Melted Crayon Pumpkin

 This was a great craft for Kimberly while she is in the wheel chair.

And it turned out so cute, I was very please.

Start with a ghost pumpkin.  

crayons (crayola) with the labels pealed off 

a hot glue gun...or a strong quick acting glue

a blow dryer

 Glue the crayons to the top of the pumpkin ( our pumpkin was cold from being outside...we needed to let it warm up for the hot glue to do its job.)

 Do the next step outside.  ( the crayon wax can spatter about)

Set the blow dryer on the hottest setting and have at it. 

 The crayons start melting.  You need to find a good angle for this or you will be spraying crayon all over everything. 

 Keep up the good work....after the crayons have begun melting we turned the blow dryer to a lower setting. 

Kimberly's final product....I just love this.  I believe it will be a new tradition. 

I can imagine how cute this would be with different color combination.

All one color of different shades...l

Rainbow colors around the pumpkin...and anything else we can think of....

We have 2 more ghost pumpkins to try this technique...I look forward to what Grace and Luke decide to do!

August 2--A New Prayer Board and New Plane

In August we made a new prayer board.  We had one several year ago that we used until it was worn out.  I finally had time to make a new one. 

It's a simple...cheap...wipe off board, decorated with ribbon and stickers.  I used sharpie marker to write "please pray for..." and then we add the names of whom we are praying for in wipe off marker.  I love seeing the names throughout the day and be reminded to say a prayer for those in need.  

Total cost: $2.00

Uncle Brian gave Luke this very cool plane. 

 It is an amazing flying machine!

First throw!

Caught in flight

First hang up in a tree

Daddy giving Kimberly a few pointers.

What a great first flight for Kim!!

Thanks, Uncle Brian.

Starting in the past...August 1, 2015

 A whole bunch of us got together to celebrate two great fellas.  My dad and brother-in-law.

 I love how they dresses alike!

 There were kids, grandkids and great grandkids everywhere.

 I think I just told Grace she shouldn't play badminton with a broken arm....we didn't even know at this point that it was broken in THREE places. 

 Enjoying time in the pool

 Luke showing his mad skills with Georgia

 Jenny and Brad

 One of a kind....

 Leo

 Becky and Matt  (wedding day is March12)

 Lianna

 Mark's arm was working fine on this day...

 Nathan

 My sister Sue and Emilie

 Elsie, Josie and Kimberly

 Timmy

 Amy and Margie Sue

 Pam and Deb

 Lindsay and Jeff

 Gracie, Ava, Josie and Georgia

 Okay, someone has to tell me if this is Michael or Jacob?!?!

 Sam

 Brendan, Emiline and Luke

 One of the birthday boys, Rick, and Sue

 Mom and Aunt Jean

 A Greenway gang....

 The whole bloomin' family

Quite a gang...and we are missing about half of the immediate family!!

Herbert has hatched!

 Herbert the Caterpillar has hatched.  We found this teeny tiny egg a few days ago.....

now Herbert the Monarch catterpillar has arrived!

Our 2015 Fourth of July T-Shirts

 This years 4th of July t-shirts were a family affair.  Even Dad got into the production.  

First we bought blue and red bandannas. 

  We washed the bandannas and dried and ironed them.  We then applied Heat'n Bond Ultra Hold to the cloth.  After applying the Heat'n Bond we traced different sized stars onto the paper and then cut them out. 

 Cutting out the stars

 Placing the stars in the perfect location onto her shirt.

 Daddy doing the ironing.

 Our super cute shirts!

Head over here to see last year's shirts. 

Some of shirts from the past are here. 

A Great Big Whoops!

Grace was injured playing soccer on June 18th.

Today, June 29th she was diagnosed with a broken scaphoid bone.  

It is a bone at the base of the thumb into the wrist.

I guess she will be enjoying a permanent "thumbs up" for the next up to 12 weeks!

OOPS!!!

She left of thick layer of dirt everywhere she went at urgent care.........