Pillows

I've seen the SUPER cute pillow covers made from shirts around. They look so easy to make and I had a couple of old shirts to use. So.....

They were as easy as they say to do! The white one is one of Todd's old pilot shirts and the other is a shirt I bought for $2 maybe $3 a while ago and it never quite fit right. It seriously took 5 min for each pillow. Outline, cut, sew. No hand stitching because you undo the buttons stick the pillow in and ta-da. Done.

I'm am considering trying THIS pillow next. Although, that will have to be a project for when Tanner is sleeping.

A wreath

My newest project. It is still a work in progress, but it's been fun trying to decide what to do with it. I'm trying to get more creative with things I have around the house and things that I can buy for SUPER cheep. The wreath cost $2 at Hobby Lobby (it was originally $4 but it was 50% off) the ribbon, button, and material I had already.

General Conference and other fun things

General Conference was this weekend and I love this time of year! I love most times of year, but my favorite is spring and summer. So while we listened to Conference I decided during the Sat. morning session we would blow out eggs and decorate them. They were a lot of work! But the kids thought it was so cool to see all the egg stuff come out of the egg.

It was a big mess and I remembered why my kids don't know how to decorate eggs. We don't do it very often.

We found this way was easier than using your mouth to blow it out. I read it somewhere and about 1/2 way through we decided to try it. It worked like a charm! I won't do it any other way now.

Displaying our final work. I glued ribbon to the top of all the eggs and hung them up. The ribbons aren't attached in super cute way, but it works.

I also redid our chore chart and decided to display what the tickets (the kids earn tickets for their chores and such) are worth and can turn them in for.

Trying to take better charge of our life I also came up with an FHE "chart" so that the kids know exactly what their turn is for that week. I usually just try and remember who did what. The charts I would look at always looked so hard to make, but it really was easy.

We had to just listen to conference this year because we don't have TV. I loved listening to all the speakers, but I know I will be reading them again in the Ensign in a month or so. I think this year I am going to get 2 copies and give one to Todd. I will also get each of us a highlighter so we can underline and mark up our own copies so we remember what we learn. I needed to hear much of what was said and although it was mostly a reminder, it helped me renew my goals of raising these boys in an uplifting and loving home.