Good ole Looney Days!

This past Saturday the whole family headed to Colman for their annual Looney Day festivities!  This is the biggest day of the year in Colman, and we rarely miss it!  This year, the Brendsel cousins put together a co-ed softball team for the Looney Day Tourney.  We lost our first two games, so didn't get a whole lot of playin in, but it was still fun to get everyone together.  My grandparents loved watching and cheering us on!

The morning started out with a parade at 10 o'clock, ball games at 11 & 1, kids inflatables & carnival games and then free grilled food on main street courtesy of the new Rescue Church in town! 

Boston got enough candy to feed us all.  Brigham only cared about the suckers!

 Brigs was a little pistol all day.  On. the. go. constantly & very clingy to his mama. 

 Suckers sure made him happy though!

 Paisley & B

 Brigs was all about finishing up his hotdog that he dropped on the sidewalk!

 The Brendsel Bunch ball team!  We may not have been the best ball team of the day, but we sure were the best looking ball team!!  Brigs made the picture (he's hidden) because he screamed when I would try and put him down!

 My grandpa just loved sitting on the bench 'coaching' us!

 Keisha, Lacey & Katie

 We pulled the vehicle up close to the ball diamond so that we could put a movie on for Brigs.  He was desperately in need of a nap.  He looks so sweet here.. but this only lasted 10 minutes.  Poor dude ended up with 2 molars a few days later, so I forgive him for being a pain in the rear.

 My hubby.  He always makes a smart ass comment before we head to Colman events..'Do you think people in Colman talk about how Jamie Johnson's husband sure is good lookin?!' 

Yes honey.  I'm sure they do.  :)

Front Door Craft!

I haven't done anything crafty since we moved, and I was missing it!  I have all of these wild ideas saved on my Pinterest boards, but no time these days to get at them.  One of the crafts on the top of my to-do list was to make a front door hanging with the letter G.  Ya know, for Gerdes. :)

I found several different versions on Pinterest, but my favorite was this one.  I loved that it was simple.  My plan was to find a font I liked for my letter G, draw it out on a piece of plywood and have my dad cut it out for me.  I just couldn't find a font I liked, and saw a letter G at Hobby Lobby on Monday that I thought was perfect for this craft, and only $4!

The letter I bought was black, so I bought some paint ($1) and some burlap on a roll ($5).  I roughed up the paint with some sand paper so that it looked worn, and then made up some fabric flowers to glue on.  The same fabric flowers I made for the hair clips, so I already had the fabric!  I was pretty impressed with how it turned out..

I sent a picture of the finished product to Derek & my friend Tracy..they both replied that it was ugly!  Ugh, talk about a disappointment!  So after some feedback, I decided maybe it was a bit too small for the door and took it down.  Then I saw this idea and remembered I had a few wreaths in the basement, so I took one of them apart and did some more crafting.  This is the new finished product! 

It's staying on the door this time!