What do you mean I don't get a donut!

Hannah was our little hat model today. She had to pose with all these different hats so Sarah can post them on Etsy. This is my favorite of all the pictures. She is letting me have it because I said she wasn't going to get a donut if she didn't behave. Let me ask you... after looking at this picture who do you think runs the Bast family?

P.S. Sarah will be posting the pictures soon. She really is quite an amazing seamstress.

Sneek Peek

Hey everyone! Just thought I would give you a little sneek peak into some of the things I will be selling at the boutique this coming weekend. My sweet friend Jessica was so kind to take a few pictures for me. I am excited for the boutique and hope it ends up well. If you live close, stop by! There will be a ton of vendors that make amazing things! Hope you like them!

70,000 Words down about 20K to go

Not that anyone particularly cares, besides you of course Mom, but I just crossed 70,000 words on my book. To give you some context, Sorcerer's Stone was 87,000. Who knew that one could really write that many words about Mystical Pirates that fight an Evil Sasquatch. But here we are 70k words later and still chopping away on the old keyboard.
My secret is to use a lot of  unnecessary adjectives, adverbs and similes.
I'll give you an example;
         Pre- Magical Michael-fied
                              "The pirates sailed on their ship." 6 words
         Post - Magical Michael-fied
                               "The salty one eyed pirates silently sailed aboard the rickety termite infested ship, that happened to be theirs, like a giddy California sea lion plunging below and breaking above the mountainous white peaked waves."  34 words

Wham-o! Thats how you do it!

I should be done in a month or so and then I'll have to edit and tear it to pieces.
I am anticipating that I will self publish about 20 copies to send out to get  honest feedback.
The book is written for a 10 -12 year old audience, which matches my maturity and mental level so be aware.
If you would like to help me by reading it and then giving me about two or so pages worth of honest written feed back then please fill out the form below.
I dont need smoke blown up my tail pipe, that isnt going to help me write a better book.
Thanks!
P.S. The story really isnt about Pirates and a Sasquatch.

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Update

I know we have been so bad at updating this blog, so here goes a little quickie!!

Caden is finished with his football season. They lost their first playoff game 8 to 12....so sad! They played so hard and I think all the boys cried a little at the end of the game. Unfortunately, they did not advance. They played one last game and came out victorious! What a season!

Halloween is over and boy am I glad I did not spend a lot of time on costumes this year! We only attended a very small trunk-or-treat with our ward, since everyone here was trick-or-treating on Sunday. We don't live in Utah anymore! Plus, our camera is broken! I am so sad. This meant no pictures for Hannah's Birthday. She did just turn 3! How sad! I did break down and buy a disposable camera for Halloween, so who knows when I will get those developed!

Here are a couple pictures courtesy of my adorable friend, Jessica.

Weston in his Daddy's OLD costume as one of the Three Musketeers. Hannah is a very simplified version of Strawberry Shortcake. They are standing with Jessica's two adorable girls, Addie and Callie.

And she took a picture of my magic 8 ball. This picture does not do it justice, but can I just tell you I have the LARGEST tummy around!? You would never guess I was not due until the latter part of January. It looks like I should be having the baby NOW!

I have been busy getting ready for another boutique coming up soon! I have made 39 hats...call me crazy and am making some beautiful headbands. Can't wait! If I get some pictures, I will post them. I hope it goes well and would love for anyone to stop by!


And that's all folks!