Sour Vinegar Toes & Duct Tape Flower Pen Toppers

I had a hankerin’ for a Subway sandwich today, so that’s where I went for lunch.  On the drive there, I passed the most gorgeous fields that were FILLED w/ these pretty red flowers.  This picture is bad b/c I had to slow way down (almost stop) and snap it out my window w/ my cell phone as I drove past.  Those fields just screamed all things bright & Springy.

Today after I got Autumn from daycare, she took her shoes off in the car and she had the stinkiest, sour, vinegar toes ever.  I rolled down the window & made her stick her feet out while we drove to air them off.  LOL!

When we walked into Mom & Dad’s house, it was pure pandemonium!  There were little girls EVERYWHERE, b/c Mom had all the Activity Day girls over.  I felt like Miss Hannigan on Annie & I even started singing, “Little girls, little girls, everywhere I turn I can see them!”  Nate was being such a good helper & “getting his craft on” by cutting up a BUNCH of 2” squares of duct tape for the girls to make pen flower toppers for their Mothers for Mother’s Day.  It’s so fun having him home!

Here are just some of the fun patterns & colors of duct tape that the girls could choose from.  Some stuck to one pattern/color, while others mixed and matched.  I for sure would have chosen the blue Polynesian print one.  There were so many girls & adults, that there was no room to sit anywhere.  So, I made myself a plate of spaghetti that Mom had going in the crock pot (delicious) and went in the guest room in the back & ate & watched a little TV before I had to leave for Young Women’s.  By the time I came out at 6:08, the place had been cleared out & was back to our peaceful quiet.

For our activity tonight, we combined w/ the Priests and watched Ephraim’s Rescue at someone’s house in preparation for Trek coming up in June.  It’s such a good movie, and after it was over everyone just sat there in silence and basked in the Spirit.  Then we discussed a little bit how the movie applied to us.  It was a great discussion & I’m so thankful I get to work with these amazing youth.