Can't Wait!!

In just 2 weeks my friends and I are going to this event!!! It will be so much fun. It is in Vegas and the presenters are Teresa Collins, Layle Koncar, and Janna Wilson. I love all of their stuff and can't wait for all the fun. Ginger at Down to Details has been organizing it all and has a ton of sponsors. A few sneak peeks have been posted by Teresa and Janna. All I can say is FABULOUS!!! I am really looking forward to hanging out, scrapbooking and not to mention being in VEGAS!!!

Went to Disneyland yesterday and here are a few of my favorite pics..

Every time we go, we have to ride on the horse drawn street car. Sammie even knows the horses' names. This horse is a new one named Big Red.


It was a great day at the park and it wasn't very crowded which is exactly how I like to go. Alice grabbed Sammie's hand, and the Mad Hatter, Sammie and Alice all walked along while I snapped this pic.


All summer long, Sammie had to wear her "magic boots" so she would be tall enough to ride some of the rides. She loves Space Mountain, the Matterhorn, Splash Mountain, Big Thunder, and especially Tower of Terror. She is finally tall enough to ride these rides without her magic boots!! The minimum height for those rides is 40" and she was 39" without the boots! She finally made it and was so happy! ( she sure has been eating lots of healthy foods so she can grow!)




Today in the mail her Halloween costume came. What should a 4 year old horse-loving princess be for Halloween you ask??? A pink princess unicorn of course!!! She dressed up as a horse like this 2 years ago and she loved it. She still wears the costume and prances around the house neighing. I like the idea that she can wear it again after Halloween. They don't even get to dress up in preschool. How sad is that???


On Sunday we went to the park but before we went, she asked if we could stop at Starbucks so she could have a "pink coffee". Yep, she's starting young. (The pink coffee is really a strawberry smoothie. ) On that note, I had an incident a few weeks ago with a Starbucks lid falling off my drink and making a huge mess in the car, filling both of my drink holders. I went back to the store where I got the drink and explained what happened and then had to scoop the ice out of my drink holders with my hands and then dry up all the tea with a towel. I emailed Starbucks to tell them I wasn't a fan of their new environmentally friendly cups and explained what happened. Today I received a $20.00 gift card in the mail!! YEA Starbucks!! Thanks for your wonderful customer service!





We had a horsey lesson with a new trainer. Her name is Victoria and she is very nice. This is her pony, Flicka, who she is training to ride and her other horse, Joey, who Sammie got to ride.



Christine had a Stampin' Up party and our friend Jennifer is a demonstrator. We had a great class on Sunday and learned how to make a box of cards. Jennifer is so talented and we had a lot of fun. I'll post some pics soon. I ordered some new inks and a scallop border punch. If you want to host a party or order some new stamps, check out Jennifer's blog. There are monthly specials as well. That's all for now.

Scrappy Class, Soccer, Beach, Fashion Show

Here are the pics I promised from the class Christine and I took a few weeks ago!! EEEKKK I am so far behind!!! This class was taught by "Mick" ( down under) from Kaiser Craft. The book was a lot of fun to make and now I just need to add some pics.. Love their products, especially the bling, board books and rub ons.

Sammie is playing her first soccer season. The team is called the Wildcats! She is one of the youngest on the team and isn't really sure what to do besides chase after the ball. They had their first game on Saturday and "lost" even though they don't keep score. The other team ( the Panthers) had a pretty good idea of how to play although one of the kids picked up the ball in play two times. At the end of the game, Sammie said to me, " The other team needs more practice because they picked up the ball, mommy, and that's NOT soccer!" I thought that was funny coming from her.



I love this pic of her from the back. She picked her uniform number herself. She chose 4 because she is 4 years old!! Works for me and my scrapbooks!!! :) The uniform is HUGE on her. It is size XS but I still had to pin it because the shorts fell right to the ground when she put them on. The whole game I was worried she would have no shorts on but she wore others underneath and I used a strong safety pin!

It was such a hot day, Sammie asked me (for the first time ever) to dump water on her head. I did!!

We hadn't been to the beach all summer and so we went over Labor Day weekend. ( yes, I am posting all of this out of order but in blogger you have to go backwards because it adds the most recent pics at the top) I tried hard to get these somewhere else but my brain doesn't work well in the logical, think backwards mode..
Anyway.. Here she is at the beach just loving every bit of it!! She loves to play in the water, sand and could look for shells all day long!! I love this shot of her jumping in the air!



This weekend we participated in an event called Festival of Children. It is an organization that raises money for children's charities. Sammie was in two fashion shows at South Coast Plaza. She wore an outfit from Gap Kids and I liked it so much I bought it for her. ( we got a discount)



She loves to ham it up!



Here she is walking on stage in her new outfit.



After the shows we walked around the mall and went to here for lunch. She sure enjoyed that!

School started last week and I have been exhausted. It is tough trying to catch up from being sick and then jump right back into work. I still have piles of laundry to put away, a messy dining room table and so many other random things to do.. I spend waaaayyyyy too much time on the computer but it is my "fun time". My class this year seems good. We have a nice bunch of kids. This is the first time I have ever taught a combo in my 15 years of teaching!! It is a little challenging to bounce back and forth from grade to grade but I'm sure I'll get the hang of it.

I particpated in the garage sale at The Scrappin Table. I made some scrappy money and bought some new fun stuff. Hope to get some time to scrapbook soon.
I entered a monthly challenge contest on the Scrapbook Supplies Direct website and won. That was exciting!! I'm not sure what I won yet, but I'll let ya know.

Well, I guess that's all for now.