Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Norfolk VA Trip

This past weekend we had the great opportunity to go and visit my brother and finally meet his new wife. Eddie and I's dad was there as well. We had a lot of fun. The first day we went to Nauticus, a museum that houses the USS Wisconsin and some Marine animals. CJ really enjoys looking at the history of the Navy and so going to these museums is a lot of fun for us! We went with 4 Sailors (CJ, Eddie, his wife, and his sister-in-law) so we had our own little private tour!On Sunday we went for a stroll down to the beach. Eddie's sister-in-law lives right up the street from the beach. It was pretty much empty, except for a couple people. So we spent some time picking up sea shells and enjoying the beautiful view!
It was nice to get a break and go see the sites. We want to take full advantage of living on this side of the country. We really enjoyed driving through the small towns and looking at the homes. Can't wait for the next adventure!

Crafts

Here is another round of crafts! It has been nice to have time to do these. Making my house homey and more our style!

This one is a Sentsy Flame-less candle. It was plain black so I took white vinyl and gave it a little style. This is now on our counter in the kitchen.
Here is a Spring ring that i put together. Thank you to a friend back home that started making these. I want to make one for each holiday and/or season.
My friend Ashley wanted to make a chalkboard. She had some left over chalkboard paint from Lowes and a cupboard that we bought for $5 at Habitat for Humanity Resale. Then I took scrap paper that had travel pictures on it and modge podged it on. I will probably hang this, but not sure where yet!
I am also working on learning how to crochet more, I am really liking it! I will post pictures later!