tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27742405809794683972024-02-25T23:01:50.259-08:00 Kayboo Creationskeeping the spark Karynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03284302659033449736noreply@blogger.comBlogger152125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2774240580979468397.post-989497795214125952016-07-26T09:17:00.000-07:002017-05-03T07:42:15.029-07:00Amazing Race Party<div align="center">
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Well, we had fun organizing and running another big birthday party for one of our girls.</div>
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She really wanted an Amazing Race themed party so that's what she got.</div>
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We split the guests into 4 teams of two and off they went.</div>
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We set up the gym with 12 different stops that had to be completed and signed off.</div>
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This one was a puzzle challenge where they had to finish a puzzle in a certain amount of time. </div>
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This was challenging for some teams as they could not finish it in time.</div>
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Counting down the seconds didn't really help, but made for great entertainment.</div>
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This was a minute to win it challenge where they had to get four pieces of pasta onto a single piece of spaghetti without using their hands.</div>
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This was a guess how many jelly beans in the jar game. ( Each station had a flag and a clue box with a clue with instructions inside.) There was one team that was 2 jelly beans away from the correct number. Truly AMAZING.</div>
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This station had the girls picking up mini marshmallows with chop sticks. They could do it any way as long as they didn't skewer them.</div>
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There might have been some cheating on this one by some of the groups.</div>
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This was a memorization game where the girls had to run to one part of the gym look at the sequence and then run back to the table and replicate the order of the cards. This was hard for those who didn't pay attention to small details, such as the suits of the cards. </div>
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Very funny. </div>
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The bean sort was truly the most challenging of the all the stations. We poured out hundreds of beans into a big pile and the girls had to organized them into their type. For some this challenge was rewarding and for others they wanted to poke their eyes out.</div>
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Finally done.</div>
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We did find this lovely message under one of the piles of beans as we were cleaning up. </div>
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It made me laugh.</div>
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This station was a game where they had to select a cup with cereal in it and eat the cereal to see if they could find the cup(s) with a smiley face at the bottom.</div>
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The dart station was one where they had to hit a bull's-eye OR other numbers to add up to 200.</div>
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The double bull's-eye.....unbelievable!!!</div>
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There was a station where the girls had to taste and guess unknown baby food, apparently some tasted better than others. Ha ha ha.</div>
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In one of the challenges the girls had to follow instructions on how to make a balloon dog. At the end of the challenge some of the older kids created a zoo for all of the malformed animals and named them.</div>
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(Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.)</div>
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This station was another minute to win it game where they had to balance 5 dice on the end of a popsicle stick.</div>
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Great concentration girls.</div>
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After 12 gruelling stations (there was a paper airplane station too which I forgot to take pictures of, where they had to make, successfully fly and land onto the amazing race mat) </div>
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these were our winners.</div>
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I have to say they won because they were so good at the bean sort, which killed a lot of the teams.</div>
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I mean really look at those smiles as they sorted.</div>
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Overall a great afternoon of fun. </div>
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Had wonderful helpers too that kept things moving smoothly, couldn't have done it without them.</div>
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Happy Birthday sweetie, you are truly</div>
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AMAZING.</div>
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Winner, winner chicken dinner.</div>
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Had such a fun night at the High Priest Social. </div>
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We got to put on a 50's theme diner dinner (sat that 5x fast). </div>
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Some of the young women were asked to come dressed up and serve at the dinner.</div>
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So we found these cute matching outfits and they got busy.</div>
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I also talked with the young women about how we might have pinterest boards that have to do with our outer beauty ( like fashion or hair and makeup), but how many of us have a board that has to do with inner beauty.</div>
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I didn't have one myself, but I do now and I challenged each of them to start a board that would help them remember their importance to their Heavenly Father and to focus on the things that really matter.</div>
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Well we've had another birthday here.</div>
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3 hours of crazy good times.</div>
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This one was Star Wars themed.</div>
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There were so many ideas out there that it was so easy to do.</div>
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When the kids came in they were each given a Jedi outfit and a light saber.</div>
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My older girl and her friend ran a quick class in Jedi training, they were so much fun and the kids loved them.</div>
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Then they had to put their skills to the test in the combat zone.</div>
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NO kids or T.V. 's were hurt.</div>
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That's right he's holding a knife cover instead of a light saber.</div>
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Karynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03284302659033449736noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2774240580979468397.post-19115069737840825742015-03-12T21:16:00.001-07:002015-03-12T23:49:32.753-07:00My Last Leprechaun Trap<div style="text-align: center;">
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It is a conglomeration of rainbows, green stuff and goodies.</div>
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We have doughnuts (painted Cheerios), gold foil cakes (chocolate coins) and of course cotton candy (chalk covered cotton balls found <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/35958497001006516/">here</a> ).</div>
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We wanted to make gingerbread houses with the kids and came across a great idea<br />
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The gingerbread "houses" are basically<br />
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Rolled out the dough right onto a piece of parchment <br />
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Some had more candy on them than others.</div>
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Winner of the heaviest cookie.</div>
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I think they turned out quite well.</div>
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We all had to pull out our mad piping skills.</div>
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My favorite part was how easy they were to make and we didn't have to worry about the houses breaking or what kind of icing to use to make them stick together.</div>
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Definitely a fun night with some of my favorite people.</div>
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A backdrop was made for people to <br />
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Everyone was told to dress as a Who from Whoville, <br />
the outfits and hair were amazing.</div>
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It ended up looking so colourful.</div>
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We had 3 different center pieces.</div>
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that someone would take me up on it.</div>
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The first thing I did was </div>
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Karynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03284302659033449736noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2774240580979468397.post-80815526154525875332014-08-08T11:39:00.000-07:002014-08-14T18:42:39.523-07:00Summer Chalkboard<div style="text-align: center;">
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We've a had a great summer so far and life has been so good. <br />
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Everything from <br />
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parades<br />
Logan's Pass<br />
two lakes<br />
excellent live shows<br />
water skiing<br />
party island<br />
glow in the dark dodge ball<br />
root beer chugging contests<br />
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Karynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03284302659033449736noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2774240580979468397.post-90159594831819877652014-07-12T07:32:00.001-07:002014-07-12T07:41:57.112-07:00Light Green Dresser<div align="center">
Ah, I'm so glad summer is here.<br />
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My husband did not "appreciate" the hardware, <br />
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<strong>That's what made this piece.</strong><br />
The lady who bought it said that the unique drawer pulls are what sold it for her.<br />
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Karynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03284302659033449736noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2774240580979468397.post-47603935535092953642014-06-04T09:21:00.000-07:002014-07-12T07:51:37.799-07:00Wedding Chalkboards<div align="center">
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Found some cute quotes about love and marriage and did them up.</div>
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Karynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03284302659033449736noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2774240580979468397.post-16008639421081811242014-04-29T09:41:00.002-07:002014-04-30T10:51:14.074-07:00Mother's Day Chalkboard<div align="center">
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I changed it a little to fit my chalkboard.</div>
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I love it.</div>
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Karynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03284302659033449736noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2774240580979468397.post-73434814752163929032014-04-02T18:01:00.000-07:002014-04-02T19:59:02.479-07:004 Easy Steps to Art<div align="center">
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This one was very busy, but I had lots of help from my older girls and their friends and I think it turned out wonderfully.</div>
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Karynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03284302659033449736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2774240580979468397.post-36773785128312713922014-02-19T16:47:00.000-08:002014-02-19T20:52:25.063-08:00Another Chalkboard<div align="center">
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The first was more of a fun project,</div>
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and stayed up late after the party for another hour to finish it.</div>
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My daughter loves having this dainty little desk in her room.</div>
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I'm still on the hunt for a petite chair or stool to go with it, something in cream or white.</div>
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Karynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03284302659033449736noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2774240580979468397.post-32660140214634359452013-12-06T09:30:00.000-08:002013-12-06T19:05:17.753-08:00A Real Jenny Lind Bed and a Bedroom Makeover<div align="center">
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It is the original 120 year old spool bed and it is gorgeous.</div>
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Three different colours and paint techniques and sanding. </div>
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when I picked the colour for this cute dresser.</div>
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She didn't start out cute though, but was in decent condition and had all of her parts, including the four wooden caster wheels that I fell in love with.</div>
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I took her apart and lightly sanded, taped and primed everything.</div>
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Then I went and painted her "Bright Idea" by Krylon. </div>
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I love how it turned out, so fresh and after many weeks of waiting for the weather to be warm enough to paint outside...she is done.</div>
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Look at those gorgeous wooden wheels.</div>
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The family that I bought it from </div>
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because one of the wheels was loose, </div>
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I painted the wooden handles a bronzed colour </div>
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My daughter is so excited to have this in her room.</div>
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