Holiday Weekend

I hope you all have enjoyed your holiday weekend and remembered to thank those who fight for our freedoms each and every day as well as their families! I have been taking an extra long holiday weekend (my hubby has as had some time off so we're spending time together as a family) but plan to be back the beginning of next week in full force :)

Swifter Refills

When I saw this great idea I had to give it a try! It seemed so simple and yet we spend tons to the swifter refills they have out there! All you do is boil the tip in a pot of water for about 20-30 seconds, then we a rag (to keep you from burning yourself) you twist off the lid! As easy as that!!! Then fill it with whatever solution you have! I used Mr. Clean multi surface (cause that's what I have on hand from a good deal awhile ago) and it seems to be working great and is for floors as well as bathrooms and kitchens! You can make any tip of cleaning solution to put in side then just pop it on and you're ready to go!!

Message in a Bottle

I was remembering back to when we were just newly weds and what I did for our anniversary:) I made a scavenger hunt to all the places we made memories at. Then I went to the DI and found some bottles that look like those ones you would put messages in and send around the world. When he got home we headed out. It was really simple and it was so much fun going down memory lane together to all the places that were meaningful to us. Just to give you an idea of somethings that were on the notes (since I can't seem to find them at this moment)...

Roses are red
Violets are blue
Where we first met was
Where I feel in love with you

Then you'd meet at that place and give him the next clue...and you can take it from there:) Hope you guys have as much with this as we did. It's always a treat going down memory lane

My New Lamp Shade!!

I'm so excited with how this came out!! I love it! I must say though I wasn't liking it when I first started, it just didn't seem cute or right or anything like that! That was when I only had one on, after a few more it really started to grow on me and now I love it!!

This is a time consuming project but it was worth it to me! Thanks to Mama says sew for the great tutorial! She gives great step by step instructions! This project cost me a totally of $2!!! (plus the stand that I got at Ikea awhile ago for maybe around 5 dollars).

Here's the wonderful before lamp shade I picked up at the DI for 2 dollars! Not so pretty but works great!

I put my roses farther apart and then went back and filled in the wholes with smaller roses.

And the finally product!

FHE - Sabbath Day

Last night for family home evening we learning about the importance of the Sabbath Day and what activities are appropriate for Sunday. Here is the guideline for this FHE.

Here are the figures that go with the story. They are each laminated and have magnets on the back.

 Here's the story...

And here's what our jar looks like. This is the one that I grew up with and that my mom handed down to me (as well as all our FHE folders:) )

Some of the activities listed inside are:

~Have your parents help you set some goals. Write you goals down. When you have complete a goal report back to your parents.

~Draw a picture for, or write a note to a friend

~Call Grandma, or Grandpa on the telephone, and visit with them.

~Memorize an Article of Faith each week until all thirteen are memorized

~Go on a nature walk with someone. Talk about the beautiful world Heavenly Father has created for us.

~Look at family pictures

~Go for a walk with your family.

~Tell your family about your primary lesson

~Have someone older read you a scripture story from the scriptures

~Have Mom or Dad tell you a story about one of your ancestors

~Write a letter to your grandparents, draw them a picture, and tell them how much you love them.

~Have someone tell you about when you were a baby. Look at your baby picture. How much have you changed?

~Write a talk

~Fill out a family group sheet

~Write a letter to your mom, tell her ow much you appreciate all she does for you.

~Draw a picture of one of the beautiful things you saw on the way home from church.

~Draw a picture of  temple to remind you that you want to get married in the temple.

~Look at books about the scriptures, and have someone tell you a scripture story.

~Visit a neighbor who is lonely, elderly, or shut-in, and doesn't get out of the house very often, take a card, or fresh flowers to this friend

~Make a puppet out of paper sack. Have a puppet show about always telling the truth

~Write a letter to your favorite missionary

And the list goes on!! There are tons of things we can do on Sunday we sometimes just need a little help thinking of a few!!

German Pancakes

Sorry this didn't make it up yesterday, it was a very busy day for us and we were able to get a lot done! Since we were so busy we resorted to a quick easy dinner - German Pancakes! These are wonderful and easy to pull together!!

German Pancakes

6 eggs

1 cup milk
1 cup flour
½ teaspoon salt
5 Tablespoons butter (I really don't use that much, I maybe use about 3-4 Tbsp)

In oven, heat butter in 9x13 pan. Whip eggs until lemon colored. Add milk, flour and salt. Pour batter into pan of melted butter. Bake at 450 degrees for 15 minutes. Top with cinnamon-sugar, syrup, jam, or fruit. Serve immediately.

Our favorite to top with (well at least mine is cottage cheese and fruit, a great time of year for that!)

Star Gazing!

The spring we got a trampoline for our girls but it's going to be used for more then just jumping...we're going to star gaze on it, just me and my hubby! We're going to place candles around the outside (mosquito repelling kind) pop some popcorn, and watch the stars under a nice blanket with some sparkling cider together! With this great weather it's going to feel perfect outside at night and you really don't need a tramp to watch the stars :)