Its All Happening At The Zoo

Labor Day has now come and gone.

It was such a great day because...

WE WENT TO THE ZOO!

The photo on the left are some Fruit Bats. The employee made sure that none of us had eaten fruit in the last few hours before we entered their exhibit. Come to find out, Skyler had but luckily the bats didn't notice. Also, above is a picture of a Rhino. We definitely got an up close & personal look with this Rhino. Luckily for us, there was a

glass window separating our communication.

Then while going through the zoo we found these nifty Chinese hats.

It was a must that we got a photo with these amazing hats.

Just disregard that my face is rather white due to the sun. haha.

But I dare say we look quite lovely. We were so ready for some Chinese food, more specifically some chow mein. Oh we craved that all afternoon. I blame the hats for reminding us of some fabulous food.

We just loved the zoo and seeing the wide variety of animals.

If this video works, you'll see the best singing monkey I think I have ever seen.

I could have watched this monkey for hours.

Then the very best part of the trip was seeing Zuri, the baby elephant. She has such a spunky personality. For example. The picture above is of her trying to sit in a garbage container. She was funny to watch because her trunk is too big for her to handle so she'd trip over herself and just sway as she would walk. haha.

By the end of the day I thought of the song by

Simon & Garfunkel "At The Zoo"

So enjoy some of their great music. Man, I have missed them in my life.

After the zoo we went to the Stewart's house for a BBQ &

it was great to spend time with my family.

Another great Labor Day has come and gone. Until next year...

Swiss Days and More

Today was a life changing day.

I went to Swiss Days with

my mom, my Aunt Vicky, my Aunt Bonnie & my cousins Haley, Shyanne, Tawnya & Shontel. It was definitely a girls day to say the least. :)

Swiss Days is held up in Heber City which is kind of near Kamas

(where Oakcrest is located)

so I LOVED visiting Heber for the day with my family.

There was a lot of cute crafts and here are some of the things I bought:

These headbands tie in the back and they are SO cute!

I told the lady that created these headbands that it was a brilliant idea.

If I can figure out how to make the roses then I could make

some of these nifty headbands.

We'll see...

Now this flower clip is SO neat. Guess what its made from? Go ahead, Guess!

Its made from pop cans!

Its such a great idea as well. Seriously people are so inventive these days.

AND speaking of inventive....I've been in a crafty mood lately

and here are some of the things I've made/refreshed:

#1

I bought this white board back in 2008 for Oakcrest.

After Oakcrest I never really used it because well...

the markers would never erase very well.

It has sat in my room for the past 2 years & finally I decided

that I wanted to turn it into a memo board SO...

after using modge podge, ribbon, clothes pins, and paper

I have a MEMO BOARD!

#2

Now I won't take the credit for thinking up this nifty headband.

My cousin Haley has a headband like this and I really liked the idea

so I came home & the next day, wa-la I have a new headband.

I made it out of a shirt, a bandanna & a headband.

It adds a fun, spunky taste to my attire.

#3

Now I don't know what it is about me & headbands lately BUT

I thought about this idea one day so I came home and whipped out a few.

Its just those old-fashioned headbands made from cotton fabric

with buttons hot glued on the side.

These are fun to wear, especially when I just want my hair out of my face.

I can't wait to go to Swiss Days next year and see some

more cute ideas from very creative ladies.