--Saturday CLEAN UP--

FALL Clean Up at the Lewis'

Project #1 -- We cleaned out the basement

and uncovered the CRADLE

Fred and I made before 

Haleigh was born.

All THREE of our BABIES used it.

I found a pattern for the cradle in a book at the

Bountiful, Utah public library.

We purchased the wood and took

it to Grandma and Grandpa Johnson's

house in Orem, Utah to cut it out.

We assembled the pieces at our

little Park Place apartment off

Main and 4th North in Bountiful.

I stained it and stenciled it.

We were discouraged when we

realized we didn't have enough money

to purchase the board to lay across the

bottom of the bed to hold the mattress in.

The next day, as Fred was driving home

from working at the Doubletree Hotel,

he spotted a piece of plywood in the 

middle of the road.

He stopped, picked it up, and

threw it in the back of his Ford Ranger pickup.

We were AMAZED to find it was

an EXACT fit for the bottom of our cradle.

TENDER MERCIES from heaven so our

baby could have a place to sleep.

 Project #2 -- Changing the Family Picture Wall

to make room for Haleigh's senior picture.

I pulled the console out, 

so I could paint the wall behind it,

 and revealed

LOTS of dust, chocolate hearts, a mint

 and a little toy Sid the sloth

literally hanging out on our wall.

It made me laugh.

Our FAMILY wall will now display 

senior pictures for our three kids.

I LOVE this pic. of my 

BEAUTIFUL Haleigh.