6th annual school is starting tribute

It's that time of year already!! For some school has started and for others (like me) it will start at the end of the month...Hallelujah!!!
On a side note, I love celebrating my mom and keeping this tradition alive in my own way :)

Braided Rug

I have never posted a "how did you do it" before, so please bear with me if this doesn't make much sense.
I didn't take step by step photos because I was not expecting to do this, for that I apologize.

1) I took all the scraps of material that I had and cut them into strips. In this case it was all flannel from previous projects.

2) Braid the strips. This is what took the most time. My strips were of various lengths, so every time I reached the end I would tie a new piece on. I guess you could sew them together, but I hate to sew and I was also lazy, so I just tied them.

3) When the strips were braided I just laid them in the pattern I wanted, in this case a oval, to see if I needed more or if I liked the size I had.

4) I decided to put a back on it to make it look a bit nicer, and to also hide the ends that were tied together. So I laid the strips out on a piece of 1 yard material that I had. Then I hot glued it on to make sure that everything stayed in place. I also hot glued all the pieces that were sticking up down.

5) If you really want to you can stitch everything together, but again I am lazy and I don't like to sew. (plus my machine sucks and can't stitch something that thick, so I'd have to hand stitch it all and that isn't happening!)

Ta da, you have just made a braided rug. I know these aren't the best instructions, but it should give you somewhere to start.

This is what mine looked like before I trimmed off the excess fabric and hot glued it to make a nice border around the rug.

My view on guns

This post is intended to express my view on the issue of guns and guns control. These are solely my opinions and you may or may not agree with them. That is what this nation was founded on and that is what makes this nation great!

Guns have been around for centuries, yes they have cause a lot of death and heart ache. That was not the fault of the gun itself, that fault lies in the hands of the user! Notice my children are learning to shoot. They are learning to respect guns, to treat them how they should be treated (which is as a tool, nothing more), and what a gun can do. By some miracle these guns did not jump up off the table and go bang, nor did they go off before the trigger was pressed. How on earth can that be?! The idea being spread is that it is the guns fault that people are dying, that they just jumped up and shot whomever was there. It takes a person, an actual physical pull of the trigger, to make that gun go off. Without that force these guns will never, ever, ever discharge. People need to educate themselves, stop blaming the tool, and start blaming the person.

Blaming a gun for killing someone is like blaming the hammer for putting the nail in the wall. The nail cannot enter the wall without a person hitting the hammer onto it. A gun cannot go off without a person pulling that trigger.

 

 

End of another school year

I have to say that this was probably the best year I have ever had. I had the best kiddos and I'm going to miss them.
I'm leaving 3rd/4th grade and movin' on up to 5th, so I hope that I have some of my great 4th graders next school year.
So here's to some great kids!

Classes starting at top..

Mrs. Morales's 3rd grade

Ms. Layton's 4th grade

Mrs. Chappell's 4th grade

Miss Berg's 3rd grade

 

Happy 12th Brithday Nicholas!!!

My youngest is now 12 years old! No more Primary, no more cubscouts or 11 year old scouts, no more elementary school! Now its Young Mens, Jr. High, Boyscouts, and everything else that comes with this! So, enjoy these pictures of Nick from birth to 12

Beware, Beware, Bewarry warry Bear

Watch out world... Andrew turned 15, yes 15 this Sunday!!! I cannot believe that he's 15!!! This means learners permits, then drivers license, earning his Eagle, and dating all within the next year. I am so not ready for this, I haven't come to terms with it with Felicia and now I have to deal with Andy also!! This will be such an exciting time in his life. He is turning into such a great young man and it'll be so neat to see the man that he will turn into!

Oh me oh my

Yesterday was my birthday. Not a big "mile-stone" one, just my 38th. As I was getting ready for bed, it hit me just how "big" this one is.
In about 4 months I'll be celebrating my 20th anniversary. Not many people who are 38 years old can say they've been married for 20 years.
This is also the 2nd to last birthday that all my kids will (probably) be home. Felicia will graduate next June. Her plan is to be down at SUU by next September. So, this is more then likely her last full year at home. I'm just depressed writing about it!!
Andy has only 3, yes 3, years until he can put in his mission papers. Which will leave me with just Nick for a few more years. And, then he'll be gone too!
I know it all sounds so far away, but it crazy how quickly this chapter of my life seems to be closing, and a lot quicker then I want it to! I remember when I had Felicia that it seemed like forever until she started Kindergarten. And now she's almost out of the house!
Where or where did all the time go?!