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5 short, err, long (select the one that is appropriate for you) months it will be Christmas Day!!!

(Polar Express Day in kindergarten.)

I have really been thinking that next July 25th I am going to have a Christmas in July party with my friends and their kids. Doesn't that sound like fun!
I envision...
white water balloon fights
Santa hats with bathing suits
candy canes (saved from Dec.)
frozen hot chocolate
hmmm...gotta keep thinking about what else there may be...
maybe we would make cookies???

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.