HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY

To my beautiful daughters .  They have become the best Moms ever!!!

And to my dear Mom who is no longer with us. (Yes that is me!)

I love you all so much!

A WONDERFUL TIME.

Women’s Conference was wonderful as usual. Such a spiritual, uplifting time. Here are a few pictures.

Lots and lots of women!

 

Vickie and me.

 

Riding the shuttle.

 

This is  ECLIPSE.  They are an acapella group that are absolutely fabulous.

 

A little culture.  That is a harpsichord.

 

Elder L. Tom Perry, our concluding speaker.

I’m already anticipating next year!

IN LIVING COLOR

 

As promised,   (in this post)   I have done my picture blocks in color.

Mother’s Day is coming fast and Father’s Day will be here before you know it so get your orders in early.  They are $4 per block plus shipping but I will give discounts for larger words.

Think of a special word and what pictures you want to use and you will have a one of a kind gift.

I’VE BEEN BUSY

 

My SPRING letters have taken off like crazy and I just want to thank all of you who ordered them and then told your friends and your friends told their friends and so on.

I think I ended up making at least 20 sets!

I still have a couple if anyone is interested.

GRADUATION DAY

The chicks are out of the bathtub!

My son Josh built me a chicken coop for the newest members of the family.

We are all about using recycled wood and whatever we have laying around so this is what he came up with.

When I built my deck last year from pallets (see this post) I saved all the leftovers. The only money I spent was on a box of screws.

He made a door that swings up on the side so we can access their house.

He is going to put wheels on it so we can push it around in the yard and they can eat bugs and stuff and fertilize the grass.

They love their little house but are not too sure about the coop part.

They like their roost.

And of course they like to poop! EUWWWE!!!

Brooklyn is giving them lessons on climbing their little ladder back up to their house. And she has named them…

SALLY, BAILEY, FUZZ WUZZ, SMOOTHBERRY and BROWNIE.

WOMEN’S CONFERENCE

Anybody going?

I am soooo excited and can't wait.

In the LDS (Mormon) Church we have the wonderful opportunity of meeting as sisters from all over the world once a year at BYU for

Women's Conference.

We have classes that inspire and teach and wonderful service projects. We are entertained and fed well both spiritually and physically.

It is a tradition for my dear friend Vickie and I to go together. Several years we have stayed in the dorms and a couple of years we stayed in my Motor-home. This year we will be staying in the dorms. I am giddy with anticipation.

MOM for SALE

SHHHHHH! Don’t tell my girls about these but I had to post this now

in case you (yes, all 2 of you) wanted to order some for Mother’s Day.

These are blocks with your own personal pictures on them with whatever letters or words you want. I’ve done these in black and white and sepia because I like that look but they can also be done in color. Each block measures 3 1/4 x 4 1/2. I will try and get some more samples made but the possibilities are endless.

I am charging $4 per block plus shipping but will give discounts for larger words. You just need to email me your digital photos and I will go from there. (If you don’t have digital photos, you can mail me your hard copies and I will return them with your order.)

If you would like some, just leave me a comment and we will go from there.

Thanks. Janis

I GOT A PRESENT!!!!

Pat over at Not Now, I’m Counting responded to my Pay It Forward Post and I responded to hers.

She beat me at sending me my gift and OH WHAT A GIFT!  Just look how beautiful. It is so soft and yummy, not to mention beautiful.

 

 

 

She also included this cute card with a lovely note.

 

Thank you soooooo much Pam!!!

HOT CHICKS IN THE BATHTUB!

Well, maybe just warm.

I’M HAVING A “PEEP” SHOW!

What is in there?

I shouldn’t have asked.

I don’t like chicks!!

Daddy really likes chicks!

Oh look, they left me a present!

We have decided to raise a few chickens this year and it has been so cold and rainy that I have had to keep them in the house.

This one is my favorite.

She looks like a little owl.

Isn’t she cute?

YUP! I’VE GOT CHICKS IN MY BATHTUB!

CLEVER GIRLS!

 

In the LDS (Mormon) church, our young women, ages 12 – 18 gather together once a week to learn and grow together. They have lessons and activities that help them become better Daughter’s of God.

My dear friend Mimi Sue asked me and my other dear Sue to help  the girls  make something for their Mothers for Mother’s Day. We had so much fun and to watch the creativity of these young girls unfold was amazing.

 

They took my simple idea…

 

And came up with this…

And these…

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Such clever girls!

PAINTING POTS IN PAJAMAS

And other fun things.

It’s Spring Break so that means sleepovers and crafts with Grams.

We painted Styrofoam cups to look like clay pots and then decorated them.

We baked chocolate cupcakes (in pajamas) and frosted them with chocolate frosting, put some candy in the bottom of our pots and then put the cupcakes in.

We took flower shaped sugar cookies, (thank you Wal-Mart) and put some frosting and M&M’s on them. I actually hot glued them onto a stick then stuck them into the cupcake and used some green peanut M&M’s for the leaves.

I think it would have helped if the cupcakes were not so fresh because the flowers tended to fall over.

We also painted a decorated plastic eggs. (In Pajamas!)

They are very beautiful!

Then being the mean Grams that I am I made them sort buttons. (In Pajamas)

Lots and lots of buttons!

Then we took a trip to the bead store(in pajamas) so we could make bracelets.

And last but not least, hanging out in the trees with other cousins.

(Not in Pajamas!)