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Monday, June 30, 2014

4th of July Cone Wreath

I have so been wanting to make a rolled paper/cone wreath but wasn't unsure how to do it. I finally found a tutorial on Pinterest and it was so easy.

I cut 4x4 pieces of card stock and once I got rolling and hot gluing (burned my fingers a few times but it was worth it) the wreath came together so fast.

I than cut out the circles in the glitter paper using my Cricut and glued in the center.

I will so be making more of these and would love one in a news print.

# crafts

Sunday, June 29, 2014

Road Trip - Day 2

Becky 11:38 AM 0 Comments

So we started our day off with my hubby wandering around Muskogee and Tenkiller lake area. As a kid he would wander these areas when he visited his mother during the summers.

We stopped by the Cherokee nation and took some photos.

This is Tenkiller lake which my hubby remembers spending summers at.

We traveled the back roads through Oklahoma into Arkansas where we found a Littke Debbie outlet where we might have bought a few things.

As we entered Missouri to the road being craved out of the rocks.

So we might have told some one that the first Culver's we see we will stop for fried cheese curds. Of course as soon as she saw the sign, she squealed with delight the three miles to it.

Happy kid with her curds- she might Wisconsin after all!

So at some point you start snapping selfies!!

So we did a potty break at the World's Largest Gift Shop-

It was big and it had this was inside - kinda weird but interesting.

So our stop for the night was St. Louis. We had driven through tons of times and the last time we actually stayed was eleven years ago when we were first moving down to Houston.

So we checked into the motel and set the GPS to the Gateway Arch which was ten minutes away. 30 plus minutes later and a small tour of St. Louis because the GPs screwed up, we made it the Arch.

So 75% often household didn't want to actually go up in it so instead we sat outside, took some photos and than walked around the wonderful museum in the bottom before heading for ablate dinner. Got some neat shots of the arch at night.

# Travel

Saturday, June 28, 2014

Road Trip Day 1

Becky 11:56 AM 0 Comments

Every year we travel from Houston all the way up to Wisconsin to visit family. This year we decided to tKe a different route through Oklahoma because my hubby had to stop at his mother's.

We figured we needed to also be a tad tourist as we drove up. The first thing we saw was the Huge Sam Houston statue outside Huntsville.

Of course potty break at Buccees (have to say the new one five minutes from our house on the way to Galveston makes all the rest look poor).

As we were traveling through Dallas we decided to stop at Dealey Plaza, the site of Kennedy's assassination. The area was filled with people and tour guides. We parked and took about a 15 minute walk around to see the grassy knoll and the memorial.

After that we stopped for lunch and well the choice was easy -

After gorging on In-n-out we continued on our way to our first night stop in Mudkogee, OK.

Tomorrow we are off to St. Louis to see the arch and tour the area. Have always wanted to go even though I am some what scared to actually go up.

# Travel

Friday, June 27, 2014

Ahoy SU Chalkboard Banner

Becky 5:56 PM 3 Comments

Okay I finally had a moment to play with the new chalkboard banner set in the new Stampin Up catalog. I wanted it the minute I saw it but when it came, I was like okay what do I make.

So I wanted a banner that was nautical but also to finish out summer with. I used my cricut and already imported Sea Street octupus and lobster to cut out. I just used cricuts anchor which looks so much like the sea street anchor already.

It is so darn cute and I could see doing a ton with it because you can change it out easily!

# crafts

4th of July Page

Becky 12:00 AM 0 Comments

So I dressed the kids up in their 4th attire and took some photos right in our front yard. They actually did what I asked and I got some great shots of them. I also framed the picture of the two of them in a rustic frame I picked up from the store.

# Scrapbook

Thursday, June 26, 2014

Kool Aid Cookies

Becky 12:00 AM 0 Comments

I baked and that rarely happens but I was bored and it was just the boy and I at home (Miss O was off at camp) so I decided to try these cookies:

Hawaiian Punch Cookies

So I had all the ingredients because it is a basic sugar cookie recipe. I did not have the Hawaiian Punch packets but I did have Kool Aid so i used that instead.

I made it per the directions, separated it into two bowls and added the entire packet of Kool Aid in- It got red and purple after kneading it for about five minutes. I added touch of blue food coloring to the purple to darken it up some (I was hoping it would become bluer).

I love how they turned out!

They look so fun and vibrant. I did try to add some sprinkles to the one batch but it didn't really work out. I also squashed the balls down because they don't really spread out.

So I totally need to go get blue Kool aid and make these for the 4th of July!

They also taste the flavors that I put in so of course tropical punch and grape!