Cottrell Family: friends

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4th of July!

July 4th, 2014

Morning Parade in our own neighborhood

Afternoon swim and Barbeque at a family friend's house

Night time fireworks in Wauconda with cousins!

Wednesday has become a super fun craft day!! A group of crafty friends and I started getting together once a week on Wednesday to do a craft together. We take turns hosting and have a big potluck. We all bring our kids and they have a ball playing with all their friends. While they play, we craft, nibble on food, and have a great time together.
Here are some of the projects that we have done......so far ;)

Book Page Pumpkins

http://www.u-createcrafts.com/2011/09/book-page-pumpkin.html

Beaded Spiders

http://tatertotsandjello.blogspot.com/2010/10/guest-project-make-beaded-spider.html

Braided Ribbon/Chain necklacehttp://www.u-createcrafts.com/search/label/jewelry-necklace

Halloween Jars

http://notsoidlehands.blogspot.com/2011/09/guess-whos-cute-craft-is-on-front-cover.html

Wooden Turkeys

http://www.u-createcrafts.com/2010/11/creative-guest-2x4-turkey-by-craft.html

Fall Blocks

http://www.makeit-loveit.com/2009/10/autumn-blocks.html

I have had a great time making these and even better time getting to know 6 other ladies. The host house gets turned upside down and your craft gets interrupted with one or more child's needs but we all have fun with it and the kiddos have a big play day together and everyone loves it! What's the next crafts on our list girls??

Out of the norm Post...SIX FLAGS!!

I was looking back on my blog the other day and I was shocked..SHOCKED that I had not posted a single time about any Six Flags trips last season. It's not like I didn't have pictures, I do and a lot of them, so why did I not post?? And then, I remembered I was going to make a big, long post that included some of our favorite pictures and the friends we went to Six Flags with. Nathan bought the boys and I season passes so we had something fun to go to all summer long and on Saturday's while he was at school. He is so good to us!!! Clayton and Hayden thought it was sooooo cool that they had their own ID cards with their pictures on it! Nate did get to use some free family and friends passes from our booklets we were given for the year so there were times that he was able to get some fun in with us, but other then that it was the boys and I soakin up all the FUN in the HOT HOT sun!!

So as I sit here looking out window as it snows at the end of March UGH... I decide to go out of the normal timeline and put together that big, long post hoping for some warmer weather to come our way and for the next Six Flags Season to start!!

** Click on the pictures that are small to see them bigger!