Our Weekend in Review

I think that this is one of the only weekends this summer that we didn't have anything planned. We woke up Saturday morning with nothing on the agenda. We decided to go to the Spanish Fork Farmers market to see what we could find.

When the market came into view I was a bit disappointed, they only had about 10 booths. We walked around the market and ended up with a few goodies.

 

Volkner's Bakery was there and we got some amazing Artisan bread. Jason was excited about the potatoes from Lake Shore that still had dirt on them. He figured they must be fresh if the dirt hadn't even been washed off. The boys and I fell in love with the peaches that were there, so we got a basket so we could have peach and cream.

Talan showing off our peaches and bread. The potatoes were so good. That night we made The Pioneer Woman's Crash Potatoes with them and they were a big hit with everyone.

After lunch we decided to go find Sandy Beach since neither Jason or I had ever been there. On our way to the beach we found a field with a bunch of buffalo.

 

I wanted a picture with the boys and the buffalo but Linx was asleep and Talan refused to get near them. We drove along the dirt road until it abruptly ended. There was no sandy beach just water. I guess the lake must be to high and has covered the shore. Maybe next year. So we jumped back in the car and headed to Lincoln Beach.

We had never been to Lincoln Beach either so we got out and scouted around.

Of course we had to skip a few stones.

Lincoln was perfectly content to spend the afternoon throwing rocks into the water.

Jason showing the boys how to skip rocks.

 

As we walked back to the car Lincoln would wave and say "Bye Rock" to every rock as we past, it was so funny. We had a fun afternoon just visiting some of the local spots.

Missing Child

Talan loves to sleep in our bed. He used to come in and wake us up and ask if he could sleep with us and we would say no and put him back in bed. Well as he has gotten older he has learned not to wake us up but just crawl up the middle of the bed while we are sleeping. Most of the time we don't realize that he has climbed in bed until we wake up in the morning. However tonight he decided to ask if he could sleep with us. We said no and that he needed to go back and get in his bed. So a few minutes later I went in to check on him and found an empty bed. I got nervous. Jason and I started looking all over the house for him.

Lucky for us Jason noticed this small foot sticking out from under the bed.

I guess since we told him he couldn't sleep in our bed he decided to sleep under our bed.

Good Night Talan.

Girls Night Out

What to do while the husbands are in Wendover for a bachelor party or flying somewhere over Canada? Go to the local dollar store and come up with some project. Look at our basket of goodies.

After rummaging through the dollar store and hitting every crafting store in the area it was time for some Terra Mia. They have the best Pesto Pizza and Cesar Salad.

It was so nice to eat with out someone pulling on your arm and asking when are we going. I think I actually got to taste the pizza.

After about an hour of gossiping we decided it was time to get started on our projects.

On our way home we ran in to a celebrity. Tow-Mater!!! We had to stop and have our picture taken with this famous star.

I think Mater's owner would love to leave the parking lot if all the people surrounding his truck would move.

The boys were so excited to see the photos of Mater on my camera.

Next stop was Ashley's house to work on our glitter pumpkins. Even Talan was able to do this project.

The pumpkins turned out so cute. Our house is going to be so decked out for Halloween this year.

Who knew you could turn ugly dollar store pumpkins into something so cute.

It was so fun to have a Girls Night Out. It is nice to have sometime as a friend not a mother for a few minutes. We had a great time shopping and eating dinner it was a fun girls night out.

Remodel

On Friday my washer started to make a funny sound. I called Jason at work and told him that I think I know what we should spend our tax return on. Just what I was hoping to spend it on, a new washer. Sure enough when he got home he pulled it out and there was oil on the floor. We googled to see if it were repairable. It said there is nothing you can do but buy a new one. So we decided that while we have it out we would repaint the wall since I hate the color. Replace a few tiles the have cracked, take out the water guard etc.. Just what I wanted to do this weekend. So we headed off to Lowe's to gather our supplies.

Our laundry room also services as our mud room. I hate how we hang our coats now. The rack is to small and can no longer fit every ones coat. Since we are remodeling we decided to try and make a nice new place to hang our coats. I hope our idea will work and give us more room.

After a couple of hours trying to pick paint colors and gather supplies we finally headed for home around nine. The kids were tired and fell asleep in the car. So we decided to start painting and tiling. After along night we finish the first coat of paint and got the tiles replaced. We finally went to bed around 3:30am. I sure hope that this turns out how I have envisioned it. I have always thought that a laundry room should be blue. I hope I don't regret my decision once I have it all painted.

Well it has taken us awhile to finish things up but overall I like the finish product. It seems so cheery and not dull like before.

The new and improved coat racks. We did a lower set for the boys and a higher one for Jason and I. I love it, it gives us so much more room for coats and bags.

I like having the bags and coats in one area, it makes it so much easier to get out of the door in the morning.

The key holder and a new little piece for wall decor.

Our folding table the never gets used as a folding table. It is mainly the dump your junk off stop before you go in the house area.

Our new washer and dryer that work so well.

The bright and fun finished room. It may have taken awhile to finish but now I might even like to do laundry.

For The Birds.

I found this cute bird seed kids craft and I thought Talan would enjoy making them. So one afternoon when the Thunderstorm rolled in we got out all the ingredients and started on our project.

The recipe is really simple.

Mix together a envelope of gelatine with 1/4 cup of water and bring to a simmer while stirring. continue stirring until the gelatine is dissolved.

 Stirring and Stirring.

Remove from heat and let cool for a minute.

Stir in the 3/4 cup birdseed. adding a little more if there is liquid still in the bottom of the pan

Lay your cookie cutters out on wax paper and fill half way with the birdseed mixture.

Cut your twine, knot the end and push the knot down into your birdseed.

Continue filling with birdseed, covering the end of your twine and knot.

Push the birdseed evenly into the cookie cutter until it's full.

Allow them to dry overnight. turning them over every now and then.

Remove from the cookie cutters and hang them in your trees

This project was the perfect age level for Talan. He is old enough to do simple cooking on the stove and it didn't have too many steps for him to get bored. I love spending time with just him, he always says something that makes me laugh. During the project he said "Mom don't eat the bird seed because it might turn you into a bird." What a character.

I am Bored!!!!

What do you do when your bored? I grab my camera and have an impromptu photo shoot. Just a few of the photos I captured of my handsome boys.