Our Trip To Kentucky!

Hey! 

This last week we went on a vacation to Kentucky to visit our dear friends. I thought that I would share some of the pictures we took while in KY.

We left our house at three in the morning. This was the sunset we got to watch on the way. 

This is when we stopped at Cracker Barrel for a late lunch and took a run to stretch our legs. 

We then finished the fourteen hour drive and got settled in our hotel. 

We met up with our dear friends and headed to the Creation Museum. 

Here are just a bunch of pictures from our time there. 

P.S. We are missing a few kids in this picture:) 

Guess what we go to do?!?! 

Zip lining!! It was so much fun!! 

And a free fall from four stories...yes we jumped from there!! 

Hiking back from where the last zip line ended, I found a bird and was able to pet it. 

This is Rylee and I in the gardens. They were beautiful!! 

We go to see and mama duck and her babies:) 

All of us got to go out to eat at Cheddars:) 

We arrived at our dear friends house that night and as you can imagine, we all slept very well. 

This is us taking a water break from a game of kickball. It’s funny...the team that got their butt whooped was the one I was on...Go figure... 

Don’t worry it’s just an air soft gun...Who in the world would trust Rylee with a real gun!!! 

My hero! (Sammy) 

Badmitten:) 

Romantic date night for the parents. 

Swimming!! 

I think this was our last night before we left. We are playing Dutch Blitz:) 

I hope you enjoy this post of picture. I had an amazing time and I hope we can see our dear friends  again soon:) 

~Ali 

Random Inspiration

Hello! 

Today is going to be just a pile of random stuff I have been doing.  

So lets begin. 

This is a painting that I did of the Mockingjay from the Hunger Games. 

It is on a tiny canvas that is 3 inches by 3 inches.  

I was inspired to paint this by a painting I saw in Rue 21. It is once again on a tiny little canvas. 

I made this “Public Toilet Survival Kit” for my mom. She is kinda a germ freak so I thought she could use this. 

The contents are, hand sanitizer, baby wipes, toilet paper, paper towels, and rubber gloves. 

This is my sweet little brother sitting quietly tied to a chair while I do school. He really liked it and wanted me to tie him in the school room with me the next day and the next day. He is the best little brother ever! 

I went to work with my dad. It was a very fun day! 

I did some henna on myself:) 

Elsa is making a necklace for Sammy. She made it all by her self:) She looks so concentrated and cute!! 

This is Sam shooting my bow. 

Well, I hope you enjoyed seeing some random stuff from my life. 

~Ali  

DIY Hair Wrap

Hey! 

So, today I’m going to show you how to put in a really cool hair wrap. This adds a great pop of color and it is great DIY for the spring weather. 

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You will need: 

Embroidery floss 

Scissors 

Clear hair elastics 

Charm or bead

Now choose a section of hair...I chose to do a little section behind my ear which turned out to be a very awkward place to take pictures but we made do:) 

Braid the section that you chose and tie it off with a little hair elastic. (It will be easer if you tie the rest of your hair back into a ponytail) 

Cut about 1 1/2 feet of embroidery floss for and inch of that color. Then tie a very tight knot around the base of the braid. Lay the shorter end of the string on the braid. Take the longer end and start wrapping the floss around the braid.  

When you get as far as you want with your first color, wrap the string loosely around the braid. Then pull the end of the longer string through the loose part of the string. Tie a knot with the longer section and the shorter section of floss. 

Take you second color and hold it like I am doing in the picture above. Start wrapping the longer end around the braid and do it in a way that keeps the shorter end in place. 

Now just wrap, wrap, wrap!! 

Continue this process with all the colors all the way down the braid. 

When you get to the bottom tie it off the same as explained above.  

If you want to add a little charm at the bottom like I did, just string the charm through one of the ends of string and tie a knot. Trim all the ends of string so that it is to your hair length. Now, put a hair tie at the base of the string to keep it from slipping.

Now you have a cool hair wrap for the summer/spring! You can keep this in as long as you want. You can shower, sleep, brush and do your hair just like you normally would! (except you probably don’t want to use any hot tools on it. It might start on fire:) 

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I hope you enjoyed reading this post! 

Do you have any favorite things you are doing this spring? Let me know in the comments:) 

~Ali