New graduate!

My brother Joe graduated!!! My mom made a really cute video for him that is a must see!

http://youtu.be/846xuYy_O0g

click ^ to see it! it's only 3 minutes.

I love my brother:)

Round 2!

Today Devin went to a Maricopa County Orientation, Joe Arpaio's county! and guess how many people were there....  1,395 applications! Oh my stars, Dev said he definitely has his work cut out for him! BUT, it is for the whole county and like 5 different positions.. so maybe his chances are a little better that 1,395 to 1. I'm crossing my fingers!

Sorry I have no pictures..

The family: A proclamation to the world

I got this darling photo made for me,

I absolutely love it!  this is the website I got it from:

http://proclamationpictures.blogspot.com/

And here it is hanging on my wall:)

I Heart You

So I found this great idea!  yes... pinterest... Anyway it is these super cute little hearts that you make out of fabric with a little fluff inside, so like a little pillow! And then! you hide them for someone to find and give them a jar with one inside so they know what to look for and a little note that says something like: Every time you find a heart remember how much I love you! Then you can keep your hearts in this fancy jar.  (It was a salsa jar that I had cleaned:) It was perfect!)

 So I made some for Dev and I got camo fabric! of course the pinterest ones had cute fabric but that just would not be as exciting :)

The Camo Material I used

And I have sewn them all by hand! My sewing machine has permanent hiccups.. :(  Like it plays the stop go game and I can't handle it.. Not a huge project though I just did like 2 a day till I had about 10 hearts and I want to make more! its so fun to hide them:)

Land Nav

For drill this weekend I got to go to Florence, AZ (AKA Middle of absolute no where! with a National Guard land nav course..) We got put into groups of 18 and they gave us compasses and told us to find the way... yep! 18 chiefs and no Indians we got all kinds of lost and it was like 90 something degrees and there were loose rocks everywhere, made me feel like I forgot how to walk and there were little hills and creeks! With no water of course. But they had good potential.  We had to find 6 points and the 6th point was where we started so we would know if we messed up.  We ended up sitting around for a couple hours.. then we set out on our course at 11... till 1430! Yep 4 hours. to find 6 points that were at a max of 600 meters apart...  I got a real nice ACU tan:) which is my hands and my neck and face, except my forehead, thanks to my PC (that hat we wear Patrol Cap) and I learned that I never ever want to get lost out in the Arizona desert and I wouldn't wish it upon anyone.