Relief Society Birthday

Last Tuesday we celebrated the Relief Society's birthday at the chapel. Instead of the usual dinner and cake with maybe a game mixed in, we focused on a great service project instead.

We collected and organized food for an organization called Ending 68 Hours of Hunger. It focuses on children that depend on the school breakfast and lunch programs for food and often don't eat between Friday at lunch and Monday breakfast. We provided food such as cereal, canned pasta, mac n cheese, crackers, tuna, granola bars, fruit snacks, and the like.

It felt good to do something to commemorate our Society based on charity instead of just having the regular birthday theme. Don't worry, though, we still enjoyed some DELISH cupcakes after our work was through:)

St Patricks Day

We celebrated St Patricks Day on Friday and Saturday this year.
On Friday we made shamrock potato stamps. We tried some cardboard tube stamps too, but it required the kids to stamp in a circle, and they prefer stamping without abandon!
Saturday Oliver and Lily came down to green milk and yogurt! The leprechaun left a note saying he lost his pot of gold and that if the kids could find a rainbow it would help him remember where his gold was! We found objects around the house that completed all the colors of the rainbow. The leprechaun then whispered in my ear that the gold is where the pots are kept. The kids found gold wrapped chocolate bears (that we forgot to give them for Christmas) and some pennies. They loved it!
We headed over to GaGa and PopPop's where the kids rode bikes while Shane and I bought a new living room set (woohoo!)
We wrapped up the day with a white chocolate raspberry cheesecake made by yours truly for the March birthdays. I also have mom and dad their very own stenciled monogram! (I'm on a roll with those:))

Happy Pi Day!

Today is 3/14, known to nerds the world over as Pi Day. Some friends of ours invited us over for a Pi Day celebration.

I contributed a chicken pot pie (complete with appropriate signage) and a coconut cream meringue pie (that I randomly had all of the ingredients for!)

It made for a fun little week day get together!

Freezer paper monogram

I went to a friend's bridal shower this weekend. I was looking for some personalized decor for her on Etsy. What I found ranged $20-$30 unframed. Looking closer I figured I'd give it a try on my own!
I got the fabric and frame from wal-mart. I was surprised by the quality of both! For the stencil, I got out the ol' freezer paper and exacto knife and got to work!
The first one I made was too bold with 4 coats of paint. It also started to drip. I probably could have still gotten away with giving it to her except that I tried to fix it and in doing so completely destroyed it! (it's my curse, happens to me every time)
For the second draft I decided to only do one coat of paint so that you can still see the pattern under the lettering. Gives it a more folksy look, so the drips and imperfections only add to the character of it (I hope!)
I was really happy with the results and may make a "Sargent" one for our home!

Girl's Night

Had a great girls night last night with my good friend Megan. Her birthday was last week and mine is in 2 weeks so we celebrated them both by going out to The Cheesecake Factory. We picked up some goodies at the Godiva store too! It was a fun night and Shane did great with the kids.
The real test for the kids will be next week when my parents watch them while Shane and I go to a Jack and Jill bridal shower. I'm nervous about how Darcy will be, but I have full confidence in my padres:)