Finally!

Okay.. so I am finally updating my blog. I know I have been gone for a long long time and many of you were about to give up on me but I'm back. I have just been super busy and had a lot going on and every time I wanted to sit down and update my blog, I just always had something else I needed to do. Anyway.. I will just give you a little summary about what we've been up to and then I'll be back in a few days to share some more.
I want to explain this picture first... We collect Webkinz and have a bunch of them now. We love to go on the website and play the games. I bought Brad his own Webkin for his birthday because were fighting over whose turn it was to log on and play the games so now he has his own account.. Anyway.. They have a "Pet of the Month" and for April it was this Pink Poodle. If you buy the Pet of the Month and register it you get extra bonuses online and can play special games, etc. Well, when I gave it to Sammie, and stepped out of the room for a minute, she arranged this circle with her other Webkinz and then said, Mommy look, they all want to see the Pet of the Month. I thought it was so funny. She loves to arrange her animals and have one in the middle with the rest surrounding it. Silly kid!

Okay.. on to more exciting things ( I'm sure you don't think Webkinz are as exciting as I do) Even though we found the "Crown of Wonder" which is very tough to do. You have to collect 30 jewels from anywhere in 6 different mines.. I digress.. Back to my last few days..

I went scrapbooking at the Oasis to support Christine and Autism Speaks. What a great event! I had a lot of fun, won some fantastic prizes, and spent time scrapping with Christine, Donna, Jennifer, Janet, Annie, Susan, Joann, and even met a few new people! Everyone enjoyed themselves and not only were the goodie bags and prizes wonderful, the money raised went to help a special cause for kids with Autism. I am also participating in a walk next
Saturday for Autism Speaks. If you are interested in donating to that, here is the website: www.walknowforautism.org

Today was another Scrappy related day. I participated in the "Table Sale" at the Scrappin' Table. A big thank you to Michelle for having it so well-organized. She has a great store if you haven't been there yet, check it out! The link is on my blog under "my favorites". There were a lot of people at the beginning and then again at toward the end of the sale. I can't wait to find out how much money I made on my "gently used stuff". I worked really hard with the help of my dear friend Jennifer and her 2 daughters to package up all my stuff to sell. Michelle will have our totals this week so check back to find out how I did. We get to have store credit so I will sure have fun spending that!









Well, I can't have a blog post without a picture of Sammie and a horse of some kind. Here she is at Irvine Park, hugging a pony. We went there a few weeks ago with Donna and her kiddos. They had fun feeding the ponies carrots, riding ponies, riding the train, and playing in the park. It was a fun day just relaxing at the park.

Well, I am off to bed now. It is late. I will be back soon. I just checked to see when I started my blog for the first time and it was March 20, 2007 so Happy Birthday Blog! ( well a little late but I haven't been here in so long) It was one of my goals for the year and I have been better with my other goals of not buying scappy stuff, exercising more and losing some weight. This one should be the easiest one of all of those goals and it has been the one I neglected. I guess 3 out of 4 isn't bad. I should be able to do this no problem. we'll see...
I'll be back in a few days.. Say hi if you were here!!