Trip to Kentucky

I thought maybe the blog was the best way to put up all the pictures. I hadn't been to Kentucky for 15 years. Not since Mom & Dad moved and I got married.

Excited to go!

Gross Mom!

Look what I found in the airport.

Flag ceremony

Lady Liberty

Quincy called her "Eka-witty"

It is so beautiful there. Just driving around was wonderful.

Just like I remember it. 

"Where the Old Ohio Flows"

He loved Rabbit Hash. He found an unattended beer can on a picnic table. Stephanie got to him on time!

My favorite shirt in the Rabbit Hash General Store.

Quincy surprised us during sacrament meeting!

Where I was baptized.

Where I danced for many nights of my life. Melinda had her reception here. We performed Marcie's roadshow.  So many memories.

When I have dreams where I'm in church, it's still in this building.

Remember racing out of that foyer and running over Greg Shields?! Good times. 

Quincy and Justice played and fought and played and fought.

Chili cheese fries and a Big Buford. Don't worry: I only got through half of each the first day, and I ate salads the rest of the day.

This place is still here?!

DEER!

Carole Hahn's old house where we had piano lessons.

My old house

Go Raiders!

We shared our memories of Mr. Cooper.

There's a new part stuck in there.

Mall Road has a fancy sign. The rest of it is not that fancy.

Florence Y'All

Not blue. But Snappy Tomato Pizza is still there!

Go Rebels...?

He took a nap on the way home.

He's more excited than he looks. 

Happy to be home!

These shoes were like $5

"New" school clothes. That shirt came from Mark.

Kindergarten readiness!

Edward called these "Missouri Party Pants." He really wanted to keep these. I really didn't want that.

Feeling *Ultra* Crafty Part 3

There's a small chance that Evan's sister could have seen these, so now that it's after Christmas, I can show you the rest of my craftiness.

ELISE'S SEASONAL DECORATIONS

Elise got married a year and a half ago and was commenting that she doesn't have a lot of seasonal decorations for holidays and such. I remember being in that stage and Shellie sent me some cute Christmas decorations. So I got a storage bin for her and put lots of goodies inside.

 I may have gone a *little* banner crazy. Here's a birthday pennant banner and spool of black ribbon to hang them on.

Most of you know my obsession with paint chips. This is a springtime streamer using paint chip circles and dental tape (it's thicker than floss and I bought 2 rolls of it once on accident so now I use it for crafts). On the right side of the picture is the black plastic envelope that has 50 more feet of this banner. It's crazy long.

In this photo, the moose is wearing my short practice sample of the autumn leaf banner. I made it by punching paint chips into leaves and sewing them onto a white ribbon I got from Shellie.

Here's a close up.

This is a little jar I found at Michaels filled with Autumn toned felt balls and beads. It turned out cute. And I got the felt balls on clearance!

These are the Christmas ornaments I made! I got a box of lace seam binding from an estate sale last year. They turned out so light and cute.

Doesn't Roger make a great model?

Evan found this idea on the Country Living website. He thought it would be a fun craft for me to do with the kids. But then I went FULL-CRAFT-CRAZY and did them all myself. I made six for Elise with white ribbon hangers and six for me with twine. They are ponderosa pinecones that the kids found up in the mountains last summer and they are large.

Also, since I bought new mattress pads recently, I had these dandy zipper bags for the different ornaments and banners.

This was the frame I showed off at the last chat. I used semi-gloss lacquer as the finish and I wish I'd gone full glossy now that it's finished. I think the color looks much flatter now. Bummer.

And here are some of the pages included with the frame: