Apron Find...Lost Mind

Remember that apron i bragged up making a looooooong time ago????
Well, here she is.
I love it.
It's so me.
I love this lemon fabric so much i must
find something else to do with it.

Thanks to Heather for finding the pattern and having an enrichment activity to make it.
All us girls who signed on for this had such a good time!

...and I actually do wear it :)





As for the lost mind...that would be mine!
Really, i am clearly getting older and I should find some magic pill that aids in memory. Anyone know what that is...i can't remember!

After having the lens in my old sunglasses fall out at Womens Conf. and walking around for a moment or two before I realized something weren't right...(can't image the retard people thought i was when they saw me)...anyways...I bought a new pair and within a week they were lost. Had NO idea what happened to them, was so mad cause I liked em. So, I bought another pair.

As these types of situations go...y'all know what happens next.
I found lost glasses! Duh!

So now the girls are fighting over my second pair cause bug eyes are SOOOOO cool ya know!

the serious....sassy supermodel look (or at least the attempt)

too cool for school YOU!

A little birdy...or two

Here we are on day numba two...

are you impressed????

cause I know I am!



For show and tell today we have another set of owls and bird.

You know the ones, like I made for my girls room last year.

Looking at that old post reminded me I was going to make little pillows like these too....hmmmmm towtalleee forgot about that little project!


I digress...anyway, these are for my little friend Jen who actually has that owl bedding I mentioned in the referred to post. So I made her a set to match. She has spectacular chunky frames these will be going in and I must take a picture of them framed when I track that little girl down!

I decided to finish this crafty post with some cute little girls.

Best friends reunited for a little visit.

Samantha sent Abby a best friends necklace and this is the first time they have been together since. So we HAD to get a picture with the necklace put together.

Aren't they the prettiest little things...EVAH????

oh to be 6 and have the bestest friend in the whole wide world...even if they do live like 400 miles apart now ;(

Fathers Day

I guess I'll try and play a little catch up here...
it is my goal this week to post...
wait...
sit down....
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for real.

I'm going to call it my week of crafting.
I've been so busy doing things and I thought I should finally share a few.

So, lets start with the man of the house!
I think he had a nice fathers day.
*Breakfast in bed
*church
*a nap
*one of his favorite meals for dinner
*salivating for chocolate cake that he had to wait till Monday to eat, because.....
*a trip to the ER
(at least it wasn't for himself this time...it was Nathan with an ear infection that just couldn't wait I guess)


Here he is sporting the tie Samantha made for him.
isn't he cute!



This year we gave him an ice-cream maker and this little book the kids and I made.
I'm pretty sure he loved it!

I had each of the kids write down what they loved about their dad, and then they each got a page. I got this idea and download from House of 3
if you haven't seen these guys, you should check them out. They have so many fun ideas and downloads for hybrid scrapping.

This first page has an acrylic star on it that you can't see very well, but it's what the yellow sign is attached to.

Inside the first page is a message from yours truly.



Here's Nathans page. He wrote some really nice things about his dad that we put in the envelope to keep it a little more private.

Here's his next page. Each set has the little number page in it.

Here's Jacks. For him I asked him some questions about his dad. He is funny, then I gave him a page to color a picture on. If you click on the photo you can read it.

Like his artwork????? I asked him the first time he drew jellyfish where he learned how to do that and he answered "Spongebob"! Then he threw in a hot dog down there for luck. He is just learning to draw things and his imagination is killin' me!!!! I just love it, there is nothing more precious!

This is Samantha's page. She was very helpful in making this book and was very selective in her picture choosing. (It's a lot of work going through albums and computer files to find pictures of the kids with dad!)

I love the saying on this page...it is beautiful.

And here is Kristen's page.

She wrote her thoughts in list form so I gave her a little tag to list them on for the book.

This is the back page. A recent picture of Doug with the kids.

I had so much fun making this book. I save the cardboard/chipboard that comes in packages and scrapbook supplies and cut them to size (like 7x11 i think) to use for the base of the book. Then we printed our templates out on patterned papers and glued them to the cardboard and decorated. I might just have to make another one of these from Hof3! You should try it too!

Girls, Girls, Girls

The girls have been VERy busy around here lately.
Many dates and programs.

Last week was the daddy daughter luau at school
Samantha's first one.
She was pretty excited!




Then this week Kristen had a daddy daughter 50's date for activity days (or is it achievement days????) can't keep track of all the name changes.

They played a newlywed type game where they had to answer questions about each other and......
these two won!
aren't they so cute! Kristen loved her little outfit. I won't be surprised if I find her in this again.



Then finally Samantha had her little kindergarten program on Friday. hmmmmm....can't believe she is finishing up kindy already. at the same time i can't believe she's ONLY in kindy. sometimes i forget she is only 6. she has such an old little soul (who throws temper tantrums)



me and her



For her play they each got to pick a career they want when they grow up and say a little rhyme about it. She chose teacher so she's got her cute little outfit (cause i was told Teachers DON'T wear buns and old lady dresses!!!!) and her clipboard and lanyard with important things.

It was hilarious what some of the kids chose...a coroner!! wha????? my 12 year old didn't even know what that was! a tattoo artist (from the boy with the 3 inch long mohawk), a wrestler, him and his costume were ROFL worthy! and i think there were like 5 rock stars!

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Only 2 weeks left in school!
Nathan starts basketball camp tomorrow.
Big ol' 4th o July is around the corner. . . we are planning a fun weekend.

I've figured out why i'm such a blog loser these days...

I've been scrapping up a ton these last few months. Maybe I'll share a few things this week, if y'all are interested.

I give up...

The guilty mom syndrome will just have to set in...
i kept holding off doing Nathan's birthday post so I could do one like I did for Kristen. Ya know the one, with all the old pictures scanned into the computer. I just can't seem to get that together. We have been SOOOOOOO busy these last 2 months.

So here is Nates birthday...one month later
We took him to dinner and just had our little family party there.
It was fun. I love doing things with just us. He loved his Homer Simpson card about fire...


He's not so much a cake eater and he didn't know what to have until I told him it was OK to have say, maybe cheesecake, for a birthday. He liked that plan. Not sure what they are doing here, but it looks fun don't it??

The week after his birthday...he got to have his birthday bash SPECTACULAR!

(seriously, he must have got me at a weak moment when he asked for this party)

Can't believe I agreed to all this...4 friends, swimming, sleepover AND a movie at the theater.

It. was. an. exhausting. weekend.

But hey, your only 12 once!
Here is his typical birthday fare...donuts.



That weekend he was ordained...
how did that happen????? How did my little boy get to be so big.
He now passes the sacrament in his fancy new suit, just like dad.

He doesn't exactly look thrilled in this photo, it's all he would let me take.
Apparently his big birthday bash left him a little exhausted come Sunday and he was ready for a nap at this point.



I can't believe he is so big...he is turning into such a nice boy...hmmmm man...

I love how excited he has gotten about life. He was a little frustrated with himself for a while there but seems to be growing out of it. He is SO happy to be out of primary and in YM now. He has is first year of middle school behind him. He loves scouts and can't wait to go on the big scout camp this summer. He loves being with his family. He may not admit to it, but I can tell. He really enjoys having time with his dad...they have a lot of big plans those two. He has such a tender heart and is truly concerned for others, especially his grandparents.

We love him so much and am so happy he is in our family.

HAPPY 12th BIRTHDAY NATHAN!!!!!! one month later ;(

Have You Seen Me?????

Missing...
Mr. Can
About waist high
a little fat, gains and loses weight rapidly
a little stinky
a little rough around the edges,
he's been around the block a few times
but he has been good to us.

If you see him, please tell him to come home, we neeeeeeeed him.



He must have ran off on his own, after all, WHY would someone take him from us????????

Recital

I have been a bad blogger lately.
Just haven't felt like it I guess.

Have SOOOOOOO much to catch up on.
But I'll work backwards.
This weekend was Kristens dance recital.
I couldn't wait to get a look at these pics so
they will be the first things up!

She loved her dance this year, it was a really fun one for her.
It was the song America from West Side Story.
She did a great job and now I look forward to checking
one more thing off our to do list for the summer.