PhotoBooth

Just discovered a new app on my phone and I can't wait to have more fun with it. It is called PhotoBooth. If you are like me I loved taking pictures in a photo booth with friends.
My cat was the latest victim subject of my phone camera and she really was none too pleased. Can't wait to have some fun with my kids tomorrow!

Created with PhotoBooth for Android.

Loggerhead Marine Life Center

One of my favorite places to visit here in South FL is the Loggerhead Marinelife Center, it is free to get in but a donation of $5.00 is suggested. It is a hospital for sea turtles and their stories of survival are always amazing to me to listen to and read about. This was my first time ever being there when it was feeding time. So cool to watch the turtles eat squid, rock fish, etc. They put the turtles vitamins inside the fish and give them that one first so that they know they got what ever vitamins that they need. The summer camp kids got to feed the turtles and my boys were very jealous.

This guy kept coming up for air and I love that I was able to capture him out of the water.
One of the new additions to the center is this growth chart. So cool to see how my kids measure up to the sea turtles.

They even have the baby sea turtles, but on this trip I didn't get any pictures of them. One of these days I am going to go on a sea turtle walk on the beach.

4th of July Weekend

Yes, I did say weekend. With Monday being the holiday I felt like we celebrated all weekend long and for sure into Monday. :)
Friday we got together with some friends and got our craft on.
We made plaques for the 4th.

We cut out rectangles to make shirts for the 4th. Who wants a store bought 4th of July shirt? ;)

My family all decked out and ready to go to a cookout then onto the fireworks.

It had been a few years since we had last seen our towns actual fireworks show and I have to say I was quite impressed, one of the best I had seen in many years, even Eric agreed.

I hope everyone had a lovely 4th of July weekend like us!
Happy Birthday America!!!

ABC - I love U sign

So a couple of weeks ago I was in Target and came across this sign.  I thought to myself that is really cute but I don't want to spend $20 on it...I can make one.

Theirs

Mine 

I think I am going to hang it in our bedroom but haven't decided for sure.

I used Cricut George Font at 1".

This is an 8X10 frame that I had something else in but the style was not my style anymore, paper I had in my stash = FREE!

Project Life

I was getting ready for bed and the assortment of brands and colors of our toothbrushes caught my attention. My boys picked out new toothbrushes today and a new one for their dad as well. They are very much into making sure everyone has their favorite color.
Dad/blue
Mom/green
Tyler/yellow
Reed/red (he couldn't find red so orange was the next closest)

4th of July decor

Looking for something fun, quick, and easy to make for a 4th of July decoration?
This banner was all of that!
Friday night while my husband watched TV I sat next to him with my cricut and blue and red paper and cut out stars using the George cartridge ranging is sizes 4-5 1/2 inches. Then this morning I opened up the sewing machine and just stitched them all together. See I told you it was simple.
I think it really turned out cute and looks so festive hanging across my sliding glass windows.

Father's Day dinner

One of my favorite wedding gifts {13 years ago} was the crock pot and it is still going strong. Well with the crockpot came a little receipe book. One thing that I was startled to find in there was a recipe for mock lasagna {crockpot lasagna as it is referred to aroud here}. My husband loves this dinner although it really isn't one of my favs. You would think with a crockpot meal everything would just be thrown into it, but not with this one you first have to brown the ground beef and Italian sausage and that makes a big mess splattering everywhere. YUCK! Well it has been a few years since I last made this for hubby and he always asks for it when I ask him what he wants for dinner so yesterday being Father's Day and all and he has been a great father and husband I thought he deserved his favorite meal.

I got up yesterday and also made him a hearty breakfast which included another favorite of his scrapple although I have declared that he will probably never get it again because I just can't cook it right.

OK, back to the lasagna.
Here is the ground beef and Italian sausage in the lightly greased crockpot after being browned.

Next, comes all these ingredients mixed in with the meat. Yes, I buy the no boil lasagna to save time.
Here is everything all mixed up as it begins to cook.

One thing I have learned after yesterdays experience is that it doesn't need 7-9 hours of cooking time only about 5 on low otherwise it gets burned.

Thanks honey for being a great father to our boys and a wonderful husband to me. I hope you enjoyed your special foods yesterday!