Craft/ Wedding Present

I made this wedding present today and I think it turned out super cute :D

I miss this Girl

This is Kira. I watched for over the summer and she was the cutest little girl ever. Today I was missing and and decided to look through some pictures.

My Wall Art!

In May when we moved to our new place I was at a Relief Society Activity and it was about crafts. One of the ladys raised her hand and said she had some old windows left from when she replaced them in her home. I jumped all over this one. I've looked at them and they are always to expensive. I got right to work and made me a cute wall art. I made the wreath from Joanne's for about $8.00. So this whole piece cost me $8.00 becasue my wonderful husband had all the little things to hang it on the wall. I love it so much. A few weeks ago I took it to one of my classes to show and on the way home the glass broke in my car. I was way super bummed but it still looks really pretty on my wall and the wreath pretty much hides the crack. 

Relic Light Yellow Bag

I got this beauty for $17.00!! I love the bag so much! I could have got it for $7.00 if I was subscribed to Deseret News but I'm not, and I don't know anybody personality who gets it daily. But anyways, that besides the fact that it's a super cute bag for a pretty good price. I got it at kohls. It was originally $54.00 and it was 45% off at the store. Then I used a $10.00 gift that came in the mail and a 15% off discount I got in my e-mail. That made it $17.00. I read on freebies to deals that the Desert Newspaper had a discount attached in it that was for 10 dollars off of 30 dollar purchase. That would have made it 7.00 O well. It's super adorable and keeping me company next to me in bed because Thomas is still in Perry fixing stuff :(

Obsessions

My Current Playlist of Favorite Songs

Never Grow Up - Taylor Swift 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MggNFU0_4Fs

Innocent - Taylor Swift
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVZ1Qf32NA0

Pia Toscano - This Time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcVoBSYC5uE&ob=av2e

Nicki Minaj - Moment For Life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5rqBA2xxTI
 
Demi Lovato - Skyscraper
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_8ydghbGSg&ob=av2e
Avril Lavign - I love You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3b4CxM7agOY

Falling - Secrets in Stereo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcxWA63YYCE

My Favorite Hulu Shows 

Switched at Birth

So You Think You Can Dance

New Laptop 

I got a new laptop for super dupper cheap off of KSL! And let me just say I LOVE it. If you knew our laptop situation you would totally understand! OK so the laptop screen was out so we had it connected to the T.V. screen. Our apartment is like 90 degrees and the chair we have in our living room is uncomfortable. So all those put together for the past 6 months was getting kinda old. I'm so grateful for our new one :D 

Favorite Boys and Family 

My boys are doing great. Asher defiantly turned two!! His vocabulary is super cute. He is actually a very picky dresser. If it doesn't have cars, trains or monsters on it, no bueno!! on his part. He is trying to resit nap time but you better believe he will and not for a very long time get out of those!! He has accomplished some major temper tantrums and boy it's drives he up the wall, but we get through them together. The little boy is the sweetest thing you ever did meet. I have so many sweet and precious stories about him. 

We went to Lake Powell and it was fabulous. We just had the time of our lives out there. Asher and Thomas were just grins from ear to ear the whole time. Russel my brother is law got married on Friday and it was just incredible. I love all my brother in laws with a fiery passion and I'm so grateful for them  :D Thomas and I are going to adventure a week road trip to Louisiana to visit his awesome aunt. I'm super excited and hope gas doesn't raise like a buck when he leave!! 

Thoughtful Thoughts

It's as good... As YOU make it! - Complaints and self pity will get you know where. Confidence and optimism will take you any where you wanna go! So bring it on BABY!

When all is said and done... It's whats inside that really counts - No matter how beautiful your face, your hair, you cloths it's whats inside that really counts!!

FCS Summer Practicum

So this summer I have been completing my FCS Practicum. I have been teaching 7 weekly classes and it's been a lot of hard work (25-30 hours/ week) but one of the funnest things I have ever done.  All classes I taught were on campus and free to students and their families. The most time consuming and most rewarding class I taught was PLAY which stands for Physical development in the Learning environment with Active involvement for Your kids (the children were ages 4-8 years). We taught it for two hours Monday, Wednesday and Friday. My great friend Stephanie and I organized and did everything for the class. The last day was Friday. I can't even express in words how much I learned to love the children that were in our class. One of the most amazing things was almost all of them were children from different countries.We had one cute little student that didn't even speak English and it was really amazing to learn so much from him.

There was defiantly some big challenges like budget, kids acting out, attitudes, breaking rules and time consumption but it was crazy fun and I just absolutely loved ever minute of it.  We had 20 kids between Stephanie and I and some days it was crazy. It was also crazy how Stephanie and I worked together, it was almost like we were sisters just being able to work together so well. I will miss seeing her often and I'm so grateful I got to spend the time with her. We also teach two classes Tuesday called Better Homes and Families, one Wednesday that is sewing and on Friday that is cooking. It's nice because Asher can come to all of them and plays in the playroom next to the classroom with all of the other kids. He is usually a very big sweetheart and impresses everybody. I will still be teaching some of those classes throughout August but I have got a lot of my hours in so far. This week I'm tending a little girl for a friend and will be able to use the hours that are used doing developmentally appropriate activity's towards my practicum which is SO incredible! Plus the little girl is the cutest/sweetest thing that I ever did meet.

(pictures by Stephanie Hyde)

http://stephanie-hyde-photography.blogspot.com/

Summer Fishing

 Wikipedia - Love is an emotion of strong affection and personal attachment. 

The definition couldn't be more accurate. My boys LOVE to fish. When I say love, I mean love! 

Asher's first word was "mom," and his second was "fish"!!  He is defiantly his daddy's little boy

For family night a couple weeks ago we went to Mantua and went fishing/camping. It was really fun and I loved spending the time with my boys.

So Thomas put together this fishing activity for Perry City's 100 year anniversary.  Thomas was so creative and worked so many hours putting together everything. The crowds were expected to be big but they were not. The guy who we bought the fish from was also a couple hours late, so we also lost some time. It just broke my heart into a million pieces when everything pretty much went into the toilet and we ended up losing money. I was to sad to be mad and just tried to comfort my sad husband. We will recover and yes money is very important in life but I think the biggest lesson I learned is that it's NOT the most important thing and I'm proud of us for being so adventurous. 

That night while everybody was cleaning the many left over fish, 500 to be exact!  Asher and I where at Thomas parents house going to bed. Asher and I were  saying good night prayers when in the middle Asher says all by himself.....

"Grandpa," So I then said, "please bless grandpa,

then he said "Grandma" and I said "yes please bless Grandma"

then he said "Aunt maggie" Then I said " yes please bless Maggie.

He then went on to say "daddy and last mommy." I almost burst into tears. He could tell we were all in need of some extra prayers and he blessed us all. Sometimes I'm just overwhelmed with how incredible my little boy is!!!!!

 Asher caught this little fish and yes I did let him kiss it. I'm such a great mom. All the other mom's thought so to when I let him take it onto the park to slide down the slide. (haha)

Asher is also turning into a big boy and can go "pee pee" on the big boy potty. He loves the freedom and I don't even need to use treats by the sink. It's really nice because the kid doesn't need any sugar!!!!!  It just blows my mind that he can do it. I guess it's one of those "Ogosh my kid's growing up moment"

This cute little man caught the biggest fish in the pool and got goldfish crackers as a prize. Thank you so much Kurt and family. Your support was amazing. We also had some of Thomas neighbors show us lots of love and support as well. Thanks!