Keeping Up With Kirbys

As Jenna gets older I just enjoy my time with her more and more.  She is a ray of sunshine that brightens my day and I KNOW that she has that same affect on others.   One thing that we LOVE to do is shop.  She LOVES to shop but she loves to find great deals <-she is an old soul.  She just cannot stand pay to full price for something or want me to.  Me on the other hand wouldn't think twice about paying full price for Josh, Isaiah or Jenna but when it comes to me...I feel so guilty if I do. Strange, I know. Jenna's latest thing is hunting for great finds at thrift stores.  Which I find so ironic because I remember as a kid I would be so embarrassed when I got hand me downs or if my clothes came from {{gulp!}}.....Wal-mart and I would absolutely die right there on the spot if anyone knew my clothes came from a thrift store.  I couldn't wait to get job so that I could buy my own clothes.  Fast forward to today and for the most part we can ...

Well, we have spent the past couple of days getting things checked off our TO DO list.  My classroom is ready for future leaders, scientist, doctors and world changers.  Jenna thought I needed to do a room tour so if your curious and have the time then check out my classroom.     On Saturday, I volunteered my family to help with the school garden.  I LOVE the idea of our garden and haven't really utilized it like I should.  My plan is to change that this year.  We showed up Saturday ready to help but Josh is still recovering from a herniated disc and has only been walking good for about a week.  When we showed up someone asked him to use the auger....I knew there was no way he could do that so I was like...I'LL DO IT.   Out of the 4 men that were there only 1 didn't have a bad back.  I had already taken charge of this gigantic machine but I was thankful for Jojo's help.  I didn't think I was that much of a help ...

I seriously don't know what I'd do without my neighbors. I currently have nice garage lights, a supply of repurposed wood, saw blades, saw horses and I'm sure countless other tools that my neighbors have supplied me with.  I probably drive them crazy!   These past few days I've been busy making pencil holders in my garage for several different people.  You can order here   or contact me by email . And then look what I did???  After all my hard work I went out to spray a clear protective laquer on it.  Uh huh, that is NOT clear...that is white!!  Why would they make a white protective coat?? I almost cried. HERE'S A TIP: ALWAY LOOK AT THE CAP OF SPRAY PAINT BOTTLES. Y'all....every night I'm sitting on the couch with "ice on my wrist" AND NOT THIS KIND OF ICE! I'm talking about the COLD ice that starts to burn after awhile.  Do you want to know why?? Well, for every hole in that pencil holder I have to drill...

Well, it's not really Christmas and if you ask Josh he would say that he has received what would be equivalent to coal for some people... 😁 Especially when he was helping pull nails from all of these.  Yes, this is a TON of scrap wood.  My neighbor, the one who gave us garage lights, gave me a trailer FULL of scrap wood.   I'm super excited BUT also a little overwhelmed.  I normally have 8-9 pieces and have to get really creative if I want to make something.  {{$35 dollars plus shipping - click  here  to purchase 1ftX2ft with hanger on back to hang on wall}} This Texas sign was my last project I made with all my scraps.  I loved how it turned out! I think it would look great with a heart burned in it where you live...or where someone you love lives.  Last week I attempted to make a giant Jenga for the classroom.  Well, I didn't measure my pieces across the top and just decided to cut each piece 10...

Well we've made it back home and after 3 weeks of being outdoors I've come to realize some important things... 1)  2) Seriously, it was the best trip ever and it was FULL of memories, laughs and fun.  One of my favorite things that we do any time we camp is journal our daily adventures.  For Christmas Josh bought all of us our journals that we could decorate as we pleased.  I LOVE them! Order here They come in a pack of 3 (perfect) and the cover is cardboard so you can decorate how you choose...yes, please.   Josh also puts the longitude and latitude in his in case the kids ever want to go back to exact spots that we visited.  I barely know North, South, East and West so I don't do that.  It's fun to go back and remember and laugh about past adventures-especially when we all have a different perspective of the thing.  I have a list of things that I want to try and several new things that I want to learn...