Water Balloon Bouncy Balls

This is for you Courtney, she has requested that I give you a tutorial of how to make these water balloon bouncy balls.  It is a very quick fun activity to do with your kids or for your kids! 

First you will need water balloons and a pair of scissors.

Put a small amount of water in a balloon.

Cut each balloon apart.

Pull the cut balloon over the balloon with water in it.  Keep layering until you have the size you want.

Super Bouncy and Super Fun!

Lamp Redo

Shianne and I came up with a project from her garage sale find.  She bought this lamp, I forgot the before picture sorry, and it was silver with the white shades.  It was pretty loose and kept falling over, so with a little love and just tightening things up, plus a can of very bright pink paint, she is a very happy girl!  Although her dad might not be as impressed with the pink driveway and bottom of the basketball hoop.  The wind caught it a little more than we thought.  Oh well, it was lots of fun!

Handmade Gift Exchange

Something new is always fun!!  I signed myself up for a Handmade Gift Exchange.  It was so much fun.  Please click the link to check out all of the other awesome crafts that were made.  I made the black photo holder and the 4th of July craft is what I received.

Riley's Birthday Cupcakes

These are Riley's 6th Birthday Cupcakes.  It was so much fun making them and she is sooo excited for her birthday party tonight!

Photo session

While getting ready for Bible School this last week, I needed a break and took my girls on a little field trip to a burned up old building for an impromptu photo shoot. I love the results!!! Here are just a few of the ones we did. I edited them some and took the color out and just had so much fun. It relieved some stress, too!

Front porch

This has been a project I have been dreaming about since we bought this house. I love that I have a little front porch and knew that I wanted a couple of big planters of flowers. The kicker was making it look homey. Then as I was driving by the thrift store I saw a wooden rocking chair and had to have it. So I brought it home and told Brad and the girls I wanted to redo it and paint it turquoise. Both Brad and Shianne told me how dumb that would look with a red house but I am stubborn and did it anyway. And I love it so much now!!!

It has been a while

It has been a while since I have been on here. Things here have been crazy busy trying to get all of the end of the year school stuff finished. Hard to believe we are entering into the summer. It will be busy with fun, sun, and water. The new waterpark is sure to take up a lot of our time. Now it will also including building a new swingset and fence. I have lots of new projects coming, like redoing an old dresser I used as a child, and revamping a rocking chair for our porch. So excited to get them done and I promise there will be more posts coming soon.