One Less Family Member

Well, on Monday, June 29, 2009, Rick, Sarah, and I drove Tyler into town to catch a shuttle to St. Louis to begin his basic training with the Army National Guard. He stayed in St. Louis all day on Tuesday. We received a call from him on Wednesday, July 1, 2009, informing us that he was 30 minutes from Ft. Knox, Kentucky. Now he is in Kentucky to begin his basic training. I was very surprised today to receive a call from Tyler. He said he had a few minutes to call home to let everyone know that he is doing fine. It was great to hear from him. I am very proud of him. He has become a great young man. Below are some pics that I took on Monday before he left.

Beautiful Day to be Outside!

Last Sunday, June 7th, we celebrated Evan's First Holy Communion. All the nieces and nephews on my side have completed their holy communion and the sacrament of penance. After we had Evan's festivities, Rick, Tyler, Sarah and I went to our farm. It was so nice to get outside and enjoy the beautiful, warm weather. Like always, I had my camera and took some pictures. Hope you enjoy viewing them. I have some of Evan and the other pics are at our farm.


Evan receiving communion


Evan with his godparents--Aunt Denice and Uncle Rick.


Theresa, Roger, Hannah & Evan


Evan with Grandma & Grandpa


Flowers by the pond


Sarah sitting pretty


Sarah standing in the field of flowers.


I see you!

Memorial Day Weekend/High School Graduation Celebration

Well I haven't been very creative with my scrapbooking, but I did get a lot of pics from our Memorial Day activities. We celebrated our friend's daughter 's high school graduation along with visiting with everyone we haven't seen for a while. The kids rode go-carts, four-wheelers, and also rode horses. A good time was had by all. Below are some pics from last weekend:

Mother's Day Gathering

We invited our families to our farm to fish and grill burgers and brats. We all had a good time. The weather held out so we could fish a while but it started getting cooler by the time we ate supper. Below are some pics from our gathering:

Happy Mother's Day!

Kelli did it again---she created a beautiful card and posted how-to directions for that card. You can find Kelli on the AMR message board or her blog Yard Sale Kind of Luck. I decide to take a stab and try to make that card for my mom and mother-in-law. Below are the two cards:

Below are some pics from our farm. I love lilacs, dogwood trees, and springtime. I will have to figure out how to incorporate these pics into my scrapbooking pages.

WOW!! Beautiful Creations from Kelli and Melissa!!

If you enjoy making cards rather than buying them, then you need to check out these two blogs.

• Kelli has created a great tutorial for making a flower pot card----it is totally awesome. Her blog is called Yard Sale Kind of Luck at http://kelliannie.blogspot.com/ .
  
• Melissa has some beautiful cards on her blog, too. Her blog is called Creating from the Heart at http://keepsakesbymelissa.blogspot.com/ .

Please check out these two sites; these two ladies are very talented---you will add them to your favorites just like I did. Thanks for sharing your talents with us.

Cliff Dwellings from 2003 Vacation

Our family went to Colorado for vacation in 2003 and we toured Mesa Verda. We walked around some of the cliff dwellings. Below are a couple of layouts that I created.

Happy Easter!

Last night I finished the goodie bags that is given to my nieces and nephews for Easter. Below are some pics of those bags.

Osage County Farm 4-5-2009

On Sunday, 4/5/09, we drove to our farm in Osage County and went mushroom hunting. We found some really nice size red mushrooms. We also picked up limbs that fell from the trees in our yard. Below are some pics from Sunday's outing.

WOW!! Melissa is doing it again!!!

Creating from the Heart (by Melissa) is having a fantastic give away--If you love scrapbooking like I do, you are going to love this give away. Melissa is giving away a Cuttlebug. All you have to do is leave her a comment and add her link to your blog. Here is the link to her awesome give away: http://keepsakesbymelissa.blogspot.com/2009/04/my-big-giveaway.html . Go check it out.

MOVIE: The Ultimate Gift

This is a fantastic movie for the family to watch. You laugh, cry, and your heart just melts. It really makes you think about what is important in life. If you have a chance to watch it, please do. Below is blurb about the movie:

When his wealthy grandfather dies, trust fund baby Jason anticipates a big inheritance. Instead, his grandfather has devised a crash course on life: 12 gifts designed to challenge Jason, forcing him to determine what is most important: money or happiness.

Want to win some blog candy???

I was reading All Moments Remembered message board and came across a message about winning blog candy. I found Melissa Bove's blog "Creating from the Heart!" that showed many beautiful items. Yes, she is also giving away some blog candy. Go, check out her blog, and leave a comment to win some candy. Below is her web address:


http://keepsakesbymelissa.blogspot.com/

MOVIE: The Women

My M.O.M.S. group had a social night this month by doing a pot luck dinner and watching the movie "The Women." It was a humoros movie with an all female cast. It was a nice selection of famous actresses in this movie (Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Eva Mendes, Cloris Leachman, Bette Milder, Debra Messing, Candice Bergen, Carrie Fisher, Jada Pinkett Smith, and others). If you get a chance to see it---go with your girlfriends.

AMR Card Challenge

The AMR gals posted another card challenge. I thought it might be fun to create a card so I decided to make two cards. Below are the cards. TFL!!!

MOVIE: "New in Town"

Scrapscene has a piece about the movie Renee Zellweger is in called “New In Town.” I would love to watch it. May have to talk my sister or daughter into going with me. If you have seen the movie, please let me know what you thought of it. Thanks!

http://www.scrapscene.com/2009/01/new-renee-zellweger-movie-features-scrapbooking.html

AMR's Challenges

There are a lot of new things happening at AMR. If you have a chance you should check it out. I am finally stepping out of my box and trying the challenges. Please see my card and layout for this week’s challenges. They have created weekly challenges–a challenge for each day except for Friday (that is the deadline for all the challenges).

You need to check out AMR’s Royal Challenge Blog

Their web address is: http://amrchallenge.blogspot.com

The Challenge Team are Jessica, Kelly, Patti, Gloria and Harley. If you want to have fun, please check it out for more information. The challenges begin Monday, January 19th. Hope to see you there!!!
Monday-Color Challenge(jessicamae3-Jessica)Tuesday-Font/Title Challenge(jessicamae3-Jessica)Wednesday-Product Challenge(born2scrap-Kelly)Thursday-Scraplift Challenge(Hayatiggs-Harley)
Friday-Individual Challenge Team members challenge–The Friday challenges are for the challenge team to throw out challenges for layouts or projects you may have wanted to complete but haven’t had that push to do so!
PLUS, there is a chance for you to win a fab prize from AMR weekly thanks to random.org! Friday’s challenges will be posted by the challenge team on a rotating basis. Each winner will be announced on the following Friday. These challenges will sometimes include little mini tutorials that will make participating in the challenge a little easier or educational.
You do not have to do each and every challenge, but we sure would love having you play along!

What I have been up to. . .

My family surprised me with a Cricut for Christmas. I was so excited. I created the following layouts.