Can't wait to leave for vacation on Friday to one of my favorite places, as most of you know... Canaan Valley, West Virginia. I can't wait to take lots of great pictures. Both of the kids are going and some of their friends plus both of Denny's sisters and their family. Should be a BLAST! I can't wait to just R-E-L-A-X and do anything I want or nothing at all. I'm looking forward to horseback riding with Allie again. We leave Fri, but unfortunately have to be back on Tues evening because Allie starts field hockey practice on Wed at 8am- YUK! Denny and I drove her and some of her team members to camp yesterday- almost 500 miles round trip- whew! Too much for one day- that girl has had a busy summer. I am looking forward to just enjoying my family and having nothing else to think about- wooo-hooo!

Allie is home from Africa

Allie is home with 1700 pictures (I've trained her well!) I won't bore you with all of them, but they really are fantastic ~ Take a look!

I'm baaaack!

Wow - again it's been forever since I blogged! It has been a whirlwind month with Allie going to Africa. I definitely overbooked myself, thinking I'd have so much more time- what WAS I thinking? I have run across some cool websites I wanted to mention. One of them is http://www.moo.com/ - they will print up to 100 of your favorite photos in 2-3/4" x 1" (half the size of a business card) with journaling on the back- what a cool gift idea and they come in a plastic box to store them in. I can't wait to try it. they will also print your photos on stickers. Another cool scrapbooking site is http://www.aussiescrapsource.typepad.com/ - definitely some talented scrappers. Well, it's been a heck of a day- we went to Denny's company picnic and our alternator belt broke- luckily Denny is pretty handy and was able to temporarily fix it in the Advanced Auto Parts parking lot, however, I had no power steering or air conditioning to get home and it's an hour drive. I have been able to get to a few thrift stores while Allie was gone (mostly hunting for record albums for my August class) and have made some really cool purchases. My scrap room is really starting to come together and have a look to it other than "total chaos room". Well, I need to get some rest- whew!

Wow, it's been forever since I've posted anything. It's been kinda crazy trying to get Allie ready to go to Africa. She has had to get all kinds of vaccines and malaria medications etc. i've also been working a lot with a lot of people on vacation at work. I went to my niece's (Brooke) wedding last Saturday and it was amazing! It was at an old house that is now used as a Wellness Center and also rented out for events. The weather was P-E-R-F-E-C-T for an outdoor wedding- not too hot, not too cool, no rain, no wind- just perfect! The pictures are on Denny's laptop so I will post some later- it seems as though my pictures are always somewhere else! I am Soooo excited- when we take Allie to Lynchburg next Sat (july 7th-yikes!) I made reservations at a Bed & Breakfast in Lynchburg for after we drop her off- I thought it would get my mind off worrying about her-yea, right! I talked to the owner of the B & B today & they sound really nice- I've always wanted to stay at one, but never got the opportunity. Well, I'll try to keep blogging more! Toodles!

Pool Party at Brie's tonight- she will be leaving to start her Disney internship (whoops, that's my green with envy showing!) on June 19th! I am really going to miss her and her creative talent! I'll try to get some good pic's!

I have to apologize again, I still have not gotten the pictures from my last class off Allie's camera- I won't do that again. She keeps it with her at all times- especially now that it's toward the end of the school year! I'm still trying, I have not forgotten you!

Fundraiser was Scraptacular!!

The scrapbooking fundraiser for Allie's Africa mission trip was a SCRAPTACULAR success, thanks to all the wonderful volunteers and vendors! If fact, the ladies are already trying to figure out how we could do this monthly! Everyone had plenty of space. There were lots of make-n-takes and tons of door prizes all day. Deb Gaither did a make-n-take making bouquets of wooden flowers covered in paper with photos- IT WAS A REAL HIT! Thanks Deb!! Jen Moses of Stampin' Up did a demo using the word phrase punch and made a card with a spinning pinwheel- it was ADORABLE! A great time was had by all!!