Summer Project #2

 Another Cricut project!

I love organization. And I love file folders.  And I love doing projects with vinyl.  So this was a natural idea from my organizing brain.

So nice for coupons!

And this one for all my kitchen appliance manuals, electronics manuals, and even warranties.

I also just got another blue file (target dollar section!!) that I will use for receipts. Now all I have to decide is what color to make the letters....

Goodbye Boise

Last weekend was our last one together in Boise.  We went out with a bang.  Friday was Matt's birthday, but since there was a ward campout we decided to celebrate on Thursday.  We went to Tucano's for dinner which is always fun, and then came home for cake.  Do you recognize it?

Matt didn't at first and he thought I was crazy, but when I reminded him it looked exactly like Harry Potter's cake..... he loved it!  I think I did a pretty good job making it look like the original.

cake from the movie

Friday was the ward campout.  We were semi-in-charge of it and it turned out super fun! I LOVE sitting around the campfire making smore's and singing songs, but I hate sleeping on the ground. As expected I had a sore neck in the morning, but it was worth it.

love our bishop

smore's

The next morning was swimming and boating.  Matt found a new hobby.. lake surfing! It's pretty cool looking.  You're supposed to let go of the rope and just ride the wake like you would a wave in the ocean.  Matt was pretty good for his first time, but never quite got there.

swimming



wakebording

And surfing...

What a way to say goodbye to Boise.  It's been fun Idaho, and I hope we see you again someday!

The Find-A-Wife Diet

Yesterday at church we have a fabulous lesson by our Relief Society president Kristen Price.  One part of her lesson really stuck to me, and made me think about my life and the relationship I have with my Savior.  She told a story about how her brother wanted to go on a Find-A-Wife diet to get himself in the shape he wanted.  He bought a book by a famous athlete (sorry I don't know what the book is) and got to reading on how he could get in his best shape.  Two great pieces of advice were given in this book.

1.  Choose good teammates.
This means don't work out alone.  Do it with a friend or family member who will encourage you and push you to do more.

2. Create a home-court advantage.
Don't have things in your house that you don't want yourself to eat.. like Oreos.  Instead surround yourself with lots of fruit and veggies for when you want a snack.


These are great pieces of advice if you want to lose weight or get in better shape, but let's think about this spiritually.  I call it the Find-Your-Savior diet.  These are also great ideas so get in better shape spiritually and come closer to the Savior.

1.  Choose good teammates. 
Surround yourself with people who uplift you.  Spend time with your family, and participate in ward meetings and activities.  It's much easier to live righteously if you are not doing so alone.

2.  Create a home-court advantage.
We can choose what goes into our home and into our lives.  We can make sure that there are not things in our lives that take us away from the spirit.  What kind of television and how much do we watch?  What kind of attitude so we have towards those we live with?  Make sure your home is a place where you will come out the winner and grow closer to Christ.

Science!

This weekend Matt and I went to the science museum here in Boise. We spend a little over 4 hours there, and had a blast.  Here's a little bit about our adventure.

 If you look closely, you can see my eyes on either side!

Mirror Tricks!

 Shadow Box

Practicing our levitating skills

TORNADO! 

I am a much better bubble blower that Matt

 Chair lift

Matt loved reading the descriptions and trying to figure out how everything worked.  Me? Nope. I like believing that it was all magic :)   But while we were there, I did realize what an awesome father Matt will be someday.  He wanted to teach me how everything worked and even helped some little kids out with some of the exhibits.  I'm glad he's mine!

Baking Boredom

I've been loving all the time I have to do whatever I want this summer, and yes... sometimes I do get rather bored.  So as I was staring inside my fridge this morning, I decided I really needed to do something with the big bag of cherries I got in my Bountiful Basket (A produce basket you can buy, but never know what you're gonna get!).

Just like blueberries and coconut, cherries is one of those foods that I LOVE the flavor of but can't stand eating alone. So I looked up some recipes and decided on cherry muffins.  I found the recipe here: recipe.

I had a few problems mainly because I forgot we're living in someone else's apartment and they didn't have things that I normally have at hand.  So I used raw sugar, and coconut extract instead of almond extract. (They didn't even have vanilla!!)

But, alas they tasted pretty darn good and smelled even better! Mmmm.

***I made them a second time with the right ingredients and added chocolate chips and they were much yummier!

Music Love

So here are a few songs/videos that I'm currently obsessed with.  I'm sure you've seen them, but if not you're in for a little treat....

Coolest little girls ever- Lennon and Maisy! They have AMAZING voices and they have a lot of videos on youtube... so look up them up!! One of the comments under the video says they'll end up on Ellen.. and I don't doubt it.

Call me crazy, but I CANNOT get enough of the Call me Maybe song by Carly Rae Jepsen!! I dance around to it every day and it's still not old.  And this video of the Harvard baseball team is much better than the real music video.

And lastly, also absolutely love this Tangled song! I've almost got the entire thing memorized, and I LOVE Mandy Moore's voice.  She really needs to put out a new song.

Summer Project #1

Since Matt is a working man this summer, I've got lots of time to myself.  So I've decided to do a few projects to keep me busy.  Here is the first...

Kitchen Jars!

Boise has TONS of thrift stores. We went to 6 on Saturday and I've passed by at least 2 more that I'll need to check out sometime.  Anyways.. I found these perfect jars at one of them, washed them out super clean, and used my cricut to label them.  They turned out much to my liking:

More summer projects on their way!