The Last Lecture...

Have any of you seen Randy Pausch's The Last Lecture?. I'm sure most of you have, but if not it's a MUST SEE. It's completely inspiring and a great way to get your priorities straight. I just heard that Randy has passed away due to his Pancreatic Cancer; you can see the full article Here. We need more people in the world like that.

I've also found some fun new blogs I'm loving... and I thought I'd share them. THIS, looks like a fun site lots of ideas for cooking with your kids! Another fun site Blissfully Domestic, cute site, lots of great ideas! Oh and I think that These, look like so much fun to make for a little camping trip. ANd last one for today... I'm IN LOVE with hooded towels for my little babies, and I can't believe I don't have one yet for Braxton. So in the next little while, I'm going to get busy again and make one, and you can too!

Have a great day!!

Plus Breaking Dawn comes out in just a few days!! SOO excited!! And I read the Host a few weeks ago. Anyone read it too? What did you think?

It's a done deal...

First of all I found my camera!! SOOO happy about that. :) So I can finish my reunion re-cap. We started off the day with a service project. The family completed 100 hygeine kits for people in need all over the world. So cool! Then we headed over to play some fun icebreaker games... my favorite was the caterpillar race... We had a bunch of fun activites and crafts here are a few of my favorites... You fill these boxes with Hershey's Nuggets... SO cute, if you are interested in making these boxes, I can mail you out a pattern. :) Just e-mail me with your address. :) Love these butterflies... would be so cute sticking in a little plant, on a mobile... SO many possibilities! The magnets could have possibly been my favorite, aren't they cute?! You modge podge cute paper on the back, attach the magnet, and then put these cute vinyl flowers, butterflies etc. on top. Here me and my little sister Angie on the Monkey Bridge... it's harder and way higher up then it looks! lol. Zach got on too! These are some of my best buddies, I grew up with only boy cousins my age... it wasn't that bad. They are awesome guys! Brooklyn and Braxton were completely worn out from the day! We always have so much fun with family around! And it's a done deal... we had our court hearing today. We had Judge Meyers, he was SOO sweet! Our good friend Sean, was our lawyer. Thanks Sean for representing us!

AND since it has already been such a GREAT week... and it's going to get even BETTER! I feel like doing a little GIVE AWAY!! I think I'll send the lucky winner some of our reunion crafts. So don't be shy, even if you've never commented on my blog, you can enter. Hope your week is going great!!

Big Week...

We have a big week here at our house! We had a family reunion over the weekend, and I'm still trying to track down my camera, so I'll share more on that later. We are finalizing Braxton's adoption tomorrow and will take him to the Temple to be sealed on Saturday. Brooklyn is beyond excited about going to the Temple! Here is the announcement I made, I ordered them a little late... so if you haven't gotten one, it will probably get to you sometime this week. Sorry! :)

Here's a sneak peak at two of the cards I made up for us to do at the reunion, we did alot of fun crafts, and so I'll post pics later this week, or as soon as I find my camera. lol. Hope you all have a fantastic week!!

What is true beauty...

You have got to check out this video... completely fascinating! I saw it on Liza's blog. Here is the link: http://www.campaignforrealbeauty.ca/film_fullscreen_evo.html No wonder so many of us walk around with low self esteem, eating disorders, wishing we looked like supermodels. This put it all into perspective for me. It's worth taking a look at. Why do you think even though we all KNOW what true beauty is... we don't see it in ourselves and sometimes not even in others around us??

Happy Birthday...

Just a cute little idea for the 4th... these are just lifesaver's wrapped in festive paper and then some garland hot glued to the top. Cute and quick favors if you are throwing a party or having a BBQ, I'm going to drop some by to the girls I visit teach too. Also wanted to wish my favorite guy Zach a HAPPY BIRTHDAY! He's the big 28 today! He's the perfect dad and we love him so much!! We are off to eat icecream cake, dinner at Texas Roadhouse and to do some birthday shopping! Hope you all have happy 4th of July! Here's wishing you fun, fireworks, family & friends, good food and lots of sunshine!