tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3150164506917314232024-02-25T00:29:20.614-07:00stuph•from•steph•stephanie•http://www.blogger.com/profile/00532702772109776792noreply@blogger.comBlogger1026125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315016450691731423.post-37860073124100155682013-08-31T20:00:00.000-07:002013-09-02T13:38:43.084-07:00. . . #augsewphoto . . .
. . . instagram friend @kritta22 makes the list . . .
. . . i enjoyed playing along again . . .
. . . if the suspense is killing you
and you can't wait till the end of the month,
i post one photo a day on instagram . . .
. . . i'm @stuphfromsteph . . .
. . . and my favorite part of posting
is the awesome/hilarious/thoughtful
comments it receive from followers . . .
. . . many of•stephanie•http://www.blogger.com/profile/00532702772109776792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315016450691731423.post-10662522837057152022013-08-28T20:00:00.000-07:002013-09-02T10:41:01.313-07:00. . . i love to see the temple . . .
. . . on this cloudy day,
i loved seeing the palm trees
and old glory swaying in the breeze . . .
. . . in this photo,
the temple represents my faith . . .
. . . the flag represents my country,
where i am privileged to worship as i choose . . .
. . . today marked the fiftieth anniversary
of dr. martin luther king's
historic "i have a dream" speech . . .
. . . i heard snippets of it •stephanie•http://www.blogger.com/profile/00532702772109776792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315016450691731423.post-59931438655464567692013-08-21T20:00:00.000-07:002013-08-22T07:09:52.391-07:00. . . i love to see the temple . . .
. . . it's definitely dark
when i leave the temple these days . . .
. . . the sun's gone down . . .
. . . the thought of fall's cooler temperatures
gives us hope . . .
. . . but, in fact,
it's still veryveryvery warm here . . .
. . . then i walk through the temple doors . . .
. . . the air conditioning cools me . . .
. . . and yet . . .
. . . i start to feel a •stephanie•http://www.blogger.com/profile/00532702772109776792noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315016450691731423.post-41450049383917005532013-08-14T20:00:00.000-07:002013-08-15T07:12:03.262-07:00. . . i love to see the temple . . .
. . . oh my . . .
. . . this is the enormous
north lawn of the temple . . .
. . . the one you see
when driving down main street . . .
. . . the one where you
{and thousands of your closest friends}
sit to watch the easter pageant . . .
. . . the one where the larger than life camels
and three wise men
stand during the christmas season . . .
. . . •stephanie•http://www.blogger.com/profile/00532702772109776792noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315016450691731423.post-48349832177498963792013-08-08T06:00:00.000-07:002013-08-08T06:00:07.416-07:00. . . i love to see the temple . . .
. . . i trust the temple gardeners . . .
. . . they're pros . . .
. . . i will not be fiddling
with trailing vincas next summer . . .
. . . nope . . .
. . . i will be planting both
green and purple sweet potato vines . . .
. . . aren't they so pretty? . . .
. . . and i've heard they're very user friendly . . .
•stephanie•http://www.blogger.com/profile/00532702772109776792noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315016450691731423.post-90300943545788366852013-08-07T21:00:00.000-07:002013-08-07T21:57:11.377-07:00. . . a big day for the grandbabies . . .
. . . one year ago,
a little bundle of pink
came into this world . . .
. . . tiny hayden
joined drew and jessalyn's family . . .
. . . and she just keeps growing . . .
. . . getting cuter and cuter . . .
. . . and sassier and sassier . . .
. . . we get such a kick
out of facetiming with her . . .
. . . happy birthday, baby girl! . . .
. . . also•stephanie•http://www.blogger.com/profile/00532702772109776792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315016450691731423.post-91427871129473541892013-08-04T19:00:00.000-07:002013-08-04T19:45:17.415-07:00. . . even better than usual . . .
. . . i love going to my church meetings
every sunday . . .
. . . but today i loved it just a little bit more . . .
. . . the third hour, during relief society,
we had a guest speaker/teacher . . .
. . . amber was asked to come
and speak to the women
and the young women, too,
on the subject
"how i hear the voice of christ in my life" . . .
. . . •stephanie•http://www.blogger.com/profile/00532702772109776792noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315016450691731423.post-83422885633000701742013-07-31T20:00:00.002-07:002013-09-02T13:35:11.335-07:00. . . #julysewphoto . . .
. . . this was fun . . .
. . . maybe you've already seen
these instagram photos . . .
. . . one each day . . .
. . . it was really interesting
to see how different posters
interpreted each day's topic . . .
. . . i, for one, am guilty of lots of
s t r e t c h i n g
to make the photo fit the challenge . . .
. . . it's fine . . .
. . . •stephanie•http://www.blogger.com/profile/00532702772109776792noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315016450691731423.post-83387351836285729982013-07-31T20:00:00.001-07:002013-09-02T09:48:04.157-07:00. . . i love to see the temple . . .
. . . on this cloudy day,
i loved seeing the palm trees
and old glory
waving in the breeze . . .
. . . in this photo,
the temple represents my faith
and the flag represents my country,
where i am privileged to worship as i choose . . .
. . . today marked the fiftieth anniversary
of dr. martin luther king's
historic "i have a dream" speech . . .
. . . listening •stephanie•http://www.blogger.com/profile/00532702772109776792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315016450691731423.post-45518151323248256172013-07-31T20:00:00.000-07:002013-08-01T09:04:28.325-07:00. . . i love to see the temple . . .
. . . after two weeks of it being closed . . .
. . . it was such a good feeling
to be back in the temple tonight . . .
. . . i'd missed it . . .
. . . and bless the hearts
of that cute couple
getting married
in august
in arizona . . .
. . . it's a little toasty . . .
. . . and swampy . . .
. . . i guess love makes us do crazy things . . .
•stephanie•http://www.blogger.com/profile/00532702772109776792noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315016450691731423.post-69547150630753268222013-07-27T16:00:00.000-07:002013-07-27T16:12:26.916-07:00. . . row row row borders . . .
. . . time to sew the rows together . . .
. . . the rebel in me had to change up
the order of the rows just a little . . .
. . . originally posted at bee in my bonnet
on 19 march 2013,
i decided to toss in
one last bit of cheetah print . . .
. . . and i made this stop border
just a titch narrower
than the tutorial called for . . .
•stephanie•http://www.blogger.com/profile/00532702772109776792noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315016450691731423.post-85594512688369323042013-07-16T13:00:00.000-07:002013-07-16T13:47:24.446-07:00. . . fighting tigers . . .
. . . another special order . . .
. . . this time for fans of
louisiana state university . . .
. . . the fighting tigers . . .
. . . in all their purple and gold glory . . .
. . . a color combo i would be likely
to mock relentlessly . . .
. . . except for the fact . . .
. . . that those are my high school
alma mater's colors too . . .
. . . and•stephanie•http://www.blogger.com/profile/00532702772109776792noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315016450691731423.post-79155119112829371822013-07-12T15:00:00.000-07:002013-07-12T16:28:25.679-07:00. . . oops! and a LOT of 'em . . .
. . . well --- it's been quite a while
since any oops!
{#bestburpclothsever}
or even a few bloops!
{#bestswaddlesever}
have graced the ol' blog . . .
. . . don't worry . . .
. . . i've still been sewing . . .
. . . we've just been hanging out
on instagram instead . . .
. . . but they're super teeny tiny
over there . . .
. . . so --- here's a bunch of them •stephanie•http://www.blogger.com/profile/00532702772109776792noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315016450691731423.post-82674019120449794732013-07-10T20:00:00.000-07:002013-07-11T13:56:02.605-07:00. . . i love to see the temple . . .
. . . it was a very good day . . .
. . . i spent the morning here with friends
for the "T" part of TLC . . .
. . . Temple, Lunch, and Conversation . . .
. . . then Lunch at zupa's . . .
. . . and the best Conversations . . .
. . . love my friends! . . .
. . . i highly recommend . . .
. . . then i returned in the late afternoon
for my weekly stint as organist . . .
. . . •stephanie•http://www.blogger.com/profile/00532702772109776792noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315016450691731423.post-55021671849725685692013-07-08T11:00:00.000-07:002013-07-11T13:55:48.723-07:00. . . did i ever show you this? . . .
. . . last spring we did a little facelift
in our master bathroom . . .
. . . and i don't think i ever posted a finish . . .
. . . lots of missing floral wallpaper . . .
. . . and lots of additional beadboard . . .
. . . we raised the vanity . . .
. . . framed the big mirror . . .
. . . installed some pretty granite . . .
. . . and a few blingy accessories . . .
. . . •stephanie•http://www.blogger.com/profile/00532702772109776792noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315016450691731423.post-18788457814388728982013-07-06T16:00:00.000-07:002013-07-06T16:49:49.192-07:00. . . a new fave frosty beverage . . .
. . . you've probably seen it, too . . .
. . . apparently this craze started
at swig in st. george, utah . . .
. . . of course it did . . .
. . . it's called a dirty diet coke . . .
{or regular coke, or dr. pepper, or diet dr. pepper}
. . . the important part is the dirty . . .
. . . you can find the recipe on our best bites . . .
. . . but the basic formula is diet coke •stephanie•http://www.blogger.com/profile/00532702772109776792noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315016450691731423.post-84049351502286263812013-07-04T22:00:00.000-07:002013-07-05T11:59:26.049-07:00. . . scenes from the fourth . . .
. . . i sure enjoy this sight out my front door . . .
. . . and i'm thankful for the boy scouts
who post the colors in our neighborhood
on holidays throughout the year . . .
. . . hoping you all had
as star spangled a day
as we did . . .
. . . case in point . . .
. . . style icon cameron
sporting goggles and euro trunks . . .
. . . nobody wears them •stephanie•http://www.blogger.com/profile/00532702772109776792noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315016450691731423.post-58689069361991444122013-07-03T20:00:00.000-07:002013-07-04T08:14:30.004-07:00. . . i love to see the temple . . .
. . . quite a poignant moment
as i snapped this photo . . .
. . . flags all across arizona,
including this one on the temple grounds,
are flying at half mast
this fourth of july week . . .
. . . as we remember,
grieve the loss of, honor, and respect
the nineteen hot shot firefighters
who lost their lives
fighting the yarnell hill wildfire•stephanie•http://www.blogger.com/profile/00532702772109776792noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315016450691731423.post-59536508857903389562013-07-01T08:00:00.000-07:002013-07-04T08:15:31.862-07:00. . . primary song book . . .
. . . this tattered little brown book
is such a treasure to me . . .
. . . for one thing, it's a song book . . .
. . . and i do love music . . .
. . . but, for another thing,
it belonged to my sweet grandma . . .
. . . i'm sure it was hers . . .
. . . look --- she signed it three times! . . .
. . . published seventy-one years ago,
these were the songs •stephanie•http://www.blogger.com/profile/00532702772109776792noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315016450691731423.post-42505171649995097262013-06-30T19:00:00.000-07:002013-07-04T08:03:04.417-07:00. . . addi turns eleven . . .
. . . there will always be something extra special
about this little lady . . .
. . . on this day in 2002,
i became a grammy . . .
. . . the girls and i rushed
straight from the airport to the hospital
to meet addison leigh hansen . . .
{and to congratulate her sweet mommy, amber}
. . . we had managed to miss her birth
the day before
{she came •stephanie•http://www.blogger.com/profile/00532702772109776792noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315016450691731423.post-49520557179807755232013-06-26T20:00:00.000-07:002013-07-04T08:16:14.106-07:00. . . i love to see the temple . . .
. . . back to the cactus garden . . .
. . . i tried to stay on task this week . . .
. . . so --- here it is in all its
spiky/prickly/deserty glory . . .
. . . cholla, prickly pear, yucca, barrel,
jumping, saguaro, organ pipe . . .
. . . wait! organ pipe? . . .
. . . i should like that one . . .
. . . nope . . .
. . . still not my fave . . .
. . . and then from quite a•stephanie•http://www.blogger.com/profile/00532702772109776792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315016450691731423.post-76723812791077611292013-06-19T20:00:00.000-07:002013-07-04T07:29:25.037-07:00. . . i love to see the temple . . .
. . . i thought maybe i'd get
a shot of the cactus garden
located on the southwesternish corner
of the temple grounds . . .
. . . but cactus aren't really my favorite . . .
. . . and then i got distracted
by this cute couple
posing for their wedding photos . . .
. . . and started thinking
"they've gotta be melting" . . .
. . . and remembering •stephanie•http://www.blogger.com/profile/00532702772109776792noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315016450691731423.post-4002725580208703672013-06-16T20:00:00.000-07:002013-06-30T07:30:32.968-07:00. . . the sweetest dad . . .
. . . we're so lucky
we've got crafty
and creative daughters . . .
. . . bless their hearts . . .
. . . they seriously have
to wrack their brains
over gifts to give their dad . . .
. . . trust me . . .
. . . he has plenty of pajama pants . . .
. . . from me . . .
. . . that's all i can ever think of
to get for him! . . .
. . . this fathers day •stephanie•http://www.blogger.com/profile/00532702772109776792noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315016450691731423.post-16321316326230119562013-06-12T20:00:00.000-07:002013-07-02T19:13:13.929-07:00. . . i love to see the temple . . .
. . . if you really want to know
what to plant . . .
. . . and when to plant it . . .
. . . keep your eye on the temple gardens . . .
. . . those gardeners really know
what they're doing . . .
. . . even lowly lantana grows better
and looks prettier
under their expert care . . .
. . . these photos were taken
just three weeks apart . . .
{•stephanie•http://www.blogger.com/profile/00532702772109776792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315016450691731423.post-34462556587842447012013-06-09T08:00:00.000-07:002013-07-27T15:27:00.415-07:00. . . row row row thirteen . . .
. . . well --- it's no surprise
that she saved the best for last . . .
. . . this was definitely
my favorite of all lori's rows . . .
. . . originally posted
at bee in my bonnet
on 6 march 2013 . . .
. . . i mean --- who doesn't love tulips? . . .
. . . how about a step by step
instagram recap? . . .
. . . i love the •stephanie•http://www.blogger.com/profile/00532702772109776792noreply@blogger.com0