
  • Easter Sunday
  • Easter Egg Hunt
  • Dayton’s Legs
  • Greta’s Blessing Dress
  • Cutey Pie Sisters
  • Fabric
  • Family Photos
  • Greta - 2 months
  • Greta’s Birth Announcements
  • Made
  • A name and a blessing

    • March 2011

  • Potty Talk
  • Graduation
  • Greta Update
  • Happy No. 23
  • Uh-Oh
  • Pettiskirt
  • Holly and the slide
  • Greta - 1 month
  • Granny’s Here!
  • Baby Obsessed
  • Holly & Greta
  • Growth
  • More Greta
  • Greta

    • February 2011

  • Sisters
  • A trip to the zoo
  • More Greta
  • Once there was three…
  • Holly loves Greta
  • Meet Greta
  • Bear with me….
  • No baby
  • Blessed

    • January 2011

  • Preparing for Baby
  • Weekend Round-Up
  • Heart Garland
  • 37 Weeks
  • Baby Wish-list
  • Guest Bedroom
  • Weekend Round-Up
  • Welcome to the Nursery
  • Greta Update
  • The Curtains Were Hung…
  • Guest Bedroom Quilt
  • Greta’s Quilt Part 4
  • Big Girl Bed
  • New Carpet
  • A Couple of Quilts
  • Baby Crazy
  • Bathroom Touch-Up
  • Almost 34 weeks
  • 2010 at a glance

    • December 2010

  • Having a Bad Day?
  • Oh Christmas Tree
  • Holly’s Stocking

    • November 2010

  • Vote!
  • Tree-Cutting
  • Greta’s Quilt Part 3
  • Playing Mommy + Daddy
  • Conor’s Birthday
  • So Glad!
  • Quilt Top
  • Third Trimester
  • Yogurt Face
  • Doll Quilt + Jam
  • Sunday Best
  • Children’s table + chair
  • What I’ve been up to

    • October 2010

  • Happy Halloween!
  • Project Runway Finale
  • Guest Bedroom Quilt
  • Greta’s Pinwheel Quilt Part 2
  • Cute Boots + 24 Weeks
  • Greta’s Pinwheel Quilt
  • Frisco, CO
  • New Project
  • Baking
  • Tights
  • Accessorizing
  • What’s for Supper?
  • Sewing Machine
  • Tutorial: How to Embellish

    • September 2010

  • Catalogue Katie Shift Dress
  • I couldn’t resist!
  • And Baby is a…
  • 19 Weeks
  • 5 Days…
  • Drapes
  • Holly Poser
  • Some Thoughts…
  • Colo. Springs Olympic Training Center

    • August 2010

  • I Want To Be Better
  • Church Buildings
  • 15 Weeks!
  • Holly is a Girl
  • Update and Opinion
  • 14 weeks
  • Birthday Bash
  • House

    • July 2010

  • Homeowners!!
  • Preggo My Ego!
  • Busy as a Bee!
  • Holly’s first first birthday party
  • Camping
  • Happy Birthday Holly!
  • Beach Baby
  • Cousins
  • Mallow Stealer!

    • June 2010

  • Sugar Free No More!
  • Sleeping Beauty
  • Lindberg Family
  • Memorial Day
  • New Quilt
  • Sugar Free Update
  • Liberty Of London
  • We Whaley Love Whales
  • Catalogue Katie - Goddess Dress
  • Sugar Free

    • May 2010

  • Busy Busy!
  • Momma’s Girl
  • Standing on her own two feet
  • Oh the fun we have!
  • New Contributing Editor For Boutique Cafe
  • So Happy!
  • A House Full of Sickies
  • 9 1/2 Months

    • April 2010

  • Catalogue Katie
  • Is My Baby Creepy?
  • Cooking Essentials One; Class Four
  • Cloth Diapering
  • CK - Wrap Dress
  • Cooking Essentials; Class Three
  • Lady Bug Hunt
  • beKatelyn
  • Spring is Finally Here! CK
  • Cooking Essentials One; Class Two
  • Button Baby Shower
  • Holly’s First Easter
  • Cooking Essentials One; Class One

    • March 2010

  • Catalogue Katie
  • Home Sweet Home
  • Guest Post
  • Holly is 8 Months
  • Katie Katie Bang Bang
  • Blank Nesting Dolls?
  • Holly Loves Pattern Paper
  • Catalogue Katie – Herringbone

    • February 2010

  • Pettiskirt Baby
  • So Sweet
  • Cute to Boot
  • Living Room Re-Do
  • Valentine’s Day
  • Pettiskirt
  • Baby Isaac Part 2
  • Holly Baby
  • Baby Isaac
  • Holly Baby

    • January 2010

  • Our [not all inclusive] NYC Guide
  • NYC Graffiti on Everything
  • so far so good
  • So Stinking Cute!
  • JCrew Dress
  • Manhattan Temple
  • Empire State Building
  • Rockafeller Center
  • Mood Fabrics
  • Shake Shack
  • What NYC Kids Do at Recess
  • Central Park
  • Good Baby
  • Subways
  • View From Hotel
  • Brooklyn Bridge
  • Big Apple
  • 6 Months
  • Hello Adorable
  • BFFs?
  • Catalogue Katie
  • Taggy Ball
  • Granny
  • Christmas Highlights

    • December 2009

  • Holly’s Bracelet
  • Merry Christmas
  • Loving Cousins
  • Meeting Santa
  • Puj Tub
  • Dimple
  • Quintessential Holly
  • New Things
  • Tree Cutting

    • November 2009

  • Holly Loves…
  • Happy Birthday
  • Lockets xoxo
  • This is my Baby
  • We’ve Been Sick
  • Nesting Dolls
  • Tree-cutting

    • October 2009

  • Happy Halloween!
  • Winter is Here!
  • Best Investment EVER!
  • Old Town
  • Blessing Day
  • Balloon Fiesta
  • Holly Loves Her Daddy
  • Frills
  • Totally Crushing On…
  • Holly Tries a Sucker
  • Super Baby

    • September 2009

  • The Results
  • Alberta
  • Naked Baby
  • She’s cute and she knows it!
  • Nostalgia
  • On Camera
  • Photo Of the Day
  • Cutest Baby Ever!
  • Catalogue Katie

    • August 2009

  • New Project
  • Holly’s Cheeks
  • Utah Trip
  • Back to School Shopping
  • Cruel
  • One Month!
  • Holly Eats, Sleeps and Poops
  • Holly Bo Bolly
  • Feels Busy…

    • July 2009

  • Happy Due Date!
  • Home and Happy
  • Holly’s First Surgical Procedure
  • Hi World
  • Holly’s Here!
  • Christmas in July
  • More False Labour Fun
  • Cute Baby Booties
  • 38 Weeks!
  • House?
  • 19 Days Left!
  • False Labour Fun
  • Achy Back

    • June 2009

  • Grillin’
  • I Forgot
  • Chunky Monkey
  • Pacifier or No?
  • Monstrosity
  • 34 weeks
  • Bumpalicious
  • A Week of Blueberries
  • Do Not Dive When Pregnant

    • May 2009

  • Oh Baby!
  • MIA
  • Momma in Denver
  • Banana Split “Cake”
  • Holly’s Apple Pinafore
  • What 30 Weeks Looks Like
  • Knit Pants and Future Projects
  • Our Newest Toy
  • Pink-A-Boo
  • Remember This?
  • Holly’s Hiccups and Belly Pictures
  • Denver Temple with The Muirheads
  • You Know Me So Well

    • April 2009

  • Quilt Completion
  • 26 Weeks and 6 Days (but who’s counting?)
  • Denver Temple
  • Brownie Pan
  • Holly’s Quilt
  • Last Sunday’s CK
  • Bringing Baby Home
  • Glucose Test Wimps
  • 24th Week
  • Another Great Giveaway
  • Muslin Wraps
  • Freezer Unfroze

    • March 2009

  • Some J Crew Faves
  • Catalogue Katie – 22.75 weeks
  • The Drive
  • We’re Expanding!
  • Sewing Maternity
  • Half Way!
  • Holly’s Quilt
  • Quiltin’
  • Baby Kicks
  • Crazy Sleeves CK

    • February 2009

  • Fave Photos
  • Baby Gender
  • SLC Temple
  • Tomorrow!
  • Pink or Blue?
  • Catalogue Katie
  • Gimme Gimme
  • Mean Girls
  • Perfect V-Day Weekend
  • I want this
  • True Quote
  • Belly Rub
  • Boulder, Co
  • POP!
  • Curried Chicken with Carrots, Rice and Lime
  • Cupcakes

    • January 2009

  • Wasps in January?
  • My Quilt
  • Dear Friend
  • The Sweetest Thing!
  • Relief Society is the Bomb
  • I love it when…
  • I feel frustrated when…
  • Catalogue K and C
  • Names
  • Prints for Da Office
  • The First Trimester
  • Guess What?
  • wishes DO come true
  • I wish…
  • A New Year

    • December 2008

  • Permanent Resident Card
  • Christmas Day
  • Christmas Eve
  • Christmas Tree
  • Confectionaries
  • What I Love About Me
  • Strangest Dream
  • We have no heat
  • Elizabeth’s Photo shoot
  • Crockpot For Suppa
  • Our Apartment
  • Unloaded and Unpacking

    • November 2008

  • Half Way
  • Off to Denver?
  • Advanced Road Test
  • Basilique Notre Dame
  • Back in Calgary
  • Visa!
  • Montreal
  • Conor’s Birthday Bonanza!
  • Big Weekend, Big Week
  • 3 Times the Chances!
  • Inspiration Board
  • Hilarious Date + New Denim
  • Let It Snow
  • Baking and Cooking
  • Tugging My Heartstrings

    • October 2008

  • Update
  • Martha Stewart Aspirations
  • Old Navy Shoppin’
  • Catalogue Katie’s Yellow Tights
  • Thanksgiving Revisited
  • Montreal Unfolds
  • Lizzie Anne Quilt Giveaway
  • Best Thanksgiving Ever!
  • Jammed in More
  • Handbags!
  • Second Job

    • September 2008

  • Do You Ever Feel Like….?
  • Catalogue Katie
  • And Now…
  • What Now
  • Calgary Food Drive
  • Boots!
  • Flu Bug
  • Catalogue Katie gets Sick and Sews!
  • Pink is so hot right now!
  • Marley Ruth Johanna
  • No More Wisdom Teeth!
  • Chick Flick Day
  • Mail is my Favourite
  • Talk

    • August 2008

  • Brr!
  • Jam Plan
  • Tell Me Why
  • Rediscovery is the Key
  • Katie’s First Longboard Ouch
  • Sunday Service
  • Planning Ahead for Christmas
  • Two Years of Marital Bliss!
  • CK Lotus Cami
  • Jammin’ It Up
  • Road Trip!
  • I (heart) the Larsens!
  • Catalogue Katie

    • July 2008

  • Giveaway
  • Lookie Lookie!!
  • Tart Pan Please
  • Kootney Lake – Twin Bays Area
  • Moyie River
  • Little Duckling
  • some of my faves
  • Photo Blog?
  • Batman: The Dark Knight
  • Some Favourites
  • To Every Weave a Story
  • Catalogue Jim??
  • All Done & Did You Know?
  • Ruth Cup
  • Perfume vs Toilette
  • A Pinch and A Punch

    • June 2008

  • A whale of an entry!
  • The Cranmers
  • Vienna
  • Finn
  • Happy
  • On My Wish List
  • Obsessive Quilter
  • New, Old and a Couple Things In Between
  • Three Tied Games
  • UH-OH
  • Newlyweds
  • Eau Claire

    • May 2008

  • Field Hockey
  • Dog Treats
  • Love
  • Kitchen Table Dreams
  • Cupcake Delight
  • Flower Power
  • Genealogy
  • Slave
  • Nike+iPod
  • FHE Extravaganza
  • Newest Love: Scarves
  • Girls’ Night

    • April 2008

  • Check It Out
  • Super Excited About Wallpaper!
  • McFlurry Mishap
  • NAMES!
  • Politics, again!
  • Something Fresh
  • Speedy Fast Update
  • Romantic Catalogue Katie
  • Projecto Completo
  • Skipping Work
  • Update
  • Unemployed No More
  • Richmond
  • Job Search Continues

    • March 2008

  • Julio’s Barrio
  • Meeting Baby Finn
  • Cora and Katie
  • Confessions of a 20-year old
  • Compromise
  • Visa Stuff Clarified
  • One of Those
  • Lost and Not Yet Found, but Replaced
  • Easter Egg Hunt
  • Funny Story
  • Back in the USSR… just kidding
  • Birthday Worth-day
  • White Trash Furniture
  • Red Barn Co Quilt Giveaway
  • Many Haiku For You
  • Pack Pack Pack
  • Something Stupid to Disagree Over
  • CK Begins Her Goodbyes to Crestmoor
  • Art Show
  • Packing Her Up
  • Alberta Bound
  • Food for Thought
  • Homesickness
  • CK Gets Blown Away

    • February 2008

  • Sunset
  • Run Club
  • The Big 2-0 Approaches
  • Blissful Brownies
  • Opposites Unite
  • Relishing Gone With The Wind
  • A Confessing Concerning Powder Milk
  • Happy Family of Presidents’ Day
  • Pizza
  • Fake Momma
  • Musick is what Moves Us
  • V-Day Partay
  • My Attitude of Gratitude Today
  • Deceptive Mac’n'Cheese
  • Catalogue Katie’s Kitchen Wall
  • Miles So Far: Seven
  • The Perfect Combo
  • Break Down
  • Finally, A CK!
  • Weird
  • Hair Cut Time

    • January 2008

  • French Seam Tutorial
  • Water
  • Tuesday Stroll
  • President Gordon B. Hinckley Passes Away
  • Any Worse
  • Christmas Fabric
  • Babysitting
  • My Apologies
  • For All You Pregnant Ladies…
  • Mailing in America
  • Screamin’ Deals!
  • Dangerously Low Energy
  • Time to do a Review!
  • CK Fiasco
  • A Couch Day
  • The Start of Something Good
  • From the Archives
  • Handsewing Day
  • best FHE ever!
  • Perfect Popovers
  • Happy Catalogue Katie
  • Pirates #3
  • 2008 Resolve
  • Finished!
  • New Years Getaway

    • December 2007

  • Ciabatta Bread and Friends
  • Homemade Catalogue Katie
  • He said, She said
  • Sorry, Closet’s FULL
  • Gossip Revealed!
  • Christmas Eve Prep
  • Holiday Catalogue Katie
  • Slipcover Fiend
  • Cranberry White Chocolate Cookies
  • Book Review: My Sister’s Keeper
  • I Am Legend: Movie Review
  • Peanut Butter Fudge Sauce
  • CK – Bad Photo, Barracuda Outfit
  • The Smell of Christmas
  • A Sick Friend
  • Take Me Seriously
  • Reading Machine – My New MUST-READ!
  • Embroidery Complete
  • Bread Baking at High Altitudes: 101
  • A Family Comfort
  • Grumpy
  • Cry Baby
  • I {HEART} Giveaways!!

    • November 2007

  • Mmm Mmm Good!
  • One More Thing…
  • Sew Mania
  • Temple Day!
  • Catalogue Katie gets Sassy
  • Black Friday… A Small Let Down
  • We Gave Thanks
  • Get Organized!
  • I Adore Giveaways!
  • Conor is Officially An OLD Man
  • My Vintage Find
  • i want MORE!
  • So then
  • Christmas Dilemmas
  • Easy Asian Turkey Lettuce Wraps
  • CK on Strike
  • Super Saturday
  • Comfy CK
  • A Funny Cellular Phone Disaster
  • It’s Prime Time
  • A Fabulous Discovery
  • The Ultimate Career
  • 7 Things You’ve Always Wanted to Know About KATIE
  • I’m like so forgetful today. Like it’s crazy.
  • 2nd Halloween

    • October 2007

  • Dueling Irons
  • CK Goes Casual
  • All-Time-Favourite Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Icing
  • Oreos: A Special Treat
  • Leopard
  • The Apronista in ME
  • banana CHOCOLATE CHIP muffins
  • Surrogate Banana
  • The Denver Zoo
  • Blog Make Over
  • Smarter Fettuccine Alfredo
  • Issue 3
  • One Christmas Eve Long Ago…
  • Ode to Calgary, Alberta Canada
  • Another Tasty Crock Pot
  • Round Two
  • The First Edition
  • Homekeeping Handbook
  • Don’t Cry Over Spilt Milk
  • Moving Mishaps
  • Home Dec Simplicity
  • Conor’s New Favourite – Spicy Peanut Chicken
  • Bike Ride to the Safeway and Back

    • September 2007

  • Crestmoor Ward is a Big Hit (to my relief)
  • Newest Craving: Pumpkin Everything
  • Now in Denver; Journal Fiasco
  • The New Worldly Love of My Life
  • Dentist Trip
  • Canning Crabapples

    • August 2007

  • My Favourite Application
  • One Thing I Love About Denver: The Storms in the East
  • Cloth Diapers
  • Changearooney
  • Insomnia
  • Our New Little Place
  • Our 1st Anniversary!
  • Spa day cont’d
  • Spa Day
  • Hugely sick of…
  • Fondness or Loneliness
  • Back in Colorado

    • July 2007

  • This Blogging Thing
  • Here I Am!
  • A Little N&N
  • Pack Pack Pack
  • New Hobbies
  • SO tired
  • Camcorder
  • The Last One
  • Playing Mom
  • why…?
  • Weekend
  • BOOKS!
  • Shoulda Coulda Woulda Didn’t!
  • Water World
  • I’m Leaving on a Jet Plane
  • Canada Day in the U S A

    • June 2007

  • Drama in the Restroom
  • So I was driving home from Greeley…
  • Late night
  • Sunset
  • The Game of Life
  • Shocked
  • Second Post of the Day (playing catch up)
  • Six Flags – Elitch Garden
  • Old Lady Hips
  • License Plates
  • Creativity
  • Dreamer
  • Dance out the Door/Temple
  • Take Me Out To The Ball Game
  • Saturday Shmaturday

    • May 2007

  • Life on the Finish Line
  • Dinner’s at 5:30
  • Sun Day
  • Hot Colorado
  • Temple Disaster/Volleyball
  • Car Wash
  • Mustang GT
  • Rainy Day
  • Mothers’ Day