Yellowstone - Day 1

The first day of our Yellowstone Trip was spent driving mostly.  We were supposed to caravan with my nephew's family, but Eric is in the Air Force Reserve and he is trained to fight wildfires, so he had to finish up his week of fighting fires and then they met us up there the next day.  The drive was long, but I had a good book to read and my dad was driving, so it went pretty fast.  Once we got through one of the Yellowstone's gates, we still had about an hour drive to get area we were camping.  It was a fun drive with lots of neat things to see!

the 1st buffalo we saw!

All those dead trees are from the fire that happened right before my first trip to Yellowstone when I was about 4.  I remembered a lot about that trip and the trees, which we all black...

The 1st geothermal spot!

The 1st Elk!

SNOW DAY!!!!

Well, last Friday they cancelled school the night before because we were 'supposed' to get anywhere from 1-4 inches of snow!!!! We were all so excited and could not wait to to play in the snow!!! But we woke up Friday morning...NO SNOW!!!!!!!!!! NOT A SINGLE FLAKE!!! Just a thin sheet of ice covering everything! It was FREEZING and the ice was horrible, so it was a good thing they canceled...but it's not like the boys could go out and play in the ice!!! Needless to say it was pretty dissappointing!!! I busted out some arts and craft stuff we don't do on an everyday basis and the big boys got to paint while Ty was napping.


There was a lot of fighting and wrestling..even Ty got in on some of the action!

The sun came out a little bit around nood and the ice melted, but it was so cold, it just froze again...


Right after I went took these pictures Tucker asked if he could go outside and look at the ice cicles..so he bundled up and went outside and knocked every single one of them down. I was so sad...this could be the only time this year we have ice :( Oh well at least Tucker had fun!
This one is my favorite!

Happy Fall!

Everyone loves Fall in this house, so to celebrate the season change I bought the boys wooden pumpkins to paint. They love painting and are getting better at it everytime...meaning more paint on the project, less on the table, chairs, hands and well the rest of their bodies for that matter.

Car seat canopy!

I think this is the coolest thing ever...well as far car seat accessories go anyways. One of my friends had her little girl a few months back and came to a playdate with her car seat canopy..I had never heard of this before, but it is an amazing idea. I searched online for directions and finally found a step by step blog to make one. It was super simple and was the first project I completed on the sewing machine with no complications! I am really happy how it turned out. These things sell for upward of 25 bucks, most sell for around $40, which is pretty outragous...because I only spent about $10 on the supplies and it was super simple to make! Thanks for the idea Jen...I hope to one day be as skilled as you on these crafty projects!

The car seat canopy. It will keep him covered without having to mess around with a blanket.

I can't wait for Ty to actually be in the seat :D

A close up of the fabric...I actually wanted the same print except with black instead of brown, but they were out of it at the fabric store...oh well still looks nice.

Finally getting to it...

So I know I keep talking about all the "things" I've been doing and now I'm finally getting around to posting some of the pictures.

I just painted the blocks and letters, then glued the letters on the blocks.

These were just blank canvases, that I painted and put some ribbon on.(I am still in the process of painting some other stuff for the walls because my original idea of painting a brown stipe on the wall just did not happen.)

This is just a plain travel wipes case and I decorated it with fabric and ribbon.

A diaper holder.

I didn't sew these from scratch, but I hemmed them all to the length I wanted them. I still need to get some ribbon so I can gather the door curtains in the middle.

This is just some(the rest is in the deep freezer) of the food I have premade and froze so we can have some easy dinners on hand. (Hopefully this will keep us from eating out so much..which is one of our worst habbits) So far I have 10 main dishes and 2 sides done. I am hoping to get a few more done in these next few weeks.