Party

Had a party for Emily's Birthday.  We did a little mini candy bar for favors.   Dianne and I decorated Piggies for the event.  The piggies on sticks are oreos I think we could have improved this process but we did it in the middle of the night which is always fun.  The cupcakes are covered in fondant piggies.  Fun Fun!

Last sneaky peak

Last card for Copic Skin & Hair this summer.  Love love surfing Ian he's a cutie.  The I-Roc made the bubbles super cool.

So the Dr. put Abs on antibiotics for the next 2 weeks then we see him again to find out more.   Now it's just a waiting game. 

Dave is off to Manasas VA for the battle of Bull Run and we're having a party on Sunday for a bunch of little girls.  Fun Fun Fun!

Phew Wednesday

Another sample for Thursdays Copic Skin & Hair class at CraftFancy. 

 Yesterday was home improvement day around here.  The Handyman came and cleaned and sealed our deck, fixed my melted siding(I did it grilling), and painted all of our wood trim on the house.  Everything is all freshened up a bit.  Later we will put the furniture and flowers back on the deck we have to wait 24 hrs though so not until this afternoon.

 Today I'm also finishing up notes and we've moved cards.   Tonight is the Chicago land Craft Collective Meeting so that should be fun I think we're showing and telling.  I'll put together my flip book of my copic class from Sunday so my Copic students can peruse it tomorrow. 

Really I'm just excited about the Dr's apt to find out more on the lump that yesterday afternoon got lots smaller.  You can still feel it but now you can't see it suddenly unless you look really close.  Abbi says it only hurts now when she looks up and bends her head back so that is encouraging to me anyway.

Hope every ones week is going swell and your surviving the heat.

AAHHHHH Dr.'s Offices

Another installment for this Thursdays Copic Skin & Hair Class. 

So yesterday was frustrating after finding out our Surgeons Appt wasn't going to work out Abbi's Dr had to call and work out some issues then I spent the rest of the day trying to get appt's with an office that knew what they were talking about.  It's a crazy amount of time spent dealing with just trying to make appointments.  Most of yesterday afternoon and all of this morning.  Finally an ENT's office called and told me they had a cancellation for tomorrow so we can get her in then to figure out more of what is going on........

Anyway last night we had yummy enchiladas(I made this from leftover taco dinner) and went to a movie with Mihoko and Annie just us girls.  We saw Monte Carlo which was very cute.  Apparently the Dad's went to the Lucky Monk for beer and pretzels.

Today is repairman day.  The siding I melted a couple of summers ago is gone and replaced the deck is cleaned and getting stained and all of our painted wood in the front is cleaned up and getting painted!  Phew.

Anyway that is Tuesday how boring hope everyone is having a great day!  Take Care.

Crazy Weekend - Crazy Monday

This is one of the Copic Skin & Hair cards we will be creating in class on Thursday.  There are 3 more I will share as the week goes on.  Super fun coloring reserve your spot today.

So this past weekend was speedy fast.  I taught all day Saturday Flowersoft and Copic Christmas we had a great time and everyone made some beautiful cards.  Sunday I took the Intermediate Copic Certification class.  Phew that was a long one from 9am-8pm.  I was a little concerned by the length but really time flew Debbie Olson and Lori Craig  made it seem like we were only there for a couple of hours coloring and having fun.  I met some wonderful ladies and we laughed and learned lots.  It really was a day of coincidence.... I sat next to a very sweet lady from Crown Point...who remembers my mom from her banking days,  had lunch with a a wonderful woman that works for Siemens in my current hometown (my husbands employer), was at the same table with the cutest lady that I happened to teach Copic Basics to and got her hooked,  plus got to spend the day sitting next to and chatting with amazing and clever Suzanne McNeill .  Who could ask for more?  Really.....but boy was I tired last night. 

We had planned to go to the pool today with our neighbors however it's a gloomy gus outside so I will work on my step outs for class this week and continue working on a custom order of We've Moved Cards along with some Wedding invite samples for a soon to be new bride. 

Update on Abbi - the lump seems smaller however Dave and I think it may be just that we keep staring at it every single day.   Thank you everyone for your thoughts and prayers.   She is over all of the attention and I'm not sure she's telling us the truth when we ask if it hurts.  We currently have an appointment with the surgeon for next week but they are trying to fit her in sooner... As long as we might get an appt. for her we're a bit in limbo.    She did learn to ride a bike on Friday in total determination not to be outdone by her Sister that learned th day before while she was making the dr./hospital rounds.  Now we are onto finding bikes for everyone since we can all now ride.

Ok that has to be all for now hope everyone has a FABULOUS Monday.

Saturday Classes Coming Up

Christmas In July Copic

Christmas In July Flowersoft

There are still a couple of places in both classes but sign up closes Friday.

Teaching Today - Fabulous Folds

Today is the last day for this series of 4 fold cards but  I do have one extra kit.  Should be fun.  Hope everyone has recovered from the holiday weekend.    Have a great day!

Happy 4th Of July

We went to a cookout at our friends house where Mr. Tito grilled corn on the cob, the kids and Dave loved it lots.  They also made the best Tacos ever!  MMMMM I'm still stuffed!

 The girls stayed in the water most of the day only getting out to eat and then got right back in. 

 Mr. Tito making faces for the camera.

 Later we were off to fireworks with Ty, Mihoko, Monica and Isabella.  They were wonderful we did have a partial obstruction by a tree so no fantabulous photos but the few I took turned out ok.

Hope everyone had a Wonderful and Safe Holiday!

Fun Family Time

The kids really wanted to try drinking the milk or water out of a coconut so we got some on our big produce buying trip earlier in the week.  Here is a step by step of the process.  Above is Dave and his tools he researched all this on the internet of course.

The kids taking the first drink.  ICKY faces followed Emily said it tasted like sunscreen Abbi was not happy at all since it was her idea, she got really upset.

After the drinking of the water Dave broke them apart and we got to taste the inside. 

Once everything calmed down we walked to the park since it was so gorgeous outside.  The kids played in the sand.

Dave and I read our books.

And suprise we ran into Ms. Monica and Isabella.

For New Neighbors Ty, Mihoko and Annie

We were invited to a lovely House Warming for them this evening!  Everyone had a great time, we're so lucky to get more wonderful neighbors!