So it is Thanksgiving. First I would like to wish each of you and your familes a wonderul day full of family, food, friends, football and fun! I hope this Thanksgiving is the beginning of a prosperous, peaceful holiday season. Remember - Jesus is the reason for the season and may God bless you and yours.
I have so much to be thankful for this year. I am healthy, loved and still employed. So far so good! I have been a bit reflective the last few days. Please indulge me for a few minutes. Yesterday was a delightful day. I had a date with my favorite four year old. We started with his 2009 Christmas picture photo shoot. I think this is the winning picture:
After the photo shoot - we had a date. Dates are quite frequent with this little man and I. It starts with lunch at McDonald's where Auntie always asks on teh way..."Do you want chicken or chicken?" To which he answers I want chicken and then proceeds to giggle and tell me they are the same thing! Duh! So off we go to have chicken with caramel sauce for dipping. On one of our dates he was being silly and dipped his chicken into the caramel sauce for the apples. Being the auntie and not the mom - of course I allowed him to make the chicken just a little less healthy! The result - he only dips in caramel now! ;)
After chicken - we are off to Target. We have a shopping routine - we hit the dollar spot, then the movie aisle where he selects a movie which is a maybe - you see - he gets one pressie when we have a date si the movie might be it - but we are not sure yet. Auntie does a little shopping as we make our way back to the Thomas aisle where we peruse the selections and determine if a Thomas train will outrank the movie (which is usually a Thomas movie!). On this day - a new set of wooden tracks outweighed the movie selection. Auntie completes her shopping while Jamie is fascinated with the new toy.
On this day, we returned to his home to wait for the party. You see - it was Spencer's 8th birthday and his party was coming soon! Which brings me to the next awesome part of my day! Celebrating 8 with this little pirate:
Tomorrow tune in for a recap of the phone call I received on the evening of Tuesday, November 24. The party was very fun - great food, lots of family and so much laughing that my belly hurt!! Happy Birthday Sweet Spencer J! I love you!
I also have a Thanksgiving toot! I was lucky enough to be selected for the Design Team for
Treasured Scrapbooking. The new team will be in place from January 2010 through June. Thank you Miss Erin for having the confidence that I can represent your new Scrapbook kit club. I am excited to see the changes you will bring and honored that you included me in the talented new team! Here is a list of Treasured Scrapbooking Winter/Spring 2010 team:
Julie Walton- DT Coordinator Extraordinaire
Eva Dobilas- Card Designer
Ginger Graham Morag Cutts
Elizabeth Carney Jenni Smith Lisa Woodhart Pauline Dirrig (Polinka)
So excited to work with these girls!! I can't wait to see the December kit because the peeks look awesome. AND - I am way over teh top excited for January!!
Products include: 
A fun mix of a ton of manufacturers including: Making Memories, May Arts, Queen & Co, Little Yellow Bicycle,Teresa Collins, Webster's Pages, Jillibean Soup, Kaisercraft, VINTAGE, And MUCH MORE!
I used almost every scrap! I have a few stickers left, some paper specks and a couple of Vellum quotes!! I might just squeexe out another card or two :)
After the photo shoot - we had a date. Dates are quite frequent with this little man and I. It starts with lunch at McDonald's where Auntie always asks on teh way..."Do you want chicken or chicken?" To which he answers I want chicken and then proceeds to giggle and tell me they are the same thing! Duh! So off we go to have chicken with caramel sauce for dipping. On one of our dates he was being silly and dipped his chicken into the caramel sauce for the apples. Being the auntie and not the mom - of course I allowed him to make the chicken just a little less healthy! The result - he only dips in caramel now! ;) 
Tomorrow tune in for a recap of the phone call I received on the evening of Tuesday, November 24. The party was very fun - great food, lots of family and so much laughing that my belly hurt!! Happy Birthday Sweet Spencer J! I love you!
I used the wonderfully awesome Work in Progress November kit to make this fun plaque. I started with a 60% off plaque from AC Moore that said EEEEK!!! in halloween green/black/purple! I knew when I bought it that I wanted to alter it. The fun Cosmo Cricket Nutmeg papers were just the ticket - Trish's kits rock!
I purchased baby boy socks - filled them with hershey's kisses - tied the top with a big fat black with white polka dot ribbons and attached two pewter charms - one says it's a boy and the other is a pic of baby feet. The shower invitation had the pic of baby feet on it so I added a little pic of the feet as well. I hope she likes them.
I woke up this morning and realized I did nto have wrapping paper - so I turned to my scrappy supplies. I have a roll of black newspaper so I misted a chunk with gold, copper, green and blue - then stamped one of my favorite Crafty Secrets stamps - a little cherup all over it.
Then I wrapped the pressie and thought about bows. If you know me well - you know it didn;t take long to pull out the tulle and big fat ribbon! I made my own bow and slapped a silk flower on top. Not very traditional baby shower, but I think it is pretty:
