Lowes Build and Grow: Birdhouse

Ryan took Kherington to build a birdhouse at Lowes at their free 'Build and Grow' class.  Kherington loved it, but once she was done convinced her dad that they needed bird seeds to go with it.  That would have been fine except for the fact that we don't actually have a good place to put a birdhouse.  When I signed her up I just though it would be a fun free activity to do with her daddy on the off chance he didn't have to work Saturday. She was excited about the bird seeds and put some in her birdhouse then stuck it out on our balcony.  Hopefully we don't end up with a bunch of bird poo out there.

The funny part of the whole experience was that even though they provide them with picture instructions easy enough for a kid to follow, Ryan still managed to mess it up.  Ryan is awesome, but definitely not known for his handyman skills.  Luckily he was able to pry the nails out and start over so he didn't have to ask for a new kit ;).

I only signed Kherington up since the information page said it was good for around 5 years and older, but Ryan said next time Kevin could easily join.

New Ward

I came away from our first Sunday at church overwhelmed by how many young families were in the ward and sure that we wouldn't actually make any friends because there were so many people.  I felt like we had just started to get to know a couple ward member when the announcement came that a new ward was to be created and in do so, other ward boundaries (including ours) were to be realigned.  As a result, we are now in a new ward. Our apartment complex right on the ward boundary, so just across the street is our old ward.

No going to lie, I was pretty frustrated.  At the same time, our lease is up in September and we want to find a place with a yard so we'll probably change again.  The first Sunday was just weird.  Kherington is still the only girl in her CTR4 class and the only one in her class who changed wards. I went to a RS activity during he week and actually got to chat with some members and that made the ward seem not as strange...granted, most the people I met were from our old ward also I just had never talked with them.

Later in the week, the kids were begging to help make cinnamon rolls so we doubled the recipe and took some to families in our new ward.  They really are the easiest thing to mass produce with very little added effort.  Plus they taste delicious.  Both kids repeatedly told me to make sure we kept some for us.

The Lost Pictures

I hate when I find pictures that I forget to blog, so here are a couple of the lost ones.  I now have 2 cameras, an ipad and Ryan's iphone to pull pictures so it is a little more difficult to keep tabs on all the devices.