Wow, isn't life grand!!!!!!

The party was a success!!!!

Alyssa was beautiful, the food was great, the kids had a blast and we are exhausted.

Yup, life is grand.

Every little girl should have a dress like this and have a party to celebrate her life. Our family is truly blessed with an amazing group of people. We are BLESSED!!!! I also want to thank everyone who left a comment for Alyssa, she was so funny picking the person for the RAK. We assigned numbers to all the names and Ms. Alyssa picked the number...it was really cute, you would actually think she was making the biggest decision of her life...too cute peeps. SO THE WINNER FOR THE RAK IS:

Michelle P.

Just let me know when/how you want your RAK. Thank you all for playing. Your comments were very sweet. I appreciate it.

I have a busy week as I am getting ready for the annual Christmas Crop, Holiday programs, dinners, outings, shopping sprees, and of course the decorating. I love this season. It's all good. I wish you all a happy Tuesday and hope you are all enjoying the Season.

HUGS

disclaimer: I so stole this picture from Margie's blog...why download mine when hers are so good? HE, HEE, HE, HA!

Happy Birthday Alyssa!!!!

My beautiful niece Alyssa is 5 today. This little princess is a doll. She is soooooo smart, and is a really cutie. She is amazing.....she really is. She brings joy to all of us and we are so very proud she is our little princess. It is such a great day that I am in the mood for another RAK!!!!!!!!!!!!

Go on over and visit her mommy's blog here, leave Alyssa a comment and on Saturday (when we celebrate Alyssa's party, she can pick out a name....oh, how fun is that. (You have until SATURDAY 10PM TO LEAVE A COMMENT ON THE BLOG!!!)

(PS: I SOOOOOO STOLE THIS PICTURE FROM MARGIE'S BLOG...HEE, HEE, HEE, LOL!!!)
HAPPY THURSDAY!
HUGS

December 2 already!!!!! Whoo HOOO!!!

Ok, I am really excited that it is Christmas time. I can not wait for all these big events coming up. I am soooooooooo exited. ONe thing I have learned to do is: NOT STRESS during this SEASON!!!!! It is one of the most beautiful times of the year and many of us tend to miss and skip out on some major moments because we are so worried if the tree is perfect, the lights are up, the decorating is done, the shopping is complete. I believe the whole point of the season is to enjoy it!!!! There is a great deal of hustle and bustle during this season, but who cares if you put the lights up the NIGHT BEFORE Christmas....Oh my...what a thought.....LOL...maybe I can get RIos to do that for me this year!!!! LOL...REALLY HARD HERE!!!! Hey honey if you are reading this...the night before Christmas is REALLY NOT TOO LATE!!!!! LOL
Anyway, on this second day of December I am planning on helping out a friend and going to put up my tree tonight. I shall post a pic tomorrow. I am enjoying every day as it comes, because the days are passing by quickly. I am Enjoying the moment.

I had a really hard decision to make, but I had to make one.

The winner of the 4 week submission is:

Sharon Martinelli
Here are her entries:

Submission #1: "Beautiful"

Submission #2: "You make me"

Submission #3: "I am thankful for:"

Submission #4: "I THINK" Sharon: Your basket of goodies is waiting for you here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Please call me or email me so I can get your goodies out to you.

Thank you all for participating. I had some amazing entries but unfortunately they were not able to qualify in the end because they did not submit all four assignments!!!! I will be posting the works of everyone who gave me permission to post their work by the end of this week!

Enjoy your day!!!!

HUGS

Wow...it's December 1st!!!!!!!!

I have so many pics to share but it's going to take me a bit to download, so I promise to give you an overload of pics by Wednesday. We had a fantastic Thanksgiving and a wonderful weekend.
Now we begin the Holiday Season....WHOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! I love this Season. I have begun by getting some serious decorating started here. I went shopping with my buddy Ady on Black Friday....what fun!!!! I had to leave early as my family went camping this weekend but I was able to find some major deals. So glad my buddy and I have this tradition. Too much good stuff going on ... lol.

Tim Holtz has begun another 12 days of Christmas Tags. Isn't this beautiful? Check out his blog as he will be making another set this year. He is truly a great teacher and you will find some great teaching sessions there.

I have begun my 31 days of December album and am so looking forward to finishing this project. (I will share as I go along). I am so excited!!!! In the spirit of the holidays, I will be hosting the holiday annual sale Friday and Saturday. EVERYTHING is 40% off in the PINK ROOM!!!! All merchandise will be available on a first come first serve basis.

The Christmas crop will be held on December 13, 2008. I have 2 spots available.

I have 8 different classes going on December the 20th, and will be sending the schedule via email.

Well gotta go as I got to go and shop for a very special gift today. I hope you all have a fantastic day and I promise to share some great pics with all of you soon.

Have a great day!

HUGS