Just a few of the cards I've done lately!

Check Out What I Did!

I was feeling a little crafty today and here's the result! My last ward did something similar to this a while back and I bought the board. I changed things up quite a bit! I'm happy with the way it turned out. The colors are the colors in my business card and hopefully (eventually) they will be the colors of my craft room.
Each ribbon represents a month, and a heart it attached for each person's birthday or anniversary. I need a LOT more hearts!!!

Here's a close-up of the board. It got a little beat up, but I think that adds to the charm! I did the "Happy Birthday",the little flowers, and the numbers on my Cricut! (LOVE IT!!!) The months are stamped on and I wrote the names. It was fun!!

We went on a nighttime boat ride to see Miami at night! Beautiful!!! It was a really amazing ride.

Here's a sign I saw on the trip! We didn't see any manatees, but we saw a few of these signs!

Here's Miguel, Sara, and Mom!

Me and Mom

View of Miami at night.

Beautiful!!!

Our Solo Adventure!

On Monday, Sara had to go back to work, so Mom and I were on our own. We ventured up the A1A, which we though would take us up towards Tallahasee. It didn't.

Here is a cool bathroom building. There were many of them in all different colors! Kinda different.

A view of Miami from the car.

Some of the many palm trees in Florida. I didn't realize there were so many different varieties of palm trees. Miami is in the background.

One of the many "Rich" Islands. People with lots of money build houses on these Islands.

Here's where Sara now works! She just started on Monday. It's a daycare center/after school program called Fun Club. She's been working Saturdays there for a couple of months and the owner wanted her to work full-time.

Coral Castle

Beautiful Coral Castle in Miami, FL. It's not really a castle as much as it is a rock garden! This place was built by a 5 ft, 100 lb man named Ed. This place was amazing!! Nobody knows how he did it, because nobody ever saw him work. If you are ever in Miami, this place is a must!
The side of the castle. This is where he dug up the pieces of coral.

These are the steps leading up to Ed's room. He lived here in a little tiny room. He housed all of his tools in a little room right below his room.

When it was complete, he charged people 10 cents to visit.

Here's mom taking some of the many pictures both she and I took. The planets and the moons you see in the background are carved from the same piece of coral as the wall they sit on. Crazy Amazing!!

Ed did live here and he built the three chair for reading. The one on the right is for reading in the morning, so the sun is shining over his shoulder. The chair in the middle is for reading at noon when the sun is directly overhead. The chair on the left is for reading in the afternoon when the sun is shining over his shoulder. Sara and mom sat in these chairs and said they were actually very comfortable!!! They liked the afternoon chair the best!

I'll be back!!!

I'm leaving tomorrow for 10 days in Miami with my mom!!! Here we come Sara!
I'll be back next week with TONS of pictures to share.

Happy Birthday Ashlan!!!

Today my baby turns 7. How can she be 7 already? I'm not that old. She got a new outfit to wear to school today, along with a birthday badge. She is super excited that today was the 1st day back to school from their Easter break. (Last year her birthday landed during Easter break.) We took her out for her birthday dinner last night. She picked Papacitos and ordered the camerones (cheese filled, bacon wrapped shrimp)! Boy does she love those!!!! She is very excited to have gymnastics tonight, so they will sing happy birthday to her!!!

I really wanted to find some baby pics of her, but they are on the old computer, which is not set up yet. Sorry!

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!!!)