Johnson Shut-Ins

Two weeks ago, our family went down to Johnson Shut-ins to spend the afternoon. The weather was perfect, no sun and cool water. We drove down around lunch time, and stayed for four hours, jumping off rocks, climbing, swimming, building dams and just plain having fun!! :D

Johnson Shut-Ins



My brother. ;)

My sister and two year old nephew.

The rock dam my 5 year old sister and 3 year old nephew made.

This one is my favorite.



Carrying the rock to build the dam.

He is so sweet!! :D

 

An Evening with the Nephews

Yesterday my nephews came over for a evening of fun which included a Nerf war, making water footprints on the deck, and eating popsicles!!! :D



 

He is just so sweet...

and adorable!!

They actually stood still long enough for a picture.

 

The Piano Guys- One Direction What Makes You Beautiful

This video amazed me!! I didn't realize there were so many ways to play a piano!! :)

 

 

Colorado Vacation!!

Last week my family and I arrived back from our wonderful vacation to Colorado!! My Uncle and Aunt graciously opened up their house and cabin, and we all enjoyed it immensely! Our vacation was divided up, half of the time we were at their house and the other half at their cabin in the mountains. It seemed like every day there was something new to do whether it was visiting, feeding the horses, riding the tractor, or working on a snowmobile! The stay up at the cabin was amazing!! Since there was around 3 feet of snow, we couldn't take our car all the way, so we parked and rode/drove snowmobiles back and forth taking rides and hauling luggage. The day after we all headed to the slopes! My brothers caught on pretty fast, but me, well I didn't. :) I got through almost a whole lesson then had to quit. The next day the boys all headed out again for a full day of skiing, while us girls went to downtown Leadville and enjoyed the sightseeing! When we arrived back at the house I got to enjoy going to a coffee and bakery shop, a few thrift stores, and the best part having my friend Gloria over for a visit!

 

 

 

Mint Chocolate Ice Cream Sandwiches

I know it's been a LONG time since I last posted, but between Christmas, sickness, and appendicitis I haven't had much time. :) On Christmas I had received this book and so far have REALLY liked it. After going through it multiple times, and debating what recipe I should try, I finally settled upon Mint Chocolate Ice Cream Sandwiches!! I ended up making half mint chocolate and the other half just plain chocolate, my little sister doesn't like peppermint. :) They tasted wonderful!!! :) If you haven't already guessed, I really like making desserts/snacks!!!


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Mint Thins

Yesterday afternoon I was looking through a book I found at our library called: The Cookipedia and found this recipe for Mint Thins. I really like these cookies.  The only time I had them was years ago. They took me about a hour to make but were totally worth it.  I will definitely save the recipe and make them again!! <3

 

 

Graham Cracker Gingerbread Houses

Last night my sister and I made gingerbread houses out of graham crackers. They were so easy to build.  It  took me maybe ten minutes to mix up a batch of icing and cut out the house. My mom bought some gumdrops at the store and we used those and chocolate chips to decorate them.



Providence's house that she designed.

My house





Just a Unique Outfit

Yesterday I felt like sewing, (actually, I felt like doing a craft, and then decided to sew). So I looked through all of my sewing patterns, and stumbled upon the pattern for this unique, and adorable outfit. I decided I just had to make it, even though it would be time consuming (I had to redo one of the tiers three times!?!). After I finished it I went downstairs and, unburied my doll (who just happened to be under a huge pile of stuff), and try it on her. It was totally worth the time!!

Standing in the leaves

~10/2/12-10/12/12~

I entitled this post, '10/2/12-10/12/12' because I've decided this is going to be a miscellaneous post about everything that's been going on lately. <3 Thursday the 4th, Dad bought a 1998 Ford Taurus for him and my brothers to fix up.  On Friday the 5th I finished my quilt!!! Yay! Now I just have to find someone to quilt it for me. Hmm, that will be interesting. :) Saturday I went thrift store shopping with my friend Holly it was a blast!! We went to about 9 thrift stores and then to Panera for lunch!! Thanks for such a great time Holly!!! This past Thursday my brother Josiah's RC (remote controlled) helicopter arrived in the mail, it has been the most popular item/toy of the day this week. Then this past Monday thru Friday (today, actually) :) we've gotten our counter tops all cut and ready to be fixed in place. Our front entryway tile has all been torn out, and ready to be replaced. Finally, our backsplash surface has been totally prepared, and is waiting to be replaced. I can't wait our kitchen is almost completed!!!! :D Soon we'll have the sink!! *sigh*

Hanging the Cabinets

The kitchen tile right after we grouted

Our laundry room after we tiled it.

I was going through my pictures on my camera, and found some cute ones of my cat when he was a kitten. I just had to share them.

Sleeping in Providence's carseat on the way home from Colorado.

His first week at home

Providence's Ouilt

Sorry I haven't posted. ;) My laptop wasn't functioning very well. Yesterday I finally finished a project I had been working on for quite a while, a quilt for my little sister. She was thrilled to finally be able to use it!! I know I've been making alot of things for her, but it's so amazing to see her face when I show her what I made! <3 For the quilt, I just used a simple strip pattern where you cut strips of fabric, and sew them together in a crazy made up pattern, and for the back a cute lady bug flannel. Instead of quilting it I decided to tie it (using the Homestead Blessings: The Art of Sewing DVD as a guide) much simpler!!

The quilt

The three different fabrics