Isn't she beautiful!

Well.. we got to spend some time with Emily tonight at her dance! All of us went as a family and we really enjoyed ourselves! They were getting their pictures taken... it was a wee bit unorganized but we entertained ourselves and had a lot of fun! The boys were playing basketball in the gym... and I was snapping pictures of the ladies!

Emily came running over to me... during the photo shoot... she had the wrong bra on... Mommy, please, please, please tell me that you have a bra that can be made strapless on?!?!?! She was ready to GO HOME... there was NO way she was going without a bra.... SOO... we go to the washroom.. I give her my bra... (little bigger) ... so I dont fit into hers... yep.. I had to go without... sigh... BUT she was happy!! LOL

Here are some pics!

Thanks for stopping by!

xoxo

SOO pleased!

Big SHOUT out to Kristine Davidison and Stephanie Hart!!! They have started a blog called Scrap Yourself ... it is a challenge blog about scrapping pages of you!!!

I am super honored to be a part of their first Design Team with all these very talented ladies!! Congrats to everyone!

I hope you will drop by and scrap with us!!

Thanks for stopping by!

I found this list on Kristine's blog and thought it was fun!
The ones in red are the ones I've completed!

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1. Bought everyone in the bar a drink.
2. Swam with the dolphins.
3. Climbed a mountain.
4. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive.
5. Been inside the Great Pyramid.
6. Held a tarantula.
7. Taken a candlelit bath with someone.
8. Said "I love you" and meant it.
9. Hugged a tree.
10. Bungee jumped.
11. Visited Paris.
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea.
13. Stayed up all night long and watched the sun rise.
14. Seen the Northern Lights.
15. Gone to a huge sports game.
16. Walked the stairs to the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables.
18. Touched an iceburg.
19. Slept under the stars.
20. Changed a baby's diaper.
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon.
22. Watched a Meteor shower.
23. Gotten drunk on champagne.
24. Given more than you can afford to charity.
25. Looked at the night sky through a telescope.
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment.
27. Had a food fight.
28. Bet on a winning horse.
29. Asked out a stranger.
30. Had a snowball fight.
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can.
32. Held a lamb.
33. Seen a total eclipse.
34. Ridden a roller coaster.
35. Hit a home run.
36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking.
37. Adopted an accent for the entire day.
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for a moment.
39. Had two hard drives for your computer.
40. Visted all 50 States or 13 Provinces.
41. Taken care of someone who was drunk.
42. Had amazing friends.
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country.
44. Watched wild whales.
45. Stolen a sign.
46. Backpacked in Europe.
47. Taken a road trip.
48. Gone rock climbing.
49. Midnight walk on the beach.
50. Gone sky diving.
51. Visiting Ireland.
52. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love.
53. In a restaurant sat at a strangers table and had a meal with them.
54. Visited Japan.
55. Milked a cow.
56. Alphabetized your CD's.
57. Pretended to be a superhero.
58. Sung Karaoke.
59. Lounged around in bed all day.
60. Posed nude in front of strangers.
61. Gone scuba diving.
62. Kissed in the rain.
63. Played in the mud.
64. Played in the rain.
65. Gone to the drive-in theatre.
66. Visitd the Great Wall of China.
67. Started a business.
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken.
69. Toured ancient sites.
70. Taken martial arts classes.
71. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight.
72. Gotten married.
73. Been in a movie.
74. Crashed a party.
75. Gotten divorced.
76. Gone without food for 5 days.
77. Made cookies from scratch.
78. Won first prize in a costume contest.
79. Ridden a gondale in Venice.
80. Gotten a tattoo.
81. Rafter the Snake River.
82. Been on television news program as an expert.
83. Got flowers for no reason.
84. Performed on stage.
85. Been to Las Vegas.
86. Recorded Music.
87. Eaten shark.
88. Eaten fugu (pufferfish)
89. Had a one-night stand.
90. Gone to Thailand.
91. Bought a house.
92. Been in a combat zone.
93. Buried one/both of your parents.
94. Been on a cruise ship.
95. Spoken more than one language fluently.
96. Performed in Rocky Horror Picture show.
97. Raised children.
98. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour.
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country.
100. Picked up and moved to another city just to start over.
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge.
102. Sang loudly in the car and didnt stop when you knew somone was looking.
103. Had plastic surgery.
104. Survived an accident that you shouldn't have survived.
105. Wrote articlees for a large publication.
106. Lost over a hundred pounds.
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback.
108. Piloted an airplane.
109. Petted a stingray.
110. Broken someones heart.
111. Ridden a bike.
112. Won money on a TV game show.
113. Broken a bone.
114. Gone on an African photo safari.
115. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced.
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun or pistol.
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild.
118. Ridden a horse.
119. Had surgery.
120. Had a snake as a pet.
121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon.
122. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours.
123. Visited more foreign countries than US states or Cdn provinces.
124. Visited all 7 continents.
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
126. Eaten Kanagroo meat.
127. Eaten sushi.
128. Had your picture in the newspaper.
129. Changed someones mind that you care deeply about.
130. Gone back to school.
131. Eaten fried green tomatoes.
132. Petted a cockroach.
133. Para sailed
134. Read the Iliad and the Odyssey.
135. Selected on important author who you missed in school and read.
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating.
137. Skipped all your school reunions.
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language.
139. Been elected to Public Office.
140. Written your own computer language.
141. Thought to yourself that you're living your dream.
142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care.
143. Built your own PC from parts.
144. Sold your own artwork to someone that didn't know you.
145. Had a booth a street fair.
146. Dyed your hair. --- what a bad experience LOL!
147. Been a DJ.
148. Shaved your head.
149. Caused an accident.
150. Saved someones life.

Just another Monday...

I have to admit I somewhat secretly almost kind of love Mondays... it is just a fresh start to a brand new week. The weather has been a bit wonky here lately, we were biking last week and its snowing today! LOL

Emily got moved to the front row of her dance class tonight! Her instructor says she really is talented and has a lot of potential! I was sooo happy to see her so pleased and excited tonight... her face was lit up when we picked her up! I can't wait to share with you the dress that we bought her for the model part of the recital! She was skipping all the way to the truck!

My 40th birthday is coming up soon and I have decided that there will be ME time! It's time! Roger has even been helping me to get things organzied so that I do have more time for me! WOOT!!

We have started a super cool new contest at LCOM (http://www.letscaptureourmemories.com/) ... it is called SCRAP-IVOR!!!!!!!!! Drop into the forum and join us for some fun!

Here are a couple pics from our ride on Saturday

Hugs, T

Capture These Sketches --- come see!!

February will be a whole month of HAPPY fun challenges at Let’s Capture Our Memories , led by the very talented sketch design team. With the timeless SNOW WHITE and the Seven Dwarfs theme now is not the time to be BASHFUL as we ask you to come enjoy a fairytale of a month full of sketches, challenges, prizes and more. Did we forget to mention great prizes?! How DOPEY of us!!! From SNEEZY wintery themed layouts to a clever DOC style card sketch there is plenty to inspire and motivate you and there will be no time to be SLEEPY. Join us for the month at the LCOM Sketch blog where we will post a sketch and challenge every Tuesday and Friday with a chance to win a prize for every challenge completed. Get ready for plenty of inspirational fun! We can’t wait to see you there!!

If you dropped by to find your next letter in the hunt.... it is "O"

Rock on ladies!!!

Hugs, Tink

Drop on over...

Drop on over and visit Melodee Langworthy's blog! Mellie is an uber talented scrapper, extremely generous person and just over all sweet, sweet person! I have followed Mellie for a long time. I have purchased some of her fab kits before that totally rocked!

Mellie is a pay it forward person, and spread the kindness. As you all know, I really love to do this too!

I actually won one of Mellie's giveaways!!!!!!!! How COOL is that!!! I am really excited! So drop on over and say hello on her blog!

http://melodeelangworthy.typepad.com/candid_thoughts_/

Hugs, T

Another allergy?!?!

Another allergy reared its ugly head in this household on Friday evening. Roger and I were in Saint John working when we got a phone call. Emily was a Youth Group at our Church when she ate a chocolate cookie that had peanut butter in it. We didn't know that Em was allergic to peanut butter for sure. She has ALWAYS ate peanut butter and jam sandwiches all of her life! A few weeks ago she had a sandwich and said her chest felt tight afterwards... could have been anything. Anyhoo... she had a cookie..took a bite and her throat started closing off and her tongue swelling. :( LUCKILY they were able to pour some liquid benedryl into her. Roger and I came home immediately. I knew there was a chance that it could rear its ugly head again. I gave her more benedryl through the night and kept her away for most of it.

She was sooooooo scared. I really didn't want this life for her. It is so frustrating when you pick up something to eat and are scared there might be something in it that you will have a reaction to. I go through that every day.

Today we will be making an appointment with our family doctor to get her an epi pen to carry with her at all times. She really sees the importance of the epi now.

Thank God she is ok!