Our wild weather

This picture James took on Tuesday of the wild weather we had going on! The wind was clocked at 60mph in Pocatello and took down trees....we just rattled really hard. BTW- this is the Iona hill.

James' Science Project

James' Science project....changing the color of fire. We used household chemicals in the fire to see what we could come up with....salt, borax, alum, ice melt, pool cholrine tablets. It was pretty interesting the colors that came out. I won't post all the different colors but here are two....if I remember right the pool tablet is the one on the right - blue fire!! and the red - ah heck, I can't remember - but he did get a ribbon!! One of the coolest was the ice melt, well sort of, it snapped and crackled and turned awesome white - yes white fire...but with all the popping and snapping, I got hit in the lip and a natural reaction was to lick my lip...so I ended up with a small blister on both!! Ouch, yes.

Michael's Senior Project

Michael built this muzzleloader from a kit he bought. It turned out really nice!!

Xander Jacob

Quilts For Kids

I finally finished the two Downy Quilts For Kids....

The Robot fabric is the kit they mailed to me. The butterfly's is the one I did in addition. Gotta get them laundered and into the mail...so glad I helped, but glad it's done too.

HOW'S MY DAY YOU ASK?

Well if I had had a camera on my phone I would have taken a picture of James' latest fiasco. I have to say right here, its a good thing I'm older and more patient. Here is what happened: I was making the last prep on supper and I asked the two boys to unload the dishwasher. I also had the candle warmer on because earlier today james had totally messed up the surface. Being a bit OCD, I had to "fix" it. Next thing I hear is Michael yelling at James. So I turned around and all over the place was this blue/purple wax. James didn't know the warmer was on because the surface was still solid, however, underneath was melted. It was only lacking about 1/4" of being totally melted through. James had picked up the candle and was going to toss it at Michael. In the process the solid popped out and the melted went literally everywhere within a seven foot radius. Their clothes were waxed, their arms and bare feet, the floor, countertop, chairs. The wax wasn't warm enough to give them blisters but they do have red irritated skin.. So for the next two hours we scraped and scrubbed up the wax as best we could. I was so worried that the tile would stain but it didn't. The counter top looks okay too. The only thing that is ruined are the clothes. KIDS!!

"Enduring Elegance" quilt top finished!