Christmas is coming...

Well with thoughts of fall, comes thought of what the heck to do for Christmas. It seems every year we go overboard on gifts. I'm not talking about our own children either. I'm talking about getting gifts for everyone else in the world. School teachers, neighbors, 4-H leaders, family we hardly see...(and boy being in a big family there is a lot of them) ect. It seems like as Christmas gets closer, we think oh we better get something for so-&-so. With the gift of giving it always seems that there is a few extended family members that my husband feels we should buy for then the gift is never returned. I'm not talking about a gift for myself, I'm talking about for our children. We used to always buy for the kids, well now that there are more and more kids it gets harder. I still believe a gift of something is nice even if it is $5 to McDonald's. But some extended family must not feel the way my husband and I do.

So, this year, I am turning over a new leaf. I am going to go with homemade gifts for people. I follow a website called DIY Natural. Link Here There are so many many ideas I have used and have experimented with over the past year. I love reading and trying new things. So, This year kids as well as adults are going to be getting some home made items. Right now I am in the process of trying a dish soap recipe. For the times I have a few dishes and don't want to run a washer load. If it is a hit, I'll post how I made it another day.

You must spend a day reading this DIY website. It is a amazing resource, and has awesome information! Well off to finish making my dish soap and check on the chocolate chip cookies in the oven.

August news

August has been a crazy month. Back to school, hubby's neck surgery, and I'm not quite ill. Hubby is not sure if his neck is better or not. I personally think it is better and his pain is all from the surgery.

Girls are doing well in high school and middle school. State fair was amazing. Our hotel was awesome. A long long weekend but we had some good experiences. Sarah and Ashley did very well even though they didn't place. Courtney did awesome and placed 21st out of 203 in her showmanship class. I was pretty impressed with how everyone did. Well, off to nap again...