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Thursday, May 12, 2011

It's Mission Report Time

My daughter is in the 4th grade and is finishing up her mission report. She chose "Mission San Diego De Alcala" Well they have an option of making a mission to go along with her report. They get extra credit too. Which is nice is there are any flubbs on the report. LOL Below we are sharing some photos of her mission. She loved it and did a great job with placement of everything. Good job sweetie! I'm always so PROUD of YOU!
We used a canvas board for sturdiness. Last year with my sons, we used a cake board and it was just not strong enough. This was nice. 
The first thing we did was cover both sides of all the pieces and one side of the canvas with wallpaper. A quick way to give your mission a design other than plain ole white. And so much quicker than painting.

Next, I helped her hot glue all the buildings together. She then traced out where it was going to be placed on the board. We removed the buildings and she painted (3 different colors of green) the grass. The different colors gave it a nice look. With a brown crayon, she colored where the building were going because she wanted to see a brown floor when looking through the windows, not grass. LOL Smart girl!

Time to glue on the buildings...This was tricky. Our instructions weren't the best on placement. So we did our best to make it look like the picture. ;-)

Lastly, the details...I helped her with the hot glue and she placed each roof, tree, rock, animal, bird, ect....to finish her project. She even wanted a little rock garden around her fountain. Cute!

We love it! She gets to turn it in today and can't wait to show her teacher and friends.
She's so PROUD!
More photos...don't mind the long grass, I'm mowing it as you read this!!! Ha! Ha!
It was a little windy outside. ;-) Hence the hair in the face.

Hope you enjoyed out mission photos!
Did your kids make a mission this year? 
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Creative Share | Features too!


CreativeShareWednesdays
Don't forget to grab one of our {BUTTONS}

I always look forward to this day of the week. It's fun to go through all the fabulous link ups.

So if you see that you have been featured, go by and grab a "Featured Button"

{Here are a few of my favorites that linked up last week}
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Monday, May 9, 2011

Shutter Love Tuesdays | Mother's Day

We have been loving hosting {Shutter} Love every week and wanted to thank you all for participating each week. You have all made it so fun. We enjoy looking at each of your photos every week.
ShutterLoveTuesdays
This weeks theme is | MOTHER'S DAY |
To see all the rules for this fun party, please go HERE.

Want to see all the PAST Shutter Love Winners? Check out our Shutter Love Winners | Directory in the Pages above. Don't forget to check out future Shutter Love Themes too!

Don't forget to leave a comment when you view a photo! Everyone Loves Feedback!
There is no longer a viewers favorite. We didn't have much voting and multiple winners because of it. So from now on, we will only be sharing the top 10 and and more of our favorites. Thanks for understanding!

AND COMMENT BELOW as much as you like.Go HERE to grab one of our Buttons

Tara's | Mother's Day | Photo
We had an eventful Mother's Day. Today was quite crazy too. I got many goodies from my kiddos and wanted to share the photo of my goodies for this weeks Shutter Love theme. I took this wilth my Cell, so its not the best quality, but I love sharing their handmade gifts anytime!
Share in comments what you got from your families and kiddos for mothers day!
Jamie's | Mother's Day | Photo
My husband brought me these cupcakes and said "because flowers die so soon"...he knows me too well. I love the idea of flowers but they do die pretty quick...and I am a sucker for cupcakes so this was a perfect compromise! These are the three best reasons for being a mom!
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Sunday, May 8, 2011

Shutter Love Winners | Strength

First I wanted to wish all you mommas a very...
Hope you have a fabulous day with your families!
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Shutter Love Photo Winners | STRENGTH |

Our Top 10 Photo Winners Are...

#1 goes to | Poison In May
#2 | Snappin' Eye Candy

#3 | Inspire Me


#4 | Chic Homeschool Mama


#5 | American Bald Eagle


#6 | Find Your Happiness...Hubby's First Full Marathon


#7 | God Is My Strength


#8 | Together


#9 | They Call Me Mama


#10 | Hip Chick

More Favorites | In No Particular Order
Thank you to everyone who entered last weeks theme | STRENGTH |
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Get your photos ready for this weeks theme | CIRCLES | and remember to share so others can join in with their photos.
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