Life ain't nuttin' but a game!!!

For our Relief Society Birthday dinner they asked for volunteers to decorate a table set for 6. It was a nice night and there were a lot of really nicely decorated tables. Everyone else went with reserved and nice and then there was me, I guess I misunderstood the directions and went with wild and flashy. I had a couple of people comment that it was totally my style, so I guess I am a little wild and flashy!!! The other tables were very cute though.

The table had a twister game mat as a table cloth, other boardgames as place mats and of course I covered the table with plastic so if someone spilled nothing would be ruined. Then as you can see I used a few other games to decorate and used the colors of the twister in the place setting. Note to self, check menu next time and use a sturdier plate!

My Babies big Adventure!!!

My youngest had a big adventure last weekend. Her friend asked her to go with their family and spend the weekend at their cabin. Which for my older two kids probably would have been a no brainer for me to say yes. I have such fond memories of taking my best friend camping with us for weeks at a time when I was younger. It always seemed much funner when I was able to take a friend. But Cierra is my baby, and she's only 6 (even though thats probably how old Kami was when she went with me the first time!). So Bill and I talked it over, and I thought about it at the temple and I felt good about her going. So we told her yes. She is such a homebody though, and I did worry about her getting homesick. Nicole did a great job at keeping her busy and I only know of one occasion that she had a breakdown and was having a tough time. Bill was ready to go get her, but I am glad we didn't. She had such a fun time and told me that know she's slept overnight there its part her cabin now too! Cierra's grandma gave her a camera for her Birthday last year and she took it with her. I told her to take pictures of everything so that I could see what she did. Here are a few of her 200+ pictures. Oh to see life from the perspective of a child.

The stairs up to the loft.

The ceiling if your laying on the stairs taking a picture up!

Turning the camera on herself and taking a picture of her on the stairs.

This is where they ate.

They took water.

This is the bunk beds where she and her friend slept.

This is the cool carpet squares on the floor.