Father's Day

Because I can't go in to my husband's office very often (security reasons) - I don't get to keep his desk pictures up-to-date. Periodically he will say to me, hey I need some new pics - mine are getting a bit dated. It's been awhile since I gave him pics so I thought it would be perfect for father's day.

I was reminded of a Christmas card that we did a couple of years back that spelled JOY and thought I could do the same thing but spell DAD. The biggest difference is that I found a 'cool' background online and photoshopped the kids into it. hahaha!!! People have already asked me where the pic was taken and I have to laugh...

Check it out:

4-H Project Clothespin Dolls

Here we are with another 4-H project. I got some of these a couple weeks ago and my kids had so much fun making them. I thought they would be a really fun 4-H project. It's always so fun to see what the kids come up with. My kids have made ninjas, police officers, princesses, themselves, etc.

So, here are some examples of what can be done with clothespin dolls:

4-H Projects

I LOVED doing 4-H as a kid. I looked into it last year but couldn't find a group close to us. I debated starting one but was worried about how big it may get - I mostly just wanted to do activities with my kids. Luckily, a neighbor is familiar with 4-H and we ended up doing a small group this summer with her kids, my kids, and 2 other moms. It has been fun and we split the classes up so we each teach twice. It will be fun when we enter our stuff into the fair this fall.

So, I'm gonna take a few posts and share what we are doing for 4-H.

Our first project was candle making. We made a couple different types of candles - and the girls even got to try their hand at old fashion candle making which ended up pretty interesting. Here is a pic of the finish project!
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