Happy Birthday David!!!

 I can't believe that this sweet little baby boy...

 

 ...is now grown up into such a handsome little fellow!!

 

 David celebrated his fourth birthday this past week

 

 He was so excited to get a pool from Grandpoppy and Grandmommy!

 

Benjamin thought it was a great present too!!

 

David brings such joy to our home with his adorable grin and cute comments! 

I can't imagine life without my little brother!!

 

 

 Happy Birthday David!!!  We love you :)

 

~Kaitlyn



Metal Stamping - Keepers

Our most recent Keeper's meeting was held at Aunt Melissa's house where we learned how to stamp on metal.  I've been wanting to learn how to do metal stamping, so this was one of my favorite meetings!

 

There was a large varitey of items to stamp. 
Some of us chose washers, dog tags, spoons, forks, or knives.

 

Aunt Melissa had this example of a stamped fork for her herb garden...

 



Aunt Jennifer is really good at metal stamping so she came to show us some tips. 

This is a spoon made into a necklace charm.

Lillia chose a spoon.  First you have to smash them out flat on a hard surface like a concrete block.  We laid her spoon on an old sock or rag and then covered it with a piece of leather.  When you smash out your spoon make sure it is covered by the leather, so your spoon doesn't have dents from the hammer.

 



Now it's time to pick out what you want to write on your metal piece.

To make sure her lettering was even on the spoon, Aunt Jennifer used a piece of tape as a "line."

There also were wooden hearts we could stamp on as well.

 

We also made necklaces from washers and scrapbooking paper.

  

 First we traced our washers onto the paper which we cut out.  We then glued them onto the washers and took a nail file and sanded down the edges of the paper.

 Aunt Melissa put a layer of glossy accents on our necklace washers which had to dry for 24 hours...so at our next meeting we finished the necklaces!

 

At our second meeting Aunt Melissa showed us how to put the clamps and findings on the ends of our necklaces.

 



Bethany and Elainah :)

 



Everyone intently working on their necklaces.  There were many different beads we could add to the necklace's if we wanted to...

 



Keeper's is always so fun! 

 

Thanks to Aunt Melissa and Aunt Jennifer for teaching us all about metal stamping!

 

~Kaitlyn

 



:: Happenings in April ::

This sweet little guy is growing so fast, he's almost nine months old already!

 

 He loves balloons!

 I brought some balloons home from work one day because we had used them for advertising and they were all just going to be popped and thrown away.  I thought they would be a fun for the little boys so I brought them home!

"SuRpRiSe!!!"  Mom and a few of us girls recently attended a surprise baby shower for Isha.  She is originally from Canada but is now married to a guy from our church and they are expecting Lilyanna Grace to arrive in August!
 

 The other day on our way home from Keepers, we saw this buggy in town with a grill strapped to the top!! It was rather amusing :D
 

 Our neighbors have started planting their onions... sorry the picture isn't the best because Mom zoomed in pretty far through the window screen :D

 

Our cat had four kittens a few days ago...

 

 They're just so tiny and helpless!!

 

David outside enjoying the nice weather...

Lillia got a new camera today so she's been enjoying snapping pictures left and right!  I don't think I'll ever be able to use the excuse, "I don't have enough pictures for a post," she's taken over 400 in the last three hours! lol

 

 She's pretty proud of her $70 yard sale find!

Remember that ice storm a while back?  Yes, we're just now getting around to cleaning up the fallen trees in our woods.  Many hands make light work!

 

 David and Benjamin taking lessons from Daddy :)

 

 

Yep, that's Hope way up at the top of the ladder trimming branches!

 

  

You couldn't pay me to get that high up in a tree!

 

Our german shepherd puppy, Sergeant, is growing like crazy!

 

 And that just about sums up a few of the things that have been happening around our house!

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

 

~Kaitlyn