Great Crafts I Want To Make...Sometime

At the bottom left side of my blog is a list of great craft blogs that are FULL of neat ideas for crafts. One that I have loved looking at lately is U-Create. This blog has ideas that then link you to hundreds of other craft blogs. I have added a link for the tutorial to each of the crafts I want to do below. Here are the crafts I want to make:


Hair Bow Holder by Nannygoat


So cute and a great way to keep all of my girls hair clips organized.

Door Way Puppet Theatre by Country Living

Such a great idea! My kids love playing puppets.

Rain Gutter Book Shelf by Raising Olives

A great way to keep kids books organized.

Shutter Door Bulletin Board by Craftynest

I love bulletin boards but hate how they can look cluttered. This is such a great idea on how to "hide" them and the clutter!

She's Cuter When Its Not 3 am

Thank Goodness Its Friday

I'm also thankful for...
1. Red grapefruits. I love them lately!
2. Good music and its powerful effect.
3. The warmth of the sun today. I can feel it through the window at 8:30am!
4. Izzy's progress with her piano. She finally mastered a difficult song.
5. The date Ben and I have planned for tonight.

A Fun Little Activity

My friend, Sh'nell, sent me this link to this blog.

Thank you so much Sh'nell!

The blog is full of wonderful ideas to help and teach your children. I used the following idea with Isabelle. I write her a question, and she writes her answer back. Then she writes me a question and I write her an answer back and so on and so forth. Isabelle loves to write and so this was perfect for her. I took some pictures of some of the notes we created. (She is still learning a lot of her spelling, so I have captioned what she wrote underneath.)

What is your favorite animal? A Zebra (she sometimes gets her "b"'s and "d"'s mixed up)

What is your favorite color and why? Red because it is bright and pretty.

Do you like the color of your hair? Why? Brown, I like it because it matches my eyes.

She was getting really bored in church last week, and so we played this game.

What do you don't like to do? Why? I don't like to clean toilets because they are gross.

What is your favorite part of church? Why? You going to my class. I like you. (I was filling in for her teacher that day.)

What are you scared of? I am scared of spiders.

I think it is such a great little activity! It really helps her to think of things to write about and practise writing and spelling. I found this note she wrote on the bus on the way to school the other day:

(I am six. March 3, 2010. I see a house. I see a tree. I see a sign.)

She makes me smile!

The Blue Snowsuit

Having 4 girls, many of the clothes and coats have gotten very good use over the years. This blue snowsuit is one of them.


Isabelle

Lily
Chloe

Olivia

Scripture Bags

So the girls got these new scripture bags at their Primary Party the other week. I think they are such a fantastic idea. All of the kids in our ward were carrying them around on Sunday. They are all really simple and cute. There were boyish ones for boys and girlish ones for girls.

The little girl who was supposed to give the scripture in Primary on Sunday was not there, and immediately Lily raised her new scripture bag high in the air and said, "I'll give it! I have my scriptures right here!" She was so excited to use her new scripture bag.

Once Upon A Time....

...WAY back in my YSA days, there was this guy who asked me out on a date. To say the least, he was really weird! He talked a lot, and he was just this nervous-like creature. My first thought was, "How am I going to get out of this one?" But then, I thought, "No no no, I'll go on the date with him, it'll be fine, just one date." So I went out with him. He took me to a play at the U of A, "Oz". It was a version of the Wizard of Oz, and it was very good. We then went out to a bonfire after, that a group of our friends were at. Let me tell you, I had such a good time on that date, and I found that I liked this guy so much, that I eventually...

...MARRIED HIM!!!!!

Yes, my first impressions of Ben were not really great ones. First impressions are rarely accurate! I have thought about that since, and I realized when he gets nervous, he talks a lot. He was asking a total stranger out on a date, of course he was nervous! Who wouldn't be? But once we started dating, the nervousness wore off and I got to see his true colours.

Had I not gone out on that first date with him, I would never have learned all about him and his best qualities. His best qualities are the following:

-He is funny! He still makes me laugh on a daily basis, even when I am mad at him. He can also make anyone, anywhere, anytime, always smile, if not laugh.

-He is positive, uplifting, and cheerful.

-He is a very good person. Once, we were stopped at a red light downtown, and this man in a wheelchair started to cross the crosswalk. There were atleast 20 other people crossing too. It was slushy and icy out that day, and the man in the wheelchair was having a really difficult time. Out of nowhere, Ben put the car into park, unbuckled his seatbelt, and got out of the car to push the man across the crosswalk. He'll often do things like that without being asked.

-He has a strong knowledge and deep love for the Gospel.

-He is really, really good with children and, needless to say, I have also discovered he is a really GREAT dad!

I am so thankful he asked me out on that day and dated me and married me and has stuck beside me through thick and thin, despite all of my flaws. He is my one and only. He is the best!