Busy busy weekend

This last weekend C and K came to visit and play. We had quite the exciting time :) We each have to make pine wood derby cars for a family reunion coming up this weekend, so we decided to make them together. We sure had a fun time sanding our fingers off, painting, waiting for paint to dry, dealing with superglue and all the little accessories required for these cars, all the while talking and laughing and having a good time. I decided, since I bleed blue, to make my car true blue. I think it turned out really good!


Here are all three of our cars, mostly finished. Mine is the blue one, C's is white with lady bugs crawling all over it, and K's is maroon with white racing stripes adorning its hood. Pretty spiffy, don't you think?

The next day after I was done with class C, P, and K came up again and we went to "This is the place" Memorial park. It was Studio 5 day (A morning tv talkshow), and they were giving out free Creamies! So good! It was definitely a warm day, I even have the sun burn to prove that! But we had a good time walking around the park, seeing all the old buildings and monuments.

THE Monument


They have different crafts and whatnot that you can make while you are there. We decided to each make a candle at the candel making station. We are pro-candle makers, let me tell you!

It was not the most exciting park, but it was fun to visit and say that I have now been there.

For Father's Day, C was in charge of providing dessert to her in-laws family dinner. She found this way cute idea online and enlisted my help to make it. I think they turned out super cute!! Really they weren't all that difficult, but we did split the work up between two days and three helpers. Here is how they turned out:

Burgers and fries, for dessert!! Fun, isn't it! Amazingly, they are made from cupcakes, brownies, and cookies. ALL in one dessert. Can you say sugar?? The hamburgers are cupcakes and brownies (for the meat), and the fries are sugar cookies. It was fun making them and I am really glad with how they turned out!!!

Green thumb

For my birthday, my grandpa gave me one of those upside down hanging tomato bags. I was definitely excited to try it out and see if maybe I can grow my own tomatoes, without a garden. Again with procrastination, I did not get the plant and get it in the bag until yesterday. But here it is!
The only downside: My roof and eves are made of metal and have no place for me to be able to hang it on my porch. So, I had to go buy a shephard's hook. Yes, I realize the pole it is on is bending. Alot. Its suppose to be flush with the brick. Hopefully it can support this poor plant!! Now if we can just get some sun to help this little plant start to grow!!

In other news...rain. Everyday. For the past week and a half. Every day. Its really crazy!! Our monthly rain total so far (and its only the 11th day of the month!) is over an inch and a half. That is alot of rain coming down! A lot of houses just down the valley a little ways have been flooding becuase of all the moisture. I must confess that I have been enjoying it. I guess the desert girl in me is loving the moisture she never got growing up. Its supposed to continue this way (rainy) for the next while at least. Bring it on!!!

School is going well. Just got done finishing a big research paper that was a pain in the neck. This semester is going by really fast, if only for the reason that it is so short. Even though its going fast, we still have a long way to go. Tomorrow I get to lead my first large group therapy circle at the preschool I am working at. Nervous? Yes. Very. Why? Its just 4 4-yr olds for fifteen minutes. I can do that, right? Cross your fingers for me!!! I am really not appreciating having to be in school during the summer. It is SO hard to be motivated to do any work! Everyone in my program is feeling it, even my teachers. Just gotta keep pushing on I guess.

Oh, just looked out the window and surprise: its raining. again.

Flowers Galore!

Can you believe its June already? Not only that, but its nearly the middle of June! Holy Cow!!! Things are going by so fast, its incredible. Last Sunday after church I drove to the temple to walk around, look at the flowers, and take some pictures. The flowers had just been replaced and were really pretty. My favorite area was this patch that was FILLED with poppies. So cute!!

Here is my attempt at photography. Lately I have been into taking pictures from different, unique, and fun angles. Moreso than just the regular front on shot that is usually taken. I really like how this one turned out.
Again with the flowers, this little beauty is growing outside my front door. Fun lilly and I love the bright vibrant color. Makes walking to my door happy :)
I found some planter boxes a while ago and had been planning on buying flowers and filling the boxes up. I just haven't gotten around to it, till today. I finally put off my procrastinating and bought the dirt and flowers and filled the boxes. I got enough flowers to fill all three boxes, but only enough dirt to fill two. Whoops. So tomorrow I get to go back to the store and buy more dirt. Then I can plant the last few flowers to complete the set. I really think they are going to be cute once they grow in a bit more. At least it will be some color on my porch.



For my birthday I got one of those hanging tomato planters. Again with the procrastination, I haven't gotten a plant for it yet. So I got a tomato today at the store as well. How in the heck are you supposed to choose between all those varieties of tomatoes? There's like twenty of them! My porch doesn't have any good place to let me hang the bag, so I also need to buy a shephard's hook to put the bag onto. Once I get that, the tomato can start to grow. My own little one person garden of flowers and tomatoes. What fun!!