Neeley Family Blog

I have always enjoyed crafts and these days, my intrigue goes nuts by looking at Pinterest.  This week was a busy craft week! I made a diaper cake for my Assistant manager at work (she is having a baby girl and we threw a surprise party for her last day). I also made a birthday cake for my niece and nephew for their joint birthday party (Toy Story themed). First up, the diaper cake.....and no, it's not edible.  You make what looks like a cake out of diapers and other goodies so the momma then has some essentials she can use for the new baby.  It really is about presentation!   Supplies. First steps, creating layers of different sizes. I used an empty paper towel tube as the center to wrap everything around. Then adding ribbon to hide the rubber bands and add color to it.      Finally inserting the flowers, soap, lotion and toys as added decoration.   Final Product. :)     Next project...actual ...

I invited a few new PTA friends and some family over to our place for a BBQ on the 4th.  Brad's parents were in town then and got to join in the celebration with us.  I think with all the kids and parents in was about 27 people.  My co-president in the PTA with me, Sarah helped co-host it.  See the theme here, we like doing things together. :) We had the pool going for the kids, corn hole and ladder ball set up, along with our swing set, decorations, lounge spots, food and drinks.  Everyone got to mingle and get a little time getting to know each other and our families. At the end of the evening, we set off some fireworks! Of course, the kids were "oohing" and "awing" at the ones with the longest sprays of light.  In Oregon, anything that goes higher than 5 feet off the ground is illegal so we stuck with the family friendly ones. ;) I was so busy hosting that I only have 2 pictures to show for the whole afternoon/evening, but you'll just have to tru...

Well, it was our turn to make a trip to see the Colorado Neeleys.  We initially thought spring time, but then other things came up and it was getting closer to Eric and Jenn welcoming their little boy to their family, we decided to wait till summer and get to see the baby too! Shortly after school and baseball ended, we headed off.  We had not seen each other since last August for our Hawaii trip.  Eric and Jenn were kind enough to let us stay with them just a few weeks after having their new guy, Corbin, join their family (and right after Jenn's mom had visited).  So we planned lots of "hang out" time at home so the cousins could play, the brothers could play and us sister-in-laws could catch up. All the kids were excited to meet the new baby, but Brock really enjoyed getting his time to hold baby Corbin.     Brylee and Audrey had so much fun playing together! Brylee would call Audrey "sweetheart!"    The big Bro's hangin' out. ...