Some Time For Me

So I have come to the realization that a girl just can't do it all.  In 3 days I am heading off to Australia for two weeks so I have decided to take some time off from blogging until I get back.

When I get back I will be sure to share my trip with you all and will get back on the crafting bandwagon, I promise.  

Hope you enjoy the rest of your August and we will see you in September

Help With Travelling Tips

Okay So I can barely contain my excitement.  I will be heading off to Perth, Australia in 13 Days, that's right only 13 days left.  

If I am lucky I will get to see these guys in real life, how cool is that!

While I am so excited to see this wonderful place I overall am just so excited to see one of my best friends and her family who moved there about 6 months ago. She is one of those friends who when they are not there you feel a void as they are not just friends but more like family.  And her little monkeys I am sure have grown a foot since I seen them last.  

Okay so I am not a good flyer just in the sense that I don't really like to be cooped in a space for an extended period of time, so no worries it's only 26 hours from Canada.  Nothing to it right, Ha.  So as I will be starting to prepare for my trip next week I wanted to know if you had any travel tips or a good book or three to keep me going for this flight. 

Watch Me Grow

Oh could there be anything better than seeing how much your children have grown, it is actually amazing how quickly it happens.  My kids love to get measured.

  This time I have made two different Height charts, one for a little princess who turned one.  And one for my niece and nephew who have moved and now have room to put one up.  

For the numbers I like to go up by 2 inches so that it doesn't feel to cluttered.  I finished it off with a few fun flowers on each end. 

For this one I wanted to make it gender neutral so I went with a simple design using black lettering and no extra decals.  

The thing I like about these movable growth charts is that it doesn't matter if you have to re-paint or you move you can always take it with you.  Trust me I have made the mistake of doing this on the wall and then moving and having to leave behind.   

Family Fun Day At The Westerner Days

This past Sunday we were able to head out and enjoy a fun family day together at the Westerner Days.  They come every year and this is actually the first year I have ever gone to them.  The kids were so excited and once we got there you could barely contain their excitement.  I wanna go on this ride and that ride!

 On our way to the grounds, they were being so patient.

Keegan & Me hanging out while the other boys went on the Ferris Wheel, we just aren't that into the high rides so we hung out and watched.

There they are way up there, this was the first ride and they got to scope out all the fun stuff they wanted to do.

The fun houses were a hit for all the kids, of course we had to stop and check out the funny mirrors.  

And aren't these big slides the coolest thing ever, my kids could have done them 100 times.  At the end of the day Makai figured they should really have an elevator to get to the top. 

It was such a good day and we can't wait to go back again next year. 

Mellow Yellow Birthday Party Cake

This week was my sister in-law Lisa's birthday and my brother wanted to do up a little surprise get together. So he called in the troops to help him get ready for the day.  Of course I was more than happy to help out with the decorations and the cake, two of my favorite things to do.  

I wanted to go with Yellow, Grey & White for colors, so for
the banner I picked a grey fabric and a yellow ribbon. 

I found this triangle template over at Lovely Traub Life and simply cut them out and then sewed the edges.  I used my heat transfer vinyl for the lettering and then sewed the ribbon on top.  I love the look of the pendent banners. 

I wish I had taken some pictures of all the flowers that I had picked up, I think we had about 8 or 9 vases full of beautiful flowers.

Of course you can't have a birthday party without a cake. So going with the flower/garden theme I made these funky flower pot cakes. 

My mom had this pot that she thought would work perfectly.

I baked the cakes in here and then filled the center hole with a butter cream/cake mix. 

This was before putting all the finishing touches and fondant flowers on the cake, I know not so pretty yet.

After putting on all the flowers and leaves it sure came to life.  The difficult part for me is always to transporting, I kinda cross my fingers and hope it makes it there in one piece, lol.

Did anyone else help to celebrate a birthday this weekend?

Dinosaur Fossils

One of the ideas on our Summer Fun List was to do Dinosaur Fossils so after searching around I found this cool idea on Pinterest over at Summer Campground Director and my kids had such a blast doing it.  


Of course they loved putting all the ingredients together because it was messy it just makes it that much better.

After mixing up all the goodies we made up the eggs by making little patties and putting the dinosaur in the middle and packing them really good. 

After waiting 4 days it was finally time to crack them open and find their Dino prize.  

They had a great time doing this and most of the ingredients for the mix was either in my backyard or in my pantry.  You can get all the ingredients and the full tutorial over at Summer Camp Director.


So another check on the Summer Fun List and some happy boys.  

Project Popsicle

This Summer we have a big list of fun things to do and one of them is to make homemade popsicles each week.  This is something fun for the kids, they love coming up with the different flavors we will make each week and of course helping me make them.  

Don't worry this was a totally supervised project, no finger cutting involved

For our yummy Strawberry Yogurt Popsicle we cut up some fresh strawberries and mixed it up with some yogurt and a little milk.  Sorry not sure on exact measurements as I am an eyeball kind of girl. After blending everything up it was time to do the dirty work and fill up the popsicle holders.  My kids fight over this Job. 

Once that was done I asked my kids the unthinkable.  I asked them to be Patient and wait for them to freeze.  But it was definitely worth the wait as they were pretty darn yummy.

The kids think this week we should do chocolate so I will have to come up with a yummy idea.