MAD weekend!

Leica's Saturday scraps was absolutely fantastic as usual! Our group decided to be MAD scrappers this time.....we thought we were going to have some stiff competition this time so we pulled out all the stops! Our table was decorated with a MAD floral arrangement by Kari, and a MAD cake made by Karen. We had a rabbit hole with MAD tree branches, jars filled with scrapbooking and other goodies, and of course we were all adorned in MAD outfits complete with hats that outlined all of our MAD obsessions. We just knew we were going to win....do you think we did?




Of course we did! However, I wish I could say we won over alot of stiff competition, but unfortunately we won by default. Not one other table was dressed up this year. I like to win, but, but hey a little competition would be great! We figure everyone is scared of us--I mean really, we win every year, but man do we plan and we deserve it!

Once again we had a great lunch supplied by Leica's mom....Mexican Fiesta this year (I know Jenn took pics of the spread, so check out her blog..maybe she'll post some pictures). We had a special treat this year for dessert.....the best cupcakes made by our own local Saucy lady. This is actually the first time I tried them...I had the S'mores and then went back and got a Strawberry one. Honestly, they're better than any of the stores around here!


Lots of fun getting together with friends I haven't seen in awhile and I actually got some scrapbooking done as well! Till next time my friends.

Weekend recap

I'm so busy with weekends in November that I just don't seem to have time to blog. Last weekend was my XMAS shopping show that I put on for some local ladies. I spent some time getting that organized and it was SO worth it. I had so much fun putting it on---I think my kids had the best time--Blake was busy answering the door, passing out gift bags and serving food, collecting entry forms for the door prize draw---Avery, surprisingly was right there with him--she didn't play shy at all! They're already asking when we're doing it again. Some of the best wares were Saucy's vintage jewelry and Kara's polka dot piggy baby designs. I am so going to do this again next year if the ladies are up for it again!

I am now rushing to try to get ready for Leica's scraps weekend. Only one more day to go and I have nothing ready, but my costume for our theme---We are SO going to win again! I guess I'll be up late tonight after work to get my stuff together so I can actually do some scrapbooking!

Next weekend is my first charm party with Saucy. I'm so excited--my charms arrived in the mail the other day, so I just have to get them put together. I'm a little nervous too as I have never done this before--I hope my charms live up to expectations.

Finally, once I get through these next 2 weekends, I have to start getting ready for XMAS. I promised myself this year that we would sponsor a family, so that's first on my list. Finding and cutting a XMAS tree, decorating, baking, doing some XMAS crafts, oh and getting gifts, and I'd like to try to make this XMAS as traditional as possible, so if anyone has some good ideas for me--I'd be glad to hear them.

What a morning!

Just got back from shopping with my friend Kari. We spent 4 hours at The Bay finding outfits for our modelling night on Saturday---Whew, it was exhausting. Sure glad I don't do this professionally--I think my job is much easier!

Anyway, we'll be modelling at the "holiday girl time gala" at The Bay on Sat. night from 6-9PM. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at The Bay.

Come and watch us fall flat on our faces as we try to walk in our heels!

The kids had a great time trick-or-treating this year. Neither one could barely wait until it was time to go. I thought for sure we'd be out for at least 2 hours, but after maybe 30-40 minutes Avery was finished and Blake maybe lasted for 1 1/2 hours. They still got a good haul although I know that I'll be the one eating most of it. Blake sticks to his aero bars and hamburger gummies and that's all he'll eat. I've just discovered that Avery will actually eat alot more....smarties, kit-kat, fuzzy peaches, skittles, starburst, swedish berries---I'll definately have to monitor her candy intake! And we actually had the most kids we've ever had this year--around 60. We even had to dig into the kids stash for the last few kids as we ran out of our own.

Forgot to mention earlier that we finally made it out to Robertson Valley Farm this year to pick out our pumpkins. Usually I'm too late..by the time I think of it, they've usually closed for the season. We went with Kari and Damon and Danica....We pretty much let them pick out their very own pumpkins with barely any suggestions on our part. I think their favorite part was pulling the pumpkins back to the car. Damon lifted all the pumpkins into the wagon by himself---and believe me---they were heavy! Blake, being the lazy one, got Damon to pull him in the wagon along with the pumpkins. What a goof!

Are you ready??

The pumpkins are carved....



The decorations are up....



The candy is ready to go....


Now all we have to do is wait!

Tomorrow is black and orange day at school, I thought I'd buy Blake a shirt and some iron-on decals at Michaels for something a little different.

Only problem is that I didn't have time to do it before I had to work tonight....

Thank goodness I have a darling husband who does it for me while I work. He's lucky that Blake likes to keep things simple---guess I'll be returning the halloween buttons that he didn't want to use.

Vegas Baby!

Psych!--this is the money we used to fund our trip to Vegas this year. If you remember, I won this on our cruise last year and I've been able to sit on it all this time just waiting to spend it.

We weren't so lucky in Vegas, but we managed to come back with way more money than we expected. We pretty much broke even gambling--it helps when you play this machine and win $1000. Yup, about 5AM on my birthday (my 35th!!) I stumbled to this machine with Dale and said "lets play this one". We got the bonus spin and it landed on 1000X $1.00. We were pretty happy about that!

Vegas is always a blast and I must say this was probably one of the funnest times ever. The weather was gorgeous (over 30 degrees every day), the gambling was good, the gambling was good...can't say I did much of anything else. Shopped a little, ate the best steak in my life at this restaurant and had a great time here celebrating my birthday.

But now it's back to the real world until our next trip there. I really think some of you should join us next time!