The End Of 2011

I can't believe how fast this year has gone.  It was a pretty good year...can't complain too much. HaHa!

I want to take this opportunity to wish everyone a safe and happy new year as I don't see myself logging in on New Year's Eve.  I'll be busy spending time with my family.

God bless you and your families as we look forward to a happy, healthy, and safe 2012.

Happy New Year!

See you all in 2012!!!

Lulu

Pretty quite day today.  Not much going on.  I'm working this week and it is so dead in our office.  Even the filing is done.

My kids are enjoying their holiday break from school.  They have been keeping themselves busy with their christmas presents.  After new year's their practice schedules kick in for baseball & softball so they are trying to be as lazy as possible this week.  It is quite funny. 

Otherwise not much else today!  Have a great day everyone!

Happy Wednesday!

Hello Everyone!!!  I hope everyone is getting ready for New Year's.  We are.  We are spending New Year's eve with some friends so my husband (who is an excellent cook) is busy making jalapeno poppers and guacamole with homemade chips.  He makes the best guacamole.  People don't believe me until they try it and then they agree it is soooo good.  I can't wait. :)

It's a sure sign that the holidays are over when your email contains the spring softball schedule! UGH!  I love it and hate it at the same time.  I want the warm weather but not looking forward to the chaos.  I shouldn't complain about the weather though. I'm in Illinois and (knock on wood) we haven't had snow yet.  Cold but no snow.  I'm not ready for snow. I need new tires on my car and I need to wait til the end of January to get them so I am keeping my fingers crossed that the snow holds off.  Although if you ask my daughter she wants another blizzard to hit us.  She made an awesome snow fort last year and she wants to do it again.  To be 10 again :)

Happy Holidays again!  I hope everyone had a nice Christmas.  We had a nice christmas weekend.  I love it when the holidays aren't hectic. And this was a hectic free holiday...those are rare.  It helps that our family wasn't hosting the family this year.  We did it last year so we have a few more years before it's our turn again.

I wanted to share some other crafts I did over the holidays.

This was a small vase I picked up at Michael's for my daughter's teacher.  I etched the letter M (for her last name) on it for her to use as a pencil holder on her desk.  And below is the card I put together for her using the Winter Frolic cricut cartridge.



From the same cartridge I made these tags to use on the family's gifts.  I made them at 3 in.

I'm so proud of myself I remembered to take pictures..haha!!  

Merry Christmas!

I'm not sure how much time I will have this weekend so I want to take this opportunity to wish everyone a very

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!



After making a card for my sister-in-law I decided to try to make goodie bags for my daughter's class for their holiday party.  I got this idea from My Pink Stamper...THANKS ROBYN!  My daughter and I put these together.  My daughter had a great time stamping.  I went and bought the Gingerbread cartridge for my Cricut.  I then decided to purchase a stamp block set and my first set of stamps - it helps that Michael's was having a sale and I had a coupon!

These goodie bags were a huge success.  Now we are thinking of doing these for Valentine's Day instead of the ususal store bought cards for her class.  I better start looking for a valentine's day cartridge and stamps..haha!

My sister-in-law's birthday is in December so I made her this card.  This was the start of my holiday crafting.

Happy Holidays!

I can't believe Christmas is practically upon us.  We have been enjoying this holiday season with so many of our good friends that I haven't been able to keep up with my blog.  I have been crafting for the holidays.  I just love homemade items.  I am busy putting together goodie bags for my daughter's holiday party at school, her teacher's gift, our family's christmas cards, and gift tags for all of our gifts.  My husband thinks the cricut is the best thing he ever bought me!

Better get going it's getting late!  I will post pictures of everything shortly.

Happy Thanksgiving!

I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!  I hope you enjoy your day with family and friends and lots of turkey!

Thanksgiving countdown!!!

Three days and counting...Turkey Day!!!  Doing the final running around for Thanksgiving today.  This year Thanksgiving will be just us. Usually my side of the family come over for Thanksgiving (which only consists of my brother's family) but this year my sister-in-law's mother is not doing so well so they will be staying home with her this year. Very sad, her mom had a stroke a couple months ago and the recovery has been very difficult.  So, it will be a quiet Thanksgiving but that's okay we will still have the blowout turkey dinner.

And only 3 days of work this week....love it.  So much planned for the long weekend!

Hope everyone has a great day!

Updates...

It's been awhile but I'm finally back.  Have been doing a lot since my last post.  Halloween decorations are put away and Thanksgiving ones are up.  I've also been doing some crafting...so excited.  Got some scrapbook pages done, some decor for my kids' doors, and helped my kids with some school projects. 

This was part of my daughter's science project.  She did her report on penguins.  She also had to pick an extra activity to do...we decided to build a model of a penguin.  We went to Michael's and picked up styrofoam balls.  They even had one egg shaped which was perfect for his body!  We took one styrofoam ball and cut it to make his wings, feet, and beek.  And used toothpicks to put him together.  She had a great time painting all of it.  And she got an A+ on it.  I was so proud of how well she did with it.  The only thing I did was the cutting of the one styrofoam ball...I didn't want her to cut herself because those balls are very difficult to cut.  She did everything else.

If you haven't figured it out yet my kids are big sport players.  My son plays football so I created a replica of his school helmet.  And for my daughter I did a softball with her team name on it.  These are vinyl signs I have on their bedroom doors.  I used my cricut and the cartridge Sports Mania.  I was able to find the vinyl on http://www.expressionsvinyl.com/  in the colors I needed.  For my son I needed black and brown, and for my daughter I needed yellow and purple.  Both of these are @ 11x11 in size.

That's it for now...Have a good weekend!

It's Friday!!!

Well, I did it again.  It has been a week since I last went on my blog. But it has been a pretty busy week so I guess that makes up for it.  Things are slowing down in our house.  Winters are quite quiet for us - no sports.  The kids are so busy with sports that we make them take one season off just to chill.  For my son that is winter and my daughter was fall but now that she is on a travel team winter will be her off season.  They need to relax and hang with friends instead of always going to a game.

We have one last football game tomorrow morning. I'm told it is for the conference title.  My son's a freshman so they don't do playoffs only varsity moves on but the freshman are 7-1 and my son has scored 26 touchdowns in those 8 games.  Go Hillman!!!

We spent last weekend (and I mean the entire weekend) at a softball tournament.  It went from 8am Saturday morning to 7:30 pm that night and 7am Sunday morning to 2pm Sunday afternoon.  My daughter's team took 3rd place.  They played phenomenal considering the short amount of time they have been together.  And my girl hit an "in the park" home run!  Here is a pix of the 12U Twisters with their 3rd place plaque.  Great Job Twisters!!!



October 13th!!

Happy Birthday to me!

I know I'm a day late but I actually stayed off the computer on my birthday. That never happens. I didn't even check emails...ugh...paying for that one today.  At least it's friday and should be a quiet one.

October 12, 2011

Wow, I can't believe I haven't blogged in quite awhile. It has been pretty busy in our house. The usual football, softball, and gatherings with our friends have kept me away from my crafting.  I have done a few things but again I keep forgetting to take a picture to post. Ugh!  I have to try and remember to do that.  I've made some cards for birthday parties, and for a friend that was ill and afterwards realized I never took a picture of them.  I enjoy making them but never think of posting them on my blog.

I can't believe it is Autumn already!  Where has this year gone!  I do have to say this is my favorite time of year.  I am a Halloween FANATIC!  I love Halloween.  It's probably because my birthday is in October that I just love this month.  My birthday is Oct 13th...yes sometimes it is on Friday the 13th.  And believe it or not those are usually my luckiest days.  And 13 is my lucky number :)  So HAPPY BIRTHDAY to me! (Yes, I love birthdays too!)  I think everyone should be spoiled on their birthday (and I make sure my husband and kids remember that).

Hope everyone has a good Wednesday!

Busy weekend ahead. Football game on saturday and softball game on sunday. It's quite chilly here in Illinois right now so I think I am going to have to pull out my portable heater. My husband bought it for me a couple years ago because I spend spring, summer, and fall at our kids' games and it has been one of the best gifts he ever gave me. 

My latest project I am attempting to work on is a picture collage for each sport season for each kid.  I did this awhile ago and the collages are hanging throughout our stairway. I now have to get caught up.  I am @ 2 years behind so I figure this is my next project.  Michael's here I come...I have a COUPON!!! Yea!!!

Have a great weekend!

Challenge accepted!

I entered my first challenge today for ssdschallenge.blogspot.com.  The challenge was a thank you card and thanks to Susan at cricutandgrasshopper.blogspot.com she let me know about this challenge. Thank you Susan so much!  I am a newbie at these challenges. So hopefully I did everything I needed to do to enter.  I entered the thank you card I did earlier for my son's graduation party.  It is such a simple card.

I did it!  I finally got to spend a day scrapbooking.  I was so excited.  I completed three pages of my daughters album. It was so much fun just to sit and create without constantly being interrupted.

My daughter had a birthday party sleepover to go to this weekend and I created this card for the birthday girl. 

I am starting to get interested in stamping and I really should invest in a set of stamps for these occasions.  Using the cricut to print out tiny ity bitty letters is really hard. It does it but boy are they a pain in the butt to try to paste onto a card.  And I think if I had stamped on their Happy Birthday that would have made it even cuter.  Just another item to work on...hehe.

Thank you cards!

Here is the thank you card I made for my son to send out for his party.


I entered this into the challenge for http://ssdschallenge.blogspot.com/.  This week's challenge was a thank you card.

I'm back!

I feel terrible that I haven't been keeping up with my blog. I  have been trying to get caught up on just everything. I don't do my spring cleaning in the spring...I actually do it once the kids go back to school. So I have been doing a DEEP cleaning throughout my house. And I am proud to say that my 1st floor is done.  Now it is off to the second floor which has the bedrooms and our office. I am dreading the office. I think that room is the worst. It's the room where we all through everything. UGH!

Well, on a good note I was able to get the thank you cards done from my son's party. I will have to post a pix of one of them. I used the Happy Graduation cartridge to make a cap and used that on the cover of the card. I also just purchased the Sports Mania cartridge and I am looking forward to using it. I have so many sports pictures to scrapbook that this cartridge will get so much use.  I have so many ideas for it :)

Football is in full swing.  My son's football team (freshman squad) is 2-0 and he has scored 6 touchdowns in 2 games. Awesome! I love watching him run but I don't think the people sitting behind me like it.  I jump up and down like a crazy woman yelling at him to GO GO GO!!!!

Softball is picking up for now.  We have practice, hitting, and scrimmage games going on.  My daughter did her first ever 3 game day.  She was wiped out at the end of the third game. And it was a very hot day.  Her team is getting ready for their first tournament at the end of this month.  It is a National Qualifier tournament so if they do good we will be heading to Nationals in July 2012. Keeping my fingers crossed!

I am such a proud mama!!!

Happy Labor Day Weekend!

Just a quick note to wish everyone a happy and safe Labor Day weekend!

It's been awhile!

It's been a good week!  Glad to say that.  The kids went back to school and are enjoying their classes and teachers.  It's nice to have our house back on track again.  Schedules and rountines can be a good thing when you have kids. 

Football season is back!  My favorite sport is football. Whether I watch the NFL, college, or highschool I just enjoy watching football.  My son's first highschool football game is this weekend - we are looking forward to it.  And I get to watch the local park district teams play this weekend also.  Their games are at the same field my daughter's softball games are at on Sunday. So I can watch her play to my right and watch football to my left.  I love watching the little kids...reminds me of my son.  They are so cute when they are little and the helmets are too big! :)

Needless to say I have not done a single craft all week.  I spent my week doing a deep cleaning on my living room and dining room.  These two rooms have been so neglected for the summer.  Now if I could just get my butt moving on our office. I think it has been at least a year since I cleaned that room UGH!

I did however buy new drapes for our bedroom (so excited) just need to get the drapes on the top of my husband's honey do list.  Keeping my fingers crossed that it will be done this weekend.

That's it for now...Have a good weekend!

Quick one

Today is Wednesday August 17th and we have one down and one to go!!! One child went back to school today. That's my son...started high school today. Our schools are starting early this year so the semester will end before Xmas break. My daughter starts school tomorrow so for today it is just her and I. She is looking forward to a little mommy time.

And I am on vacation the rest of this week to help everyone get adjusted to going back to school.  I have a list a mile long of things I want to accomplish while I am off - let's see how many actually get done. :)

Well, I'm off - let's start that list!

It's Friday!!!

I am so happy today is Friday.  It has been a long week.  I have a short day at work today...have to get my son to his school for uniform pickup and of course the hours that the school is doing this is in the afternoon. And I have to get that done in time for his football practice at 3pm. I hope there are no long lines at the school and we can get in and out within a half-hour.

Lots of running around to do this weekend.  We have to get the last of the school supplies done, there is football practice, softball practice, and a parent meeting at the high school. Oh yea and we are having friends over for dinner on Saturday. Still have to get the groceries for that.  Busy Busy Busy.

I LOVE the weekends! :)

Have a great one!

Graduation Party!

Well, our family gathering to celebrate my son's graduation from 8th grade was a success!  Everyone had a good time and the weather was perfect.  Here is a picture of the centerpiece I created with my cricut...

I got lots of compliments on my decor and of course I couldn't stop bragging about my cricut.  Have I mentioned I LOVE IT!  I was so busy getting stuff together and chit chatting with family that I never took a picture of the table with the centerpiece and my two end pieces.  Oh well at least I was able to take a picture of them individually.

Now we are on to getting ready for school.  One more week.  Both of my kids are looking forward to it.  I am taking a few days off of work that week so I can be home to see them off to school and to be there when they get home.  I find that the first few days are so exciting that when they get home they just want to talk about their day and I don't want to miss that.  The phone call just doesn't cut it.  Plus I get the house all to myself! (That's the real reason..haha)

And we have even more good news in our house....my daughter tried out for a travel softball team (12U level) on Saturday morning and by that afternoon we received a phone call from the coach asking her to be on the team!  She was so excited and we are so proud of her.  So now both of our kids are in travel.  We are in the 15U travel baseball and 12U travel softball.  I don't think my husband and I will see each other at all next spring.

Well, that's all for now.  Have a great Wednesday!

Party countdown...

I was able to put together a centerpiece for the table for our party this weekend using my Happy Graduation cartridge for my Cricut.  I still need to take a picture of it and post it but it turned out really cute.  I got the idea from the website my pink stamper.  I did a flowerpot filled with moss and cut out graduation designs; glued them to popsicle sticks; and poked them into the moss to look like flowers.  SO CUTE!

In researching what to do with the gift bag fiasco I had (see post below) I found out I had cupcake holders in this same cartridge.  I HAD NO IDEA! Two of the pixs were cupcake holders who would've guessed.  I'm telling you I need a book.  I thought from the pictures that they were just banners. Unfortunately, I'm not serving cupcakes at the party but my daughter saw them and wants cupcakes for her party. So eventually I will get to use them. :)

On another note....we are exactly two weeks away from school starting!  This is one happy mama!!!  My son is starting high school and my daughter is on her last year of elementary school.  Both of them are looking forward to it.  So the next two weeks will be filled with school shopping and trying to get back to a regular bed time schedule. I think the bed time issues are the hardest for us. They are so used to sleeping in.

Well, better get going.  Have a great day!

Party mode!

We are finally having our son's 8th grade graduation party this weekend. Nothing big just immediate family so that will be nice.  We gave him the option of a big party or a tv for his room.  He opted for the tv. And then we thought we better have a very small bbq for immediate family since we were limited on tickets for the graduation ceremony.  Works for me. 

Now I am having fun getting decorations ready.  I purchased the Happy Graduation cartridge for my Cricut and realized these small version cartridges aren't as easy as they look.  I NEED THE BOOK!  HA HA!  This cartridge made me realize I really like the books that go with the cartridges.  They are really helpful.  My first thought was to make the Go Grad Go boxes.  I was thinking I could make one box and he could use it to put the cards that were handed to him at his party.  Boy was I wrong.  I put a 12x12 paper in my cricut hit fit to page and cut.  It came to 4 inches tall...UGH.  Don't know what I was thinking....the picture on the package really looked like a gift bag.  I guess that's how I learn but boy it was frustrating.  So instead I went on my cricut design studio and attempted to make it bigger.  This is how they came out...

I was able to make them 7 inches tall but only 3 inches wide.  Instead of a gift bag these are now going to be the end pieces on the table.  I like them and they turned out cute but not what I originally wanted.  Oh well.  Has anyone else had this problem?  Would love to know what everyone else did when faced with this problem.

Designs with my Niece

Well, I finally got the pictures from my niece for her horseshow.  Everyone loved the decor she did for the horses.  Here are the pictures.

July 25, 2011

I can't believe July is almost over.  Where has the time gone?  It seems like the school year just ended.  And now we are talking school supplies for the new year.  Wow!

I am excited this week just saw that Hobby Lobby has Cricut supplies 30% off...YEA!!!  I went to go make a sign for my daughter's softball team party on Saturday and my cricut mat wouldn't hold my paper.  Very disappointed but I guess I've been using it so much that it lost it's sticky.  And I am terrible at keeping backups (for everything).  So I get to go shopping for my cricut this week.  I love shopping at hobby lobby.

The weather is finally back to normal here.  The heat wave is gone.  Our pool was the same temperature as the hot tub at one point.  And we got some rain so our garden and my flowers are looking so much better.  Now this is summer weather :)

Hello Wednesday!  And it is a hot one.  The poor midwest...we are just getting hit bad with this heat wave.  I just need the humidity to go down.  I like the heat but not the humidity.  It's been nice being home and not running to games after work.  Trying to catch up on laundry and cleaning before the coming weekend.  We are hosting my daughter's softball team party on Saturday.  With this heat I think everyone will be staying in the pool.

Our garden is going great.  We already have some cucumbers, green peppers, and cherry tomatoes.  Made a salad for dinner last night with the veggies from the garden.  It was delicious.  Now I just have to weed it.  I haven't paid much attention to the garden lately so the weeds are attacking it.  Hopefully tonight I can get in there and get rid of the weeds.

Well, that's it for now.  Have a great day!

What a weekend!

Well, we did it.  My family survived the the Baseball/Softball season of 2011!  And it was a great season.  My son and I spent the weekend at Notre Dame University.  His basball team was in a tournament there.  They were the 4th seed going into the playoffs Sunday morning but unfortunately lost their first playoff game.  He played great all weekend.  His hitting was great.  Consistently hitting the gaps...So good to see.  We had time Saturday afternnoon to take a tour of the Notre Dame campus.  That place is huge!  It was cool to see all the history that this campus had. But boy were my feet sore after that tour.  I walked the entire tour in flip flops probably not a good idea.

Since we were done by lunch time on Sunday at Notre Dame my son and I decided to head to Flossmoor to see my daughters tournament.  My husband and daughter were not able to go with us to Notre Dame for the weekend because she was in her last All-Star Team tournament.  They were the 2nd seed going into the playoffs on Saturday.  She won saturday and was heading into the Final Four on Sunday.  We got there in the middle of her 1st game on Sunday and sat and watched from the parking lot.  I didn't want her to know I was there because she hits so much better when mom is not there.  She hit another home run Saturday (I wasn't there).  They won that game...came back in the last inning and pulled 5 runs in to win the game.  Off to the championships...It was a nail biter because anything can happen in softball.  They had the lead the entire game but not a big enough gap to sit comfortable.  And it was hot out...we are in the middle of a heat wave in the midwest.  Needless to say they won.  I am so proud of her.  She played both games as catcher and wearing that gear in this heat I'm so happy she didn't pass out.

Now our lives can get back to normal.  And I can get back to my scrapbooking again.  I got my Michael's coupons in my email over the weekend...so excited.  Just might have to hit Michael's during lunch today :)

Is it Thursday or is it Friday???

The calendar says Thursday but for me with work it is Friday!!!!!  YEA!!!  I have tomorrow off!  And I get to spend the day at a baseball tournament.  I love watching my son play baseball!  He is really good at it...he's a natural at any sport he plays.  I know I'm his mom and I'm a little biased but I here it from so many people.  And those people aren't even family and have to say it...haha.  This is his last tournament for the season so let's keep our fingers crossed that they win it all.  It's been a rough year for this group of boys.  Lots of injuries.

Last night my niece came over and we used my cricut to create designs for her horse stable.  She is taking her horse to the World Show (I may have the name wrong) in Oklahoma.  I guess it is one of the biggest or possibly the biggest (not sure) horse show in the US.  I don't know too much about horse shows other than my brother and his family take their horses to them all the time.  I told her to take pictures of everything once it is up in the stall at the horse show so I can see the final design.  We just basically cut everything out but didn't put it together.  So excited to see what it will look like when it's completed.

That's it for now!  Yea Friday...oh wait Yea Thursday...haha!

Happy Wednesday!

We are in the home stretch.  Baseball & Softball both end this weekend and then we are back to normal.  It has been a crazy month.  We were at a baseball game last night and the big joke was what restaurant was going to get our business for dinner.  We have been to all of them in the past two weeks.  It will be nice to be able to sit at our table and have a family dinner every night again.

After this weekend is over I get to start planning my son's graduation party.  And I get to play with my new cricut cartridge "Happy Graduation".  I can't wait.  I think I am going to make the banner on the cartridge to hang up in the backyard....I am so excited.

My niece is coming over tonight, in fact, to use my cricut to cut out decorations for a horse show she is going to.  She is going to be decorating her horse's stable for the show.  I don't get to see my niece very much because they live over an hour away and our schedule's never seem to help.  So I am looking forward to seeing her and showing off my cricut. 

Well, I'm off...have a great Wednesday!

Go Twisters!

Well, it has been an exciting weekend!  My daughter's team came in 2nd place in their first tournament!  It was a great game.  Can you see the excitement?  I am so proud of her.  She tied for 3rd place in the Home Run Derby.  And then the team played excellent over the weekend to go from the 6th seed to end up in the Championship Game playing the #1 seed.  The game was a nail biter all the way with a 4-3 ending score.  I am such a proud mama and she is sooooooo exhausted.

My son's team played all weekend up in Evanston.  We started our Sunday at a 10 am baseball game. Unfortunately was not able to make it to the playoffs.  We ended our pool play 2-1 and the final playoff position came down to runs allowed and we just didn't make the cut.  They still played a great game and I am so happy that he is hitting the ball again and not poping up.

After my son's game, him and I drove down to my daughter's game in time to see the Championship Game.  I think we made it with 5 mins to spare.

Well, it is late and I better finish up everything before we start all over again tomorrow! And I have laundry to throw in the dryer!

Goodnight!

The 10U Twisters won their game last night!!!  YEA!!!  It's been a struggle all week with hitting but they did it.  I am so proud.  My daughter is having so much fun on the team and making so many new friends.  Her coach signed her up for the Home Run Derby so I am keeping my fingers crossed for her.  Go Twisters!

I am feeling less tired today...maybe the lack of sleep is actually working for me today. HAHA!  We have another baseball tournament starting today and my son's ankle is feeling much better.  What a relief that it wasn't broke.  In addition to the baseball tournament we still have to finish the softball tournament this weekend.  So another busy weekend!

I am taking lots of pictures...I love the action shots!

It's Thursday!

Not much going on today.  I'm very tired.  The softball tournament has us getting home late so not getting much sleep the past few days.  Between work and the baseball/softball games not getting many projects done.  Just purchased the graduation cartridge for my cricut from Craft-E-Corner's website.  I've ordered a couple of things from them and so far I really like them.  No complaints and great prices.  My son promoted from 8th grade (I can't call it graduation) and we are having a small bbq for him with just the immediate family.  So I need to start my invites and thought this cartridge would be great.  I can do the invites, decorations, thank you notes, and maybe even some goodie bags.  Not sure on the bags yet.  We will see how much time I have.

Well, that's all I have for today.  If I think of anything else I'll be back.

Happy Wednesday!

Good Morning!  Last night my daughter had her first tournament team game.  Unfortunately they lost but they put up a good fight.  Their defense was outstanding!  She played catcher for half of the game and did a great job.  After the game was over each team gives a MVP medal to someone on the other team.  The team they played picked my daughter for MVP!!!  It was so exciting!  Their coach said they were afraid to steal the bases on her because she had such a strong arm.  I am so proud of her!  Attached is a pix of her with her medal.

Well, here is a picture of my spirit wear I made for her team.  I think it turned out pretty well.  Got lots of compliments on it.

She has another game tonight so let's keep our fingers crossed for a win!  Go TWISTERS!

Screamn' Blueberries

I am so excited.  For mother's day my kids bought me a Cricut.  LOVE IT!!!

This year for my daughter's softball team end of season gift (my husband was the head coach) I used my cricut to etch a picture frame with the team's name on it.  We were the Screamn' Blueberries.  It is hard to see the Screamn' at the top of the frame due to my camera angle.  But the top of the frame has Screamn' and the bottom has Blueberries.  Each girl (12 total) was given a picture frame.

On top of that we gave his three assistant coaches a set of four pub glasses etched with S B B.  Again used my cricut!  It was a hectic week trying to get all of those done but they turned out great and the coaches loved them!

I am having so much fun with the cricut.  I am big into scrapbooking and crafts and this machine already has paid off. 

Lucienne

Good Morning!

Good Morning!  Well, today is Tuesday, July 5th.  Our fourth of July weekend was really nice.  We had some busy moments and some nice quiet time.  We were actually home quite a bit that we could enjoy our pool.  My son was in a baseball tournament over the weekend and during one of his games injured his ankle. Luckly it was just sprained and not broken.  He was feeling much better and able to walk on it by Sunday night!

My daughter spent her weekend in the pool.  She is a fish! Now she is getting ready for her softball tournament which starts today and goes through the weekend.  Go Twisters!

She is very excited about her tournament.  I had no spirit wear for her team so I was able to create a t-shirt with her team logo on it and she is so excited.  I left for work this morning and she kept telling me don't forget my shirt.  I found a t-shirt in her uniform color at Walmart.  And at Joann's I found an iron-on kit that I could print off the computer.  Worked really well.  I will have to take a picture of it and load on here for everyone to see.  I'm pretty proud of it.  First time I ever tried that.

Hope everyone has a good day today!