quote friday....

 

  "Someone needs to believe that you care, before they care what you believe."-author known

green and leafy

                
                 
                                                               Green and leafy

Fresh and healthy

   
                                       dirt,water, and labor required

      (excuse the grass covered dirt my brother cut around the garden the the grass shooting out the undesired way.)


                                          cool and country feeling

                                              Photogenic and yummy (in the end)

                                                      Neat and straight

                                      fertilized dirt...
(that's where the animals come in handy,sorry just a fact you should consider when you have animals and are starting a garden. )

herbs,tomato's,radishes,onions

beans,lettuce,squash,watermelon

                                   Ah,such is a garden.

Note: my soon to be teenage brother is responsible for almost all the work in the garden.

He has one major green thumb when it comes to gardening a hobby,gift and love of his. :)

But we must not forget the free labor,time and money for fencing to keep the plant eaters away.

Fencing for the goats to give them a pasture and blocking them from a chance to get into the garden. 


Fact: Fencing (not the sword fighting type the labor/work type) is one of my favorite ways to spend time with my Dad,even though we don't talk except for,  "hold this,pull,tie or please hand my the pliers." But I love spending time with my Daddy this way,plus I feel more helpful.


   




               What is one of your favorite times with your Dad?

tissue flower DIY

     I found this darling tissue flower DIY on pinterest and I had to make one after the first I had to make a 2nd,then a 3rd, I just couldn't stop,they are so easy and that much fun,not to mention very pretty when your finished.

 Lets get started shall we.

You'll need:
 - 1-2 sheets of tissue paper (it depends on how large your making your flower)
-A Stapler with a staple
- Scissors



Step 1: Cut out 7 circles from your tissue paper. (9 circles would be the max and 5 min.)
note: be careful using the scissors and be sure to have adult supervision if you are under age.

Step 2: Stack your circles on top of each. Try to get them as centered as possible.

Step 3 : Staple them together in the middle of the circle.

Step 4:  Cut a flowery shape out of the circles.

                      Step 5: 'Carefully' pull up each layer scrunching, again carefully at the base (staple.) 

                                       Step 6: Continue by repeating step 5 with each layer.

Step 7 : Your done!

See wasn't that easy,I love making things that don't require stress and a lot of time to make don't you?!

Use this flower to now decorate your room or a gift.

Well,I hope you all are having a wonderful day,enjoying your summer and surviving this heat,its been 90 here in which are grass and garden are now in a desperate need of rain. =)

I hope you all enjoyed this little DIY have a wonderful day!

p.s. I've been teaching 1 st grade at V.B.S this week,so sorry for the delay in posting here. :)

a glimpse of my life last week....

Before I show you what I've been doing during my blogging break I want to thank once again m amazing guest posters.

Bree for her awesome modest fashion tips,

Nela and her helpful/inspiring photography post,

Raquel for her inspirational post,

 Desiree for her tips/inspiration on Journaling,

Rachel Nicole for her inspiring and fun photo filled post.

You all were fantastic,and I hope my readers enjoyed your posts as much as I did.

I enjoyed a relaxing evening doing some chalk art.

Who can spot my frog?!

This can be translated two ways,earthly Father or heavenly Father.

I saw a sign like this in the backround of the movie "Courageous" in the little girl's room.

                     No really,if God wants you to float your house go for it and invite me over to watch.:)

"She did it"..... 

My sister and I enjoyed spending quality time during a backyard campout in which 3 certain people failed to participate not naming any names, they seem to like their beauty rest and unbitten skin dontcha know.

Oh,the highligh of my week was when I sneaked into my little sisters room (she has her own room and my older sister and I share a room.)and surprised her by decorating her room during the night,so happy I could pull it off with her sleeping. 5 points for me. =) 

Oh, and she was surprised if any of you were wondering,my only regret was that 46 ballons don't cover the floor in her room totally.

For her birthday I bought us each a silly mask just for fun. 

So while waiting for her friend to arrive I dragged her into my room for a few quick photos. 

*squeals* Don't you love her red clon nose?

I never thought I'ld say this,but Horray for Walmart for putting these fake/copy converse on clerance for a $1. Yup, a dollar I actually think this is the first time I've bought something that I actually feel was worth my $1.  

I wore them on my back to violin lessons day. :)

I created a little DIY for you all that I will be posting soon,after I learned how to make this flower I went a little crazy as I always do and made some more. 

But with 3 birthdays in 1 month they came in handy.

                                                            See.........I told ya.
                                              What do you think of my butterfly tie?!
I was so excited when I did it,cause its been a while since I've 'discovered' how to do something,
   without ever seeing a photo or tutorial of it before trying it.

I have been milking goats and other barn chores for my sister while shes away nannying during the week days. So I thought I'ld use some of the fruits of my labor {goat milk} to make some goat milk fudge.

It was very good,sadly in my family you almost wish it wasn't, that way it won't disappear as quickly by your siblings and yourself. :)

Oh and last,but not least I designed a blog;

check it out and tell me what you think.