Summer fun

The kids love going to Browning pool in the summer.
Carch about to hit the water!!!



Cade havin' some fun too!!!

While Calvin was in town visiting with us, I wanted for us to make a soap he could share with his friend Josh & his family. I haven't done a 6 color soap yet, so Calvin was nice enough to help me make one!!!
Nice pic Calvin!!! Thought you would especially like this one:)



Pic of the whole loaf.



Here is a side Pic. I think it turned out way cool. Hope you like Calvin.



Here is a pic of the family. We took it over at Sandridge Park!!!
Hope you are having a great Summer!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I taught a soap making for the Weber County extension offices. I was so nervous, but everything turned out great. I was ready to start making a cold press soap & I couldn't find one of the oils. We were doing a 4 oil soap so it should have been simple, right? Not for me!!! The night before I measured out the oils in separate containers, so it would be easier. I didn't want to take the big buckets I get most bulk oils in. So this would save on time. I panicked looking all over for the oil.
Dori offered to run out to my home & pick it up and bring back. So she headed out. In the mean time I called Craig & he said he would bring to me, thank goodness!!! So Suzie called Dori & told her what was the new plan. So in the mean time we made sugar scrubs.The ladies had fun creating their own scrubs. About the time we finished with that Craig & Carch arrived with the oil. They saved the day!!!!!! Now I owe Craig big time.




Here is the soap I made for the class a few days ahead of thime so they could see the whole cold press soap making process from start to finish!! It is Peppermint, Orange & Eucalyptus EO's with ground peppermint leaves threwout. It has 3 colors, red, orange & green. We had a piece leftover, I am using it now. Yahoo for cp soap!!!





This is the soap we made during the class. It was scented with Pearberry. I forgot how fast the kind of pearberry traces, it is fast. I was throwing in the french green clay & had to stir like crazy. It is a 2 color soap (yellow & moss green) with a little fg clay on top. I barely had time to swirl on the top.

Cade decided to get his hair cut. He has talked about it in the past, but really decided to go through with it this time. What a shocker!!! We were really surprised. I told him long hair is alot of work, more than you think. It was always getting in his eyes when he skates, so he started wearing a hat all the time to help keep it back. I used to tell him he has better hair than alot of girls do :)!!! A couple girls he knows used to play with it at school.

Anyway, I thought he would wait until after the Def Leppard concert, we are all going to in August!!! I guess it was finally time. This picture was taken on our way to go get it cut. Here he goes :)



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Gone!!! He looks so handsome!!!! Lookin good Cade!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Birthday Cade!!!! WOW 14 way hard to believe.
All Cade wanted for his B-day was cash. He has been saving for
a new Zune.

divider swap

The newest swap I am doing is the 4x6 divider swap at SCS. I have been doing lots of 4x6 swaps and dividers will be way nice to organize all my recipes in!!!
I am excited to see what others come up with :)

Plant Sale Soaps

The past few years I make 4 or 5 soaps for the Master Gardener's I belong to, to sale during the yearly plant sale. They use the money from the plant sale for new plants at the Ogden Botanical Gardens. This year I donated 5 different soaps.
The yellow bow-Oatmeal, Milk & Honey,
purple bow-Lavender & Raspberry,
red & white bow-Orange & Peppermint Essential Oil,
green bow-Pearberry,
raffea bow-Clean Breeze.