All By Myself!!

I remembered to upload the pics first and I actually did it in order! I'm proud!! I did a project today start to finish ALL BY MYSELF!! I am pretty proud and think it turned out dang cute being that it was made by me!

These are the materials I started with.

Lumbar=51 cents

Paint=99 cents

Paper=$6.00 for 36 12x12 sheets

I calculated the amount of paper used for the project and that rang up at 32 cents

Total= $1.82

Pretty cheap project if you ask me!!

Here I am using Chad's handy dandy new tool sanding the cornersHere I am using a skill saw to cut my blocks. Funny story I wanted to be a big girl and do the whole project all by myself without even Chad's help. Well I've never used tools before but I thought I'm smart I can figure it out. So I got the saw and the battery and went to work. Well I couldn't figure out how to get the safety piece out of the way and that's when I realized...I could really hurt myself so I better wait till Chad gets home to show me! Just then my phone rang and it was Chad. He asked what I was doing and when I told him he about had a heart attack! He said whatever you do don't touch my tools until I get home. You're gonna cut your hand off! When I told him I wouldn't cause I couldn't figure out how to get the safety piece out of the way he really lost it and was very adament that I stay inside and not touch anything!haha Good thing I listened cause the way I was gonna do it was NOT the right way at all! But now I know how to use a skill saw all by myself!

This is my 'Oh ya I rock at this face!!'

Painting the blocks brown

Getting closer...notice I now have pj's on and my hair taken out! I'm definitely not the fastest project doer!!

And voilla!! Only about 4 hours later here is the finished product! I even drew the letters freehand and cut them out! I think it turned out really cute! Thank you thank you very much! Now I really need to go to bed!

Thanksgiving!

Aaron being 'Army Strong!'

Austin getting the harnass on

Clint, Erin, Jon, Kensey, Leslie, Kendra, me, and Chad

Running the Turkey Trot

You know you're in Pima when you ask someone to take your picture and they can't even get the whole sign in the pic. Did he really think we just wanted a pic of us and the turkey??

Look at me it's only a week past and I'm posting about Thanksgiving! Chad went to bed at 7:30 so I'm bored!! We went to Safford for the weekend and had a lot of fun. We started the morning off with a nice Turkey Trot! I signed us up the week before so we didn't have much time to train. Chad's been going to the gym 3 times a week this semester and I've well I've been sitting on the couch eating chocolate! So it wasn't a surprise when 30 seconds into the race Chad left me in the dust...literally! Chad finished all 3.1 miles in 26 minutes or something close to that and I was right on his heels at 32 minutes!!haha Enough time for him to get the camera...oh well I finished it and I ran the whole way so I was proud. It was also FREEZING and windy...2 conditions I did not train for!!haha We had fun though and plan to make it a tradition!

I don't think I'll ever learn to upload the pictures first cause I can never figure out how to move them around after they're uploaded. Oh well at least I'm posting! After Thanksgiving the meal...we took everyone rock climbing. It was really too hard for the kids but they had fun anyways! It was fun to watch everyone rock climb. The first pic is Aaron trying to show off for his girlfriend!!haha No he had to be good he's in the Army!! The next pic is Austin getting ready to go up. And that folks concludes the pictures I took at Thanksgiving! I blame China for using up all my desire to take pictures!

A few weeks ago Chad's sister Kensey went through the Temple. We are so glad we got to share that experience with her and the family. It's always so fun to be in the Temple together. The picture is everyone who was able to go through with her. We're proud of you Kensey and need to go again with you!!