Learning to use my SLR

Whitney doggie-sat Cannella and introduced her to balls - we assumed that she was too small to like them - LoL  And now she fetches a ball along with toys, ropes and sticks:

Whitney is teaching me how to use my camera.  I took this photo today in my yard:

 And in the (dandelion) garden:

Thought this was a cool picture of a bird's nest:

 A cool looking duck:

Liking the close-up function on my camera:

The eagle never did land or get closer, but the zoom lens does okay:

Now I am going to teach Whitney & Gwenaelle how to make crepes in their very own personal cooking class in return!   =)

Happy 18th Birthday Brady

Brady wanted chocolate cupcakes for his birthday . . . a little boring ;)  but yummy!

Brady earned his Eagle Scout - WTG!!  Oh yeah, got FIVE blue cards signed off yesterday - what amazing counselors to give their time and talents - thank you =)

Brady's Eagle Scout Project - COMPLETED!

I wrote a few things by the pics but I am so tired LoL - if you really want to read or look again - check back ;)

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Cannella had an amazing time romping around the fields and she got a treat every time we called her and she came, she learns fast!  hehe

a little glossy looking - right after stain was applied:

eating pizza - thanks to Red Pepper Pizza for giving us a great price on pizzas to feed the crew!

One week later - just adding more pebbles:

Brady's volunteered crew logged over 80 hours - double what he needed - thanks to awesome friends & family =)

heritage handout

Lesson on Heritage, lesson #19 Manual 3:

handout found at www.jackshandsjillsheart.com.

Easter card

I liked this saying:  

Card found at www.jackshandsjillsheart.com.
I'm going to have the two smaller ones printed back to back and dangling from the bigger card.  I'll glue a magnet on back I think . . . I'll take a photo once I assemble one.

temple marriage handout

Temple Marriage lesson #18, Manual 3, found here.

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framed youth theme

I picked up two mirrored frames but you could easily place a mirror inside a frame and attach a smaller frame to the mirror and then add your own image to that:

I added the youth theme - they're hanging in my computer room.

I just taped these images I designed over the original flower pictures and then I can replace them every year.

I was going to do a masculine one since I have boys, but I'm decorating and I wanted it to match my decor ;)

I suppose if teenage boys appreciated the cuteness, I'd probably spend the time to design a more masculine layout - hehe  Maybe for their bedrooms . . .

to do list - TO BE list

Based on the talk from General Conference April 2011, Sunday afternoon session by Lynn G. Robbins - having a 'to be' list. So I just used it based on the LDS youth theme for 2011 - the 13th article of faith:

Graphic for sale at www.jackshandsjillsheart.com.
We laughed at the name C. Scott Grow too - hehe That's how you remember a name ;)

Cupcakes!

We sold regular size cupcakes for $3

Chocolate/Vanilla swirl cupcakes with chocolate mousse and chocolate frosting:

Cheesecake cupcakes with Princess Emulsion flavoring & the Cinnamon/sugar cake I posted a few days ago with cream cheese frosting and cinnamon chips:

We sold mini cupcakes for $1 of all 3 flavors as well:

Thank you to everyone who bought some for Brady's Eagle Scout Project!