Girls Night

Aunt MiMi gave Scarlett a first class mani and pedi at girls night. It was the first time to paint her fingers and boy was she proud!! She showed me her "pretties" a million times.

Cutest girl EVER in her leopard print jammies and glitter polish. She later made me add some of her nail stickers to add a lil something ;)

Crafts

So I found this little treasure at the thrift store for $2. I liked that is was made of a good wood and the little flower on the front was cute so I thought that it might turn out cute in Scarlett's room if I fixed it up a bit.

 

It had this unattractive mauve-ish color velvet on the inside.

Pay no attention to the covered bottom .... I had already started :)

After a coat of primer I painted it this pretty mint color that I have been trying to incorporate into Scarlett's mostly pink and white bedroom and bathroom.

I covered the inside with scrapbook paper in a mint/turquoise flower print. I used this same pattern in her bathroom on a different craft so I thought adding it to her room would help tie them together ?? :)

Here it is finished on her dresser. I am hoping to cover that empty space above her dresser with a really pretty ornate mirror that I think I will (try to) antique-ishly paint mint and white. That is as soon as a find that perfect mirror!! I have been scouring the thrift store and craigslist but have had no luck so far.

I also found this little doll chair at the thrift store for $1. I painted it in the same mint color and added a different flower print that I also used in the bathroom. I think it turned out pretty cute...

I think Scarlett does too because she has really been making all my hard work worthwhile.

(side note: her baby has no clothes on because she has been into Toy Story 3 lately and "big baby" doesn't wear any clothes so she decided her baby wouldn't either.... haha!! Lets just hope she doesn't think to cover her in pen ink too!)

Betty Crocker

This will be a random post.... I actually have started one with more of a journal type theme but this one is simply to brag on myself!

Scarlett LOVES bananas. And every time we hit the grocery store I try to avoid that particular fruit section. But Broulims, being very smart, has strategically placed displays of bananas throughout the store and we always end up with a bunch in our cart :/

So today, while cleaning up, I notice 4 very brown bananas ready for the trash. All of a sudden, though never before with all the others, it occurred to me that you can make banana bread with nasty bananas!!!

I am a terrible cook and reason that's why I never thought of it before but tried it today. While mixing up the ingredients I started to panic because it looked like too much for the pan. But I dumped it in, threw it in the oven, and one hour and a dirty oven pan later (from an overflowing banana bread pan) this beauty was born!!!

Now for the real test- I cut Aaron a piece. Hands on knees and 1 inch from his face I watched him take a bite. I was rewarded with a long "hmmmmmmm". So after a few heel clicks, air punches and a brief consideration of waking Scarlett to inform her to no longer call me mommy but Betty Crocker- I ate some myself!

Not as good as that Betsy Brannon Greens recipe but it was pretty delicious.

Go ME!!!

Happy Independence Day

We had a GREAT 4th of July this year! We like to think we are pretty patriotic and this being our 3rd favorite holiday we like to pack the day full of activities that help remind us of what a wonderful and blessed country we live in. We started off at the Rexburg parade...

God Bless America!

waiting for it to start

Getting candy

Face Painting

We decided to visit Jackson Hole Wyoming for their fabulous rodeo and fireworks.

What would we have done without Aunt MiMi to entertain on the trip up?

We pulled over in Victor to try their famous Huckleberry shake and across the street was a flee market... so of course we checked it out. Scarlett didn't find it that interesting.

We pulled over in the canyon to check out the views. It is so pretty this time of year!

Scarletts favorite view was from atop daddys shoulders.

My sweet girl picked me some wild mountain flowers!

So when we got to Jackson Hole we found out that the fireworks were canceled because of the fires and the rodeo sold out... but we strolled Main Street and had a delicious dinner at the Merry Piglet so we considered it worth it.

Scarlett found a souvenir that really added to her boots. She thinks she is super cute!

We got to ride the Snow King ski lift.

From the top.

We tried to make it back to Rexburg for their fireworks but barely missed it. Scarlett still got to wave some sparklers before bed.

It was a fabulous day and nothing made it better than knowing that it was all possible because of our founding fathers and their belief in a FREE and better world. We are so grateful to live in this beautiful country and take full advantage of all the freedoms that are available.

Side note: we also got to celebrate a certain fellows birthday.... What an equally great day in our eyes! Happy Birthday Aaron!

Yes it is.....

The best sale of the summer at one of our favorite stores! Scarlett was so excited (she loves clothes) and helped pick out some items for her winter wardrobe. It's a GREAT day when you score some seriously cute things for a crazy low price!!!!!

Scarlett's New Hobby

Scarlett is always running around with my phone- now I know why.

Apparently she is into blogging....

Ekk