The Fourth Of July

I am obviously too tired to be trying to compose multiple posts at once. These pictures belong with the previous post, and I don't really want to fix it at the moment. Sorry:)













P.s. I know it is sad to say this but, don't you just love my new carpet!?! I know I do!

We had a blast with my family this Fourth of July! Grandma George, Aunt Natalie and Uncle Tyson we all able to come up and spend the weekend with us. (It is so nice to have enough space to do this comfortably.) I don't think that my kids have had so much fun with family sleeping over! We decided to try out the North Ogden parade, and it was perfect for the kids and adults. Aunt Carrie, Kambrya, Caleb, Ryan and A.J. also drove down from Brigham City, that morning to come to the parade. Mary and Derrick would have had fun at the parade no matter what, but having grandma, aunts,uncles, and cousins made it SO much better! The cookies that Derrick is munching and Allen has all over his shirt are all because of the generosity of Smith's employee's and my crazy sister Carrie. Smith's was handing out cookies, and the employee's doing so were telling everyone to take as many as they want and if they want more just ask. So, Carrie pipes up and asks for more, like in a sealed box, so she can take them home for another Fourth of July party. The employee's were all smiles and said no problem. The next thing we know we are being handed a huge box full of cookies, with a question "Is this enough?" There were well over a hundred cookies in this box, and they wouldn't take them back once they had given them to us. So needless to say, Mary, Derrick and Allen ate WAY too many cookies at this parade. At least one child had a cookie in hand the entire parade! On top of the cookies all of the floats were tossing out candy to the kids, which we knew was going to happen, but again I didn't realize the massive quantities of candy my kids would be getting. They all had so much fun picking it up.

All Things Crafy

Once again, I'm playing catch up on my blog and the oldest pictures that I want to post are all of the crafty things I made for my sister-in-laws baby shower, and other things. Since then I have slowed down with the crocheting, but I am planning on making a baby blanket for my other sister-in-law who is having a girl and due in November.

I made the monkey and the parrot for my sister, because she was throwing a baby shower for a best friend from high school and wanted to do a diaper cake with animals too. All of the others are for our toy room which I am still meaning to hang up from the ceiling. I will post pictures when I get it all done, hopefully it looks as cute as I think it will be:) These fish also have other friends now, I think I have fifteen or so aquatic items to hang up.
Sorry, I didn't have the eyes stitched on the elephant and the hippo when I took the picture. Eyes made them even cuter!

Chicken Salad Recipe?

Does anyone have a tried and true, yummy chicken salad recipe? I have tried several over the years and I still haven't found "the one" that is what I like for chicken salad. You know you want to help me out and post your recipe to our buckeye friends blog or leave a comment.

P.s. This would be something that would be easier posted on a Facebook account. Sorry. I still haven't talked myself into one yet:)

The Magic Circle and Invisible Decrease

No I am not blogging about kama sutra (although that might be a fun way to get a response from my readers:), these are two amazingly awesome crochet techniques I am learning! These techniques allow you to crochet amigurumi without holes and gaps in your crocheting. I have recently picked up my crochet hook, after years of neglect, and had forgotten how much I enjoy crocheting! My most recent projects were for my sister-in-laws baby shower. The shower was a jungle theme and I found TONS of cute and free patterns online. I just couldn't stop myself from making a baby elephant, giraffe and hippo. Unfortunately, I don't have pictures of my finished products - yet. I need to get the pics from my mother-in-law. But they are just as cute at you can imagine. Now, that I have found these extra neat techniques, I'm sure another crochet project is going to be in the works soon. I think I am going to make several under the sea themed items and hang them up in our toy room. I just can't decide which items to make. What are your favorites?

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Happy Memorial Day

It was a happy Memorial Day weekend even though it was kind of weird and bittersweet to have a grave to visit now. In the past Danny and I have just tagged along for the ride to visit graves of people I didn't have the chance of meeting before they passed away. This year my family all got together to visit my dad's grave. It was a good experience for me and for the kids. We got the kids pinwheels to place on Grandpa George's grave. They liked being apart of the Memorial Day remembering. The cemetery looked amazing with all of the flags placed upon all of the veterans graves. It reminded my how blessed we are to live in a country with the freedoms to live and worship the way we choose. It also helped me be that much more appreciative of all of those who die for our country.

I still feel incredibly sad when I think that my children will most likely not remember their grandpa George when they are older - especially Allen, since his name is my father's middle name. However, I find immense peace in knowing that we are an eternal family and eternal families can be together forever.

Our family with Grandma George at Grandpa George's grave. We love you and miss you Grandpa!

P.s. It was my birthday too, and I couldn't have asked for a better way to spend it. The entire weekend full of good BBQ food, and I didn't have to prepare a single meal.

Chalk It Up To Experience

I will spare you the details. Don't run with a full bladder.