Lindon parade

We made a quick appearance at the Lindon parade before I had to go to a couple of baptisms. We always look forward to the football boys coming by because that's when we get lots of candy. It was no different! They all yelled Lucy and threw candy to her. It was fun!

Wood Co: Bathroom Ocean Decor

Hey! I hope that everyone's summer has gone well! Today I wanted to share this decor idea that I had for my kid's bathroom. Before this, I just had their towel rack hanging up and thought it would be fun to add something else. Wood Co has recently come out with these super cute shadow boxes and overlays. They have a mermaid overlay and a seahorse one, so I thought it would be cute to do an ocean theme in the kids bathroom. I came up with the word Splash, but you can use any word you want – bath, flush, sparkle, clean, brush. Here's what you do!

Materials you need:

- Mermaid in Plank

- Seahorse in Plank

- Framed Plank

- Small letters to go in plank

- Scrapbook paper

- Paint- White, Quaker Grey, North Sea, Metallic Silver

- Glitter

- Wood Glue

- Sandpaper

- Stain

- Paint brushes

- Matte spray

Seahorse Plank: First I traced the seahorse on scrapbook paper. Then I painted the edges of the seahorse white. While that dried, I cut out the paper and then glued it onto the seahorse. Then I sanded the edges. Next I painted the plank box quaker grey. After a couple coats of that, I applied stain onto it and quickly wiped it off afterward so it wouldn't get too dark. I sprayed the seahorse with a matte coat spray. Then I glued the seahorse to the plank. Seahorse, Done! If you need more detailed instructions with how to glue paper onto wood, check out the tutorial here. And here's a stain tutorial.

Next up, the mermaid plank. First I sanded then painted the mermaid metallic silver. That needs 2-3 coats. While that dried, I sanded then painted the plank box white. This also needs a few coats. After the metallic mermaid dried, I taped off the top half of her body, so that she'd just have a glitter tail. I painted the tail again and then applied the silver glitter, Make sure to check out this tutorial for glitter– it is so helpful! After the glitter, I sprayed the mermaid with the matte spray to keep the glitter in tact. Then I glued the mermaid to the plank. Mermaid done!

Lastly, the Splash letters. I sanded then painted the letters white. Again, 2 coats. Once these dried I sanded the edges. Then I painted the plank North Sea blue (2 coats). Once everything was dried, I glued the letters on. 

Then I had my husband hang everything up! There you have it! 

Lucy is 3 and a half!

3.5 years:

- She's really into making dresses and skirts out of pants, rags, towels, jumpropes, wash clothes and bows. Whatever she can find. She's obsessed with tying knots!

- she lives doing her own hair and usually puts 5 or more bows in it. 

- she had her first day of dance on 8/22/16. She did pretty well and followed directions but definitely got side tracked a lot. She was so excited to show her teacher what she could already do. 

- she loves makeup! 

- So is there any chance she could be constipated? She says she has sticks in her bum  and then she said it wasn't sticks it was a chip with swords on it  She was holding her private part so I thought it was that. But I guess it's her bum. I put her on the toilet while watching a show and told her she needs to push out the swords so they don't hurt her anymore  And then she told me that she wants me to be her mom haha! Tv while going potty I guess??? Silly girl. 

- sometimes Lucy if Lucy can't make it to the potty fast enough, she will pull down her pants if she's on grass and go right there. The other day she did it in front of the football Players on the field.  I was mortified! But she didn't wet her pants! Oh that girl! 

- mom! I got bones in my body!

- mom! You have a big butt!!

• I love your bacon! 
• How many marbles do you have? Like 12
• Why do we always have to stop and get drinks all the time?
• I like the byutes and the twolves!
• Lucy is so sweet with her brother and is always sharing her treats and toys with him. 
• I'm not gonna be a team player like daddy.
• Can I be Santa Claus for Halloween? And you'll be a snowman and Lincoln will be a reindeer and daddy will be a zombie
• After doing our big give activity and explaining that less fortunate people need money, Lucy says I have some money that I can give! 
• Dan ask Lucy why she is so beautiful and she says because I look like my mommy who is beautiful. 
• At luminaria, Lucy sees a statue of Jesus and exclaims Jesus! She said some other sweet things like, "Jesus Jesus, don't forget me", "jesus 
• She can spell her name! 

Lagoon

It was Lincoln and Lucy's first time at Lagoon! They were so easy going and had a blast on all the rides! We went with our friends, Ryan and Laura. Lucy loved going on the lady bug ride with Ryan. She also went on Pete's Dragon with him. She loves him! Lincoln loved the whales, boats, and airplanes. He got a little tired at the end and cried on the last ride, but he enjoyed it most of the time. I made Dan go with me on the new Cannibal ride. He was a little scared and trying to get out of it the whole time. It was a rush! I loved it! Dan ended up loving it too, but probably wouldn't do it again. We had a blast!

Kaylee is home

I am so happy that Kaylee is home! She got quite the welcome as 23 nieces and nephews, 2 parents, and 12 siblings anxiously awaited her arrival at the Salt Lake airport. She looked so happy and started crying when she saw us. It was SO HAPPY! We all gave her hugs! Little Lincoln held a sign that said "I've waited my whole life to meet you". He was a little nervous to meet her. We are so happy she is home from her mission!