diy/crafts

Dogs at the park & Prom Invitation?

April 8, 2013
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Our last vlog from Spring Break. Sorry I missed a few days. As I explain in the video one of my best friend’s mom passed away and I was helping her with some things for the funeral. I also made this shadow box for her with some photos that she had suggested were her favorites. [...]

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Kid Friendly Easter Crafts

March 15, 2013
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It wasn’t hard to find some cute Easter craft ideas this year, especially with Pinterest. The ideas are endless! I found a couple of easier ones that I thought Karli would enjoy doing and I thought I would share them with you. Chase actually joined in on the fun for the first one! First we [...]

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Button Heart Valentine Craft

January 31, 2013
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Our oldest son Andrew made this Button Heart Canvas for his girlfriend for Sweetest Day last year. I thought we would share the details for a homemade craft for Valentine’s Day. We found the idea on Pinterest which led to this tutorial. We used a larger canvas and needed two bags of buttons. Andrew also [...]

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Good old crafting days

January 14, 2013
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If you watched my last video on YouTube- this goes right along with my problem of not being able to stick with things that I start. As I was cleaning and organizing my bedroom the other day I ran into all sorts of goodies. I keep trying to remember how in the world I ever [...]

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Ice Cream Sundae Kit

January 5, 2012
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I realize it’s almost two weeks past Christmas and here I am still sharing things about our day. I literally have a list of about 10 things I would like to blog/vlog about. Hopefully soon I will get caught up and be writing about current things instead of being a week behind! I couldn’t share [...]

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Blake’s Mini Society project

March 21, 2010
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Last night Blake and I started working on his Mini-Society project for Social Studies. I hate this project with a passion. I’ve already had to do it with Andrew twice in the past and it is not fun. They have to make and sell products to other kids in the school to learn about economics. [...]

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Memories

September 9, 2009
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Not sure why, but whenever the kids go back to school I always seem to immerse myself into a dozen things at once. It’s like fall cleaning of my life. You know what though, I am not complaining one bit. I love being busy, as long as some sort of schedule is involved. I like [...]

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