So it's Saturday morning, right? One of those cold, wet, drizzly, miserable days here in Rocky. Most *sane* people would be cuddled up on a couch with a good book, keeping nice and warm.

Not so for the Hartleys!

I woke up this morning and thought it would be a fantastic idea to have a tv free day (*sigh* It's been on waaay too much lately with me not feeling up to snuff, and quite frankly has been driving me nuts...). So, of course, without the square shaped babysitter, I've had to really keep on top of things and read "Beauty and the Beast" about a gazillion times, along with sorting out puzzles, etc etc. Fun times!

Dede and I decided to get out the sewing machine and try our hand at making a new outfit for Beth. She's getting "officially" dedicated to the Lord at church tomorrow night, so we thought we'd be quite "little house on the praire-ish" about it and whip her up something new to wear. (I say "officially" because all our children belong to the Lord. None of the others have had a ceremony to show for it, and they're none the worse for the wear. But the opportunity presented itself this time around, so here we are....)

Anyway. We're quite proud of our efforts, and wanted to plaster the pictures all over the internet...

The front of the skirt

and the back of it, with a cutsie little bow that you can hardly see.

Yup, we're pretty proud of it. Can you tell we don't get out often?! Haha!