May Band Concert

Chasey had her 5th grade Spring Band Concert May 13th. She plays the flute (just like her mommy did :) She was first chair - so proud of her!!!!!

Her friends that were also in band with her - so much more FUN with friends :)

Little Norway....

On our way back from Milwaukee first part of May, we stopped at a couple touristy places for the fun of it :) One of them was called Little Norway! This little plantation was adorable!!! Here's a few pics:

Which ones the trolls? LOL :)

I just love these old stoves!!!!

This was a sample of a round trunk that the gals would take up a mountain and then just roll back down. Inside was samples of what she would take with her when she wed :)

Everyone on our tour was curious what these flowers were called. The gal had to ask the grounds keeper for us :) I believe she called them Emperior Lillies, correct me if I'm wrong!

Loved the story behind the wooden spoons attached together with a wooden chain. Suppossedly, on your wedding day, the bride and groom had to feed each other with them. The first one to get it in the other persons mouth would wear the pants of the family, tee hee!

Graduation card

This graduation card was made for a very special young lady ;)

Paper:

CTMH Silhouette level 2 pack

Stamp set:

CTMH Make it count

Lunch Bag Purse

This was shared by Pam Jarett a fellow CTMH cruiser! CUTE, CUTE, CUTE ~ had to share!

Scrunch up a piece of Saran Wrap and use it as a stamp on the Desert Sand cardstock for a leather look. I jokingly call this their "most expensive stamp".

Lunch Sack purse

1. Cut a lunch sack to 5 inches.

2. Cut pieces of cardstock 5 1/4 x 5 1/2 for the front and the back

3. Cut two pieces of B&T 4 3/4 x 5 and adhere to the cardstock.

4. Cut one piece of cardstock 1 x 5.

5. Cut coordinating B&T 3/4 x 5 and adhere it to the one inch strip.

6. Adhere the one inch strip to the front.

7. Cut two one inch squares of cardstock. Round the corners of two opposite sides. Cut diagonally to the corners that were not rounded. Adhere in the top corners of the front and back.

8. Handles--2 1/2 x 12 cardstock pieces. Cut two 1/4 x 12 inch pieces of B&T.Attach B&T to cardstock.

9. Glue front and back on to sack. Using a piercing tool attach handles with brads and decorate the front of your purse.

Tickled Pink!!!

For National Scrapbooking month in May, CTMH has a special kit available - Tickled Pink! I LOVE it! There is glitter in the paper! die-cuts! fun embellishments included!! and a stamp set as well!!! Plus a step-by-step guide to put together 2 - 2 page layouts! I already put mine together so you can see how fun they are!!! Here is one of the 2 page layouts:

And after making the layouts, I still had plenty left-over to make some cute cards of my own!

To see how to get your kit (possibly for FREE even!) - click on the link below:

http://www.closetomyheart.com/pdf/May09CCFlyer.pdf

New hairstyle!

So I wanted to try something new, but not sure about it yet. Lance says he loves it (right answer!), but he never did like it short and straight before though.
Was wanting something easy to take care of this summer with softball games outside. The last hairstyle I had took to much time and did not do well with wind (which we always have in good ole' Nebraska!)

A little curly in the back for me, but hopefully it will tame down soon!

I'm a little squinty here =)

Wearin' my all time favorite jacket from Italy!!!!! That was a trip of a lifetime (but that's another post!)

Leave me a comment and let me know what you think! Be honest, I can still cut it all off :)

Tristin turns 13!

My little guy turned 13 last week! Can't believe he is a teenager now! He made sure we knew he could get a car in 2 years....hmmmm....we said 3, he doesn't get one with a learners permit. He can dream though! Tristin and Chasey both spent the weekend at their Dad's in Kearney for Tristin's Birthday. They both got to invite a friend though and went to the hockey games! They all had a good time! Here are some pics from his Birthday supper at Carlos O'Kellys (his choice!).

Never to old to get a big SMOOCH from Grandma!!!!!