Happily Ever After

A high school friend of mine just got married this past Saturday. I decided to make her a card using the wedding Cinderella and Prince Charming from the Happily Ever After Cricut Cartridge. The background for the card is by Gina Jane Johnson a former artist from PC Crafter. The two little blue birds came from Snow White sticker collage by Jolee's boutique. The eyes and lips for Cinderella and Prince Charming were hard to do and don't quite look right IRL. It was a fun card to make and I wish Pam and Kevin much happiness.

Hope of America

Last night we went to the Marriott center at BYU to watch Cheyenne participate in the Hope of America student showcase. My mom also joined us. Other than the insane amount of people that attended making parking and driving a nightmare, it was really spectacular.

Here is what the local paper had to say about it.

We were sitting far away and it was dark so my pictures were not good. I got these from the newspaper's web site. The picture below Cheyenne was in yellow to the far left of the photo about 4 rows up from the bottom.



Here is a link to the whole article and you can see more pictures as well
http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/264195/17/

Got Milk?

Today I decided to make cookies, but Martha Stewart I am not, and since I did not inherit my mom's baking skills I turned to the Duncan hines pre-packaged mix. Easy-peasey lemom squeezy and you have cookies that did not take all day but taste pretty good anyway.


First you put the egg and butter in the bowl and mix
The you add the package of cookie mix. In this case it was oatmeal Chocolate Chip
Mix altogther
Bake on 375 for 11 minutes, the let cool
And Enjoy!

Easter 2008

In honor of the nice spring like weather we are having right now I decided to post my Easer pictures. So they are about a month late but with Easter so early and every things else that has been going it just didn't feel like Easter. Out Easter tradition goes like this. Saturday morning we all gather at Grandma's (I know she is my mother but to the kids she is Grandma so it's easier to just call her that) From her house we go to her city's Easter egg hunt. This is something we have actually been doing since Kacey was about a year old (we figured about 19 years) of course some of the kids are too old now to actually hunt for eggs there but we all go anyway. We sort of divide up each taking a kid or two depending on the way the age groups are set up. I usually get lost with a kid somewhere so this year I went to the field where Cheyenne and Austin were along with Amy, Kollette, Kim and Kacey. I figured there is safety in number right? Wrong some how yet again I got separate among the hundreds of people that were there. Luckily I managed to find every one again. So we all meet up and go through the eggs to see if there are many major prizes one. After we have gathered the kids back up again it is off to Grandma's to color eggs. With all the kids around the table and cups and cups full of dye you thing chaos would ensue. But order is maintained and each kid and Adult colors 6 eggs. Then it's time to clean up and of course at this time all the kids have disappeared to where ever. Once the mess is cleaned up it's outside to the back yard to find and egg to turn for a prize. The everyone plays with their toys and goodies that Grandma Bunny has placed in sack. After all this chaos it is time for Easter lunch. Which alway delicious and appreciated. My mom is wonderful and very adaptable when extra kids show up. She always has something for every one. She is amazing and I know her grandkids love her and Grandpa very much. There kids think they are great too! All the pictures are in the post below. I was trying not to make this so long.

Easter Pictures

Checking out the eggs to see if there are any Major awards so to speak
Eryk Showing off his haul!
Amy and her two girls. Brianna in the middle and Dallas on the left.

Little Miss Princess with her eggs and basket, All she wanted to do was find kids that did not have any eggs and give hers away. She is such a sweetheart The crew. Austin ran to the van with his goodies as fast as he could

The Dye cups. Those four glass mugs we have been using for Easter dye for about 17 years
Brianna artfully crafting her egg with the help of a wax crayon and a sharpie
After dying the same egg yellow
Kacey getting involved

My creations

Dallas' Egg
More of the entire crew. Austin, Ryan, Grandma, Kacey, Kim, Dallas, Sadie Jarod (Brianna's on again off again romance) Eryk, Kaitlyn and Brianna, Cheyenne
Kaitlyn and her bag from the Grandma Bunny

Eryk and his wares. Sadie Sandee and Ryan

What if the Hokey Pokey IS what it is all about?

So one of the many perks of living so close to Brian and Kollette is occasionally I get invited to some fun school activities with the kids. This particular night was a Luau Beach dance party. It gave us the oppurtunity to let our hair down and go a little wild. Fortunately for me and probably for my readers as well when it came to the Hokey Pokey I was behind the camera so there are no pictures of my putting my backside in and putting my backside out......
Here are a few picture of Kollette and Kids demonstrating the Hokey Pokey



And of course no dance party would be complete without the YMCA song. A special request by Kollette!

And then Miss Drama queen herself demonstrates the lateset rage in dancing. The Monkey!

A Penny

I have gotten behind here a little on my blog, but I received an email from a friend today and thought I would share it as I love the message behind it. I do have Easter pictures to share and some other pictures but will get those up later. Enjoy!
Gives you something to think about.
Several years ago, a friend of mine and her husband were invited to spend the weekend at the husband's employer's home. My friend, Arlene, was nervous about the weekend. The boss was very wealthy, with a fine home on the waterway, and cars costing more than her house
The first day and evening went well, and Arlene was delighted to have this rare glimpse into how the very wealthy live. The husband's employer was quite generous as a host, and took them to the finest restaurants. Arlene knew she would never have the opportunity to indulge in this kind of extravagance again, so was enjoying herself immensely.

As the three of them w ere about to enter an exclusive restaurant that evening, the boss was walking slightly ahead of Arlene and her husband.
He stopped suddenly, looking down on the pavement for a long, silent moment.

Arlene wondered if she was supposed to pass him. There was nothing on the ground except a single darkened penny that someone had dropped, and a few cigarette butts Still silent, the man reached down and picked up the penny.

He held it up and smiled, then put it in his pocket as if he had found a great treasure. How absurd! What need did this man have for a single penny? Why would he even take the time to stop and pick it up?

Throughout dinner, the entire scene nagged at her. Finally, she could stand it no longer. She casually mentioned that her daughter once had a coin collection, and asked if the penny he had found had been of some value.

A smile crept across the man's face as he reached into his pocket for the penny and held it out for her to see. She had seen many pennies before! What was the point of this?

"Look at it." He said. "Read what it says." She read the words " United States of America "
"No, not that; read further."
"One cent?" "No, keep reading."
"In God we Trust?" "Yes!" "And?"
"And if I trust in God, the name of God is holy, even on a coin Whenever I find a coin I see that inscription. It is written on every single United States coin, but we never seem to notice it! God drops a message right in front of me telling me t o trust Him? Who am I to pass it by? When I see a coin, I pray, I stop to see if my trust IS in God at that moment. I pick the coin up as a response to God; that I do trust in Him. For a short time, at least, I cherish it as if it were gold. I think it is God's way of starting a conversation with me. Lucky for me, God is patient and pennies are plentiful!

When I was out shopping today, I found a penny on the sidewalk. I stopped and picked it up, and realized that I had been worrying and fretting in my mind about things I cannot change. I read the words, "In God We Trust," and had to laugh. Yes, God, I get the message.

It seems that I have been finding an inordinate number of pennies in the last few months, but then, pennies are plentiful! And, God is patient..