First set of stitches!

Our fun day at the park ended up at the Dr Nye's office getting stitches in Kennley's chin! This cute little boy who was Kennley's age came to sit next to me on the park bench and Kennley wanted to follow him, but when she tried to step up on the conctete block she must have tripped and fell face first on the concrete step and smacked her chin. Luckily the cute grandmother and mother of the little boy ran over and tried to help me get Kennley to see if she was okay. By this time she was screaming and blood was just gushing from her chin. My first instinct was to just hold her, but she needed to get to the Dr. The cute ladies ran to their car and got a first aid kit to wipe both of us down. They offered to take us to the Dr so I could sit in the backseat and hold her, but we were not far from her Pediatrician. In order to give her a lidocane shot to numb the area for stitches she had to be papoosed!!! My poor little thing was screaming bloody murder in the papoose, and sweating bullets. My heart ached for her, but I had to keep myself calm inorder to keep her calm. It took about an hour from start to finish, but we made it through her first experience of getting stitches! I did learn one thing....my little sweet princess is VERY feisty and STRONG!

Wrapping up July!

Ogden Pioneer Days Rodeo! I had the time of my life...thanks dad for taking us!
Kennley did really well sitting there for 3 hours as long as she was entertained with food, which included popcorn, cotton candy, foot long corn dog, and snow cone, LOL!



Happy Birthday to a wonderful Dad/Grandpa!






Girls night at the Gateway's California Pizza Kitchen!


This year we spend the 24th with the King family. We enjoyed a DELICIOUS BBq, and fireworks at Liberty Park.








Our first trip to Pineview as a famiy. We found a nice little spot along the beach that was so much fun! Next year maybe we could add a boat, or maybe that's just wishful thinking, LOL!





Kennley's first sand castle! HAHA, don't you love my farmers tan!?!


PINEVIEW WITH MY BESTIES AND THE KIDS
















That's it for July...can't wait for August!

Our fun 4th!!

This year for the 4th we went to the West Point parade, the carnival, Lagoona beach, and then a fun barbeque at my parents. My Aunt and Uncle were in town this year and it was fun haveing them there to enjoy the festivities with us.






LOL, gotta love catching everyone off guard!!!


Uncle Benny and my mom watching fireworks!!








I love these pics!!! Cracks me up everytime...she was so scared of the fireworks she was hiding under her blankie!

Love these two!!!

My my made these spiderman/tinkerbell capes for Kanyon and Kennley, and they LOVE them. They run around the house playing Batman and Robin for hours....LOL, good for us cuz it wears them down!!!



Just like her mommy!!! Kennley always has to have her camera pretending to take pictures....photographer in the making!!!

Just a preview!

I took pictures of these cute kids the other day, and here are just a few!!!

New pics of the kids

Here are a few of my favorite pics of Kanyon(4 1/2) and Kennley(2)!!! Enjoy!

My love of crafting

I am dying to make THIS...



Recycled Plastic Bag Wreath

start by cutting the handles and the printed {logo} front off the plastic bags. then scrunch each bag into a vertical strip and folded half,

and then in half again, making a loop at the top. Use a tiny bit of hot glue to secure the end to ensure it would not unravel.

Using a screwdriver poked a hole into a 10 inch Dollar Tree wreath form. By circling the screwdriver a couple of times it made the hole a little bit larger ~ the larger the better.

Filling the hole with a good slab of hot glue stick the rolled end of the bag into the hole, then go back with the screwdriver to poke in any pieces that were sticking out.

Using pinking shears cut the loop in half...

...then the fun part of fluffing.

I ran out of white plastic bags {I only had a few} so I used clear twist tie bags that I had on hand as filler, applying the same folding technique. The clear bags can be found in the food storage section of any grocery store and usually run around $2.00 for a box of 100.

I just adore how this turned out!

The pinking shears add the perfect little ruffle to the edges.

I only covered the front of the wreath form since it will be hanging against a door. The burlap hanger is simply hot glued to the back.

The clear bags give it a little iridescent shimmer.

And THIS...





Vanilla Brown Sugar Body Scrub

This is my favorite body scrub. {not just because it is yummy Brown Sugar and Vanilla either} It's the perfect exfoliate for your heels, knees and elbows and great for your tan legs in the summer time too.

You want to begin by mixing 2 Cups of Brown Sugar and 1 Cup of Granulated Sugar together until there are no lumps. Add in 1 Cup of Sunflower Oil and 1 Tablespoon of Pure Vanilla Extract. {I like to use Sunflower Oil for this body scrub because it does not carry the strong scent that Olive Oil does}

Mix together well and scoop into a sealable glass container.

I purchased a few of these vinyl decals at Joanne Fabrics a few weeks ago at 70% off. {and my nearby store still has a ton left} I got this 4 1/2 X 4 1/2 decal for just 30 cents. The scoops were purchased from Walmart - you can find them in the kitchen utensil section and they run about $2.00 for a set of three. Super cute just to have around for party scoops!

Headed to the store now to purchase all the items needed....WOW, the things I get excited about!!!