Just in case...

Stamp Camp for Kids (8 & up) $40/individual, July 14th-17th, 10am-11:30am

Monday: Basics to Stamping & Card Making- we'll be making personalized stationary

Tuesday: Fun Techniques- shaving cream, embossing, & poppin' pastels will be the techniques we focus on for this class. Campers will be making birthday cards.

Wednesday: Pint-Sized Scrapbooking- who doesn't love to look at pictures? We'll be making some mini scrapbooks that the campers will be proud to brag about!

Thursday: 3-D Projects- Get ready for school by making a few fun projects with stamps that will surely impress your classmates in the Fall.

Each day the stamp camper will bring home a hand-stamped project that they learned how to make that day. Limit 10. Deadline to sign-up Friday, July 11th.
-->Still have 5 spots open!

Didn't make the connection...

I gave the opening prayer in sacrament meeting. When I sat back down Ava said, "Daddy, you missed the prayer!"

Week of Blue-ness

Blue week has been a lot of fun lately, take a look! I do wish our blue family picture would have been lighter, it didn't look dark when we took it! This is our FHE treat...interesting eh?

Ava's cute hair for wearing blue Tuesday

I might never get there!

Humility:
To speak as little as possible of oneself.
To mind one's own business.
Not to want to manage other people's affairs.
To avoid curiosity.
To accept contradiction and correction cheerfully.
To pass over the mistakes of others.
To accept insults and injuries.
To accept being slighted, forgotten, and disliked.
Not to seek to be specially loved and admired.
To be kind and gentle even under provocation.
Never to stand on one's dignity.
To yield in discussion even though one is right.
To choose always the hardest.

Mother Teresa

Our "white" excursion

Isn't this adorable?
I LOVE this picture...it's one of those "pure joy" faces of Sydnee's...it makes me smile every time!

White Dinner

Menu: Malibu Chicken, Potatoes & carrots, caesar salad, rolls, & milk to drink!
The center piece- LOVELY!
Take a look at Ava's face- click to enlarge.. It's classic!

Wearing White!

Another day full of stuff to do. I'll post a few pictures of "white week" which has not been nearly as fun as pink week because I've had so much RS stuff to do...oh well! I forgot to wear white, so I put this dandy headband on...

Ever had pink mashed potatoes?

We have!

Here we are preparing the pink fluff: pink lemonade: The girls were given a bowl & asked to put a variety of pink things in them for a center piece. This is what Sydnee chose, she dumped it out on the table (yum, boots on the table). Ava loved this assignment & is showing us that she put practical things in her bowl as well- a pink tea set! It was a pink-a-lious-ly fun night of eating pink food! Our complete menu: ham & pineapple, pink mashed potatoes, pink-dyed corn, pink rosemary bread, & pink fluff! Todd got to bring the left-overs to work the next day, he said he got some funny looks- but that it didn't bother him in the slightest. The pink left-over entree reminded him of the girls he loves best! Next week: WHITE!

Craftin' Pink Style

Sydnee has pulled the eyes off of 3 of these mice...so we now have 3 BLIND mice, ha!

Wearing Pink

I thought we'd get a picture of us all in pink...it was more of a challenge than I thought, but it was fun too. :)

Think Pink

Today is Pink Week, so here's a few things we've done today. Our FHE, we played Candy Land after reading the Three Little Pigs. The girls had a hard time following the rules. :) Our Pink Dessert- yum! And pink bread, just for fun.

Father's Day

A few pictures from Father's Day...here we are waking up DaddyHere's what we had for breakfast, YUM! French Breakfast Puffs by the Pioneer Woman

A Colorful Summer

So to help Sydnee learn her colors, I am borrowing an idea from a friend, Rachel. For Spring Break this year they did a color a day & did all sorts of fun things with that color. So we are planning to do something similar, but spread it out over the entire week. Here is our schedule:

Monday: Family Home Evening (introducing the color)

Tuesday: Wear the Color

Wednesday: Make Something crafty with the color

Thursday: Special Meal

Friday: Play a game/watch a movie

Saturday: Go do something

Sunday: Read a book about the color

We let the girls choose the colors, so here is the order (subject to change)

June 15-21: Pink Week

June 22-28: White Week

June 29-July 5: Blue Week

July 6-12: Green Week

July 13-19th: Yellow Week

July 20-26th: Black Week

July 27-Aug 2: Brown Week

August 3-9th: Red Week

August 10-16th: Purple Week

August 17th-23rd: Orange Week

August 24th-30th: Rainbow

If you have any ideas that might aide this summer adventure- please share...and wish us luck!

Because I'm CRAZY!!

Well I only had a mildly busy week, so I thought I would rearrange my HOUSE! Brilliant ain't I? Anyhow, it's pretty much done...so I thought I would share what I did. Be impressed...no really BE IMPRESSED! Because I am CRAZY! Most people on "light" weeks try to relax...sigh...I think I relaxed on Monday! Maybe...oh well. Now the kids have a play room, with space availability for a blow-up matress when we have company. And I have my office with a bed so we can sleep multiple people!

My new stampin' spot: The very full closet: The girls' play room (my former office): My computer stayed here.Their closet for toys (note the trash bags...it's a long story, let's just say those are off limits till someone behaves! This used to display my current stuff, now it's a book center! *SIGH* Done.