Bedroom Makover

Remember this Picture? This is what Sierra's room used to look like:



Now it looks like this:

We have a little ways to go yet. But you get the idea. After we got it painted, we just kind of gave up on it. I still have curtains to make and get on the window and we are hoping to put up a chair rail on the wall. It went from purple and lime green to beige and black with lime green accents.

Hopefully I can get back into the mood of working on it. We still want to get more stuff on the wall and get the headboard done.

A quick trip

Earlier this month I was able to fit in a quick trip to Wyoming. While there I spent two days in Yellowstone Park. Here are a few of the sights I got to enjoy:

Mammoth Hot Springs:

The water falls at "the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone"

Can't miss Old Faithful:

And last but not least - some of the local residents:

We even got to see a brown bear in the wild but I couldn't zoom in close enough to get a good picture. And of course I wasn't going to get too close.

Washer Pendant Necklaces...

I have seen these necklaces all over the blog world and we thought it would be fun to make our own. So I went looking for instructions and found a great one here. Soon after we headed to the craft store for the acrylic and to the garage for the washers. It's amazing, the things you can find in the garage to make craft items out of - Who would have thought.

Anyway, here is our version. I actually ended up taking it one step further and made them double sided. How fun is that to have a reversible necklace?

Back To School

Well it's back to the books for us. School started this past Thursday-the 12th. Sierra started her junior year at the high school. Jake and Alexis headed off to the middle school this year for 6gth grade. It's their first year there. They were pretty excited about the change this year. It means they get to ride the bus.

Here are Alexis and Jake on the first day. Sierra leaves too early, so we didn't get one of her. Early morning seminary can be a killer you know (according to her).

Our crazy, busy summer

No I haven't fallen off the face of the earth. Time has just flown way too fast. Here are some highlights of our summer so far:

1. Sierra attended girls camp - her first year as a YCL.

2. We traveled to Utah for our annual summer visit. Spent a week with my dad, went to the pool with some cousins and of course visited Great Grandma who turned 92 in March (and still looks wonderful)

3. My nephew Paul drove back from Utah with us and spent a couple days hanging out with Jake and Alexis. He took them to the movie, the mall, the aquarium, the botanical gardens and swimming

3. Sierra attended EFY at University of Utah for a week and had a blast.

4. Next week we get to go register for school. Our school starts in 3 weeks.

5. Found a great decor item while in Utah that I brought back with me. It's one of those repurposing items - so watch to see what it is and what I do with it :-)

6. Sent a friend off to Afghanistan for a year to serve our country.

Let me know what you've been busy with this summer.

Colors in my yard

I've been going to post this for some time and keep forgetting. Here is some eye candy for you from my yard:



These are miniature roses.







No idea what these are called but I love them.

One of many roses:

Hope your having a wonderful spring/summer