FATHERS DAY LAUGHS AND PIC

Ok... I'm just going to say it! Sometime I have a slightly dirty Mind... AND sometimes I like to pass the blame onto my Sisters in Law... Ha Ha Ha! 

Anyways! So we had some DELICIOUS food at our Father's Day gathering this year! Well we have yummy food at every get together! But I personally made some Cheese Cake stuffed Strawberries topped with Blueberries. They were SO Awesome!

And I also made some Chili Lime Garbanzo Beans... Which were not so Great. They were not Awful... but quite Unflavorful... So for a word to the cooks out there, when seasoning your baked Garbanzo Beans DO NOT hesitate to add LOTS of Seasoning.

Anyways... on to the MAIN reason I am posting this. I promised to add some of my Favorite Pics we took on Fathers Day if I could get some "Love" for my Great Bunce Dads Pic I posted on Facebook the other Day! 

We Decided to walk the Cat Walk and got so much
 AWESOMENESS I can't even Describe!!!

1. 

 OH MY!!! Are you Rolling on the Floor yet! I sure was as I was reviewing them! HA HA HA! I have some awesome Peeps in my Life!

HAPPY Ha HA Ha HA Day!!!

Emergency Back Packs

Are you ready???

We have been focusing in RS on some Preparedness skills. And one thing they mentioned was a pillow case with a few things in it that your child could easily grab and take out with them if they needed to hurry out of the home. Well we took it a small step farther and put together some preparedness backpacks.

Emergency Back Packs Ready! Just need Hung on Hooks in Each Bedroom!

I would say about 90% of the things in the BPs are from the $ store! And Yeah for $ Store! 

OK I am going to list items by Back Pack/Owner and any Item have a * by means it was NOT from the $ Store.

Talon

*Diapers (You can buy at the $ Store, I just didn't)

Flash Light (If you keep Harbor Freight Tools Ads you can Get Free FLs all the time!)

Wipes

Fruit Snacks

Coloring Crayons

Coloring Book

Toothbrush ($Store had a 6 PACK, Seriously that is a CRAZY deal)

Toddler Tooth Paste

Ziploc Bag with Band-aids, Gauze, and Neosporin

Masks (I bought a pack of ten "painters/shop" masks and divvied them up between the bags

*2 Water Bottles ( I buy my BW at Sams... under 10 cents per bottle) 

Grayson

Mask

Fruit Snacks

Flash Light

Crayons

Coloring Book

Toothpaste 

*Tooth Brush

Band-Aids, Gauze, and Neosporin

Floss Pick 

Wipes

Bar of

2 Pack of Kids Scissors

*2 Water Bottles

Kasey

Band-Aids, Gauze, Gauze Tape, Neosporin

Notebook

Flash Light

Scissors 

aa/aaa/c batteries

Soap Bar

Floss

Deodorant

*IB Profin (Walmart $1) 

*Pocket Knife (we have a lot lying around though they can be found at $ Store)

Hand Sanatizer

Toothbrush

Pens

Toilet Paper

*2 Water Bottles

Working Gloves

Lighter Wand

Camping Knife

Garbage Bags

*Toothpaste (Aim from Walmart for 88 cents)

Granola Bars

Multi Hex Tool

Mini Crow Bar

Masks

Wipes

Mini Screw Driver Set

Melissa

Band-Aids, Gauze, Gauze Tape, Neosporin

Notebook

Flash Light

Scissors 

aa/aaa/c batteries

Soap Bar

Floss

Deodorant

*IB Profin (Walmart $1) 

Hand Sanatizer

Toothbrush

Pens

Toilet Paper

*2 Water Bottles

Granola Bars

Working Gloves

Lighter Wand

Camping Knife

Garbage Bags

*Toothpaste (Aim from Walmart for 88 cents)

Pliers

Mini Crow Bar

Masks

Wipes

*Childrens IB Profin (Walmart Under $3)

Hair Brush

AND THATS IT :)

Grayson asks me frequently if we get to use the emergency backpacks today... I am trying to teach him that we would like to NEVER use the EBPs. 

Also the DI is a Great Place to get Back Packs for $2-$3 each.

Rain Rain...

So I am a LUCKY Lady! My hubby got me a camera for Mother's Day! And.... I LOVE IT! I had a descent point and click camera that I have owned since before Grayson was born that I recently learned how to use... and because I started researching cameras I realized I really wanted a DSLR! Well after much thought we ended up with the Canon Rebel SL1. On Mothers Day a Sweet lady in my Ward whom I adore asked me if I would take some pics of her beautiful daughter in her baptism dress once she got her cast off her leg. Well she got her cast off Tues and Wed we were out at the Temple and at Denzil Stewart Nature park taking some pics!

I'm am super excited to share some... BUT all you PRO photographers who may see this.. No judgy judgy ;) I think they turned out Great for my first pics with the new camera and never having owned a DSLR before .. ANYWAYS!

First things First. A huge shout out to a good friend of mine! Thanks "A" for giving me some great information and sitting with me for a couple hours and teaching me the basics of my camera!! You are the greatest!

NOW on to the reason you are here.

We started out with Shots in the Rear of the Logan Temple! Which BTW Grayson always calls/or makes mention that it is a beautiful Castle Temple!

Then we moved to the Fountain in the Front where my boys had to jump in a couple pics to! And Because as mothers we have to nit pick and be in Control... (That isn't just me right) I had to add at least one of the pics of Mom fixing the dress :)

This sweet girl was still on Crutches but I did not Hear 1 complaint! What a sweetheart! One of my Favorite Pics from the Temple is the next one of Isabella holding up her blessing dress. LOVE LOVE LOVE.

 Right as we left to head to the Park to take the Final Pictures it started to RAIN! What RAIN! I know it is not like it has rained AT ALL around here the past couple weeks :)

Well I'm so glad it did because these umbrella PICS ARE MY FAVORITE!!!

And I did a of Course have to include another of Mom and Sis helping out get things set!

 This cutie is going to do so Great next month at her Baptism, I just know it!




PS... For anyone that wants one, my next post will be a list of things I put in my families emergency Back Packs that we can Grab and Get Out Quick in an Emergency!!

Compost Bin

Today I decided to get my compost on... 

Well technically I decided this a while back but I made the official Starting point TODAY. Monday Night while at Walmart I picked up a 50 gallon Rubbermaid container for $20 and today set to turning it into my official Compost Bin. 

I read on a couple different sites of people using Garbage cans... 
CLICK HERE

I was about to set my sights on making the above mentioned bin, when I set my eyes on this one...
Click HERE for one even Easier!

Seriously! How much simpler can you get! I would be lying if I didn't say that I truly had my eyes set on a rotating Compost bin so that I didn't have to sift through it with my pitch fork to mix it up... BUT $20 as apposed to $100+... 

Anyways so I got the bin out of the Garage. Put my Drill Bit in... And Had at it! I took me about 45 min... (But 30 of that was waiting for the battery to charge on the Drill cause I forgot to plug it in last time) I put holes EVERYWHERE! Top, Bottom, Sides... I wanted to ensure Air and water could get in. And that the water could drain out the bottom. It is currently sitting on a Wood Pallet in my Front Yard. But will eventually be moved to my backyard sitting on some concrete blocks or some Bricks... Whatever I can find for FREE :). 

I Put a Bag of Top Soil I had Extra in my Garage (I believe $1.50 from Lowes Last Year) in the Bottom and then I started to throw in the Organic Kitchen matter we accumulated from dinner prep. We had some Mighty Tasty Omlettes and in the Bin went the Tomato vines, Avacado peel, Green Pepper Top, Egg Shell, Wilting Part of the Green onion, and some Bananas that were dying a slow painful death on my counter top... WHY oh WHY do I keep buying Bananas... If you see me at the Store with bananas in my hand. Slap them OUT! :) Anyways. I also researched to see if it was ok to put some canned pineapple that had been in my fridge for a while in the bin... From my reading it appears most all canned foods are good to go in the bin, as long as you are cautious of not overwhelming the worms with too much acidic foods. Tomorrow I will rake up some leaves and throw them all on top. And just keep adding and waiting and seeing if it works :) 

OH Yes... I read that Dryer lint can go in your compost bin... and so there is a little blob of lint in there too :)

AND I plan to go get me some worms to put in tomorrow! 

So I guess that is about it! If you have any suggestions PLEASE pass them Along!

 AND here are some links to some of the sights I used to gather my Composting Info...
** http://www.seedsnow.com/blogs/news/12889145-composting-101
** http://momsneedtoknow.com/composting-basics-get-started-composting/
** http://thegardeningcook.com/weird-things-to-compost/