Instructions on Caring for Babies

Lyssa sent this to me and I am so grateful! I've been doing everything all wrong!

These totally had me laughing! Tell me which ones are your favorites using the comments box.
The babysitter, shopping, waking and bonding are my favorites. Enjoy!

The Crafty Clique

I just joined a group that gets together a couple times a month to scrapbook or make different crafts. Last night was the first time we met, and Jazmin taught us how to make covers for a travel wipe container. Even though we were chatting it up, they turned out very cute.
The scrapbookers



Hard core visiting and hard core working

Our finished projects.
Mine is the one with the three flowers.

14 Days of Valentines

On the sixth day... My husband got six "I love you because..." notes.

On the seventh day... My husband got seven different and creative "I love you"s.

One made out of small hearts.

One cut out of brownies (if you look carefully, you'll notice that the brownies have been picked at - by my youngest child. What a helper!)

One made with tub letters.

One made from fridge magnets.
One made with magazine letters.
One made by spelling the letters with jelly beans.
One was a magnet.

14 Days of Valentines

On the fifth day... My husbands office space got heart attacked with 5 dozen heartsSee below for what has been done the other days.

SPT Challenge - Fill-in-the-blanks

sometimes we've just got to mix up the soul searching spts with some off the cuff fun. this feels like one of those weeks - i feel like having FUN!! so how about a fill-in-the-blanks? all you need to do is fill in the blanks and insert your spt ready?

the other day, i was in my _____________, and i noticed this _______________. my only thought was, "why do i still have this hanging around my house?!?"

As I was thinking about the "why do I still have this hanging around my house?" question, I thought of basically every piece of furniture in my home, but there is a very obvious answer to that question. We have it because we are poor students. If money were no object I'd toss the beds, mattresses, couch, table, chairs, shelves, a dresser, etc, etc. But definitely the first piece of furniture to go would be our couch. From far away it doesn't look to bad, eh? Well take a look at these...Fortunately the colours of the couch do a pretty good job at masking the stains that are on it.

The blanks could also be filled with "closet" and "bag"I use to use this as my temple bag because I thought it was so tacky and therefore perfect. But it has been a long time now since I have used it. Some people like to keep everything, but I'm the kind of person who likes to dejunk and toss. So I really did think "why do I still have this hanging around my house?"

Other people looking in my home may have filled in the blanks with "friend Tilane's house" and "tube of toothpaste"But we like to get our money's worth out of everything we buy.There's at least two more brushes in that tube!

Mondays About Me - Busy Week

Last week was a little crazy for me. I had a lot that needed to get done all at once.
Monday - Besides Caleb's regular homework, he also had to bring in a poster about himself (full of pictures and things that he likes) because he was "star of the week". He had a valentines project due, the "100th day of school" project to do and he still needs to make a Valentine card holder.

His "Star of the Week" poster

Tuesday - I worked on Valentine jelly bean holders for my card swap. I made 12 for the swap and started 12 more to give to my children and to the primary children I teach each Sunday.

They're called sour cream containers (don't ask me why).

Wednesday - I did the spt (that was suppose to be done the previous day) and finally put away all the Christmas stuff. See last Wednesday's post.
Thursday - I sorted through all my children's clothing, exchanging it with the next size up. Doing that was more work than I thought it would be. Usually they have growth spurts at different times, so I'm only working on one child's wardrobe at a time. Not this time!
Friday - I worked on the last of the cards for the card swap. I made 12 of these men's valentines cards.Friday also marked the day I started "The 14 Days of Valentines".
On the first day... he got a gift. I thought it would be nice, since Brad is the ward organist, to get him something more than the hymnbook he uses. I decided to get him an organ prelude songbook.
On the second day... he got a double sided valentine puzzle. One side with the Valentine, one side with a message.
On the third day... he got three chocolates (under each was a word "I", "LOVE", & "YOU").On the fourth day... he got four poems (written by me).
That briefly sums up my week. I know this post doesn't look brief, but trust me I could have added way more!

Sunday's Weekly Blessing - Long Time Friends

This week I have caught up with some long-time friends I hadn't talked to in awhile. It was so nice to communicate with them. It's been way too long between contacts. I really appreciate all the friends I had during my youth and the many friends I continue to make along my life' s journey. You guys are awesome! You all have been and are a blessing in my life!

Stephen, Cynthia, and Nadia

The three friends I was able to converse with this week. Sorry for the unflattering picture, but it was the only one I had of all three of you. Thanks for calling and emailing! It's so nice to catch up and reminisce. Anyone else who wants to catch up by calling or emailing, please do!!!

Thought I'd include an old picture of Brad and me, taken back in 1997

We look young, eh?