Life Size Chia-Pet

Check out these awesome statues located in Idaho Falls at the Green Belt walking/bike path. They actually have different plants on then to create the fur colors. How cool is that!

The Grand Teton Relay Race

Thank you to my whole team for such an awesome and memorable experience :)

Greenbelt Duck Race

What do you get when you dump 19,000 rubber duckies into the Snake River? 

Possibly a new truck. 

Every year in August the Idaho Falls, Idaho Rotary Club puts on the Greenbelt Duck Races. 

This race starts out with the selling of cute, little, yellow rubber duckies for $5.00 each. 

Every duck has a number and every number corresponds to the person who bought it. 

Here's how the race works. 

The ducks are piled into a giant bin which is attached to a giant crane. 

On a specific day at a specific time, these little duckies are dumped into the Snake River. 

The ducks then float down the river and over the falls. The first 10 ducks to take the plunge win!

The prizes this year are a follows:

1. 2015 F-150 Pickup truck

2. An ATV Razor

3. Grand Targhee Family Season Ski Pass

4. A $1500 gift certificate from Farr's Jewelry

5. One Jewelry idem donated by Ingram's 

6. Five gift certificates from local restaurants each worth $250

7. A $1000 gift certificate from Blacker's

8. a $1000 gift certificate from Sam's Club

9. An original watercolor painting in frame from a local artist

10. A two season golf pass

If you didn't get around to buying a duck, don't worry, there is still plenty to do at the river.

Even the clean-up is fun to watch

and Dauphnie jumped in to help

If you ever find yourself in Idaho Falls, Idaho around the second week of August, come see the duck races.

2015 Family Reunion

I have a fabulous family. I get along with all my siblings and their spouses. My parents have been married 37 years now and I have 11 super cute nieces and nephews. Not everyone can say these wonderful things so I just want to point out how lucky I am to have the family I have :)

Everyone to one of my favorite places, Kelly Canyon.

ATVs and miniature dirt-bikes for everyone.

First there was 1...

next there were 4...

then there were 8...

up to 10... 

and finally, how many Stoddards' does it take to balance... well all the rest of the Stoddards?

Glow sticks anyone :)

Let's go fly a kite.

Super fun weekend with my fabulous family! 

What ever shall we do next year

?

Hair Dos

I have long hair and I'm a nurse. Long hair gets in the way of nursing so I always tie it back. A co-worker of mine said I should post some of the hair dos I have done for work. I got all of these dos from the internet, youtube channels or just kind of came up with them. Enjoy.

French Braid with a pull out strand

4 stranded Dinosaur Braid

Dutch Braid or Upside Down Braid

Macrame Design

Zipper Braid

A waterfall braid  into two French braids

French braid with add in strand and flowers

Zig-Zag Dutch braid

Double Dutch Braid

Random Things I've Seen Recently

If you don't watch for cars you will get hit in the bum with a star according to this sign.

Okay, a little weird but true.

The person who thought of this is kind of awesome :)

This was taped to the Designated Doctor's Computer at my work.

Somebody thinks they're funny.

Another Round of Furniture Do-Overs

 My bedroom is cream and gold colored so I practiced my spray-painting skills on this

Also for my bedroom I need a stool to go with my vanity. I found this sad, ugly thing for $10 at a second hand store.

I sanded, painted and reupholstered it into this.

I also had this old daybed frame which I decided to turn into a couch.

I was given this end table and gave it a much needed make-over.

This is my mom's old bike which she bought before I was born. We name everything in my family and this bike use to be called "Silly".

After some serious rust removal and few accessories, I now call her "Frilly".