I love Pinterest!

 I have had so much fun with Pinterest. I have gotten so many great ideas from it. I have found fun crafts and some very yummy recipes, which I have tried and have had great success.

I have heard some "silly" people say that they will never go on Pinterest, because they don't need it. They can can just "google" what they want to find. That is so true, you can, but Pinterest has already done the work for you and you just have to go to one spot to find so many great ideas. Instead of having to bookmark all the things you find, you can save all the great ideas in your Pinterest account. When you bookmark, you aren't able to save pictures, so for me I forget what each website is for, but with Pinterest you have a picture saved and that picture has a link attached that takes you right to the website that the picture came from.

Others have said that Pinterest will just waste their time. I have found that it is the opposite with me. You can find great ideas on how to be more efficient with cleaning and organizing.  There are so many clever ideas on Pinterest.  And like I said before, its all in one spot, so you don't have to keep searching all over the internet when you need something. And all the things you have liked in the past is saved on your Pinterest board so you don't have to search for it again.

Also many times I cant afford to do some of the great things I have found, or I don't have the time right now, so its so satisfying to me to be able to save it and when i have the money or the time, I can find it and try it. When I have a party to plan, I'm able to find tons of great decorating ideas, food ideas and game ideas. I always have a hard time coming up with cute gift ideas, no problem now, I can just log onto my Pinterest account and find so many great ideas in one spot.

I've even pinned some of my photography onto Pinterest. Its a great way to get your own great ideas and your own wonderful creations out there for everyone to enjoy.

Here are just some of the many Pinterest ideas I have tried.

For Valentines day it was so fun making these healthy treats for my children instead of just giving them cookies and candy, even though I couldn't help but still give them those too.

 I was in charge of decorating for my wards Relief Society Christmas party. I found this fun idea for Christmas trees and gift boxes covered with tinsel, flowers and berries. It turned out great!

 I also got to decorate for our Relief Society Birthday Celebration, I found these fun tissue paper pom poms. I also found the yarn balls on Pinterest.

 I was inspired by a cake on Pinterest that had these gorgeous ruffles. So I had so much fun making them on my daughters first birthday cake.

 I love the old pages ripped from a book, and made into flowers also inspired from Pinterest.

 Both these pictures were inspired by photos I found on Pinterest. I love how they turned out!

 These frames were such a fun gift idea, that I gave to many friends and family. You use them like white boards. They are so fun!

 I loved this frame with the googly eyes glues all over it, for Halloween. My son did too.

 My son also loved this Super Hero cake with the cute capes. Great idea from Pinterest.

 I also got all the fun party game ideas from Pinterest.

 This Zebra cake was so fun and easy to try and I was so happy with how it turned out, so was my daughter.

Ive found some great recipes that I have tried. Like Chicken fingers from Wingers. Those were so delicious!
I never new how to use my Crock-pot, but now I use it all the time, because Pinterest has so many great Crock-pot ideas.

So lets not be like the people years ago that didn't like the telephone, because it was new. Lets be open minded and at least try out the new inventions that we have been blessed with. You might find that you love it, just like me. Happy pinning!

Dinner at Grandmas

 We all went to Grandmas for dinner so we could be together. I love this picture I got of the kids looking at books with their Grandma. 

 Oh, so sweet smile!

 Shes always reaching for me.

 Cute little Lala.

Dasan loves his little baby sister.

The life of Curtis Sr

                                                                                

The Passing of our Beloved Father and Grandfather

 Curtis Daniel Walker Sr., age 58 of Alpine, passed away Wednesday January 11, 2012. He was born January 30, 1953 in Winnebago, Nebraska to Eugene Parker and Eunice Walker Sherman. He was a member of the Omaha tribe in Macy, Nebraska. Curtis met Maxine Hamana while attending BYU. They were married July 1, 1972 and sealed in the Salt Lake Temple on July 1, 1981. They were best friends and loved each other dearly. They both had a love of their Native American culture and spent many hours singing with their family drum group at powwows. In 2006 his heart was broken when his beloved wife died of cancer. In 2007 he was blessed when Penny Wheeler brought joy back into his life. They were married August 17, 2007 and truly enjoyed the time they got to spend together, though it was cut short. They loved each other very deeply. They also shared the love of singing at powwows. Curtis was the life of every party, always smiling and  happy and trying to make everyone else happy, which naturally happened just by being around him. Curtis was always making jokes, and laughing at his own jokes with Penny laughing really hard right along with him. He was a very fun grandfather, who spent time with his grandchildren playing and teaching. Curtis loved his family and worked hard to support them and anyone that would come to him for help. He would never turn anyone away. He knew that life was all about family not possessions. Curtis valued the knowledge that his family could be together forever. He was a man of strength, love, honor, and faith, and was a wonderful example of how to live a life of charity and how to endure to the end. Curtis was loved by so many and will be greatly missed.

We were and are still in shock that our wonderful Curtis Sr has passed away. We miss him so very much! Life just isn't the same with out his fun personality and his silly humor. My heart just aches for Penny. He was the love of her life. The thing that gives us so much comfort is the fact that he is reunited with his first wife, Maxine, our wonderful mother whom we miss so much. And knowing that we can be reunited with them some day gives us so much joy and comfort.

Dasans 12th Birthday

 My little baby Dase is now 12 years old!!! I cant believe it. And I cant believe that he is old enough to hold the priesthood. I am so very proud of him. He is such a great guy. 

We had a nice little party. We had Grandpa and Grandma Walker over for Kentucky Fried Chicken. And then my family came for cake. Grandpa Walker wasn't feeling very good that night, but he was still so fun, making jokes and laughing. We didn't know that his heart was starting to fail. We are so happy that we were able to be with him that night. That was the last night we got to visit with him. I just wish we would have gotten a picture with him.

Christmas 2011