Yahtzee and bedroom picnics

 Guess who rolled a Yahtzee their first time playing the game?  Yep, this little man did.  His second turn of the game and up come 5 fours.  Jeff later rolled a Yahtzee as well.  Lucky boys!

 Austin asked me for a picnic today, but it was raining, so we decided to have one in his room while we listened to the thunder.

Showing me his 'fire truck hat' {even though it's a construction hat}.

Maxi Skirt Project

Yesterday was very productive. 

Up at 5am for Zumba at 5:30am. Showered, ate, and cleaned the kitchen and a bathroom before 8am.  Helped with nursery at Institute (weekly religion class) from 9am-11am.  Friends over at 11:30am for projects and playtime for the kids.  Project done at 4:30pm.  {Forgot to thaw ingredients for dinner, sorry sweetie} Volleyball from 8:30-10pm.  Bed at 11pm.  Phew...  Today Austin and I are being lazy at home while it rains. :)

Here is yesterday's project:



 I found a tutorial on Pinterest for making a maxi skirt.  It seemed simple enough so my friend, Richelle, and I went to Joanns a couple weeks ago and picked out some fabric for skirts. 

{i had to stand on the coffee table in order to get a full-length shot} :)

 It probably should have been a 1-hour project to complete the two skirts, but the tutorial wouldn't load and we had to wing it. After a break for lunch and a couple fixes, we finished two skirts in about 4 hours. Not too bad for learning and executing at the same time.

Divergent Book Club

In June I hosted Book Club for the ladies from church.  We read Divergent by Veronica Roth.  This was the second time I'd read the book and I would read it again in a heartbeat.  I went a little overboard with food, but I just couldn't help myself.  There are 5 factions (communities/groups of people) in the book:  Abnegation, Amity, Erudite, Candor, and Dauntless.  Throughout the book the author describes each faction and mentions what color of clothing they wear and occasionally, what kind of food they eat.  This sparked the idea for me to make either the food that a particular group ate, or food that represented the color of their clothing.

There was a ton of food... well worth the preparation. 

(Unfortunately I forgot to bring out the camera while people were actually present. I'm pretty sure everyone had a good time.)  :)

(Jeff thoroughly enjoyed the leftovers of this chocolate zucchini cake.  He even said he wanted it for his birthday.  Good thing zucchini is in season... we'll be making this again in a couple of weeks!  Yum...)