End of School!

"W" had a great year of Kindergarten! On their last day the whole school participates in the Dance Festival. Each grade or class does it's own dance to perform for everyone. She is in that group somewhere!

 Here is a picture of her with her teacher, Mrs. Ferrin, who we LOVE and her assistant Mrs. White.

 And here's a pic of Mrs. and Mr. Ferrin. Mr. Ferrin did this extra class with "W" on Mondays where they got to learn and discover new things with him. He is actually our Stake President as well, such a busy man, and SO wonderful. He loves the kids and they love him too, it was such a fun year! Can't wait for "E" to have Mrs. Ferrin next year!

Before and After Corner Shelf

So, I did a little project a couple of weeks ago and I am now finally posting it since I took my final picture. My mom gave me this shelf she had because we really needed something in our living room, specifically to hold our 5 gallon fish tank that has been on our dining room TABLE! Anyways, when I got it, it had a very lovely paint job, I must say, from the 90's I am sure, and it was hiding anyways, so it didn't really matter, but here it is:

I decided to go with spray paint and was wanting to go for kind of a mahogany look, which wasn't completely possible with spray paint options, but I did like the end result anyhow. I finished it off with a shiny coat to give it a fancier look, so here is the end result:

Not too bad, right? Now, to figure out what to do with my lovely wood paneled wall...? Oh, and we just got these couches from a neighbor, they aren't too bad, especially considering they were free, and all we had in here before was a love seat, and a rocking chair pretty much. Anyways, it is finally coming together after only a year! Ha, maybe in 10 we will finally get it all in order?

Happy Birthday to Me!

So, as is usual being a mom, I didn't expect much but a quiet time at home with the family, and maybe my mom, for my birthday. I also woke up on my birthday with pretty much no voice, thanks to my cold, so sorry to anyone I didn't answer the phone for. :) I knew that Will was making me something with a little help from the kids, but that was it.

SURPRISE! Will, had actually planned something for us without me knowing! I never expect it really because it always requires planning ahead, which can be hard for both of us. ;-) Anyways, he said I couldn't have my present until a little later, so we just hung out a little when he got home from work, (which he managed to get off early, which is also VERY rare) So then the doorbell rang and my mom was here! (Now, I kind of DID know she was coming, but I just thought it was so she could be here to hang out with us and eat and maybe we'd go out all together or something?) So, I opened my present which is what he had been working on:

He bought the box at Michaels, and added some beautiful artwork to it. He did the wood burning, which is impressive for his first time, I must say, and then the inside is just awesome too. He found a way (via TouTube :)) to transfer a picture onto the wood, It looks really cool, and then each of the kids put their hand prints in the bottom.

Inside he also go me this:

And also inside was 2 tickets to see Oz: The Great and Powerful at 6:30 and an envelope of 3 restaurant choices. I guess we were going out together! I'd say he hit a home run with this one. Thanks Hun! It was a fun night for sure. And thanks mom for watching the kids!

Earlier in the day I DID still make myself a cheesecake for dessert, so I did know we would be having that. :) I found the recipe on Allrecipes, of course HERE. Read the comments for extra tips, I didn't do it exactly as it said, added a water bath and some sugar to the crust etc., but it was great! I also may have cooked it a bit too long, but it was still good!

So I'd say it was a great birthday, and I have a wonderful husband and family! Thanks!

Play Doh Fun

So the girls have been wanting to play with play doh all week, and I finally got it out today. Of course half of it was dried up and crumbly, so we decided to make some! After borrowing some cream of tartar from my awesome neighbor (which is always in play doh recipes, and is why I've never made it before) we were able to make it!  I did 5 small batches in a matter of 20 min, so easy, with this recipe HERE, which I halved for each batch. It was perfect! They played with it for quite a while, and it should last a good while. Here's some pics!