Gettin' Crafty..

We have our ward Super Saturday coming up next weekend. Another lady in the ward and I are in charge of it (well, she's pretty much in charge and I am her main helper...considering I don't have a crafty bone in my body). Anyway, we got together and did a bunch of crafts together to get ready for the big day. Here are a few of the crafts we're doing.

Ribbon Bulletin Boards

Dates to Remember Binder (you can pencil in everybody's birthday/anniversary for every month, plus insert cards)

Scrapbook Barn Stars (you can put pictures of your family on it as well). We are also making little barn star ornaments.

Terra Cotta Treat Jars (I am going to give them to Tyler and Lindsay's teachers for presents)

Family Picture frame (picture is held on by magnets, so you can easily interchange the picture)

We also made Mantle Blocks (not pictured). They spell out different words like Faith, Family, Believe, Home, Love, etc. We stained them a cherry wood color and made the lettering gold. They look really awesome.

Last Weekend

We went on a Florida excursion last weekend. We started out in Jacksonville. While Jon was taking a recertification class, the kids and I went to the science museum, Toys R Us, and Chuck E. Cheese. We don't have a Toys R Us or a Chuck E. Cheese in our town, so the kids were SO excited to go there.

We then headed to Daytona Beach. We have never been there, so we thought we'd check it out. My cousin and his family live there, so we made an unexpected visit to their house. I am seriously against unexpected drop-ins, but that is what we did to them. I felt so bad. We GPSed their address and just pulled up in front of their house (well, we drove by it like 4 times before we actually stopped). They were REALLY good sports about it and it was so nice to see them. They have 4 adorable kids that I had NEVER met. They took us to see the Daytona 500 Speedway. It was spectacular. I couldn't believe how huge it was. We are hoping that we will get to see more of them in the future. I told them that they needed to just show up at my house without calling first!

After Daytona Beach, we went on to Orlando. We spent a day at Wet N Wild waterpark and had way too much fun. Then we drove home, stopping and seeing Jon's brother and his family in Gainsville on the way home.

It was a jam-packed weekend and we were all exhausted when we got home, but it was definitely worth it!

At the Science Museum in Jacksonville

At the Daytona 500 Speedway

All the cousins

My cousin, Steve, and me

At Wet N Wild in Orlando

School Pictures

Lindsay and Tyler's school pictures. Tyler is in second grade and Lindsay is in first grade.