Close up picture of the invite and the lanyards.

Well Veronica is turning 13 this month. I cannot believe I am soon to be the parent of a teenager! Veronica is a joy and a blessing every day, but I have to say I am nervous about the teenage years. I guess we will see how it goes! Luckily she seems more and more like Scott every day. Laid back and content. I am currently working on preparations for her Birthday party. She is having some girls over for a Twilight themed sleepover. I am super excited about it, I am as much of a fan of the books and movie as she is, so I love making all the goodies! I will post some pictures as I go...here is the first round. I made her invites, tried to make them look like event tickets. I also made her and her friends some V.I.P. lanyards. I used some pictures I got at a DVD release party to make some wall decorations. My friend Erin is working on plans for her cake, and I am going to look up some trivia and do some research online for so Twilight Trivia games for the party. Wish me luck everyone, and if any of you have any ideas of things I can do, let me know!

My Dad would shoot me if he knew I posted this picture!!!

Ohhh I almost forgot about my new oven!! It is sooooo nice to have a stove made this decade!!!!!

I just made this display board for my Stamp Kamp this weekend. It has all the projects we will be making on it.

Veronica and Hailey having a pedicure at the Scoops Spa at Great Wolf Lodge. Cinnamon and I also had massages. It was a very nice weekend!!!

FINALLY A NEW POST!

Hello Everyone, So my weekly updates to this blog have been thrown out the window! Sorry about the delay. We have been swamped around here, between school, trips and sickness, its been very busy. The kids have missed more school over the last few weeks then they usually miss in a whole school year, and none of us are completely better yet. It's a nasty bug and I hope none of you catch it!!! Lots to report on though. My dad and Karla came to visit, and Dad put in my new stove that I was needing so very badly. It was quite an ordeal, but my dad was a trooper and got it all fixed up for me. Let's see... Veronica's birthday is next month, so I am working on her Twilight themed sleepover, should be a fun time! Cinnamon and I took the kids the the Great Wolf Lodge near Olympia a couple weekends ago, as a reward for us for doing so well on our diet and exercise regime. I have currently lost 30 lbs in the 8 weeks we have working on it. Cinnamon is also meeting all her fitness goals as well, so we are very proud of eachother! I am also doing a Stamp Kamp this weekend, so I have been planning and prepping all the projects. I am really enjoying the monthly activities, and all the ladies that I get to craft with. Oh, Scott just pulled into Pusan South Korea (I think its in Korea, but I could be wrong on that...lol) I am hoping to get to talk to him tonight! (Hurray!!) Well, it's nearly my bedtime, and I want to post some pics on here as well, So Goodnight everyone, and hopefully it won't be so long in between posts again!

Keeping busy

So, I am trying to keep myself busy! I have been doing more crafting, and working on getting my Stampin' Up business going. I started a monthly Stamp Kamp, and this past month we did Valentine themed items. It was so much fun. Oh, my dad is coming soon, I love having him and Karla visit. Gosh, there really is not much more to report, I hope everyone is happy and healthy. Have a wonderful week everyone!!!

P.S....These are one of our projects, jumbo paperclip book marks!

My Boy

Ok, I am posting this as a very proud parent! My son won the Geography Bee at school today. I am soooooo unbelievably proud. I think I am especially proud because his daddy left today, and he did not let that distract him. Anyways, thats it, just wanted to share! Thanks, I will post a pic of him and his award when he gets home. Have a great day all!

A Case of the Dreads!

Ugh! The time is approaching! I have a serious case of the dreads. I am dreading being alone again. I have my BFF, I have great friends, but its the time at night when you are done for the day and you sit on the couch alone. It's the worst time of day for me during a deployment. The kids are all settled, and it is calm and quiet, it sounds delightful, but it is in fact the worst. I hate the feeling of self pity I feel when deployment time comes around. It comes and goes, it's not a constant, but I despise it. So bear with me on days when I am feeling the dreads. Right now we are in that bizarre place, those of you who have had deployments know what I mean. You want to get going on the things you plan to do while they are away, but yet the thought of him leaving is heart wrenching. You want to spend every second with him, but at the same time everything he says or does is wrong or annoying, or just annoyingly wrong. You feel like time is a big jumbled mess of minutes, sometimes you feel like you have tons of time left, then you panic 15 minutes later when you realize that in fact time is nearly out and you have not gotten everything as prepared as you would have hoped. It's just a strange, strange thing to be in our house about now. Well, I guess I am done with my ramblings for now. Hope you are all having a great New Year so far.
Buh-bye!