Batman

My heart goes out to the victims and their families in Colorado. I don't know who came up with this idea but I thought it was a great.. Please share if you agree. I think it would brighten up the day of many children.

Follow Up On Christian Bale

What an awesome guy. Taking his time to visit the not only the memorial but those injured in the shooting. Thank you Christian Bale. Read more about it from People Magazine Here.

Family Name Sign

Here is a really neat rustic looking family name sign from"The Whims of Tim"

I love the look and the simplicity of it. Love how she took one sign and turned it into a completely new sign. Never would have guessed.

Simple Family Name Sign

This sign was super easy! All you need is a board, paint, stencils or vinyl. 

I used vinyl. 

I started with a board that I found at a dollar store. I had to sand the old design off. You could use a board that's already plain but I liked that this board had hooks and a stand to use already. I painted black over the vinyl of our last name.

After that I used vinyl as a stencil and painted the saying in red.
It was that simple. I really love how it turned out.

Thank You Gift

Is this the cutest Thank You gift ever? My friend brought this over the other day. She took a large mason jar and put an apron in it. This is the cutest apron and she sewed it herself which makes it that much more special. She tied a cute little thank you card to it with some jute. Perfect!

Rod Peterson Art

 Sharing some of my sons art work. This is interesting to watch. Rod sketches a beautiful charcoal drawing. Video is time lapsed to watch the hour long process last only a few minutes.View more  HERE

 

 

Fun Little Cup Gift

 

My friend just dropped off this cute little cup just because. So cute I had to share. I love these cups with the straws. I needed a new one cause just the other day my straw fell to the bottom of the dishwasher and melted in half.:( Inside was a cute little card and a few packs of lemonade mix. Love it! 

We Have a Winner!

We are having another Giveaway Monday the 16th. Make sure to come back and enter!

Swan Valley Camping

If you are ever in Eastern Idaho you must definitely drive through Swan Valley. It is beautiful in the summer. We went to creek falls to do a little *Peterson camping. We roasted weenies, made tin foil dinners and smores. After that we went on an adventure, as the kids called it. We followed little trails along the beautiful snake river! It was very hot so I was glad to be done with our little adventure. Nothing like wanting to get this fun over with. But I have to admit that I love spending time with the kids and grand-kids. On our way out we stopped at the  Rainey Creek Store, home of the square ice cream cone. You can't pass by without getting one of them, it just wouldn't be right. Well that was enough  camping for me, I'm off to take a long shower.                                                                             

*Peterson Camping - Going to a camp ground for a couple of hours and then returning to your hotel, home etc... for a shower and to sleep in a soft bed! :)

A Little Bit of Our 4th of July

Snow cones and swimming!

Fun at the parade!

IHOP for breakfast

Rhett on the bull, 25 seconds!

Tacie .5 seconds. LOL!

Easton 7 seconds!

At the fireworks!

Ending the night at  Applebee's!

Hoping you all had a safe and fun 4th of July this year!

Personalized Spray Bottles

Whenever my grand-kids are over, they love to get out my spray bottle. They squirt it into the sink, the tub, my plants, or anywhere outside. Problem is, they always were fighting over it. So the other day I went to the dollar store and bought three spray bottles. I used my Silhouette and some Expressions Vinyl I then cut out their names and put them on the bottles. You should have seen their faces, you would have thought it was Christmas. If I would have known that this would make them so excited, I could have saved money at Christmas and just given them these! LOL!

Firecracker Flag Cake

This is a strawberry and vanilla layered cake with homemade whipped cream. I added red beads around the bottom and I used toilet paper rolls to make the firecrackers.