Cards and Windows

So, first off, I just noticed that I think I have started both posts thus far with "So". I don't know why I do that, I just do. I will work on that...
Anywho, I wanted to brag about some things I have done lately. For a little background story, two of my really good friends Kali (pronounced like Kaylee) and Ali (Kali was one of my first roommates and Ali is her little sis), sent me a surprise package to me while I was on my trip in Michigan. I loved it sooo much and made me so happy and thankful to have such AMAZING friends! So I decided to return the favor, and I sent them little packages with some cookies I made -- they were cream cheese cookies and I got the recipe from my best pal: Pinterest -- and some little souveniers that I bought at the Hallmark store in Oscoda. They were a little cheesy, but I wanted to get them something that I wouldn't be able to buy anywhere else, mission accomplished! For packing materials, I used inflated water balloons. Don't worry! They were not filled with water, but air. ;) I was bored one night, so instead of buying them cards, I decided to make some. So I borrowed some Cricut cartridges from where I work because they have much cuter ones than me. And made some cards! The results are shown below:

Front:

Inside - Kali is an animal science major (I think) and she really loves animals, so I thought this would be appropriate:

Front:

Inside:

I am really happy with how these turned out and might even make som e more someday!

I work at the historical museum here in town called the Green River Valley Museum. If you haven't been, it really is amazing! For such a little town, there is so much stuff and some really great items. Definitely stop by if you have a chance! Anyways, last week my boss let me get away from doing computer work and set up some new window displays and decorations for the fourth. My awesome coworkers, Tory and MiMi also helped me!

Here is the first:

and the second - I wanted it to be like a girl's, I mean, proper lady's bedroom from back in the day:

I loved being able to do this! It was fun and I really liked how they turned out. During the day, it is kind of hard to see them very well, but at night, man, they sure look great!

Lastly, I have a story for y'all! It is pretty funny so hopefully I can do it justice. Yesterday, my sister Ruth came over for the day to do laundry. And while they were hanging out, we went into my room so that she could do her toenails for the fourth. While we were in there, everyone decided to join us: Dave, Don, and little Daniel. Sarah was with us too just chatting. Anyways, the boys were nosing through my things, and I have had an apple on my desk for the last few weeks that I keep forgetting to eat. And every week, David has brought it to me and tells me that I need to eat it. I never want to at the time, so I ask him to put it back on my desk. This Monday, Sarah was holding Dan in her lap so that he couldn't get into the nail polish anymore. He was in perfect reach of the apple and so he started gnawing on it, putting little baby teeth marks into it. Then he lost interest, so Dave grabbed it. They left my room and a little while later, Dave comes in and says, "Here is you apple back, Hannah" and sets it on it's end and leaves. This is what I saw:
I told him that he could have the rest of it.

Fire!

So, I was going to do a post about all of my latest projects.... but there are a lot and so I decided to go with the most exciting event that has been going on locally. That is that Fontenelle Fire. There are a lot of fires in the West, and even close by. It started on LaBarge Creek... I think.. I don't really know. Anyways it has spread to be pretty big and is in Middle Piney now. So there has been sooo much smoke in Big Piney and LaBarge. There was even ash falling on us, which was new for me. And this definitely did not help with my allergies. :( But the firefighters and Forest Service (I think, I don't actually know facts, just trying to remember what I have heard) have set up base at the High School, which is right across the street from me, so it has been fun watching all of that. They have tents set up everywhere and trucks coming and going. Last week there were a bunch of semis lined up on the side of road waiting to pull in to unload the supplies and they were lined up pretty close for a long ways in front of houses, and people that lived in those houses had to drive all the way around them to get out. It was pretty crazy. Anyways I took some pictures of that and of the smoke. Also, they have recruited a bunch of people from the community to be on various fire crews and so my mom is a supervisor for one at the school and so she works from 6 am to 10 pm every day. Pretty long days, but the pay is great. And we are managing (barely) around the house without her. It has been fun cooking for my family though! Last night, my dad and I were going to drive up as far as we could to see the fire, but we didn't get very far before they closed the road, so that was a bummer.
Anyways, other than the fire, I have just been working at the museum and for my dad. I have also been working on lots of projects, like I mentioned. Soon, I will dazzle you all with my creativity and talent (or something like that) but tonight I just wanted to make a little post about the fire. It is hard getting into the habit of having a blog, so bear with me!

Smoke when the fire first started.

Sunset with the fire.The haze of smoke, it looks like a cloudy day, but it's really smoke.

High school, sorry it's not the best picture, but it kind of shows how busy it is there.
The yard next to the high school where they have been camped out, lots and lots of tents!
The annex parking lots and west of that. The tents are to the right of that.

Luckily, it is not close to us, so we won't have to evacuate or anything. And I don't think any of the cabins have been harmed. But our hearts and prayers do go out to those that have lost their homes.