Some of the latest crafty things I've been working on

I thought I'd try my hand at making a flip-out scrapbook....I'm excited at the way it turned out. These are a few pictures of my dads early years.

The front cover
When it's all the way opened up
Front side
Middle with side flaps closed
Middle with side flaps opened
Left side opened.

Here's some cards I made... nothing fabulous but kinda fun!

I made some handouts for a Relief Society program... it was work but I think they turned out pretty cool:)

And I made 50 of them!

Just some misc pictures... enjoy

No exciting stories behind these... just some misc pictures from the past month or so

**This is what happens on a Sunday when church is at 8:30am**

Rielly had a little too much fun playing on the WII!!!

My first princess using my Cricut!!! Rielly took it right after this and I haven't seen it since.

Look ma-- I do have friends.. more or less. I actually got to go to lunch BY MYSELF (without kids that is)!!! We were having a girls lunch to celebrate some birthdays.

4th of July

We were fortunate to have Aunt Peggy and Uncle Dwight come and visit us for the 4th of July weekend. Rather than going out to watch fire works, we decided to do a few of our own and the kids loved it!!!

So some may think... that's an interesting tree. Nope it's a weed that WILL NOT GO AWAY!!!!!

And on the other side of the house... why won't these things go away!!!

But the roses are growing that I planted! That's pretty exciting that they didn't just kill over right away!!

Rielly and I waiting for the fun to begin!!!

The one and only sparkler that she would even bother with



And the fun begins!!!

The kids with their aunt and uncle

Our little family!

The love of my life!

Lowes Workshop

Reese the Builder!!

I thought it'd be fun to let Reese use a hammer and not get in trouble for it... so I took him to a Lowes workshop. He got to make a tape measurer although I think he probably would have done a better job if I wasn't helping him!! This was origionally planned for him and Jon but Jon had his last baptism to do that day as his final responsibility as ward mission leader. I couldn't fault him for that:)

Catching up.. last day of school!

So I'm a little behind on my posting but that's okay. I had good intentions!!! The end of May meant the end of Reeses 1st yr of school.. he completed PRE-K!! It was a big accomplishment for him because at 4yrs old, he was going to school M-F from 8-2:30. And he did real good! He really liked his teachers Miss Nikki and Miss Nagwa. Here's some pictures from his last day of school!

Reese and his teacher Miss Nikki

Reese wanted to show Rielly everything in his class.. they sat down and read stories

I'm not sure who these extra kids are but they were in the class.

BRING IT ON BABY!!!!

I had a cool countdown to the 4th twilight book but it's not working but I just wanted to express my excitement for the Breaking Dawn that will be released VERY SOON!!! Like 2 weeks baby!!!

Fast Sunday.... my kids and their testimonies

Yesterday was fast Sunday and my kids have in the past have gone up and shared their testimonies with our help. Yesterday Reese really wanted to do it but wanted help. Neither Jon and I were up for going up and doing it so finally Reese said he wanted to do it by himself after seeing his friend go up. So he did. I could tell he was a little nervous because he starts rubbing his eyes when he gets afraid but he said he was thankful for his family and his mom and dad and for the church. And he came down all proud and brave and we were so proud of him. About 10 minutes later, Rielly decided she wanted to do it too without help. Mind you this is a little 3yr old girl. But she ran up there and stood proud by herself at the stand and said she's thankful for her family and for her teachers and for the church. And came hopping down as happy as can be. As a parent, it was the sweetest thing we could ever experience! My kids are innocent and have these little testimonies that they aren't afraid to share with everyone! They do love church and their families and very much their teachers. And I love that they aren't intimidated by a lot of people. It was just a very special experience that i wanted to share before I forgot to do it. I love my kids and I am so proud of their sweet spirits. One lady told me yesterday that Reese just has a big spirit in a little body (he has a tendancy to act out in his class). That made me feel better because he does have so much in there and doesn't know how to let it out and I'm glad that one of his outlets is to share his testimony.