.June 2017 part 1

Finally summer! June was a fun month for us so I'm gonna have to split this into two posts.

First off, here is Ames with three of his best buddies (Rhys, Jack and Lachlan) at our house for a "play-date". These little guys are so awesome together and they get completely lost in their imaginations together for hours on end. And Alice trying to play with them and just repeatedly telling me she wants some girls to come play with her. lol

Air is the best Daddy and loves to brush Alice's hair while telling her stories to keep her happy.

One of our favorite things to do on those unbearably hot summer days. These two have no shame

We found a lego store in a mall in our city! We all love Lego so much.

sleepy on the way home

We babysat baby Elsie a lot this summer, she is such a cutie//Alice got invited to her first friend's birthday party. They are twins in our ward

Ames gave his second talk in primary

Aaron built us a swingset with some of our old deck boards, endless fun for these two

Alice got her crib converted into a toddler bed and has been loving life as a big girl.

We love baking cookies together

Couple a random shots: Ames in a box// I made some yummy salsa verde chicken pasta

Practicing my french braid and snapchat skills with Alice

The kids and I found a park nearby called Andy's park one day with a big zipline!

Here is our first trip of MANY to Fort Edmonton Park this summer. We had passes so we were there every chance we got! This place is literally the best place to go for a day in our city!

For this visit we just jumped on the steam train at the entrance and went straight to the actual fort part of the park to see where people first settled here in Edmonton a long long time ago…

This place is so amazing and fun to explore. It's fun to think about what it would be like to live here back in the day.

We jumped back on the train just before the park closed for the day. We only explored a tiny portion of the park on this day, but boy was it awesome.

Then we somehow had enough energy to go to a park downtown.

We had hot dogs and s'mores for FHE when we got home. Fun day!

More to come from June…

.DIY headboard

Look what I made! A tufted headboard. We finally feel like adults, and now we can comfortably sit in bed and read or watch TV. This was such an easy project too, I decided to make a little tutorial for the blog.

supplies:

pegboard

upholstery foam

batting

Foam Board PL glue

button covering kit

upholstery fabric

staple gun

extra strong thread

long 6" upholstery needle

regular buttons

Step 1: Cut the pegboard to the width of your mattress and whatever height you prefer. MAKE SURE that the holes are symmetrical before you cut it. It's best if you have a hole right in the center of the board.

Step 2: Find the center and place the buttons in the pattern that you like and make sure you have enough (I had to go buy more). Mark the holes that you want to have buttons in.

Step 2: Glue the upholstery foam to the pegboard using PL Foam Board glue.

My upholstery foam came in three sections (it was actually a fold-up bed before) because upholstery foam can be VERY pricey. I got mine for $14.

Step 3: I layed out my fabric and 2 layers of batting (I wanted it extra cushy) and cut it down to size. You will need at least 10 inches of excess fabric all around.

Step 4: Make sure the batting is laying perfectly flat with no creases and wrap both layers around the whole thing and staple it in.

Step 5: Do the same with the fabric taking extra care around the corners to fold it nicely and staple further in than the batting staples.

Be careful not to try pulling staples out because the pegboard can get broken. But I stapled the crap out of that thing.

Step 6: Covering the buttons in fabric. The kit comes with a "pattern" so you will know what size of circles you'll need. Trace and cut out the circles of fabric then it's actually really easy to pop the buttons into the little tools it comes with.

Step 7: I hovered my headboard between a barstool and counter so I could sew the buttons in from underneath. You could also just lean it up against a wall and work sideways.

Using the holes in the pegboard that you marked for buttons, just put the needle and thread through and put a button on, then push the needle back down. It is difficult to find the hole again on the way down, but it is possible! Just try to keep the needle VERY straight. On the backside you put the thread through a regular button and tie a knot. You will need another person to help press the buttons in while you tie the knot. The button holds everything in place.

Step 8: You could mount it to the wall using hooks and screws… We just placed it there and it has never fallen yet! haha

I don't know if you can tell but the fabric I chose has a really nice gold thread going through it that glistens when the light hits it. So beautiful.

Simple enough right? I saved so much money by taking a little time to make my own, it feels extra good!