A Fro Yo date for Me and Mr. B

Ty is always so good at spoiling me and making sure I am happy.

Unfortunately sometimes its harder than others but there are two words

that can make me happy in no time. 

Frozen. Yogurt.

I have a weakness for the stuff.  

I especially LOVE mixing every fruit flavor, with fruit and granola on top...

Mmmmm, mmmmmm, mmmmm.

Well my sweetheart and I went on yet another fro yo date 

and decided to eat it while watching the city from the old airport. 

(Poor guy had a headache and was sick of pictures but he let me take "just one more, I promise!" ;)

It was the first time we had actually felt cold outside in a loooong time! 

We are ready for cold rainy weather!

(Junky phone picture but you get the idea)

This may seem like a silly post but I just want give a shout out

for the little things in life.  

They make me happier than the big things most of the time 

and remind me of the great blessings in my life both big and small,

like a cute patient husband, cold rainy weather, and frozen yogurt. 

Articles of Faith Ice Cream Cone Matching Game

I've only been teaching primary for a little over a month but I am already 

needing new ideas to keep those little bodies reverent!

I have had a lot of help from my mom and my mother in law who have been

around the block a few times when it comes to primary!

They have given me many ideas similar to this game which I have used and am grateful for but I decided

 I wanted to make my own just for fun.

I saw a similar idea on pinterest.... yeah I know... :)

Anyway, her idea was a matching game where you matched the lowercase letter the cone, (or in my case the # of the article of faith)

to the upper case letter (the summarized version of the article of faith).

 I thought it was super cute and adjusted it to fit primary. 

I teach the 7 and 8 year olds in primary and felt that they are at the perfect

age to start familiarizing themselves with the Articles of Faith. 

Although one day they would fully memorize all of the Articles of Faith,

for now I just wanted them to take away the basics of what we believe and why 

these 13 beliefs are so important to what makes our church true. 

With the help of Ty and my mom we came up with these summaries of each Article of Faith.  

This is just one example and the rest are pretty similar. 

I probably should have found a way to type the article of faith on the ice cream scoop 

but my handwriting will have to do.

If you would like to make your own,  click HERE to view the PDF I made.  I just printed it off, cut it out, and used it as a stencil on my scrapbook paper that I wanted to use. 

I had fun making it and maybe one day, when I have been around the primary block a few times, I can give it to my daughter or daughter in law to use :) 

Something Old Something New, Something Striped, Something Blue.

I have had a lot more time on my hands now that Ty's work schedule and I am left at home alone.  I've already had enough of the couch and the TV so I turned to 

to my closet to see what unfinished projects I left when I used to have time.

I found an old men's striped button up shirt that I got at DI several months ago hoping to eventually turn it into something.  Nothing ever happened to it until this week! :)

I regret that I did not take a before picture so this picture I found off of the internet will have to do...

I have seen tutorials for DIY clothing refashions where you make big shirts smaller, but I was always too afraid! 

It seemed too complicated but out of desperation I 

decided to make some simple marks (with a sharpie I might add... yeah I'll remember NOT to do that for next time, I wasn't thinking clearly obviously)

 for where I wanted the new sleeves and waist to be and took the scissors and sewing machine to it! 

Well the stars magically aligned and I came out with this!

I was pleasantly surprised! 

Hopefully there will be more diamonds in the rough in my closet! 

Our attempt at ice cream...

Thanks to my love of Pinterest and my optimistic view that EVERYTHING posted

on that beloved website must work... right?

 we attempted yet another Pinterest recipe.

Ty has come to hate the words 

"I found this new recipe on pinterest!" 

But because of the great man that he is he decided to try it :)

The first time we tried the exact recipe from this website

http://www.justmarriedwithcoupons.com/2013/08/3-can-peach-ice-cream-recipe-cansgetyoucooking.html

It turned out great, it was a little too sweet but I really enjoyed it! 

We then decided to try banana, adding a chopped up banana instead of a can of peaches,

thinking that it would taste like a banana creamy perhaps??

This is how the final product turned out!

Although this was not my favorite flavor so far I am excited to try maybe strawberry... 

haha there will never cease to be homemade treats in our home as long as Pinterest is around.

Newlyweds

Me (Ashley Brooks) and Mr. B (Tyler Brooks)

We are new to marriage and new to the blogging world. 
We are excited 

to share the simple moments in our lives that make it our happily ever after!