Brick Builder Bunch: October 2008

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Pumpkins, Woodworkers style!

Trav and I carved our pumkins last night. Trav did his almost entirely with this reciprocating saw. He did the mouth detailing with a knife but it was a lot of fun to see him at his best with a tool in one hand and a plump orange pumpkin in the other.

I got in on the action too. I used my mini drill to help me cut out he round eyes and mouth. It actually worked pretty well.

Travis is so funny. He had to do it in the living room because his all time favorite show was on...How it's Made. Good show, and atleast he kept all his goop on the plastic bag until transfering it. We didn't make to big of a mess.

Here's my finished pumpkin. Its not as cool as I thought it would be, but we did them super fast because we were so tired. I had pumpkin inards all over the bottom of my pants for some reason. But it was all worth it because we had lots of fun.

Happy Halloween!!!

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Halloween Floral Arrangement!

This is by far my favorite arrangement so far. It is so cool and it was sooooo much fun to make. Its easy too. Last night Travis and I carved out the pumpkin and we put a plastic liner in it at my lab. Then we used floral foam and put fun flowers in. I love this. I love the beautiful bird of paradise flower (the tallest) and the lilies and sunflower. It was a challenge to get enough foliage to cover up the foam but I had a blast. I'm going to do something like this next year for Halloween too (but with cheaper flowers, birds of paradise are $3 each wholesale if you buy a ton).

A friend took this picture of me with the arrangement at my lab.

This is my favorite picture because Travis refused to use a knife. He had to use the skill saw. This is for you dad. This is Trav's brand new saw. I worked really well too. We have other pumpkins that we will carve later this week and Trav will probably use his power tools to carve them. I might use my new mini drill to put a few holes in mine if I get ambitious.

P.S. I made Travis wear the apron because I didn't know how messy it would get. The saw was not messy at all. It was awesome.

Oriental Flower design

This is the Japanese style floral design I did last week. We got extra credit if we had a special Asian dinner with it so I did. We had lettuce wraps and ham fried rice. It was good. I really like my design too. It has three elements. Heaven (irises), man (dendrobium orchids), and the earth (the pink stuff at the bottom I can't remember the name and the bear grass). It was a lot of fun to put together. Here's Trav trying to be Asian.

This is me after a long day at school and cooking.

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Tagged Again!

So my sister, Jenni, did this tag. I haven't gotten on or posted much for a long time and thought this would be a good update. I've been super sick the past week and school has just been completely crazy for the last couple weeks. Anyway, here's the tag.

THE RULES: You have to take 10 pictures of the following things and you have to do it right away. No straitening, cleaning or wiping you kids nose (I mean it!). then you tag 6 others.

My sister said she cheated. But I didn't cheat at all. This is how it looks in my house right now so this is for all you family who haven't seen my house yet. Now remember that I've been sick and you can be proud that I've kept it as clean as I have. Here goes...

1. The kids... Or in our case since we don't have any, these are our babies. They are all tucked into their nice cozy safe. These aren't really our babies but I didn't know what else to take a picture of. The pistol is just a pellet gun since we keep the other one in a different safe. There's Bessy (the pistol not shown), Big Kahoona (12 gage my favorite to shoot), Old faithful but painful(a single shot 20 gage, it hurts), Little Gun that could (the .22 that jams a whole ton but is super fun to shoot) and Death Stick (this is Trav's hunting rifle that he almost killed a squirrel with, he hasn't been to lucky this hunting season). Now you've been officially introduced to the family.

2. The Bathroom: No joke this is what my bathroom looks like. I plan on cleaning it tomarrow. I closed the shower curtain because we have this constant drip that makes mildew grow in less than a week and I haven't cleaned it yet this week so you can't see it.

3. The Closet: Travis and I have to share a tiny space and only one small dresser (if anyone is getting rid of one let us know because we are deperate, but not enough to pay a lot for one). So our clothes are packed in tight. Okay my stuff is packed in tight, I try to give Trav more room so we don't squash his suits.

4. Favorite Shoes: I love my boots and I'm so excited for winter because I can wear them again.

5. Self Portrait: Well, I didn't really want to take a picture of myself right now since I just got home from a long day at school so here's a cute picture of my with my sisters. Besides, who would I be without my family.

6. The Laundry Room: Luckily, I did all my wash yesterday and cleaned up in there.

7. The Kitchen Sink: Okay I did a couple of dishes.

8. The Refrigerator: It's kind of full but I haven't thrown out some old stuff lately. Okay and we drink A LOT of milk.

9. Favorite Room: I have two favorite rooms. The first is my reading room which will someday be our kids nusery. (no I don't have any news) I like the feel in this room because its relaxing and its the only room other than our living room that has pictures up. It also has a cozy couch for reading.

This is our living room. I love this room because its cozy and I really like our couches. They are comfy. I like the style in this room too. By the way, the big wooden thing on the mantle is the project I did for my religion in the home class last winter semester. Its a family home evening "chart" type thing. If there are requests I will get a close up. Oh this is also the most used room in the house and therefore the messiest. The big black monstrosity is the safe.

10. Dream Vacation: I don't really have a dream vacation. This Christmas Trav and I are going to Argentina to see my parents and I guess that is my dream vacation. I just like to go anywhere. I do like the place we went for Trav's Dad's family reunion in New Mexico this summer. I'd like to go back there someday and since I have a picture of that on this computer, that is my dream vacation.