Our Disney trip

Our trip to Disney World was fantastic...A real dream come true! We were able to work with a wonderful Disney consultant named Mimi Lemon <3 and she was FANTABULOUS! From the moment I talked with her we had to worry about nothing! She booked our hotel suite - which was wonderful. Made all of our dinner reservations, and gave fabulous suggestions on where to eat. She made sure we had a driver to pick us up from the trainstation and drop us back off there.

We were also blessed with her tips to bring ponchos - which truly proved to be a valuable tip! And since i am an overpacker by nature, another family benefitted from this tip as well - I just happened to have extra ponchosin my backpack!

You may be thinking that she did all of this because it was her job, but I am here to tell you that after talking to her for hours getting every detail perfect, she truly went above and beyond what she needed to do and because of all of her hard work, we had the absolute best Stress free vacation ever!!

THANK YOU MIMI

Disney Bound

I am super excited! We have planned Disney vacations in the past only to end up cancelling them due to funding. Let me tell you - that is a disappointing feeling:o(.

But now, I am super excited because (crossing my fingers) It looks like this time is a GO! Everything is planned and we are just anxiously awaiting the 'BIG' day of departure to our fantasy vacation!

I have a travel agent who has helped us plan down to the very minute detail. She is one of my favorite people right now not only bcuz she is helping us plan this awesome vacation - but also because she gave me a craft project to do! I didn't know this, but in Disney the characters will sign an autograph book for you. So, you know me....I went right to work making these books for our vacation!

These are the covers to our books.

I love love love the world of crafting!

Can't wait till I have memory photos to put in cool pic frames that I will make!



The Wedding

My mother in laws wedding was beautiful. My sis in law did the flowers and she along with her mom, a friend and I went and decorated the hall...it turned out beautiful. She really did a nice job.

Here are some pics of her awesome work...

    

I had the awesome job of decorating the card box...loved the way it turned out!

 

The favors turned out nice also...but my most favorite thing was the 'cake' I made for the shower

This was made out of bath towels, hand towels, and washcloths. Decorated with candles and flowers.

All of this wedding planning and prepping was sooo much fun. I think if I had it to do all over again - I may not have chosen Engineering as my life career!





Some things from my new toy!

Well anyone who knows me knows I finally got my new toy - CRICUT IMAGINE <3 - And I absolutely looove it!

I have been playing with it alot! here are some of the things I've made...

 

Busy little crafter!!

Lots of projects lately! I am making favors for my mother-in-laws wedding in August

These are super fun to make. I have been tweaking and tweaking and am finally able to say I really like how they are turning out!

I have also made favors for the shower this Saturday



These i absolutely love! I will be very sad when the wedding is over. I may even go through crafting withdrawals!

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Cricut Imagine by ProvoCraft

Hello! Thought I'd give a quick update. First...I found a home for my bear in the cradle diaper basket - YAY! I love being able to give things away, especially for babies! I love babies:o). Second...I caved in and checked out the new Cricut Imagine. I was avoiding finding out what it was all about because I knew I'd want one. But, I have to tell you, it is THE COOLEST thing I have ever seen! Now I really really want one. Check out this video!!



Isn't this GREAT!

Also, we are very close to our goal of becoming a 501c3 status for our nonprofit Running for Parkinson's. To keep updated on how that is doing, you can go to my running blog - just click on the Running with Parkinson's to the left. Haven't updated in a while, but things are happening, so I'll be posting soon.
As always...God is Good all the time!

Fun Stuff!

So, I have been wondering for awhile if I could cut wood pieces out with my cricut. Well, being the google queen that I am, I went online and found that absolutely it can be done! It recommended Balsa wood.

Last night I went to AC Moore to try and get ideas for my carousel diaper cake, and in the midst of picking out beads and putting them back, I remembered the Balsa. Went searching and Voila - they had it. Needless to say my craft trip did a 360 and I was on to an entirely different project. I cut out a heart with wings, and then got the idea of making my pic train out of wood. I had sooo much fun! But, now I'm bummed because I am out of wood lol.

I did notice that the wood I bought was a tad too thin. It breaks pretty easily...heck I cut the stuff with a pair of scissors. So, next time I buy it, I will definitely have to make sure it is a little thicker.

Now all I need to do is learn to sew and I am on my way to being a well rounded crafty lady!

And yet another...

Seriously...I love making these! This is a diaper cradle I made...

Safari Diaper Creation...

My Safari Diaper Basket:o)

My Noah's Ark diaper creation

I love the way these turned out! I am now liking the diapers in a basket as apposed to just being in a cake like design. I am racking my brain for my next creation! Should be interesting. I am truly thankful that God has blessed me with this hobby...I absolutely love love love it!

    

   

More shower stuff:o)

Made a sign for the baby shower coming up...love, love, love it:o)

Catching up on my sharing!

ok...now these are favors and invites for my sister-in-laws niece's baby shower. She came over and she and my niece helped put these together.

Here are the favors...little purses with velcro to close and beaded handle.

 

Here are the invitations...Hello Kitty style.

We stamped the inside with invite info.

Here are pics of the baby book I am making for her....

New shower favors...

It's been awhile! Been so busy with our Running for Parkinson's Org, the races, taking care of 4 children, and all of the crafting I've been doing! It's been busy but fun:o) I am sharing the favors that I made for my cousins shower. Her party theme was time of day...

I also made her a diaper cake for her gift. Since they are not finding out the sex until the baby comes, I asked her what her favorite characters were and one of her top choices was Hello Kitty...

An old journal entry from 2007.

Kids do say the funniest things...My little angels crack me up all the time. Over this past summer, my daughter went to Vacation Bible Camp for a couple hours a day for a week. When we all were gathering for dinner that night, I asked her if she had a memory verse to learn for the next day. She replied that she did, so I asked her if she knew what it was. She assured me she did and began to recite it......"God said you will catch men..." Bob 10:5! Well, I proceded to tell her that that couldn't be right, but she argued and argued that indeed it was Bob 10:5. At that point my son is saying to her "There is no Bob in the Bible...". By this time, I am trying really hard to control my laughter as I reach for my bible to find her scripture. After a few minutes, she came back in and announced "Oh wait a minute...it is Luke 5:10"

Ahhh....mistery solved!

Fathers day theme project

This is my take on a challenge from pinkstamper.com. It is supposed to be something with a Father's Day theme:o) I always love the idea of giving homemade 'coupons' from the kids cuz it is filled with hugs and fun stuff too. So, I decided to make one for My hubby - the best dad ever.

I used my new create a critter cartridge. I just really love that cart.!

Up and Running...

It is still being tweaked and details added, but our website is now up and running. Everyyone out there reading this<3 please check it out and let me know what you think.


http://www.runningforparkinsons.com/

Everyday, thru the Grace of God alone, we get a little closer to our ultimate goal and that is so exciting! I am praying for direction in this awesome project, that we will make this exactly what God intended for it to be:o)

Thru this journey I have definitely been leaving my comfort zone often. I am finding all kinds of groups like ours with the most amazing people, with amazing and compasionate stories. I have been in contact with a few and one girl - running for her mother who was diagnosed at the age of 41 (she was 11 at the time) - is considering coming to Erie to run our race with us...so cool!

God is good!

New Logo

Ok, I am getting very excited and thought I would share. Our new website runningforparkinsons.com is under construction right now. This is our official logo. I am getting excited because what I've been thinking about for the past 5 years is finally becoming a reality! Thanks to all of my supportive friends and family:o)

My new addiction

Well, it's official. I've finally flipped my lid...lol. I simply cannot get enough of these diaper cakes! It is so much fun trying to make it look like anything but a diaper cake...lol. This safari tree is not yet complete, but I just loved how the top turned out. I think we will actually use this idea for a babyshower coming up that my sister in law is throwing. And I already have my next diaper cake all planned out in my head...like I said, my new addiction!

My very first diaper cake

I am so excited! I have made my very first - of what will hopefully be many - diaper cake! I never even heard of one until I dove into the crafting world head first. I was browsing through some pictures on a cricut FB page, and I came across this awesome idea! I thought I was introducing something new to everyone I told about 'the diaper cake'. Turns out, everyone else has either seen one, or made one! I tell ya, sometimes I think I live in a bubble! I still have a few things to do to it...adding a couple more baby items...but all in all I am really happy with the turn out. And being my first attempt, it can only get better from here!