Update

It has been a few days since my last post. Here is what we have going on this week. Lots to talk about! I am going to Women's Conference Thurs and Fri with Kathi (my sister in law - Erick's wife). I have never been before, so it will be fun to see what all the hype is about. Hunter turns the BIG 8 on Wednesday (27th). Hunter gets baptized on Saturday - all friends and family are welcome to come. I have a few vinyl orders I need to get out by the end of the week - including an order for Deseret Book. Carl has lots of skate boot plates to mail out - they are taking over our kitchen counter at the moment. My brother Mike and his wife Candace had their baby on Easter Sunday. Justin Michael Robertson - a big boy coming in at over 9 pounds and lots of blonde hair. Exciting week indeed!

Robertson Family Reunion Crafts

These are the crafts available for the Robertson Family Reunion, June 10-12. There is something for every age.

If you are interested in making any of them, here is how you "order":

1. Email me telling me which ones and how many you want (cvhacking@yahoo.com).

2. I will then send you an electronic invoice via PayPal (sent to your email) that you need to pay from. I will not bring crafts for someone who has not paid by June 1st. I need all the $$ BEFORE June 1st, so I have plenty of time to get them ready for you.

3. I will then bring your craft kit to the reunion. Under each craft it will specify what I will provide, and what you will need to provide. Please make note of these items that you need to provide and bring them with you to the reunion so you can complete your project(s). I will not be bring any items that "you need to provide".

**If you are not able to make it to the reunion, but would still like to make any of these items, please let me know and I can ship the items to you - I will add shipping to your final price. The foam swords are NOT available for shipping.**

Here are your choices:

1. KIDS SWORD - made from foam noodle and pvc pipe (with duct tape to secure in place for those hard-playing boys). My kids *love* these! They play with them all the time - even my 17 year old - in fact Carl even gets in on the action occasionally.

Sizes available are 18", 24", 30" (this is the size of the foam sword part - not including the length with the handle). There will not be color choices on these. If you want to include a few color choices when you email me, let me know and I will see what I can do, but no promises. :-)
Prices are:
18" - $3.50
24" - $4.00
30" - $4.50

I provide: everything
You provide: nothing

2. ETCHED JAR LANTERNS - made from glass jar, vinyl decal, and frosted glass spray, wire for handle.Prices are:
$3.00 each (you need to tell me what you want as your vinyl decal - this can be a shape, wording, anything. Just let me know.)

I provide: vinyl decal, etching spray, metal for making handle, tea light for inside
You provide: jar (this can be any jar from a spaghetti sauce jar to a small pizza sauce jar to a mason canning jar - any GLASS jar will work - even small baby food jars. Be sure they are clean and all labeling has been removed.

3. Wood signs - made with wood, paint, and vinyl lettering
(I will try to make these signs and put a picture up of what a finished sign would look like)
You can see the vinyl colors I have here.

CHOICE #1 - Welcome vertical sign - 4"x15"; hangs with key hole on back
Price is: $10.00 each
I provide: wood, vinyl, sand paper, stain

You provide: Paint, paint brush (you will need to decide what color of paint you will be bringing, then coordinate the vinyl lettering color with that. Let me know the vinyl color you want for your lettering).

CHOICE #2 - I can do hard things wood block -6"x6"
Price is: $6.00

I provide: Wood, vinyl, sand paper, stain
You provide: Paint, paint brush (you will need to decide what color of paint you will be bringing, then coordinate the vinyl lettering color with that. Let me know the vinyl color you want for the swirls and the wording - they need to be different colors).

Remember - you must order and pay no later than JUNE 1st. The sooner the better. Email me what you want - cvhacking@yahoo.com. We will be doing these crafts Saturday morning after breakfast.

Tornadoes in Tulsa

As you can imagine - now that we have lived in Tulsa, OK, tornadoes are a fascination of ours. It was a way of life there - as it is still and in the entire mid section of our country. Today - there was an outbreak of tornadoes in Oklahoma. Some of the cells going right over our old house. We have friends posting on Facebook that they are all safe, and pictures of them in their storm cellars - so glad I do not have to deal with THAT anymore!! Here is what we look at and see on the radar when we suspect a tornado is headed our way (this was the actual radar of these storms taken 30 minutes ago):We know exactly what this radar is telling us. And if you are really good, you can actually see the hooks on some of the cells that indicate a tornado (hard to see in this low res picture). Every Fall on the Discovery channel there is a show called Storm Chasers. We are faithful watchers of it. All of my kids gather around the TV and watch what storm chasers have documented during tornado season. They are filming right now! We can't wait to watch the footage from this storm and the Iowa outbreak a few days ago. What excitment, even though we are not there, it is still exciting to watch the radar. If you want to watch some footage from one of the chasers from the TV show, here is there website.

Hunter's Baptism

I just got done making Hunter's invitation to his baptism which will be on Saturday, April 30th. I think it turned out great. All friends and family are invited. Hope you can make it!

Adult Dates - my favorite!

We had another group date last Friday night. We decided to make it simple and stay home. We played games and just laughed, and laughed. We were joined by Mike & Pam, Mark & Jill, and Johnathan and Deneen. We played: Phase 10 and The Celestial Companions Game. Carl and I love having our friends over. They are so fun to be around and such a blessing in our lives. We love you guys! And Mark - be glad that Pam and I held back our urge to toilet paper your house.