Prezzi ideas

So I have been wanting to share something I made for cousins weddings.  I actually gave this to a friend for her wedding too.  I have gotten positive feedback and it is simple.  My biggest problem was trying to make it be something that each couple would like and go with their decorating decor.  Red is a fairly obvious decorating color for LOVE.  But what do you do when the bride says she likes blues and turquoise.  Well look below...

 This is the turquoise fan and I thought it turned out great!  I used a paper towel to get the bloches of dark paint.  I then used rhinestone stickers and put them on wrapping them wherever I needed.  If you find the stickers popping off and out, then snip where it would need to bend and lay it back where it would go.

 This was for a cousin that said she would decorate with modern Asian minimalist theme.  I am sure I am not stating that correctly.  But anyhow, after the letter was painted a bright red I used mod podge to adhere the vellum with the Kanji word for love printed on it.  I then found the Asian flower for love which is a red carnation flower.  I cut a hole in the letter so the flower would not poke out too far.  If the flower pokes out to far, the letter would not stay standing.  I used liquid class to adhere them.  This was easier to have dry as I just laid the letters down. I also made sure to not have the flowers in a straight line as I was not sure I would be able to get them exactly straight and that would only bug me.

 This cousin said she would decorate in earth tones.  So I used a dark red paint to cover the letters and used paper to cover the front.  I didn't want to exactly copy her sisters above so I choose one  rose for one letter.  I used liquid glass adhesive and a ribbon to adhere this flower to the "L".  I would have used a glue gun but I did not take it with me on my vacay!  I did have to put weights in the back so this letter would not fall over.

I think that all of these turned out better than I had planned. These three different types were for three cousins that are sisters.  There is one more sister to get married so I will need to make one for her.  I really enjoyed making them and think it is a nice touch to have anywhere in the house.  Enjoy! Kari!

So some of you may remember Kenzi's house that she got as a birthday present from Gram Mac in 2008.  Unfortunately, the house was falling apart and we feel that with being analyzed to adopt children it would be seen as a hazard and not a cute and safe play area!  So as we lovingly remember our time with Kenzi's house we approached Kenzi about having to take it down.  I thought there would be crying and whining.  "DO I GET TO USE MY HAMMER!?!?!?!?!?!?!"

So on a nice Saturday morning,Shanette came over and we got to work.

 Can you believe that pile of wood was once a house?  While we will miss the house, it was A LOT of fun tearing it down!  Later! Kari

Labor Days Activities

So on Labor Day we had plans of going to Fort Worth to the Cowgirl Museum and the Museum of Fort Worth. We did not quite make it after Kenzi had a rough morning. So after we got some chores done at home and Kenzi changed her attitude we headed to the park to fly her kite. It was a pretty windy day and great for Kites. We also thought it would be good to get the dogs out. They loved it! Enjoy!

My camera is doing this wierd white wash on my pictures but it has been so hot and we are in a drought that the grass in this picture is pretty much what most yards look like.

I thought this picture was cool because you could see the shadow of the kite and Kenzi.

Kenzi got this kite for her birthday and we finally were able to fly it. She LOVES it!

We are thankful to have cooler weather and I am REALLY excited for winter. Bring on the freezes! Kari

Six Flags...

So another fun thing we did was go to Six Flags, which used to be Marine World. So they still have a lot of the animal shows. Kenzi said her favorite was the Dolphin show. It was pretty cool! Enjoy!

Kenzi was soooo happy to have ridden the bumper cars! She was happy to be at Six Flags. She was still talking about her trip to Six Flags over Texas that she went to when she turned 5. So I am sure this is just going to add fuel to her memories even more! That is fine by me!

Kenzi riding one of the kids rides ALL by herself.

Since I get really sick, yes pucking and all, on the teacups, Uncle Ken went with Kenzi on them. Of course, he is such a big guy that they thing in the middle you use to turn the cup was rubbing on his legs!
Kenzi eating the cotton candy at the Dolphin show.

Kenzi and her old friend, The Flash!

I kept asking Kenzi if she got the Penguin but she kept telling me that she was not looking for them!

They have a "water ride" for kids and she LOVED it. It was a warm day so she got cooled off really well. After her turn was done, I told her to go hug Gramma, but she was not there so she hugged Grampa instead. He LOVED it. Again it was warm!

A picture from the dolphin show. Do you know they actually give dolphins a time out when they have done something they are not supposed to. No joke! They gave them a time out right in the middle of the show!

The tiger show was fascinating! Tigers cannot climb trees but they jump high and they are great swimmers.

We had a great day at Six Flags and with the family. Thanks Mom, Dad, Ken and Norma! We miss you guys! Kari

Water World ...

And no Kevin Costner was not there! While visiting my family in California we went to Water World. Kenzi LOVED it and did not want to leave! Enjoy!

Kenzi and her Uncle Ken are under the water fall.

After a very fun day Ken & Norma had some watermelon in their cooler so we ate it and it was yummy! Of course I had to get a picture!

IT was a lot of fun visiting the fam! Thank you Mom, Dad, Ken and Norma!

Kenzi's birthday party

So Kenzi's birthday party happened months ago. I am just now getting to posting it. I know, I know. We have been busy and so I am going to be playing catch up with the last few months. So here are the pictures from Kenzi's birthday party. If you can guess from last Halloween, Kenzi is obsessed with Perry the Platypus from Phineas and Ferb. She was Perry the Platypus for Halloween and decided she wanted a Phineas and Ferb party. Well, in keeping with the spirit of the show and googling ideas for such a party we found these activities...

"Hey, Where's Parry?" - I made Perry stickers, only because I could not find them to buy! I then hid them in the front yard. And while Perry theme music was playing the children went and looked for them. Though Dr. Doofenshmirtz was trying to through them off!

Phineas and Ferb Bingo - Yep, pretty self explanatory. Though Doffenshmirtz w2as helping me and was accused of cheating by the children!

Busted - So Vanessa and Candace sing a song on an episode talking about how they are going to bust Dr. Doofenshmirtz and Phineas and Ferb. So we blew up balloons and had the children pop them while playing the song. The only problem was it took quite a bit of effort for the kids to pop them, that Dr. Doofenshmirtz and I had to help. Dr Doofenshmirtz was popping two by the end of it and I was laughing so hard I thought I was going to pee my pants!

Phineas and Ferb can ROCK! And the kids did too. They LOVED the inflatable guitars and glasses. They were so cute!

Future rock start, right here folks!

And for those of you that don't know, I love to make cakes for my family! When Kenzi gets the idea for her birthday I am trying to figure out how to make the cake. I am SUPER happy with this! I could not have planned it any better!

Happy Birthday Fluffy! I cannot believe how big you are getting! We love you! And daddy is sorry that he could not make it to the party! Mom

Frist day of School

Can you believe that my little girl is in 1st grade! I am having a hard time believing it. She loves her teacher and has an easier time getting up this year. Though she still gets cranky, at least she gets up!

We saw Jordan and the family on our way. I think Nikki was just as excited to see Kenzi as Jordan was!

Kenzi hugging her Kindergarten teacher. She LOVES Mrs. C!

So this is the face I got after her first day of school. I think she will be just fine! Enjoy! Kari