Monday, August 31, 2009

Here's a photo of Alison and I at her babies' shower, this weekend in Ft. Myers! Isn't she just glowing? She's going to make such a wonderful mom!

Saturday, August 29, 2009

Happy Birthday to my baby boy, Bryan! Today we celebrate his 23rd birthday - but EVERY day, we celebrate him! This year will be a little different - he will be celebrating his special day in Jacksonville with his Dad - I'm on my way to Alison's twin babies' shower in Ft. Myers! While I'm sad that I won't be with him, I'm excited that he and his dad will spend some very special time together - just the 2 guys! (And I'm thrilled to be going to see Alison!) ANYWAY, I decided to post a photo of these 2 wonderful guys spending time together on another special day - long, long ago! Have a super day, Bryan and Keith, and know how very much I love you both!

Friday, August 28, 2009

Hi, Friends, What a terrific day it was today! I left Jax for Orlando and got to spend some very precious time with my awesome friend, Val, creating some cards. Of course, she started our time together with a gift she made for me - check out this amazing bracelet and matching earrings! I'll tell you, this friend is definitely talented! She's also a "keeper" - I'm so thankful that we are friends! She and her husband, Bob, are super great people. After they took me to dinner, we went back to their lovely home and got to stamp some more! I've attached photos of the cards I created - while we were creating together. She'll have hers posted soon, I'm sure!

Friends from Huntsville

Was looking through some photos I had taken and found this one of good friends of ours, Paul and Vickie Rhodes, who now live in Huntsville, Alabama. We went out to dinner one night last November when we were visiting and this was a beautiful, scenic spot near the restaurant. Thought I'd share it with you all!

Birthday Celebrations!

Last Saturday night, we had a double Birthday Celebration at our house! Our sweet houseguest, Lindsey, celebrated her 22nd birthday on 8/19 and our son, Bryan, will celebrate his 23rd birthday on 8/29, so they shared a cake and ALL the candles too! Keith made his delicious homemade White Pizzas for dinner and we followed the food with a great game of Ticket to Ride. Lindsey won with a score of 196, Bryan came in 2nd, and Travis and I tied for 3rd with a whopping 104. What a great night!

Incredible Giveaway!

Here she goes again - another fabulous giveaway! Be sure to visit http://keepsakesbymelissa.blogspot.com/ to see what I mean!

And more creations

Mini Pizza Box

My friend, Lynora, and I made these the other day when we were stamping together in Jax!

It's just hard to make a pizza small enough to fit inside! LOL

Some new card creations

Hello again!

I'm not quite sure how it happened but I guess I'll just chalk it up to being busy! I can't believe it's been almost a month since I've last been on here but I'll do my best to make up for lost time! I've been very busy creating - stamping, knitting, scrapbook making, teaching stamping - and, of course, traveling! Anyway, here are a few of my latest cards and projects - will post some more every day and will try to be better about updates to my blog!

This is a photo of my dear friend, Val, and me at CHA! We had to stop at the SCS booth and do their make and take! After all, we met on the SCS website! We have such a great time stamping together and we had so much fun creating all weekend!