Summer Vacation July 2010

We just returned home from a 2 week vacation. We had such a great time. It was hard to come back. We spent time in Vegas (Nevada), Utah, and Idaho. We even hit Arizona, Montana, and Wyoming (Yellowstone).

Here are a few classics of our fishing trips spent at the greatest place in the world- our cabin in Idaho! This was Miley's first visit up there. She had a lot of fun and picked up the fishing thing right away.

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Bret and his brother hiked to the top of Mount Timpanogos in Utah. It was definitely a full day's task. It was an amazing and beautiful hike. They were feet away from mountain goats. They had to hike up a glacier and the best way back down was to slide down on their bottoms. Way, way down! They had a great time together, making for another memorable "Bret and Bart Adventure". Good job guys. Glad they came home safe and no one was bleeding or broken!

MORE PICTURES and stories to come later.....

A quick Sunday afternoon project

I've been needing to make more birthday cards to have on hand for those birthdays that just kind of sneak up on you. So, I sat down on Sunday afternoon and whipped these up.
I needed to be quick, so I found these cute pre-cut flowers ready to assemble,
stamped a birthday message and a stem, applied the flowers, added some ribbon and
Vio la! These will hold me over for at least next month. :)

Tootsie Roll piggy banks

As many of you know, my big creative question is: Before I throw it out, can I apply paper on it or paint over it?!?!? So, before I decided to throw out these cute tootsie roll containers/ party favors my daughters received from a birthday party (btw, "Thanks, Aunt Kelli"), I decided to cover them with paper and a bit of ribbon, then applied Mod Podge. Still can be a piggy bank, or another candy holder, or I can make it a cute pencil/pen holder for a teacher gift. I'm actually not quite done embellishing these, but it's a very simple project that anyone can do. Just thought I'd share!

Have a fun, creative day! :)