Merry Christmas!!!

I'll post more pictures later, but I wanted to jump on and wish all my friends and family a Merry Christmas!!!

Also sharing our annual Christmas ornament:

Merry Christmas, ALL!!!

Happy Christmas Eve

Long time, no post...
It's been a busy couple of weeks at a busy time of year. Here are some photos of picking out our tree, that I haven't had a chance to share yet.

Cheryl says, let's take this one!

Loot at THAT! Jim muscled the tree on top of the van all by himself... not, hehehe.

Chris says, that tree is heavier than it looks!

Getting it ready for the house is the man's job!

All done!

Jena loves being under the tree!

So, I pushed Jena's bed up under the tree for her... But sometimes she has to share with the kids.

Poor, Jena... Sometimes the kids don't share with her...

One more thing before I sign off for the day....
Happy Birthday, Noah!!!

It's Card Kit Time!!!

Only five days to Christmas! Are you READY?!!!

It's time for our December Kit Club reveal. This month's kit is by Mara! It was full of fun bright colors!

Here is what I created:

I made two birthday cards... I'll need some birthday cards coming up real soon!

This one came together very quickly using the stickers from the kit:

I'm in the Christmas mood, so even though this isn't a Christmas-y kit, I took it on myself to make a couple Christmas tags:

That's it for the 2012 card kit! I can't wait to see what 2013 brings!!!
Oh, and don't forget to visit the rest of the girls:

Hostess - Mara, Joni, Diane
Hostess Mary, Beth, Terri

4-wheel Adventure

I'm here to share pictures of our last 4-wheeling adventure to the Cloghorn trail. Here we go... Chris is studying, so he stayed home...

It's really gorgeous out here!

Look, Jena found a stick:

That's where we're headed!

Which road do we take?

This is what happens when you take the wrong road:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hw5t_ky4D4&feature=youtu.be

YAY! We made it!!!

Look, Jena found another stick!!!

It's been quite an adventure!

Electric Run - the run

I organized a Panasonic Team for the Electric Run 5K. It had been raining all day, but cleared up just in time for the race start. I didn't expect so many people!!! OVER 10,000 people at the run! It made it almost impossible to find friends, but we did find Jacoby and David. Jacoby and I ran the race in 23:32, the kiddos finished right behind us. That is WHAT?!!! A 7:35 pace?!!! That course must not have been a full 3.1 miles! We think the they must have changed the course because of the rain.

Here is us!!!

Here is us with our GLOW on!!!

They were trying to give out glow sticks at the starting line, but people were so lit up already; they were turning them down. There was a big party atmosphere at the starting line. We started in group 8. There was glow paraphernalia littered all over the course. I was afraid that I was going to trip or slip on something while running in the dark. Here is a short clip that Jim took of the start of the race:

It was a BIG party atmosphere!!! Too bad we were there to run not party ;o) Sultan & Ned Shepard were shooting a music video at the after run party. We headed home right after because Cheryl is studying for finals.

I hope you all had a good weekend! Monday comes too FAST!

Electric Run

Jena has her glow on!

It must be Christmas!

It all starts with a red cup! Cheryl and I had our first "red cups" of the season on buy one holiday drink, get one free afternoon. Nothing like a special treat for my birthday... a gingerbread latte. I wonder why "Jack in the Box" is caroling on the Starbucks cup?...

I had a really nice day at my folks house! Chris made me a new blog header. All from scratch... no clip art used! Do you LOVE it? I DO!!!

Cheryl got me a new whistling kettle in RED! It's so PRETTY I LOVE it!

Jim got me a Samsung Galaxy Tab... I must have left enough hints, lol! I'm still trying to figure it out. It's going to be very handy to have around! I LOVE it!

Another thing I LOVE is all my family coming together and making me feel special on my day! I LOVE you all!

Another sign of Christmas comes from my dad... He's always the first one on the block to hang his Christmas lights.

Ready or not... here comes Christmas! Planning. Projects. Decorating. Shopping. Trying to remember what radio station plays the 24/7 holiday music.

Bring on Christmas! I'm Ready!

It's Card Kit Time!!!

I can't belive that it's almost Thanksgiving! When I saw this great kit from Terri, I had Christmas on my mind!

Look at all those papers!!! At first glance, I see "rustic Christmas," and here is what I came up with:

I was originally going to design a "Santa Girl," but changed my mind and decided to go with a cute roly-poly santa. I cut the santa's belt from a couple of clouds from the kit, and layered the mesh behind the santa for texture.

I used modeling paste to add even more texture, and I LOVE all the sparkly cabochons in this kit! I used them ALL in my projects:

The canvas was all I had planned, but as I was waiting for the Mod Podge and modeling paste to dry, I started cutting more paper and made a couple of cards.

I lifted this first card from Mara. I ADORED her card when I saw it and was wondering where I could get some burlap. Luckily, Terri sent a piece of burlap in just the right size for this card:

For this card, I played with the cute stamped images from Terri:

The bird cage had some extra swirls around the bottom that looked messy with the bling swirl, so I mixed some acrylic paint to match the background and carefully painted the swirl out. You can't even tell!

I also glued a circle of PP behind the clear button. It makes a cute embellishment.

I thought I was done, but Terri also sent us a cute stamp set that I wanted to ink up. I also made a thank-you take just because it's Thanksgiving:

The cute Christmas tree stamp came with some red and green bling. I love how the black stamping came out against the embossed foil.

And lastly, Happy Thanksgiving to you all!!!

Thanks for stopping by! Now go see the what the other ladies have created with this kit:

Hostess Terri - Mara, Joni
Hostess Diane, Mary, Beth

Altered Capri Sun Boxes

It's been a couple of week since my last post. There have been no races, no trips, and no crafting for a while now. Well, I have had a busy crafting weekend!

My sister-in-law helps organize a Christmas boutique at her kids' elementary school. They sell inexpensive items for kids to buy for their parents, siblings and friends. I think this is a fabulous idea, so when she asked me to help, I agreed.

She got four Capri Sun boxes, cut them into a type of organizer, and covered them with contact paper. She gave them to me, and I worked with my sizable scrapbook stash to decorate.

She asked to make a couple masculine and a couple feminine. Here is what I came up with:

This first box is the "All Star" box:

Then we have the "Soccer" box:

This is the "Diva" box:

Lastly, we have the "Hippie Chick" box:

I left lots of room on the labels, so that the kids could write on them. I hope they sell well.

Come back on Tuesday for our monthly Card Kit Club reveal!