The Dehrings

I just want to say a big thanks to all of those individuals who have served our country and are currently doing so. If it was not for all of you, we would not be able to enjoy the freedoms we currently do today. Thanks a bunch!

***” It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.”

–General George S. Patton, Jr. (1885–1945)***

Last month, while taking a shopping trip to Pat Catans, I can across an Easter Bunny candy dish craft. I absolutely loved it and knew I had to make one for myself.

Here is the original picture…. the one I saw at the store.

Original candy dish

Now here is my final candy dish.

My final candy dish

I was wanting to put up a tutorial to actually make this, but when I went back to start it all of my pictures were gone.  Hope you all had a wonderful Easter!

Last Saturday, we took Kalyssa on the Easter Egg Hunt in Oak Harbor. Honestly it was not what I expected it to be, but she clearly had a lot of fun.

On our way

Hitting the crowd

The "dog" mascot for Nationwide Insurance

Kalyssa and her toy car from Nationwide Insurance

The Easter Bunnies

Kalyssa and the dragon

Hunting Eggs

The egg hunt was divided up based on age groups. Each child was allowed to find two eggs.

Number Kalyssa received to locate her candy

Each child was given a number. Then once they “found” their eggs, they had to head up-town to locate their candy. There were 11 companies in town that had a certain amount of numbers and if their number fit in the group, that is where their candy was.

Searching for Kalyssa's number and candy

We walked all over the place and could not locate her number. Come to find out, her number was at the second company and some how we missed it the first time.

But all in all, Kalyssa had a wonderful time and that was all that mattered!

Hope you all have a wonderful Easter!!

Happy New Year! Hope this year is full of wonderful things for you all!

Here is another Snowman Decoration that will be sure to light up your home.

The following items will be needed to complete this project:

1. Small decorative clear bowls.

2. White Paint (Orange paint can be optional) and a paint brush.

3. String of white lights (the number will vary based on the size of the bowls used).

4. Black top hats (Size is based on the bowls).

5. Hot glue gun.

6. Sharpie paint marker.

Step 1:

Wash the decorative bowls and dry them.

Small bowl

Step 2:

Put white paint in the bowl and use the paint brush to spread it around.

Completely painted bowl.

Step 3:

Let the bowls sit and dry before moving to the next step.

Step 4:

Using a sharpie paint marker, draw a face on the outside of each bowl.

Drawing the face on

Step 5:

Place lights on the inside of the bowl.

Adding lights

Step 6:

Using a hot glue gun, glue hat to the top of the bowl. When adding the hats, press down firmly to make sure glue sticks.

Glueing hat

Placing hat on firmly

Step 7:

Put out the decorations and turn the lights on.

Completed snowmen

The other two snowmen

** This project can also be done using one large bowl….. however this year I could not find all the parts for that. Here is what that one looks like. (I made this last year for my sister).

Larger Snowman Head