Silk Tie Easter Eggs

I saw on a blog how to dye Easter Eggs using Silk ties, so I decided to try it this year. The kids are getting older and get a little bored with the normal dying methods. Here are the results:

We started with old 100% silk ties from thrift stores.

Kayleigh with one of her eggs.


Cameron with one of his eggs.


Ashlan with one of her eggs.


Here are the finished eggs. Some didn't do so well, but most of them are beautiful!! We will be doing this next year!!!

New Patio!

We decided to make our front porch/patio a little bigger. We want to put a small tale and 2 chairs out front to enjoy the evenings.Cameron and Ashlan worked hard and even had fun posing for the camera!
It's not done yet, so I'll post when it's done.

Our Newest Family Member

Here is our newest family member. His name is Tucker and we adopted him from the SPCA on Saturday. We think he is a sheltie mix, although his tag said he was a Jack Russell Terrier mix. What do you think? He is a very sweet and lovable dog. He loves to just sit with us and cuddle! He is finally getting used to us and we finally heard him bark yesterday. (Yeah not a barker!!!)

Ashlan's Mini-Meet

Ashlan had her Mini-Meet tonight. We are so proud of the progress she has made. She is going to be a wonderful gymnast! Here she is waiting for the meet to start. We were there way early because Kayleigh had team practice before the meet.

This is Ashlan doing her warm-ups. She is becoming very strong and very flexible!

Ashlan's Mini Meet 1

I love watching Ashlan on the beam! She has learned to slow down and concentrate since she fell off and sprained her wrist. She was one of the few girls who remembered all the routines!

Ashlan loves doing floor exercises!

Here she is on the tumble track.

Uneven Bars!

Ashlan and Coach Skylar, Kayleigh, and her medal and ribbons!

Kayleigh at the Mini-Meet

The team girls got to participate in the mini-meet. The started the night with a dance routine! This was the 1st time Kayleigh has ever performed in front of an audience. She had a blast!

Here the team girls are demonstrating how they warm-up on the beam.

Kayleigh loves the bars!!! She has such pretty lines and this is where it shows!


The team girls were demonstrating here a fe2 tumbling moves on the tumble track. I got a couple of great shots of Kayleigh in the air. (Sorry about all the blurry pics. Can't use the flash in the gym.)

Cameron's Mini-Meet

Cameron participated in his very 1st Gymnastics Mini-Meet! We are so proud of the progress he is making in this class! He had a great time!
Here is Cameron walking out onto the floor!

Cameron doing warm-ups!

Cameron's Mini-Meet 1

Cameron on the pommel horse!

Cameron on the parallel bars!

The high bar is one of Cameron's favorites!

Rings is Cameron's favorite thing to do! He loves doing all these moves!

Cameron's Mini-Meet 2

This is Cameron on vault. He did a front flip. My camera just wasn't fast enough to catch it!

Here is Cameron's floor routine. He is soooooo much better than when he 1st started!

Cameron and Coach Cory and his medal and ribbons! He had a blast!

New Gymnastics Stamps!!!

I've found two gymnastics stamp sets!! Boy, are these hard to find! The first and the third are from a set by Clear Dollar Stamps and the second one is a Close To My Heart set! Enjoy!