Spring is in the Air! The PTI challenge this month is to create a card using one of the DT's selected spring color pallets. I chose this pretty pastel pallet from Dawn McVey:
When I think of spring I think of the Japanese Spring Flower festival, "Hana Matsuri." I used this cute Asian doll from Hero arts and combined it with PTI's Vintage Label stamps and a window cut using the Spellbinder Label Dies.
Boy, was that weatherman WRONG!!! Well, let me start the story at the beginning. 
We left Friday at 4pm from Downtown Long Beach instead of Dana Point because Long Beach runs a dual hull boat... more stable so less chance of getting sea sick. But, the boat we were on stopped at Two Harbors before going to Avalon. It was a 2hr long ride. 
We got to Avalon late and had to walk to the hotel in the dark. It started raining about midnight and did it RAIN!!! 
The next morning, the race boat from Marina Del Ray was supposed to arrive, but it was so rough and windy, the boat had to turn back. 
The skies were dry when Chris started the half-marathon. 
Cheryl and I started the 5K about 15 minutes after Chris left. The rain didn't start again until after Cheryl and I finished the 5K. Then it POURED AGAIN! The boat arrived eventually and there was another start for the half-marathon and the 5K. Both races were chip timed, so they easily factored everyone's times in together.
The buffalo run half-marathon is a trail race. It starts at sea level and climbs up to almost 1600'. Chris came in muddy, soaked, and tired at 1:49. He came in 16th out of 311... AND 2nd in his age group!!! He came home with a finishers medal and a 2nd place (silver medal)! YAHOO, CHRIS!
Cheryl and I ran the 5K. I finished in 25:36, 1st place in my age group! Cheryl finished in 28:18, 1st place in her age group! Cheryl and I both come home with GOLD! The Moore family is racking in the medals! This is the first time that Cheryl has ever won 1st place in any athletic event! She would have never thought it would be in a running race, lol! 
AND AHEM... Look at the 5K overall women's standings... I CAME IN 1ST OVERALL! I could not believe it! I was standing at the booth with the overall men's winner and he couldn't believe that he won either. I think all the good runners were running the half-marathon, but still.... YIPEE FOR ME!!! 
We almost didn't get home today... The wind and rain calmed down enough for the boats to travel again, but tsunami conditions were causing problems in Long Beach Harbor. The tide pulled back so far that there wasn't any water in the harbor to pull in at the dock. The boats were delayed so much that we were able to catch an earlier boat out of Avalon. Our boat had no trouble crossing and pulling into Long Beach, but we saw on TV when we got home that the tide had gone out again and the downtown dock was sitting in mud again. Whew! We just made it!
We're home now, showered, warm, dinner done, laundry done, and we looked at each other and asked, "Is it still Saturday?" It sure was a full day! Yahoo for sleep-in Sunday!
Welcome! It's that time of month for the PTI Blog Hop! This month we were asked to lift a card/layout from on of the PTI designers. It was a hard choice but I decided on lifting the talented, Heather Nicols. I found this great layout on her blog. Instead of using pieced paper, I used a stripped paper from Scenic Route. It made this layout super easy!
We leave Friday at noon and the weather report is favorable! No rain in the forecast for Friday or Saturday during the race, YIPPEE!!! Chris and I are ready, and Cheryl's been training too! We are ready to ROLL!
I'm on a crafty roll! Actually, the curling and ice dancing last night just didn't hold my attention. Here's a fun card with PTI stamps and bright BG paper.
First, a Quake report... Cheryl's little girls are playing in the State Cup. After the last weekend of games, they've advanced to the round of 32. They played yesterday and won 4-1! This morning, they played the sweet-16 and WON AGAIN 3-0! These girls seem unstoppable! Until this afternoon where they lost in the quarter finals, 1-2. I asked Cheryl if the girls were disappointed and she said they were for about 10 minutes, then they got in line to do the bungee jumping... loss and tournament forgotten, LOL!
Look I scrapped again! I've wanted to do something with these photos for a while. He was less than thrilled of course, but a mom's gotta do what a mom's gotta do, hehehe...
Starting with this card with fabric flowers that I made for my Sister-in-law's birthday...
This is an adorable stamp set from Hero Arts. I want to make an entire set of cards with these little cuties...
This little card is only 2.5"x3". It was for a mini valentine card challenge... and yes, I have a stamp set in Spanish.
I did this acrylic card for a card sketch. I repurposed the flower from a make and take from Scrapbook Expo a couple years ago. I just love how bright and beautiful it came out.
This one looked a lot better in my head than it did on paper. {sigh} Well, you can't win them all...
I had a craft week! Here is another sweet crafty share, Rice Krispy hearts. I got the idea HERE. The ladies at Bunco loved them!
Look my hubby made me a card for Valentine's Day! Don't you think he did a good job? Cheryl said that Jim had some "not very nice words" for my die cut machine... The letters kept coming out backwards, and he was running out of paper! LOL!
Look what the kids made me! Peanut butter fudge! YUM!!!
And we had a sweet Valentine birthday today! Happy 8th birthday Leah!
I hope everyone had a WONDERFUL Valentine's Day!
Chris and I started together, but he soon left me behind. Chris's goal was a time in the 1:40's. He finished in 1:44 (including TWO port-o-potty breaks).
As we were running, Jim and Cheryl hung out eating donuts, and watching the sea of runners go by. They said it took forever for them to cross the race course. The runners kept coming and coming and coming...
As I said, it was beautiful in Huntington Beach! Here's Jim and Cheryl on the pier. Look at those blue skies!
I made good use of my ice cream cone stamp!
I logged enough miles to say I ran all the way across country... from Mission Viejo, California to Potter Hill, North Carolina! Now that I've achieved my first goal, I'm on to my next goal which is to log enough miles to run around the world. I'm making some stops along the way of course. My first stop will be Waimea, Kauai, Hawaii. That is where my Aunt, Uncle and Grandma live. I've got quite a head start because I've taken all the miles I've logged so far and applied them to the ocean crossing, leaving me only 266 miles from Waimea. I've moved the ticker from the top of the blog to the bottom. I am still keeping it up to date, but there won't be much activity on it, since I'll be spending most of my time in the Pacific Ocean. See you in Kauai!
Cheryl and the Quakes spent the weekend in Lancaster for the first round of State Cup. In 32F weather, surrounded by snowy mountains, the Quakes defeated the first team 4-0. Their second game ended in another win, 3-0! They played the toughest team on Sunday morning, but they were ready for them! They won again! 6-0!!! The undefeated Quakes move on to the "round of 32" in Temecula next Saturday. If they win their Saturday game, they'll play in the "sweet 16" on Sunday.Rain is in the forecast for Huntington Beach on Sunday. We are keeping our fingers crossed for a change in the weather. Even though Chris and I like running in the rain sometimes, 13.1 miles in the rain is a long, long way....
Cheryl went to Europe in Spring 2007, so I finished in less than 3 years, lol! Yeah, that's a long time...
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