It's "Chicken Day"!!!

Well I have been busy scrapping away at home. I just finished the above layouts that are made out of the Scrapbook Doodle's May monthly kit. It was fun to play with the orange and blue for a while. The last one was a photo that Andrew took of me. He is such a "goober". He is always grabbing my camera and snapping away. When I was erasing his "photo session" from my memory card I came across this picture and thought.. Why not use one?

Tonight is open house at school and also "Chicken Day"! Those of you who don't know about Chicken Day, obviously have not received a call from Andrew on a Tuesday. We buy chicken from KFC on Tuesdays because of the specials they run . (Wow it has been on for about a year now!)

Well when I pick him up from school we head off to pick up dinner. He has figured out how to call people using my iphone so he grabs it and looks at everyone's picture in my address book and proceedes to call and let them know it is "Chicken Day!" Don't be surprised if you get a call!!

We are thinking about having a garage sale this weekend. We were cleaning out the garage last weekend and had people stopping by asking if we were cleaning or having a sale. Hey.. don't laugh! We made $45 on the clean out! The big plus was we didn't have to put those items back into the garage! We set an old lawn mower out that Andrew had destroyed and filled with dirt on our back slab for our yearly rubbage day comming up... it was gone the next day. We don't know who snagged it but it was one less thing to haul off to the city yard!

Well it is time to think about picking up Andrew and celebrating "Chicken Day", so let me leave you with this......

HAPPY CHICKEN DAY!!!

St. Louis Fun!

Working St. Louis with my buddies? What can I say.. one word says it all..."FUN"!!

Bad hair days were even fun! (just look at the above photo.. what was it doing?)

Nanette and her daughter Kalie were a blast. I think we were always giggling. The tear down crew? Well look at the pictures above at the dirty hands. They were awesome!

I am happy to be home for a bit to spend some time with my family. Thanks St. Louis for a wonderful time!

Butterflies and Packing

Today Andrew's insect project was due at school. Everyone in the family was susposed to help make and research an insect of Andrew's choice. Everyone else had suggestions of maybe doing an ant or a lightening bug (think of the possibilities) but Andrew stood firm with his choice of a butterfly.
I helped Andrew research it, while David and Ian did the model... ahemm .. let me clarify.. David did the model while Ian ran to pick up the supplies and watched.
Andrew was quite proud of it this morning as he carried it into the school. He asked me to to a photograph of it as he was leaving.
Today I have been finishing up some layouts, trying to sort things, and pick up around the house.
Tomorrow I will be packing to head to CKC St Louis, MO (really it is in Collinsville, IL).
As some of you know I have been collecting state charms for my bracelet. I already have one from last year for MO, so I think I will be doing the IL one for this show. It counts right?
I will be working with Nanette and her daughter Kaylie! It should be loads of fun.
I am also going to get to see Jamie and her mother Rose! They promised to help with tear down like last time in Kansas City!
I can't wait to see them!

Home to Play For A Bit!

Well I am home for a few days, I leave to go to St. Louis CKC next week.

Andrew has kept me busy. He has a few school projects that are comming

due and then we have been enjoying the spring weather.

Andrew was out with the dogs blowing bubbles the other day. I heard him giggling and

Max was barking and jumping. After a closer look I see that he was blowing the

bubbles and Max was trying to jump up and "pop" them. I had to run and grab my

camera and capture these shots!

Ahh!! I am enjoying these warm days!

Pleasanton, CA Done!

What a blast we had in Pleasanton!

I absolutly loved all of my helpers and would love to have them back anytime!

Teresa... girl you rock! Thank you so much!

The tear down crew... what can I say? We did it !! I don't think that some of you have laughed so hard in ages.. even my hubby helped!...(why can't I get him to help at home?)

I must admit.. it being the first show of the year it kicked my you know what and I pretty much vegged all Sunday.

But.. I did drop a few lbs!! Hee hee.. and it was much more fun than getting on a treadmill or going to the gym!

Tasha.. you deserve a medal! How do you sleep? LOL! Brenda and I giggled so hard.. Lance was snoring so loudly the people in the next room were beating on the walls for him to stop in the middle of the night!

Thanks again ladies.. and Teresa and Brenda.. I hope we get to do this again.. Ya'll are the best!

And away we Goooooooo!

Yes! Show Season is starting!

Tomorrow I am heading out for the Pleasanton Expo in California. I will spend today packing, tying up loose ends aound the house, and finishing a few projects I have on my desk.

This picture is from the Chatanooga Show last year. That was a few pounds ago. Maybe starting work will help shed some of my "packed on" winter pounds.

I will be working with one of my great fellow chef's Brenda, and Lance will be teaching. We will also have the honor of having a helper for set-up. Yay Tereasa!!

When I return home my mom and Dad will be here visiting and I will get to spend some time with them. I miss them being around in my life every day. I can't wait to see them!

Hopefully my house will not be in too much disrepair when I return from the show after three days with all men being there! You know how the guys are! (wink!)

Always Remember...

This week has been so hectic around our house.

Spring has sprung so to say.

Yards needed mowing, dogs to the vet for shots, help out at school, floors that needed repair among other things.

Surprise!!

My son decided to keep it from us that his girlfriend from New York was comming to visit.

I found out when he called me from work the night she was susposed to arrive. It seems that she was stranded in Las Vegas because she had missed her flight.

They decided that he would pick her up there (a 6 hour drive one way) after he finished his night shift at work.

Well he made it to Las Vegas and was headed home and fell asleep while driving and ran into a semi.

Luckly no one was hurt, but his car was totaled.

It made me start thinking how that sometimes you get busy with life and you forget to tell people who mean the most, that you love them.

My older boys have grown up and left the nest. I don't see them everyday. Do they know how I feel?

I have decided that no matter how embarassing it is for them, how silly they think it is, or how much they think they have grown , that they will receive those mommy kisses and hugs forever.

I love them!