Glass Tile Necklace supplies

I am so excited about our MOPS meeting next week. I have just ordered the supplies for us to make glass tile necklaces. The ladies are going to be able to use a picture, an initial or an image. I hope they like it. I can't wait to make my for our sample. We got the idea at a steering swap meeting held at FBC Plano this past summer. An example is shown here from our Etsy seller.

She was wonderful to work with.

You can find her shop at Karenscraftsupplies.etsy.com

I will post pictures of my necklace when it is finished.

New Year's Resolution

Ok, so I've been away for a little while. I made a few New Year's resolutions - one of which is to blog more often. This is such a great way to record what we are doing as a family. It is also a good way for me to keep up with my never ending list of projects!! I am trying to be better about taking more pictures of what I make - I never remember what I did and when.

Unfortunately, I am writing this from the comfort of my home and not the cruise ship I should be on. We were supposed to take a cruise for our 15th wedding anniversary, but, long story short, got stuck on an airplane with mechanical failure. So our ship sailed without us. My parents still picked up the boys this morning so they could spend the weekend with them and we could go out and celebrate our anniversary.

Below is a picture of us, the Federicos and the Caseys celebrating New Year's Eve at Maguires. We had such a fun evening!

A camping we will go

I have been brainstorming ideas for the summer to keep the boys busy (i.e. their minds off bothering each other). While reading another blog, I was reminded of the classic card table tent/fort. I borrowed my in-laws card table, grabbed two tablecloths, added handmade lanterns from Made By Cynthia Rae and shazam, we had indoor camping!!! The tent has been up for 2 days and they have not stopped playing with it. I even found the cat curled up under it tonight.

Summer Fun

We have filled the beginning of summer with some fun activities and cute projects.

Watercolor picture idea from Blissful Kids














Swimming Lessons





























Seeing the trains at Children's Medical Center

Happy Birthday to Me!

I will be celebrating another year of my life tomorrow. My sweet friends and I went to dinner tonight at Big Shucks to celebrate. I think everyone was glad to have a night out with the girls. Since we have so many cute pictures of our kids, I wanted to take one of the mommies while we were "cleaned up" for dinner out! Thank you guys for a great evening.

I love peanut butter

Luke and Grant love to cook. They always want to help bake and prepare dinner. Luke has also been found "cooking" concoctions in the bathroom with soap and toothpaste.

A couple of days ago, Luke asked if we could make peanut butter. Willing to try most things, I agreed. I found a recipe online at Wellsphere. I was surprised at how easy it was, and it actually tasted pretty good. Luke was disappointed it was not as thick as his preferred JIF.

First Day of Summer

We had a pretty quiet beginning to the summer. The Ayottes invited us to the Fretz Park Library for a cow-milking demonstration. The boys were pretty excited about it - they had never seen a cow milked. The speaker provided a lot of information about milk production and the rigorous standards the farmers have to adhere to.

I also finshed up a few embroidery projects - cute burps cloths and a beach towel.

We have several projects and outings planned for the summer. I hope the boys are as excited as I am about them!

LeAnn