Thanksgiving Vacation Part 2

Family is so important in our lives and Thanksgiving is a time for thinking about your blessings and the love of family. I felt privileged to be able to visit this year. I wanted to share my family and friends with you.

My sister Cricket on the left, my brother Ray and seated my mom Louise and of course me. We had our Thanksgiving dinner on Saturday night (the best time that worked for everyone.) Since we had 16 family members we ate in the garage.  When we were taking pictures we forgot to look at the background.  :(

 My mom always makes everything look nice. I had to laugh because she was looking at a diagram she had made for the placement of the tables and chairs and food dishes.  I do the same thing when I have events. I guess we are a lot alike. :)

Who doesn't love babies?  I had not met this sweet neice Raelyn. 

This is a sweet picture of the young mama's taking care of their sweet babies, standing it my niece Amber (Raelyn's mom) and seated is Marley and her mom Jennifer.

The boys Ryan and Braxton.  Braxton belongs to Amber above and Ryan's mom is Ashleigh and I don't think I have a picture of her.

Joseph, my nephew and his daughter Marley and my brother Ray.

After dinner Susie and I sat down and looked at the hostess rewards for her on line Stampin' UP! party she had this past week.  Susie and I trade parties about twice a year. I have a Thirty One party for her and she has a Stampin' UP! party for me.  Susie is so creative.

The next day Rich and I went to Williamsburg, VA and the plan was to go to Busch Gardens to Christmas Town but it was cold and raining so we scratched that idea. :(  bummer we were looking forward to it.  The next day Rich was going to play golf but again we had a rainy day however it did not change my plans to meet with some high school friends for lunch.

 

 My friend Mona from Colonial Heights picked me up from my hotel and gave me a ride to Newport News to meet the girls at Anderson Greenhouse and restaurant.  What a fun place and yummy food.  It was great to see my friends from high school.  Thanks Faye for arranging the lunch for us. 

Thanks for letting me share my trip with you. Have a great week.Note here I noticed I put my Stampin' UP! line on my pictures after I did it all. So sorry. I normally put this on my Stampin' UP! projects.  My bad.

I'm Back!!! Thanksgiving Vacation Part 1

We just got back from an 11 day Thanksgiving vacation!  What a trip.  First stop was Raleigh NC to see our son Eric and his wife Chrissy.  We had dinner and played our favorite board game Cranium!  The girls won!  We usually play at Christmas when we are together but since we moved to Florida we don't get a chance to see them at Christmas it was a great time together and great memories too.

 The winners!!! Chrissy was my partner! :)

Eric and Rich working on their strategy! Normally the guys beat us so this was a nice change for us. :)

Next stop dinner with some of my friends in the Raleigh area, Jacque and Donna and Donna's husband Randy not pictured.

My mom's birthday was the 25th and she loved my present.  I had an apron made from one of my Dad's shirts!

She said it was her favorite shirt of Dads. 

Next my sweet sister making my favorite dessert chocolate pie!  YUMMMM

Bunco Night!  Mama and her friends play bunco every Wednesday night and it was fun playing with them. Since it was her birthday a few people joined us to help her celebrate.

Mama opening presents.

Time for bunco!

Players: Louise Owens, Rodney Waldron, Cheryl Hall, Beverly Harrison, Cricket Tatem and Joey Fallon Waldron and Ronnie Tatem.

Do you see those smiles on their faces?  Even though they play different than my group we had so much fun.

My turn to roll the dice hoping for a Bunco!!!

Anti up!

Everyone loves to play.

My Mom, loves her little poodle "Buttons" she loves to get in the middle of things.

Ronnie, brings his little dog too. I forgot his name.

Thanks for letting me share part of my vacation with you. I will post the Thanksgiving pictures later. 

Thanks for stopping by.

WORLD CARD MAKING DAY

World Card Making Day - Sat Oct 3rd 2009 1-3pm -

This has become an annual event across the world when friends and stampers gather to make cards. You will be making Christmas cards/projects (3 total) for $20 Join me and have an afternoon of fun and get those creative juices flowing for your holiday cards and decorations. RSVP by Thursday Oct 1st by email or phone.

OLD OLIVE WEEK

Continuing with my Old Olive Week I am sharing this Thanksgiving card with you. You never know where you get your inspiration. I had a piece of Tall Tales DSP paper that was left over from another project and it just spoke to me to put the watercolor vines jumbo wheel (on the dormant list) across it and I loved the way it turned out. Check back this week for more old olive surprises. Supply list:

*Old Olive Cardstock #100702

*So Saffron Cardstock # 105118

*Old Olive Classic Ink # 102277

*So Saffron Classic Ink #

*Tall Tales DSP #115678

*Favorite Things Stamp Set #115436

*Modern Label Punch #116630

*Teeny Tiny Wishes #115370

*Big Shot Magnetic Movers and Shapers #115953

*Big Shot Movers and Shapers #114506

*Big Shot #113439*Old Olive ¼ grosgrain ribbon #111368

*Earth Elements Brads (Old Olive) 106955

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First FIVE people that order the My Digital Studio from me from today through the weekend Oct 4th, will get one of the single stamps on page 208 free from me. Don't forget you can have this great new product for 1/2 price from Oct 1- Nov 30th by having a $400 party as well as anything in the Holiday Mini Catalog (except for My Digital Studio and hostess sets) for only $10. Contact me today to secure a date on my calendar.