Hats, Fountains, and Fun

Remember those hats.....well here's my first attempt at one...I didn't have all the colors that I wanted to use, so I kinda just used what I had, but I think it turned out really cute! And now I'm excited to begin making more.

We also took a little day trip to Fountain Springs. There is a huge fountain in the middle of this lake at the park that shoots up 562 ft into the air. It's pretty powerful. We took a little picnic and just enjoyed outside. There was a frisbee golf tournament going on while we were there and I couldn't believe the dedication....It was all out. People had thier special carriers with all their different frisbees lined up and their little chairs they carry. They had special stances and it was all technical. I never knew people really competed hard core in frisbee golf.

Graham and Emrie playing together. They usually steal toys back and forth....He sucks on it, she takes it and sucks on it and it goes back and forth. Well, usually she ends up just attacking Graham and mauling him...sucks on his face, grabs on his cloths, his hair, anything. She laughs and he gets a look of desperation (HELP!) on his face....I think he's been traumatized by her. The other day when my mom watched her for me she said Graham would start screaming anytime she came close to him.....Sad, huh? She thinks it's all fun and games... poor Graham.

Emrie is now oblivious to all her toys when we're home. She want the good stuff....The magazines, blinds, paper,...everything I don't want her to have. So we moved all our books, except the two you see and she pulled our album out of the way and got up in there determined to get to the paper under the books.

Well, I've started a new project with Makenna and my mom, but I've got to get off the computer so Chad can do some homework....so I'll have to post about it later!

Ribbon Flowers

Ribbon Bows:

We looked at this site to see how to do it: http://makeitdo.wordpress.com/2009/06/03/peony-clips/

Her flowers are tight and look pretty fancy....mine I wrapped looser and they look more casual, which I like. I also only used 1 yard of wire ribbon, she says to use 2-4 yards, which if you're doing it loose would make your flower pretty big.

And we also found that when you sinch the ribbon/pull the wire...you have to start pulling out wire from both ends of the ribbon, otherwise you'll lose your wire inside your ribbon as you pull.

Enjoy! They look cute even in my hair.

Relief

I have had the worst sinus everything for the past week. It started with an innocent cough the week before then moved into sinuses. I have never had it to where my teeth actually ache before. So, my eyes, cheek bones, bridge of nose, temples, teeth, and jaw ached...and then I had an awful headache to top it off. And when you are woken up 3-4 times during the night and working all day it doesn't get any better. So last night I finally pumped a bottle and went to bed early while Chad did the night routine, which allowed me 5 hours in a row of sleep before the first wake-up call! It was Fabulous!!!! And I finally have relief. I feel so much better! Which is a great blessing, because I was about to break.
So now I can enjoy the Bachelor tonight and get a "how to" on those flowers for Aunt Cindy posted! Yeah!!!