{bonne buche}

Meet Me Here…

March 27, 2013 2 Comments

My layout for Mandi’s Scrap-Along. Seems more of our date nights lately are after the little ones go to bed. Evenings are just a touch on the busy side. I’ll take any time with my mister though. So – here’s to taking it up a notch – busting out the fresh lemonade and making it a dinner date. You know that’s right.

{Credits: Zig-Zag paper and frames by Mandi Miles – Bubblegum Alley; Paint Splats, puffy paint arrows, arrow stitched holes, stamped alpha, and exclamations by CD Muckosky; paper arrows, flower, arrow heart, transparent arrow & xxs&oos by Weeds and Wildflowers, Hello there tag and orange arrow by Pink Paislee, Curved black arrow by Dani Mogstad, glitter overlay by Jen Wilson, font: Bohemian Typewriter}

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Truth or Dare Brownies… Happy Love Day all!

February 14, 2013 2 Comments

{Devoted Full Collection by Carta Bella, font: Traveling typewriter}

That’s right – a classic game made anew with the incentive of brownies.

Truth or Dare – what will it be?

Truths such as “You are an amazing individual with high quality muscles.” or “Laughing is good for you. So is water.” ?

Those are fun. But if you choose dare – those come with 2 brownies. And you HAVE to do the dare right away. Things like “Perform your best cheer – with a double high kick.” and “Act out your favorite scene from a movie. Don’t stop until someone guesses the show.”

So – what will it be? Either way you’re rewarded.

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Celebration

January 27, 2013 2 Comments

This was Jim Bob’s reward after Stake Conference today. He’s in charge of the online streaming to four church buildings. Everything went smoothly and he definitely deserved a large meal and a large nap.

And this was my reward for helping all the little ones get dressed and to the church by myself. Next time I may remember to take a photo before digging in to the pie… may. Raspberry and blueberry both… yum.

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Everyday Sparkle

January 14, 2013 4 Comments

Yesterday was a sparkly tights kind of day.

It may have also been a Birthday Cake Oreo kind of day…

Love those sprinkles!

Living the dream one day at a time.

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Dreaming…

January 9, 2013 2 Comments

Planning… and wishing… and hoping… and dreaming. One book for each month this year.

Brown paper covers sewn with regular ol’ typing paper on the inside. And a smattering of embellishments…

{credits}

Smencils not required, but oh-so-fun. {And they have Smalentines. In mint chocolate chip, ch-ch-cherry, be mine, sweetheart and strawberry cream. I swoon.}

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Caption this…

October 21, 2012 Leave a Comment

There are times I wish I knew what Meri would say if she could talk…

{July 2012}

What she might be thinking…

{May 2012}

I do know what I was saying in the last photo. Yuck! But that’s just one of the risks you take with photography:

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2 of my favorite circles…

September 3, 2012 3 Comments

p.s. That is a Birthday Cake Oreo. Sprinkles on the inside = happiness. Happy 100th Birthday Oreo! May you have many, many more.

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Oh snap

August 28, 2012 Leave a Comment

I feel that there is a combination of talents in this world that are uniquely mine. Ones that help define me as a person. Three of those talents are: pulling out splinters, tying water balloons and snapping green beans.

I don’t have the best technique when it comes to snapping beans. This I know. I also know that my grandma told me for years that I was good at snapping beans when I’d spend a week at her house in the fall harvesting and preserving. I believed her. Still do. Perhaps that should also be included in my talent list.

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Enliven the Soul

June 10, 2012 2 Comments

Favorite teaching moment from the sunbeams last week: I finished talking about noses and smelling and went on to tasting. I asked “what are our mouths for?” And sweet little Jacob F. said “Smiling!”

Here are the things we tasted as part of the lesson. They loved them all. Yes, all. Mixed in the little cups was their very favorite. ;)

Second favorite moment? Madi drawing a mushroom with a big ol’ smile… and hair, when the prompt was to draw something they like to taste with their tastebuds.

Third? All of them crowded around the magnifying mirror to see said tastebuds. How I love those little sunbeams!

This scripture from the lesson makes my heart happy:

D&C 59:18 Yea, all things which come of the earth, in the season thereof, are made for the benefit and the use of man, both to please the eye and to gladden the heart;

19 Yea, for food and for raiment, for taste and for smell, to strengthen the body and to enliven the soul.

My sister Anna and I were talking earlier about how much we love food and think it’s our love language (only partly in jest). I think the above scripture proves that one of Heavenly Father’s love languages must be food too.

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