Summer Lovin’…

I got the sweetest email from a blogger, wondering where on earth I had gone. Thanks Jill- SO sweet of you. Honestly, I’ve just been BUSY. I keep up a lot better on my kids blogs. They are private, and if you’d like an invite I’d be happy to share one. Just email me. :)

Let’s start off with some Summer Lovin’-

#1 This Camping Cobbler. The recipe is my Father in laws. It’s GOOD. Go HERE for the recipe.

#2 This for a quick and fun visiting teaching idea- it’s the summer mix 20130 You can pick it up at Deseret Book for $1.99- and don’t you LOVE washi tape?! I could use it on everything!!

click on the picture, download and print. 

#3 These two apps for instagram are SO much fun!!!! – Follow me on Instagram my user name is sunshineinmysoul_33

A Beautiful Mess and Rhonna Designs- download them in the app store.

I’ve downloaded the Rhonna Designs app but haven’t used it yet. This week I’m going to figure it out! It has a lot more options! :) YAY!

#4 This song is SO fun- I’m totally loving it right now!

#5 I’m picking up this kitten tomorrow at our local animal shelter. We are adopting her. She’s SO sweet and I can not wait to cuddle her! Isn’t she SWEET?!

#6 We watched this movie over the weekend, and laughed till we hurt! It is SO cute, clean too- we watched it with our kids!

 

I’ll be back SOON Jill I promise! ;) Going to be better about blogging. I AM! Thanks for the sweet email to get me motivated again.

Thanksgiving Blessings Mix…

I made these for the girls I get to visit teach. I’m sure you’ve seen something like it floating around on pinterest etc. You are welcome to use my printable if you want to. :)

 

 

Came across this quote… love this!

It is not happy people who are thankful; It is thankful people who are happy!

Scentsy Layers Give Away + a Mother’s Day Printable…

Karen from Scentsy has been SO generous & sweet, she has offered to host another give away on my blog, just for Mother’s Day!!

Leave a comment with your name and which body butter + lotion scent you want!

Give away will end Monday May 14. Go HERE to view the different scents. I am totally in love with the coconut lemon grass scent. Mmm! Good luck!

I put together a little basket of Favorite Things for Mother’s Day gifts. It was pretty quick, I’ll post pics later, but wanted to share this printable with you in case you want to whip your own basket together. :) Happy Mother’s Day to all you beautiful Mom’s, birth mom’s, grandma’s, aunts, sisters. All the wonderful women out there! You are the ones that make life SO sweet!!!!

{Click image, save to desktop + print}

Our River…

I feel like the days rush by like a crazy wild river.  A river that is filled to the brim and bubbling with things like going to the zoo a few more times before summer says goodbye.

 

Decorating for Halloween.

Here is a little 4x6 printable for you.

A little spider to decorate Miss Brooklyn’s hair. You can get the pattern for yourself HERE.

Go HERE to learn how to curl ribbon (for the spider legs)

Or leave a comment- and I’ll draw a random winner in a few days for one that I made. :)

cute young women

These glasses went with a handout that says

Here are a few handouts I’ve made in the last little while. Nothing spectacular- just super simple.

Temple Marriage Manual 3 Lesson 36

{atatched to a white hanger}

Dating Decisions Manual 3 Lesson 35  

 

new recipes from my sweet friend Jodene

{click on the picture for the recipe}

 

Inspiring Books

 

Sunshine to my Soul

Watched the Relief Society Broadcast- to read President Uchtdorf’s uplifting words go HERE.

 

Words of Wisdom

“Every one of us is either a plus or a minus in people’s lives” John C. Maxwell   What are you?

 

Christmas Shopping- call me crazy but I think I’m about finished!

Looking forward to Conference this weekend!

Speaking of Conference I like to put a little something together for the girls I get to visit with.

It says:

Conference Listening Kit:

notebook & pen: to take notes during conference

kleenex: for those emotional talks

highlighter: to highlight memorable talks in the ensign

popcorn & m&ms: because conference should be just as good as a movie (if not better)

My dad goes in this Sunday night for his second round of Chemo. Thank you to all who have been so kind and keep him in your prayers. We appreciate it more than you will ever know. Those prayers give us strength.

 

Have a great week!

Jabber-walkie…

So when I was little my mom used to call me her Jabber-Walkie, because I never stopped talking, I always had something to say! My husband would say things haven’t changed. Recently I nicknamed Brooklyn my Jabber-Walkie, for obvious reasons. Like mother like daughter I guess the saying goes right?

Well it seems like sometimes I just have a lot to share. And I do love to share. Doesn’t it make it 100 x better to watch a movie, share a joke, go shopping or find a killer deal with another person? I guess that’s how I feel about sharing. It makes everything more FUN! :)

Like today, me were driving down this country road, and we have to stop because all these baby skunks & their mommy are crossing it! AHHH! CUTEST thing EVER! SO much more fun because my kids were in the car & I was on the phone with my mom! Fun to share. So I also want a de-scented skunk for a pet now. Seriously. CUTE!

Okay first off super excited about this. Did you see my post a week or so back about the Play Boy Club airing on prime time television this fall? Remember to make your voice heard if you want to help stop it you can see full details here.

Well my sweetest friend Lynn, e-mailed me and told me that already progress is being made… in Utah, KSL will not broadcast it, to see the full article go HERE! How great is that! Lynn reminded me that we can make a difference. Success starts somewhere, and I do hope our local NBC station will follow suit!

 

Okay, how about this- do you all love a cute font? well I found a couple tonight. and even better. They are free.

Download SF Happiness HERE.

 

and Ma Sexy Here. 

 

(doesn’t it look like Heidi Swapp’s handwriting?! loving it.)

So miss Brooklyn had a birthday part to go to this week, we put together a little beach bag for her friend… I went to the dollar store and picked up a little beach bag, flip flops, sunglasses, a water bottle, beach ball, threw in some lip gloss and some cute treats. You could also put sunscreen, a beach towel , nail polish etc. for a fun & inexpensive gift.

I thought it turned out pretty cute.

Another little idea for birthdays:

Give a single cupcake and a card to your neighbor or friend. They also sell individual pieces of cake in most bakeries in the grocery store!

Here are the handouts I made for the lesson this week on Eternal Perspective.

Getting my VT teaching done- Here’s a cute idea I stole from Pinterest!

Enjoy your weekend!

November Visiting Teaching…

Have I mentioned that I LOVE the girls I get to visit teach?! Well I do! I made THIS recipe for Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread. And printed off THESE labels. So can you. If you don’t visit teach anyone, take it to a neighbor or friend. Sure to brighten someone’s day! : )

Loving this quote on giving Thanks- 

“Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” (William Arthur Ward)

Also a couple of fun deals for you.

Get a 1 year Family Fun subscription from Tanga for only $2.99 today! Use code DISNEY.

Family Fun is a great magazine for mom's with kids of all ages and makes a great gift. One that keeps giving all year long!

Also My cute friend Nicole let me in on this smokin’ deal!

Right now you can get a lot of Hasbro games (Candy Land, Chutes & Ladders etc) at Toys R Us or online for $1. They are listed as $3 on sale and then have a $2 mail in rebate!

Halloween lunch…

Last week, we hosted a little lunch. I LOVE the girls I get to visit teach. They are all awesome!

Speaking of the girls I visit teach, Nikki is one of them and let me tell you she can cook! Everything I have tasted that she has made has been pure heaven. And it gets better. She will sell it to you. What is better than eating chocolate chip cinnamon rolls with cream cheese frosting? Eating them and not having to clean up the mess from making them!  She seriously is amazing! Check out her blog Desserts on Demand  & her Facebook Page.

We made Pumpkin Pie Playdough for the kids. Get the recipe over on my other blog  HERE. Smelled so good, I thought I might take a bite!

  

The Menu:

Macaroni & Cheese for the kids

Lemonade

Hot Ham & Swiss Rolls

Avacado & Mango Salsa with chips

Pumpkin Pie Cheesecake

Carmel Apples & Chocolate Carmel Pretzels for favors

    

Want to know how to sugar coat your cups for a party?

GO HERE.

  

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Calling All Angels…

Saturday night I made these cute little “S’more Kits” to take into the young women’s at church. I just got called to be the “assistant girls camp director”, it’s crazy really… since I don’t really have a camping bone in my body! haha. We needed to get their release forms back, so I thought it would be cute to have a little handout to get them excited about it. I think they would be cute for a number of little party favors or handouts!

I also wanted to brag just a tiny bit… is this not THEE cutest little lady bug drawing! My sweet little 4 year old drew this! I think she’s pretty darn creative & artistic! Makes me smile every time I walk by the fridge!

And I also wanted to tell you about something my little sister Angie is doing… It’s been almost one year since she gave birth to our sweet angel baby Jayden. In honor of him she is doing a service project:

This is what she says:

“Ok, so I have an idea for a service project I want to do and you are more than welcome to participate in it with me. My son Jayden’s 1 year birthday is on May 30 and I wanted to do something in honor of him. This song is what I want to call the service project:

"Calling All Angels"

I’ve decided to donate BABY BLANKETS to a local hospital, shelter, or wherever (I haven’t really decided where I can/want to yet).

If you want to help, you can donate a blanket or blankets by making or buying them and bring them to me and I will take them to the place I find to donate them. There are no specifications for the blankets on what size, type of material, etc.

I’m leaning towards a hospital particularly a NICU for premature babies as I know how meaningful the blankets I have of Jayden’s are. It is something physical I was able to  take home with me and that I can pull out and hold when I’m missing him.

I’ll be donating the blankets near his actual birthday and wanted to give you a heads up so if you wanted to participate that you would have enough time to. If you don’t live near me you can mail them to me or drop them off at my parents house.”

If you have questions you can visit Angie’s blog or contact one of us via e-mail: angie(dot)guymon(at)gmail(dot)com or sunshineinmysoul_33(at)yahoo(dot)com

Thank you in advance! I know this means the world to Angie! She is one tough little lady! I admire her so much! Her heart is breaking, yet instead of pulling inside herself she reaches out to others in need. She is one of my heroes! ♥

How to get your VT done on the 2nd day of the month…

Hello friends! I feel like I’m running around in circles this week. I just wanted to get this cute idea up so if you wanted to use it too, you could. I made these little conference baskets for the women I visit teach. I included some snacks, conference journals for their kids that I found HERE. Kleenexes for that talk that gets to you. A water bottle, and a yellow notebook and pen, on the notebook I wrote “Did you know that President Monson’s favorite color is Yellow?” , and a package of cinnamon or orange breakfast rolls.

Just a fun way to get your VT done and in the first couple of days in the month! Wahoo!

Have a great weekend!

Happy Monday...

Okay... Rachel, Letti, & Camille, E-mail me your mailing addresses and I'll get your headbands out in the mail! Thanks everyone for entering! I LOVE all my blogging buddies, you are all SO much fun!! I just HAVE to share this, my mom e-mailed me these and I died laughing! I thought we could all use a good laugh today, hey, it's Monday right?! {if you can't read them just click on the picture to make them bigger}

DREAM ON GIRLS! RIGHT?! lol To answer your ? Amy... about the dresses, we got them at Down East Outfitters. Thanks for leaving me a comment, it's always fun to see who is reading your blog! :) PS I didn't know how else to contact you since your blog is private. Oh and I've had so many questions about what I was doing last Wednesday... The secret was me and my sister-in-laws were putting together a suprise birthday party for my mother-in-law. We decided to just have an icecream sunday bar and cake So here are a few pics from the big event: It turned out really great! She definitely doesn't look old enough to be 50 does she?! We love you Sheila! One more thing I've been whipping up are some visiting teaching, treats... I LOVE putting these together in the fall for little treats to pass around to friends or it makes a cute fall party favor. It's just an apple and those cute little carmel apple dips... {My cute sister-in-law AMBER made the Cake! Isn't it AMAZING?! }